Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-02-18

q can Horticultural Society has closed Il laoors and adjourned, some mem0el going to San Diego and others nortI and many will remain here several day
 longer.
 LONDON, February 10-Great excite
 ment has been caused m military circle
 by the arrest of Major Temple, of Chat
 ham, under an order from tbe inspeatC
 general of Qualifications, upon a chsrg
 of divulgIng sn official secret.
 WAsHIa 0ToS, February l0-Rober
 Rosndtree has been appointed postms-
 ter st Parker, Yums Go, Auzons, Il
 place of J. F. Woods, deceased. Ed
 ward Kimmel Was appointed DOstmsste
 at this office March 18th, 1887, but de olioed to serve.
 PORTLAND, February IO-While a si! year old daughter of John LiDdenburI
 vas crossing patch O, ground on whicl
 men were engaged in burning brush the roots nf huge stump which haC
 been pulled up fell on her, crushing he skull and breaking one arm. She hveC only lew hours.
 Los ANGELES. February I0-Johu Gib son. a labOrer, while attempting to board a freight tram at the old depot thu. morning, fell under the wheels and had both legs 90 badly crushed that amputs ton was found tu be necessary. Ills re- coyery IS doubtful.
 WAsHINGrnS. F.bruAry I0-Repre sentative Brumm, whose dIs.uct'Is m fhs Reading coal region, Was before the | aaI kh. Dav..a. labor troubles t"-dy and blamed tho railroad officials for the lockout of the vorkmen.
 SAN FRANCISCO, February l0-The re- mains of W Walt-r Murray Gibson, late ex. premier of the Hawaiian kin dom. were placed on inc steamer ZsslandIa to-day and the steamer ssIled for Honolulu four hours later. The body will be burIei on the IsIand of LanOi.
 MERGED, February l0-Chas. Crocker and c. H. Huffman have filed two deeds in the county recorders office transfer ring to the Merced Land < Irrigation Co. lands n his county amounting to over sl.0Oc OOO.
 WAsHINGr x, February 1O-The house passed the senate bIll auihorizin z Andrew D. White as regent Of the Smithsonian Institute. Adjourned until Monday.
 The committee on education io-dsy instructed Senator Wilson, nf lows to repor. fsvorably the bill providing for the appointment Of a cOmmi sion tO ln- vestigte the alcoholic liquor traffic, its re- lstions 10 revenue au ! taxation, and its general econOny, and criminal, moral and scientific aspect.
 SAS DIHGO. February I0.-There ap- pesrs tr be d regular epidemic of high way robbery occurring iu this vicinity A-lOhg the many reported, Is the follow ing bold one to-day: I. A. Rogers, m company with his wife, drove out to pick out location for e building site. A man jumped ID from the road sido and with q revolver pointed Et tbeir heads, sad to stop and deliver their money and valusblss. "5hoot, you sco1ndFei, rad Rogers, with BD oath, and at the same time he struck h.s horse and sta:'- cd on a run towards town. The robber quickly ran so the canyon, and has nos yet been spprehended.
 WAsAIseroS, Februsfy i0,-TSe Feb rusry statistical report of the depart ment of Agriculturs shows the number anu value of farm animals, the increase ia horses, mules and rgttls aud the de- crease in sheen and swine. The largest increase IS u horses. five per cent, and it is general throughout the c5uItry' though largest wesi of the Mi-sis iDpi. The aggregate exceeds 5.UUO,UUU. The increase ID mule- l. three and @ bali per cent, aggregate, 49O.UJO. The in- crease is nearly as large in mich COWS a= in other cstsle. In sheep the decrease seems to be between two and 'hree Der rent, the aggregate heirg 43,JOO OOO There IS & small d, crease ID the number Of swine, ss than one per cen', leaving an aggregate of over Al 100000. The aggregate vaIue of all the f7rm animals is $S 0O0. 900 more thAn last year.
 WA.HISGTooS, February l0-DormsD B. E.ton, And~eE Csruagi DSvid Dud- ley Field anu Charles A. Peabody were heard today by the senate and house committees on foreign relations m favor of the bill prIviding Tor the settlement of international disputes by arbitration. In the house Culberson from the judi cisry committee reported favOrably the bill to create an arbitration board to settle the difference between the Uni'ed States and Texas regarding Gteen cOun- ty, Texas.
 WAsHISaroS, D. C., February H. Charles Francis Adams, president Ot the Union Pacific railway, appeared betore the house committee on Pacific railroads to-day. He explained the at ltude of hl- compsny toward the funding bills pend ins b fore the commit e.. He favored inc Ou,hwaIte bull with few slight amendments to relieve the roads.
 The democratic members of he hons. committee on ways aod means, stated that it was impossible Tor tsrItf bill to be laid before full committee ID time for action, and report 10 the house before the first of March.
 The speciGl committee of the house investigate the Reading strike got 10 work this morning, John L. Lee, or Philadelphia. sTmpAtbizlug wIih ire Heading strikers, was the las; witness. Lee said he did not consider there WAS any strike on the Reading rOsd. |, was s lockout of five crews. he said, because they refused to move trains at Port Richmond, and General Superintendent Wright discharged them without givlnR them a hearing. There was an agree meant that no man should be discharged except after fair hearing.
 sUs1S. February 10.-Mrs. H, a. French tried to cross the track m iron of the San Francisco local train this afternoon and WAS struck by 'He engine and instantly killed. The body was car ried over I5O feet and when It struck the ground on the right side of the track the feet were 'orced into the ground fully ten inches.
 Los ANGELES. February ll.-Aroeli s lodging house near the SOHtbern fHclhc depot was destroyed by fire early this morning. The lodseTs escaped oy iumping from the windows, srd several were badly injured. Loss on building and furniture, over twelve thousand dollars, nearly covered by insurance
 LopI.' February 1O-John Turner, aged IT. was accidentally shot teddy Dy Clarence Cope. sged F. They were hunting in the jules and IJkinsly point cd their guns at each cther. CoPes gun vas accidentally discharged, the shoi taking effect ID Turner's face. The le'- ter lived only a few hours.
 Losp-S. February 10.-The will ot Jenny Lind b-quesths 10 her grandson | ,ha c.h,na, end hooks presented tn Der