Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-08-29

ly recently has been sscertained tha
 this lease expired in 1876 Thesuprem'
 court has decided that 1t belongs to th, Mercer heirs.
 CITY OF MEUCo, Aug. 2l.-The trial
 of students and editors who are chsrg
 cd with melting riots are still going ou
 The judge who IS trying ths cases hsS
 decreed that the arrests were in ac.
 cOrdaDce with tine law. Se1or Chavsr
 n, the editor ot the Monitor Republi cano, IS still Tn prisOu from whence he
 continues tO write for his paper on sO- cial topics The disposition of his caSe
 excites lively interest. The govern
 ment Is taking measures to stop the ex-
 tensive.smuggling which Is carried on
 along the Rio Grande frontier. Some
 apprehension exists regarding the
 large cOntraband -impOrtRtions of fire
 arms from the United States.
 LONDON, Aug. % Steamer ran down
 and sank with all on board the yacht
 Kalafish, off Oban. Scotland, to-day.
 Two of the persons aboard were subse-
 quently saved, but the others, includ-
 ing the owner, Mr. Crossman, and his
 wife are believed to have been drowned.
 MONTREAL, Aug. 2l. - Thirty-three fresh cases of smallpox was reported to- day, and hundreds ofpsOple are tiocking
 to public stations to be vgccinated. The Great Northwestern Telegraph Com pany had all their employees vaccinated tO-day, and had their office disinfected
 with thermo-crCesote every morning. A difficulty is being experienced in procur- ing nurses. The Sisters of St Mar garet (Protestant) and Catholic sister, hood have volunteered. The city pas enger railway stock fell n per cent yes ter and per cent more today. The falling off in traffic is considerable. Con- panies have ordered all their employees and their famihes to be vaccinated. The neighboring cities and municipalities of St. Jean Bapiste and St. Henrle are badly effected. The drainage of both is shocking.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 2l-Ths Post, which has not been enthusiastic over the Grant obsequies says: The decision of the Grant Monument committee to make l,O0O,00O the amount of the fund to be raised, increases the heavy responsibility resting upon them regarding the design of the proposed memorial. That SO large sum can be raised here we have no doubt. It will require time and sys tematic labor, but 1t can be done. The design BOW becomes Q matter of nOmsn- tous importance. The possibility of a $l,COO,OG0 blunder is too frightiul to contemplate.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The recent Os1er of the cOmmissipner Cf internal revenue for the release of spirits shIp- ped from Peoria to Philadelphia and there seized for re-eXaminatiun, applied also to spirits from tue same city seized in New York and Baltimore, where sim liar examinations were made. General Sewell, chief of reveuue agents, who csnducted the investigation in Phila- delphia, has just returned to Washing ton. He sad to-day that the govern ment officers had successfully accom- plished all they set out to do. There were charges that the Peoria distIllers were detrauding the government by tradulens gauginG. The matter Was in- and 1t was found that means had been resOrted tO, to prevent the gaugIng rod from recording the actual contents of the barrels. and while this fact was established, General Sewell said he is not prepared to say It was done by distIllers with fraudulent in- tent. The excess of liquor averaged about one gallon to the barrel out of sixty-seven in every 1OO examined. In View cf the lack of positive evidence of an intent to defraud on the part of the distIllers, the government agreed tO whereby all the spirits seized would be released on payment of tax on the excess found. General Ssvell said, further, that 1t was not likely the government would institute legal proceedings Tn thls case.
 CIScINsATI. August 23-The Hamilton County Prohibition convention met here yesterday, and nominated a full ticket The platform declared that inasmuch as the prohibition doctrine has not been recognized by either the Democrat | ic or Republican parties this year, 1t IS the sense of the convention. that the purposes of its party are only to be ne- by placing in the legislature men who are friendly in the prohibition cause. 4 specIal series of resolutions were adopted expressing the highest | Tn the ability and sincerity of Dr. A B. Leonard. the party candi- l date for governor, and the disbelief in l the aspersiobs that have been cast I against him personally during the cam paign.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-The passenger agents of the trunk lines, except the l met late yesterday hfter- ! noon and agreed to advance the passen- ger rates to Chicago, and proportionste- ly 10 all other western points. The fol- | lowing are the rates as named m the l schedule, which will co into effect to- To Chicago. first-class. SlI; | S1l. S;. Louis. Sl9. JO | and Sl4.50; Kansas City, s2J and f2l 50; | Council Bluffs, $2f.59 and S2l.J0.