Arizona weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1885-1903, 1886-05-05
News. Notes and Commsats.

01ktASh NAsk t
Secretary Maning's condition has
changed for the better.
The razor edge of the Aspen boom
has worn of and they nov complain ct
dull times there.
Mormons believe that man can 1--we
more than one woman just As mothers
love is not confned to one child
II those 100000 Chinese settle In
Mexico, they will probably convert the
halls Of the Montezumas into laundriea
The other day retired Russian major,
aged 81, was sentenced to three years
ares, at Kieff for marrying too late IN
Life, contrary to Law.
The larges, theological college. il is
said, is a Moslem college, which is loca-
ted near Cairo, in Egypt 1t has 10000
students all the time.
Elijah Lane Of Keene, New Hamp-
shire. enjoys the distinction Of being the
tales, man IN New Hampshire. He
stands six feet eigh, inches and says he
IS .,o..e OF the lanes that never turns"
Tine United States commits sioner ha
sold under foreclosure Of mortgage At
public auction the Wabash, ST. Louis 4
Pacific railroad, the total amoant paid
70: the entire property being $6s5.ooi.s
A southern contemporary thus vel
comes Jones and Small back to the
bosom of the South: 'sThe deuce Of
Sans came back loaded with the gold
and silver shecksls Of the Gentiles OF
Chicago"
John c Calhoun is on record as hav-
ing once tired to write a poem. A pretty
girl asked him to do il. and he reluctant-
ly gave his consent, beginning the effort
with The immortal word "shereax" He
never got any further.
The excitement in Wyoming On &C.
coun, Of the oil discoveries in Sweetwater
county is increasing again. II Is SAID
that some OF the wells have . flow OF
hundreds sf barrels per day, and addi-
iional wells arc rapidly being sunk.
Some seven years ago there Appeared
in Paris, a, ball Of the demi-monde, .
woman wearing on her head-dress .
dead bird. The bird had artificial eyes.
and its wings and tail we're spread. This
was the origin of the present fashion.
A Carson. Nevads. fireman has struck
q novel way to win for himself reputa-
ton. He started q fire recently. then
gave the alarm and extinguished the
flames himself. He has been arrested on
a charge Of arson.
The Phenix Herald says: A telegram
has been received by a citizen Of that
place announcing the refusal Of the SEN
ate to confirm. the United States judges
Of this territory. No such intelligence
has been received here.
:. There j. large and constantly in
creas,ng Amencan colony in the City
OF Mexico. including doctors. dentists.
BARRIERS and the editor of the Too Re-
publes, and Joaquin Miller promises to
settle there as a representative American
poet.
Jim Jack Dickinson, Of Wise County.
Virginia. vas greatly sffl.cted With rheu-
r xiism. As a last resort his docsos
buried him up TO his neck in the ground
ard allowed him to remain in that posi-
ton for nine days. He vas entirely
cured.
The new gold mines discovered in The |
valley Of the Dj ,lgu:e river are called the |
New California. This valley IS upon the
Chinese bark Of the AMOR, opposite the
Russian colony Tgnsehino. and. As the |
sal is ve,y marshy. and there are no
roads. it is only accessible in winter.
Gold vas first discovered there in May
1854, and il soon attracted q great many
Obed Cornwell and bis wife. Of Prince
William county. Va, died recently. Mr..
Cornwell died about J O'Clock ia the
morning, March IS, and the follosing |
morning abou, the same hour Mrs. Corn
well expired Mrs Cornwell had ex-
pressed . desire to die exactly At the |
same time tina; her husband did, so that |
she might be inferred in the same grave.
Three dudish men Of Meriden Conn.,,
decided to Call upon three yong wo-
rnen who we're no, at all ANXIOUS to see
them. They did Call. rugged out in their |
best clothes. were ushered into the par
Ior, and there found conspicuously dis
played. quart of salt and spoon
After gazing at these for some time and
waiting in vain for the young women.
he callers came to the conclusion that
hey were indeed too fresh, and went
home.
The newspaper reports that Secretary
Lamar WAS TO vis;s Macon, Georgia that
ie was then and there to marry an old
lame, has SO disguised that worthy man
nat he has reconsidered his intentions
md now he will no; marry her ., all and
rlli no, even visi, her. The secretary Is
90 modest. He ough, totake the friend.
y notices ,ha, the press has given him as
of his abiding popularity. Be-
ides i, Is not probable that any one
sculj have learned Of his intended visit
he had no, told Of it himself.