Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-03-14
NEWS. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

OIk
 Mrs. Garfield IS en route home from
 Europe.
 Fl Paso yielded up $5,ooo for two | performances of Booth and Barrett. Booth and Barrett drew $7,ooo house on their appearan ce in San Fran 1 cisco.
 A man convicted of horse stealing at 1 Mora, New Mexico was fined S25 and costs.
 The anti prohibitlonists of Iowa are organizing personal liberty leagues all
 over the sta,e.
 | An exchange says there are said to be 3.ooo Holstein cattle breeders m the United States, and 6,ooo are registered
 annually.
 D.. McGlynn has secured all lnjunc-
 tion restraining Henry George and others
 from incorporating an Anti-Poverty
 society.
 The coal mines al Leavenvorth.
 Kansas, have shut down, as the COmpa-
 nies say they cannot make them pay at
 present prices.
 More than SIS, 5,ooo has. It IS stated.
 been. already collected for present to
 Alexandra, Princess of Wales, for her
 silver wedding.
 ] The latest synonym for dancing IS "Ambipedifulation." Simple words are
 the best, but simple people always strain
 after the complex.
 The proxy wife of Anarchist Spies
 threatens to 20 upon the stage She
 seems fully determined upon revenge In
 one form or another
 The pin consumption of the United States IS one pin 10 each lnhabitant a
 day. This necessities the daily manu.
 faCture of 6o.ooo,o 900 pins. i Twelve signal service offices in differ ent portions of the country wsll be dis
 continued on April Ist on account of no
 appropriation for thelr support.
 The Santa Fe Herald publishes list
 of the governors Of New Mexico since
 1922. The number IS ninety-ive, ana
 some of them had name yard long. ] A movement for the abolition of
 slavery Tn Brazil IS increasing and bill
 to abolish slavery throughout the en-
 pire will probably be introduced in May. J. o. Cousins. Of Marysvlle. Cal, af- fiicted with the leprosy made the third
 attempt to commit suicide Saturday by ! cutting a vein m his arm. He was | discovered Tn time to stop the flow of l blood.
 The coal interests of Ohio may be in- ferred from the fact that there are twen- two thousand coal mines Tn the state
 and all occupied. Ono Is rich on top
 of the ground and also in the bowels of
 the earth.
 The venerable Baker Valentine Win
 ters. at a family dinner, at his residence
 in Dayton, co., distributed $5oo,ooo of his estate among SIX children and heirs
 of two others. In the year 1882 he gave
 them $4oo, 900
 A terrible mining accident occurred at Ishpemlng, Michigan. Five men were getting readyto blast on an old drill hole l al the bottom of number three shaft, ! when the charge went off unexpectedly
 killing all five instantly. In fight to the finish between Johnny Farrell, the Harlem featherwelght cham
 pion, and ack Havelin, featherweight
 champion of Boston, near Ravine Rock,
 Connecticut, Farrell, who had the best of the encounter from the beginning, was , knocked out in the seventh round. Nine artesian Wells have been con- tricted for by the governor of Sonora. Mir. Sturg's, Of mine fame, has the con- tract for sinking them, and Is now sink
 ing the initial one on his property in the district Of Altar. It IS now down BOO feet with fair water indications. The female m 'yor of Argonia, Kans., was elected as a joke, but good many of the citizens think they have caught tartar. She put a stop to their poker games, billiard playing and similar amusements after D. m., and iambo- rees are thing of the past. Every body IS in bed at 9:,o, and sporting men are seeking fresh fields and pastures new.
 Senator Vest, of Missouri, has again tickled his constituents by an attack upon the union soldier. Those who are seek | ing pensions on account of disabilities received Tn lIne of duty were classed as beggars, claim agents and plunderers. It | ttuSNl any lnillS outrageously wrong in this pension legis- lation other men than those who help make pensions necessary: ought to see the wrong and show 1t to the world.
 Sheriff Cook, of Maverick county, Texas, reports to Governor Ross, of that state that couple of lieutenants and two soldiers of the Mexican army came over the line and attempted to kid nap deserter. 1 requested their sur render, and they fired upon myself and deputy. We returned the fire, and killed one and wounded another. The man and the other two got back across the river. We expect trou- ole again, as threats have been made by hem. My deputy IS shot in the hand
 F.. A. Mcleod. postmaster at Palmyra, Missouri, committed suicide by hanging. He was appointed postmaster about two .l |