The Arizona champion., 1885-10-03
GENERAL NEWS.

Montreal, Canada.
 Lord Salisbury, the English Premiel
 is reported as seriously i'll.
 Secretary Lamar, of the Interior Departmint, is still very sick and con
 fined to his house.
 Dudley Watson has been appoint. , cd collector of customs for the State of Miehi gan.
 There is serious strike of the iron workers at Martins Ferry, Ohio. Several men were killed.
 Capt. Figuro, paymaster of the ad cavalry, is posted as s defaulter to the amount of several thousand dollars.
 The Pope has consented to be the arbitrer in the difficulty concerning the Caroline Islands, between Ger many and Spain.
 Secretary Manning has dismissed two chiefs of divisions and five clerks in tte registers office. The vacancies will not be filled.
 George Wilkes, the founder and proprietor oi "Wilkes' Spirit of the rimes," dled in New York on We'd nesday last, from Brghts disease.
 Application has been made for receiver for the Charter Oak Life h. su.ance company Of Conn.,, one ot ,he oldest companies in the business.
 Two Missouri men fought very successful duel at Cotton sood Point in that state or Monday last. 'Ane coroner had to hold doubl. inquest.
 Chris. Schubert, manager and treas urer of the Leavensorth rura Verein and singing societies, has disappeared with funds amounting to about $3oo.
 Wine, women and cards got the best of F. Leaumont. of New Orleans, consequently he has been arrested for forgeries amounting to several thous- and dollars.
 Governor Robinson has been re- nominated for another gubernatorIal term in Massachusetts. Oliver hmes obtained the nomination for Lieuten- ant governor.
 Roswell P. Flower has refused to accept the second place on the Dem, ocrItic ticket, Tn the Nes York guber- natorIal race. Roswell wants to play first fiddle or nothing.
 Citizens of Abilene, Texas, where Holland resided, who killed Davis, the counterfeit money swindler, in New York. have raised purse of S,,- 900 far the defense of the accused.
 Sam Jones, the evangelist, is start ing another religious campaign in western Missouri. There arc but few better places to have good opportu- nity of fighting the world, the flesh and the Devil.
 The Chicago White Stocking base ball team defeated the New York l Stalwarts on Wednesday last by a score of stoI. This gives the Chic ago club an almost undisputed claim to the National League pennant.
 On Tuesday last at Saybrook, a town in Illinois, Dr. Harvey L. Lewis killed Dr. Geo. Burton by pistol shot, during professional disagree nent. Both were physicians of cred table standing.
 The miners at New Castle, w. T., gave the Chinamen employed there wenty-four hours to leave. They aid they would riddle with bullets all chinamen found there at the expira- ion of that time. The Chiname n eft.
 Editor Stead, of the Pall Mall Ga :ette, General Booth, of the Salvation Army, and others of their following, vho assisted in the abduction of the ,irl Elisa Armstrong. have been com nitted for trial. It looks as if the 'all Mall Gazette exposures had got heir originators into an awkward fix.
 Bill Hyde seems to have the inside rack in the race for the St. Louis 'ostoffice, but John G. Priest is press ng him close. The President will nave to decide on the merits of two cry able men. On the grounds of merit, personal ability and steady al- .giance to the Democratic party, Bill ought to ''get thar"