Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-12-25

sea strong current and no wind. 1nere
 Was no deTeliction of the life saving ser
 vice. They gave us every assistance they
 could under the circumstances. l don't
 know how many men were on tue bark,
 when I left. There must have been some below" On being asked: Did you give signals of distress He re-
 piled "No. the fog was too thick for
 any one tO have seen II. We had
 small cannon on board. l did net fire
 1t before the accident because l did not
 think We were in danger
 l WAsHINGroN, Decl mber 2O-RepTesen-
 iatiye Bragg, oi the committee on mlli-
 tsry afT.irs, has submitted B report tO
 the house c. accompany the army oill,
 which contains criticisms upon the boot
 and shoe department of L5svenWortb. The military prison committee finds, the report says. tho. uoskillful prison labor enhances thecjsi oi boots and shOcs for the army, and thRt the work is deficient, SD tLst tse shoes are of but little use. The committee expresses the conviction that the Uui.ed States government should not blIld ID manufactoTy to be run bg c3nvic,s In competition to the honest artisan who supports his family V the psUiUc. his labor.
 [ N. ! sioucr parks Oi the general lRnc office | has received a letter from West Plains. | Mo. enclosing newspaper paragraph 1 stating that Judge BlGic of Wyoming, instructed the iury io a recent case that
 a pe!soa who LRi made a homestead en- ! trv and conmuted 1t Co cash and after | ward made another homestead entry + 1 uot yrIlty of peIjugy in swearing in Q second ease thss he had Lct previously l had the benefit of fhs h0mest-G Gd laws, | and that in giving this i7ibstrUCtiOu Judge l Blair ds ided that the person who | uaSes and commut,s a homestead does ! pot thereby exhaust bis rights under the homestead law. In response Co tbls let ' ter Commissioner Spark says that If the
 decision has been made IL vIll have no | effect whatever, unless IL nay be to in- | duce ignorant persons tO make traudu- | lent entries. By section 22S9 of tEe Ie- | yiscd statutes, says tEe cOInmlss iOneT, | one homestead eutry Culy can be male by one person, and b. ssction | ,, i9S, communion Of that entry to cash | don't enable him to make another home | stead entry, Ruy decision Co tine contrary | sOull be in direct VI lla;i1n Gad con ! tempt Jf the statute, aud l; Judge Blair ! hos made the decision attributed to E!ui, | it EIil not by rtC0SLIzld or rcepecteG ID [ ,his office.
 SAN FKASCIsCO, December 2).-TEe district messengers are stlil cut on -;rzs. Ihe night force ui the American district made application tO return tO work.
 PREs-5Tr, A. T., December 20-J. c. | Martin was to-day arrested on an Iu iiotment for libel brought ID by the | grand jury. Ibe libel cousists of a | statement published recently in the |
 JudrnUi Miner to the effect that Sec l
 rltary Bayard had been heard Co eX
 press an opinion: That an Apache was |
 better than a poor wbite mar,' The |
 secretary demanded n rottacUcn, and |
 thus indictment is the result of Martins |
 rcfusel to make such HmeudEt ut.
 Judge Porter released Martin under one
 hundred dollars b0nds.
 VICTORIA, V. C.. December 20-Eesttr-
 day the telegraph office in this city was
 in direct communication with Cape Can
 20. Nova Scotia, via Montreal and New
 York, over tho wires uf the Canadian
 Pacific And postal system circuit, 4.GCO miles long aud including a thousand miles of cable from Canso to New York Original messages exchanged between here and London, replies being received in less than seven minutes. Direct com muuicaii1n was afterwards established with New Orleans over a circuit Ut six thOGzaul miles.
 LONDON, December 2l-Ihs jury in The suit for divorce cf Lady Colin Camp bell against her husband, returned o verdict last night finding neither Lady Colin nor her husband, guilty Of sdul- tory.
 GALVESTON, Tex, Dee mber 2l-A fire broke uut this morning ID the residence | pcrtIou of the city Ou avenue k, between -lst and 221 streets. This portion of s ts.s sasys O,sffs niu,Urr czofts-I.1fy -s wooden buildings. The fire spread with great Tapi-lly. owing to the water in the cIstcTns iu the vicinity becoming eXhEus- ttL. Before the flames were controlled . they lEd swept ovet the greater portion | ut two squares and tye- ty-eighi dwel- ling bOusys and s.uT-s were bu!rr3. [ hr t8tal loss Is estimated at from SsO0O0 to :. Sl0Q,OO0
 FTTsBUHG, P,rn., Dec. 21.-Thc coke : syudicgte meeting th:s afternoon refused t3 srHnt t-e demand of ,he.r wurkmrn. \ general strike will probably follow .his action ru3 10000 men will b. z thrown ou. of employueut.
 LONDON. DsG 2l.-Jgigo Butt this ~ -DnIug formally dismissed the Ioi:-
 onE toi divorce presented oy Lady CJ- 1, iu and Lord C.liu Campbell, 10 View of hr Se5dIci Feudrfed by ,ht jury ye5;er- .. ihy hndiug neither Oi thU parties guilty | ], li adultery. The judge granted Laiy |, 1Ohn tlJj costs ID her suit against her ', husband end the full costs ot her de. " ense against her husbands suit. s
 FLAGSTAFF, 4. T., December 2I-Tne hst bound passenger train on the At e lntic and Pacific TailrCBd, ran over a q ectiOn hand about mile from town | R' lst night, instantly killing him. His k ame was Richard Hughes. Hughes T nd been intoxicated and laid down on ST be track. No blame is attached to the d ngIneer. lO
 NEW YORK, December 2I-Ths sus- Ii cn5l0n of J. u. McCOon Was announced U. J-day on stock exchange. Tbs is one ~ the houses rep rteG iu trouble in the i- lElc last Wednesday, but which tided !l ger ihe trouelc till to-day. NcCOOn , a5 been nemrer of the stock ex- II, Isnge silce 1872. M,Coor has no U, contracts on exchange. A SAN FEANCIsc1, December 2l.-Early '' 4l7 L4ofAiLE Maurice NUgtEt, B candy ! y' .aker, wEs sho; and killed ID a saloon = D Howard St, by Thomas Bayley =. ell known character. This IT Gkes the ,s, urth murder within the last week md sI' .e seventh within tLe las. SIX weeks r.l iihi9 this city. .' SANTA Rosa, Cal, December 2I.-Tbe ial of John BailsiI for killing J. T. Noon ,I , Nov. ith vas completed to-day. The I,. ry, after being out five minules, re- n rnod verdict of not guilty. The sI rdict gives general satisfaction. Al -a, ct, who was Ti;h Bailiff at the tirle cf A. e killing and fired one shot at decegs- i, l. will be tired shortly. i,,. D. c. December 2I- col lth houses of congress to-day sdopted dIs resolution for holiday re- |, ss from to-morrOw to January 4th, me CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-GeoTge SIoesou. Gee Q billiard expert, swore out wArrgut cas ainst J. Fellows, secretary of inc vic bey Furniture Co. charging him viii car TJury, and proposes to begin civil pre- 'o