Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-03-17

either innocen.ly, as is believed or
 knowingly and willfully as some of hi.
 own party assert, have been most
 thoroughly shown up by a carefully compiled statement of territorial finances
 taken from the books by the Journal
 Miner and very vividly illustrates the necessity of having a man at the
 head of affairs in this Territory who is
 not total stranger to onr Territoral
 business and Who has strength enough
 of character not to be lad by a set of
 most debased demogogues and political l Charlatans Herald.
 The Citizen says the meeting of the democratic central committee was ad-
 journed over a day to give the justices of
 the supreme court a chance to partici-
 pate. A republican judge who partici-
 pated in politics during his term of
 office was looked upon by the demo-
 cratic press as the very worst type of an
 offensive partisan. Democracy, however, Tcontains such a supernbundance of
 virtue ths; its judiciary can engage in
 the political business without becoming
 defled in tte eyes of the democratic press.
 According to the Los Angelea Herald
 oranges are selling at $I per box on the
 tree for seedlings, in prime condition,
 and S1 to $s.5o per box for the best
 budded fruit. California orange groves
 are worth $I,ooo an acre. There are
 seventy-hve trees to tES acre, and two
 boxes a tree is a fair estimate. The
 expenses of culture are below $50 an acre, leaving profit of $Ioo to $500 an acre to the grower. At $I,ooo an acre there is big margin for chance
 A grand jury, says the Citizen, is making thorough investigation of the commercial product sold by Tucson merchants under the name of butter, much of which IS supposed to be the product of bogus butter factories. The territorial statutes do no, prohibit its :! sale. but they require that II shall be plainly labelled with the word ''oleo- margarine" and that the dealer shall keep posted in three conspicuous places. placards bearing the inscription, "Oleo- margarine sold Here"
 At meeting of the Southeastern Live Stock Association, held week ago, resolution was passed declaring that the Sulphur Spring valley is now stocked to its full capacity and declining to have range relations with parties who may hereafter locate in the valley. Although there is no'law to prevent anyone from bringing as much stock as he likes, on to free grazing land, yet such person will be apt to find lite rather irksome, under a determined boycott by his fellow ranchmen.-Eoitaph.
 All of the railroads in the southern states, milage enearly I,.ooo miles, will be changed from the broad five foot yuage to the standard guage of the northern states on the last day of May and first day of June next Itis the greatest undertaking of the kind ever inaugura,ed. The changing of the gauge necess,tates the changing of all the rolling stock.
 The Crzen charges the Star with offering to sell out the candidate for sheriff on the democratic ticket during he last elecuon. The rich pay streak ,t virtue which pervades that highly moral paper makes It almost impossible ,f belief but the citizen claims to have proof of it This probably accounts for he recen, onslaught of the Star against Sheriff Paul.
 "We feel Western editor is quoted IS writing, 'that an apology is due to Widow Grimes. In our issue of last week we stated that she had eloped with n IS year old man. The truth IS that he was thrown from an Swear old mare ] which she was riding in lope, and which Tipped and fell Mistakes will happen n the bes, regulated newspaper offices, nd we are confident that when we state , he item was sent over telephone wire 70 other apology will be needed" 3 Governor Zulick has . little taffy for 6 veryone. His last venture, in that line, , to tell the editor of the Star that most l { the inmates of the Yuma penitentiary, 'hich he has lately been visiting, are accidental criminals. There are some eople who think that Zullck IS an 'ac- ldensal" governor. -Epitaph. n
 While several of our democratic con- were digging away at Gov. rl,le and his administration everything as lovely win them; but thatthenow D Ibles are turned and they are receiving = leir circulating medium back with lots interest 1t seems to be terrible affair |, cr,ticise territorial o@Cials.-Herald.
 A Fireman on . railroad train near c 'i,,au met with a remarkable acrident 'hile the train was in motion a par dge flew through the small window -E sl !