Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-05-15

Tue supreme COutt " NosSHeoO uaS decided that the law. taxing mines vas constituuonaL The case vas brought to the attention of the supreme court upon appeal from the decision Of the lower court That also maintained the tax is
 constitutional and cannot be evaded.
 Sonora cattle bnng very poor prices in Tucson. A man brought few to the city one day this week and could only get $7. so per head for them. They were
 valued at $Io by the custom house ofh- cers and their duty was so per cent which left him only S per head for bis cattle.
 During a recent trip into Mexico.
 Judge T. D. SatterwhIte, of Tucson, procured curiosity in the shape of an old Chinese knife said to have been dug from Chinese grave and supposed to be over three thousand years old, as the custom of burying such accou,erments with the dead in China ceased about three thousand years ago
 The Chicago. Rock Island | Paei6s Railway company announces the follow appointments which took effect on
 May Ist, Geo. H. Smith, assistant zen. eral ticket agent, headquarters Ch,cago i; Geo. L. Rhodes, assistant general pas- senger agent, headquarters Chicago i; Sam. F. Boyd, assistant general ticker x passenger agert. aeadquarten To peka. Kansas
 The breeders and packen of Ameri- can cattle and hogs and their products are making a strong effort to have our government take up the subject of intro ducing them to England. Germany and France. Our hog products are now ex- cluded from France and Germany, and our live cattle are practically excluded from England by quarantine regulations. on account of the scare worked up in those countries some ten years ago ur- der the pretext that they were unhealthy.
 If Governor Zulick did say, a re- ported by his late Prescott organ. that the editor of this paper ever solicitited him for business of any kind, he simply told a falsehood. AS for capital re moval, the citizens of northern Arizona well know that this paper was the first to expose the conspiracy inaueurated by Zulick and kept up its lick until the scheme was consummated. In other words we did what we could to prevent it, instead of waiting until the removal was made to commence the fight
 We agree with our contemporary that the court and jury should have . chance in the trial of Walter Darling. The conclusion of the case should not be given before hand as is being attempted by the personal enemies Uf the victim. The queries propoundeS in this paper are legitimate ones to be brought be. fore the jury and if answen favorable .o the defendant can bs given it will strengthen his case. We have no de- sire to predjuice public opinion in the case, but we do not propose ,ns. the assertion that Barry Matthews vas . bsd nan shall go uncontradicted.
 San Juaquin and Sacramento farmers eport that the recent storm was general IS far as could be observed, and that treat deal of damage has been suffered. Had the rain fallen two weeks earlier, hey assert that it would have proved of ,reat benefit to the late sown grain. but t this time it comes too late, where arller sown grain has reached that point vhen rain is an injury and not benefit. \ vast amount of hay has been de troyed or injured by the storm. while he wind has played its pars in lodging he rank grain and stripping the or hards of their forming fruit
 A Texas man has hit on . happy ex- 'edient for utilizing the vast tracts of kali lands in that state, which have here ofore been considered of no value. By he has discovered that he an actually raise soap, and this promises 0 become a prominent industry. He lants the castor bean, which sroWs to . ood height, but instead of producing he fruit from which castor oil is made, he alkali of the soil blends with the oily nbstance of the bean and produces . ne quality of toilet soap ready for use, mich IS said to surpass even the choic- $, manufactured article. It
 At a celebration in Paris last Sunday Carnot. attended by bis milli. ny and civic household. while riding , a state coach, escorted by . squad dragoons vas fired ct The attempt ( as made to assassinate him by man , bout forty years of age who had attracted tentiOn among the bystanders Who { ere watching the cavalcade. by his ud denunciaticns of the republic. c he infuriated republicans vho wit . essed the act immediately sprang upon e would-be assassin and would have . nched him on the spot, but for the q ar guard of the presidential escort, tI ho rescued the wretch and handed . m over to the police. u Political circles in Canada are very ( uch agitated over the announcement C
 the investigation to be made by the . on trade relations with u lnadA Surprise is expressed that the n is authorized to take up the d .hrings sea dispute. which has been q ? subject of diplomatic conespon- nee for the past three years The minion government urges the impe- i, l authorities to send cruiser to the - ters which form the occasion of con- = versy. The ambitious litle domin. ' .: , is very troublesome neighbor, and " " Thaps the most effective way of quiet. Y 1t, is for Uncle Sam to seize it with rs grabhook and annex it u Sam Brannsn, who came to Califor- O
 before the discovery of gold, and oa 0 has acted a conspicuous part in the n tory of that state. died at his home in go , Diego. Monday last. He had ts, n a member of the vigilance commit. ;,l
 and was the founder of the first ro ool and the fire department Of San h;, ncisco. During the invasion Of mn xico by the French, he equipped . cc, talion Of troops to defend the Juares .s, Iy against the forces of Maximilian. e, this service he received . large land