Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-09-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

quakes are now due.
 California sent her first carload of raisins east Thursday last.
 The Phenix Arizonan as daily ex- pounder of democracy IS no more.
 President Adams. of Union Pacific, the has visited Fort Worth, Texas, with a view of extending his road to that town.
 The ranks of the strikers in London are still increasing. Three thousand taylors joined them Monday, and are now parading the streets.
 James Fl. McClintock has taken charge of the Arizonan plant, at Phenix, and will hereafter conduct it as q weekly paper, in the interests of Sali river valley.
 The largest bar of gold ever cast in the world was turned out of the Uuited States assay office at Helena, Montana It weighed geo pounds, and is worth q little over SIoo.ooo.
 The commissioner of the general land office has decided that land where the mineral deposit is too poor to pay to work as mineral ground, can be entered as agricultural land.
 The demand fer its leather has brought the kangaroo into imminent dan ger of extinction. and the Australians are contemplating measures restricting the slaughter of the animal
 In the third trial of Dr. L. A. Powell, charged with the murder of Editor R. s. Smith, at Redwood, California. the jury found the defendant guilty of man slaughter. Sentence not pronounced
 At the contest for the division com mander's department sknmish medal. United States army. at Santa Cruz. the Arizona team won by a score of o4o to 77S for California and soa for the de- partment of the Columbia.
 Mrs. McGufie was shotand instantly killed at San Pedro. California, by her divorced husband, lastSunday. McGuf- 6s, after killing his wife, placed . pistol to his own head and fired inhicting a wound which 1t is thought may prove fatal.
 W. W. Patterson and w. A. Huff both members of the Georgia legislature have been dodging the officers for sev- eral days in trying to meet on the ''feld of honor" to take shot at each other in accordance with the ''code duello.'
 The advertisements of Guaymas Inde- pendence day fiesta state that "alI games known and unknown will be allowed and invited; special effort will be put forth to make it an occasion of predomi- mating morality.
 The military authorities at Rome. Italy, have been experimenting with smokeless powder in target practice. With she new powder double the usual number of hits have been made.
 Fifty people were seriously poisoned by eating cheese at the village of Betts- vile, Ohio, and it is feared some may die. This IS the third lot of people poisoned in a like manner within week, and the matter will be investi- gated
 The outbreak of a disease among the cattle in North Dakota is causing great excitement among the stock-raisers. The territorial veterinarian and corps have gone to the scene. Arizona is the only cattle country in the world that has never had such an af,iction.
 Vivian W. Edwards. son of Vivian Edwards. first territorial governor and !. first senator from Illinois, died aged 3I years, on the zd inst The father was general of Illinois in 1884 and a member of the state legislature from from 1856 to 1882, He was also a of Presiden, Lincoln
 The anti-alcohol congress, at Paris, | France, has passed resolution to the effect that the governments of the world ought to be asted to place prohibitive duties on alcohol and to exempt tea, coffee, etc. from custom dues. Stans- tics show that the consumption of al- cohol doubled in France between 1875 | and 1883.
 At sale of thoroughbreds at Sheeps- head Bay race course. the other day, thirteen animals were sold. bringing S4S, rSs, an average of little over SS, 7oo each, The star of the sale was the three-year-old Proctor Knot, the winner of last years futuri,y stakes. The frs; bid was $Io,ooo. Bidding vent alcng at lively clip until SIS 1000 was reached for which sum he was sold.
 A San Francisco telegram of Septem- per 7th says: Charles Atkins, a tinsmitb, md his wife were arrested by secret iervice agent to-day on a charge of ,ounterfeiting. A number of bogus coins nd dies for making nickels quarter-dollar ,ieces were found in their quarters Both admitted their guilt Atkins was committed 10 jail, but his wife was eleased on account of having three oung children dependent on her.
 The New York Sun publishes . letter om John l. Sullivan, in which he an his intention of running for ongress on the democratic ticket his ambition 10 represent the Boston lstrict. He states that with such bright nbition he trusts he will in the future ake his life what it ought to be. Sul- 1an does not doubt his qualifications, he says in conclusion that he will we no trouble m getting hearing in N