Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-02-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

ANlGo~s t' A.'- N''-' f~''S fNy ''' the state.
 True 10 its policy, 10 obtain political advantage at any cost, the democratic majority ln congress seated Davidson, of Alabama.
 D. R. Locke, (Peuoleum V. Nasby), died at Toledo, Ono, of consumption February I5'h He SAs $ years olc and leaves a ai!c and three sens.
 What an affcctionate regard IS mani fes,ed for the grand old man from Mane," by the democrats, since hls let ter refusing to become d presidential candidate
 In the University ot Michigan. last year. there were 265 lady students. These were in the different departments as fol- lows: Literary I75, pnarrnacy ?. law O. medical 76. dentistry 4.
 w congratulate the people Of Yuma county on ther excellent agriculturai prospects. Yuma will take a position Tn the front rank. n the lerritory soon for Its agricultural and fruit products.
 The new cruiser Atlanta has been or dered 10 Alaska to keep its weather eye on the biusteTing English admiral who proposes to regulate the fishery question up there accoid diug to lis own notions.
 The cyclone season has already com menCed m the east, ihe first one Of the season having put m an appearance at Mt Vernon, Illinois, destroying live hundred buildings ard killing forty people.
 The San Francisco Examiner has q $Ioo,o eco libel Sun on its hand for mt maling tha. Patiick Connolly, an tx- democratic sheriff If San Francisco, was connected with the opium smuggling ring Tn that city.
 The Democratic national committee will assemble at. Washington City to- morrow % dcCiGt when and where shall be held thc convention which IS 10 select the tho next dcmocrailc Candi- date for president of the United States
 The secreJa of var, upon the recom- mendation ot Quauermaster General Holabrd, has authorized the mauutac- tufe Of a quantity of coats and trousers for experlmeutai issuse to troops sta toned in hot climates du ing the sum- mer season.
 The democracy breathes treer to think that Blaine IS out of the fight, ist IS though either Lincoln, Sherman, Ali son, Gresham, Depew. or haif dozen others whose names could be mentioned could not beat Mi. Cleveland for pres Ijenl.
 Iudgc BarGeS has virtually decided that Cochise county owes A. J. Ritter, its county treasurer over $6,ooo but that he had no risht r. retan the amount out of the funds in his hands. MT. Ritter will appealthe case to the supreme court
 The Sau Francisco Chronicle says Contracts were signed by parties In Fresno last Friday, and a party has gone f~,,g,lt,,. to chm tn that county 800 negro families. Most of these will iopiaoe Chinese Tn the or ohard5 and whey yands.
 Activity Tn mioing Tn this section IS increasing every day. There Is scarcely d day passes that there k not transfer of mniug property made, ranging all the way in value from $soo for a part int rest in some undeveloped claim 10 Sroo, 900 for a developed mine
 No one ever thought seriously of rur- ming General Sheli ian for president, so no one Will be greatly disappointed to learn that he says he will not, under any circumstances, run for the office. "Lttle Phi" knows a good thIng when he sees IL, and Lieutenant General of the army IS good iat plum.
 Dr. l II. JoSselyn. a somewhat prcmI- nent physician of San Francisco, has been convicted, with three associates. for conspiflnc to murder Wm. Drew Tn or deT to obtain q society insurance. was revealed on the triai hat Josselyn Id served a term n the Massachusetts pen5ioruarY irom IS4c to 1895
 Joseph Steb6ins accidentally shot and killed Is aged ta'ber At thtir ranch eigh, m.les from Denver Young Stebbins was handling gun heavily charged with with buckShot and slugs, and which he did not kaOw was loaded The gun suddenly exploded, the charge striking hs father. kllhng hlm almost instantly. !
 Acting on the good advice given by 1 ;he JoRNn-MINER, the subcommittee O. the committee on barking and cur renCy have decided 10 report to the full ! committee with a favorable recommend | ation, the bill au honzing the issue of | not more than SIC, ,ooo, GOO nor less than 5000, 900 of fractional currency in de If 10, 15 and 50 cents.
 The following from the pen of Ridge ley Tilden, editor of the ProSpeotor, who | Is charged with being democrat, does | not have a very strong democratic rig | to ii He says Kentucky moisture, ! is very provocative ot democracy. In ! tact If the corn crop should fail for a couple ot years, there would not be !, enough left 0: Ihe democratic party to | hold an inquest or. Tucson IS agltatlng the increase of her night police force and doing away en- ! tIrely with the day force, having the chief of police do duty at night Pres