Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-12-18

crying down territorial paper. Such tac'lcs, however. only disgust the in telligent members of their own party aud will yeact aeainst it Despite the sdorts oi the democrats aud lev dis appointed applicants for governor and their adhesents. to break down the ad- ministration of Gov. weldey they willen- tirely tail in the attempt It may require little time to brush the obstrSction- isks sut q the way ef his administration, but in the end he will succeed. a by the conservative policy be has pursued, Governor Wslhey has attracted to him { the intelligent and conservative ele- ment of both parties.
 As predicted several weeks since in
 these columns the jury ia the Whsu robbery case returned . verdict ef net guilty as ts all the defendent& Had
 the jury been called upon te decide as
 ts vhsther Paymaster Wham vas rob
 bed or net, there can be DO doubt that
 their verdict would have been "no."
 There are few. unprejudiesd pers ons who have read the evidence brought
 out at the trial but will believe that if
 Paymaster Wham vas robbed at all 1t
 was done by the parties recently on trial at Tucson. The evidence was conflicting, it is true. but it did not re- quire any difficult analysis of it to de
 termine where truth ended and perjury commenced. Alter all. however. 1t
 may have been an unpleasant dream only that Paymaster Wham and his e. cort had on the IIsh Of May and that they were not robbed at all A jury of twelve men has said as much by their verdict in the case.
 If Governor Saiford has any friends in this section who characterize eonmu-
 nication that appeared in the JouR-
 NAL-MlNER as "untruthful. etc." they
 had better look up the territorial rec
 srds. from which they will find that the
 correspondent whs pennsd the article
 was posted. Governor Saffsrd is .
 'back number governor sf this terri
 tory vho has resided in Florida since retiring from ef6ce. and his recent com
 munication from Tarpon Springa in
 that state. in which be esssys the role of
 . critic of republican sficials of this
 territory. is not only presunptueus but an insult to the intelligence ef dur peo pie. It comes with double bod grace from hin, from the fact that year ago he came to Arizona and under false pretenses of asserting that it was his in-
 tentien to reside here in the future. in- duced a..number sf citizens eftheterirtory. to sndorse his candidacy for the positiep.
 new occupied by the man whom he criticises. As soon a governor was appointed. Saford hied hinself back to te the Florida swanps again. going back l on bis expressed intentien Of residing | in Arizona and from there undertakes .o dictate to Arizonans what their sfi-
 cials should do or should not do. As Safferd turned his back on Arizona,
 50 should Arizona turn her back on him.
 The announcement of Mrs. Wadding- hams having secured divorce from her
 husband proves to have been prema-
 ture. A telegram from Chicago says: Judge Hotton of the county count said to-day that the story thst Mrs Wadding- ham had received a divorce from her husband. the millionaire cattlemsn. was untrue. The ease came up before Judge Horton last Saturday. and the at- tornsy informed hin that Mrs. Wad- dingham was in New York, ill and un- able to appear. but they offered her deposition. Judge Horton fatly re fuseh to grant divorce, and added: .Mn. Waddiagten must be here. If she is sick and dies she won't need divorce If she gets we'll and lives. she must retarn. This thing sf New York dunping all its divorce cases into Chicago must De stopped"
 An Fl Paso man dreamed that his sister. who had recently died. appearedto him and asked him to kill himself that hemight join her in heaven. On avaking he procured pistol and proceeded to carry out the dreamy request by shsot- ing himself through the breast.
 An exchange thinks that before "Hades" wasestablished the other place may have been located in Sicily. On that island there are s67 sulphur mines. and birthstone is the leading article of | export. It has plenty of good roasting | material.
 The jury ia the Cronin case has re- returned verdict of guikyasainst all the desendants in the case except Beggs, whe was acquitted. Coughlin, the sx-desec- tive; O'Sullivan, the ice man. and Burke. get life imprisonment. and Kunzs. three ysasr.
 "Pray excuse me" were Jeff Davis last words, They were applied in de- clining ts take medicine preferred him.
 Montana democrats are trying in sain to hoodwink their republican leg istave colleagues
 The Citizen denies the existence of 1iphtheria in Albuquerque.
 New York City authorities have cut flown all electric wires.
 Senator FarWoii on Civil oorvleo
 Reform.
 In . recent interview on civil service eform. in Washington. Senator Far- vnll l> II