Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-09-25
Msws. aorus Aap oommss,s

W0Wos WVb00 aWO SVWWs00sO
 No pension commissioner appointed ye;.
 Ne~ York cigar makers are on a strike
 Knigh, of Labor Po~derly will shortly engage tn the practice ot law.
 An eastern telegram states that the once powerful organization of Knights Labor, is nov bankrupt.
 It turns ou, that Roscoe Conkling' s estate, sfter ali dels and obligations gre disposed ot. amounts to over $soo.ooo. Upwards of twenty-eigh, large bales fl human hair were brought 10 France in the last steamer that arrived rom Il c Orient.
 ]. D. Spreckles < Go and ]. NJ. Donshue of San Francisco have organ i1ed the Joggins Raft company al Ouawa, (anauA
 President Harrison informed certain yourg ladies a, Deer Park recently ,hs, Baby MeKee's name is "Benjamin. He had been annoyed because the girls called the youngsser "Benny." Variations in the downfall of snow have from recent observations in the Himalaya nountains been found 10 es- srcise an important influence on the
 monsoon rains of Upper India. Jchn Allen and F. H. Plat,s whs lei,
 New Ysrk. May I4sh, for uip across the continent ca horseback, have arrived in San Francisco. having mad. the trip in Iso days; the actual ridinG time being Ir7 dayh
 David N. Blakely. a graduate of Dart
 mouth college in the class of So. has re ceived the appointment of instructor ir English of the American College al Aintsh. Turkey. He will also be finan cial manager oi the institution. The Wallapai custom of ctemaung
 with them all the property owned hy members of the tribe, at death. while not exactly in accordance with the idea sf civilization, prevents all squabbles over the estates and no administrator is needed to settle up the business. The skin of whale is from two inches to two feet thick, that ct large speci- men weighing thirty tons The rhinoc- eros is the thickest skinned quadtuped with a hide so tough as to resist the claws of the lion or tiger, the sword. or the ball Of the old fashioned musket. The Pacific Express company was robbed ot $Io.ooo at Benton, Texas. The money arrived on the Missouri. Kansas & Texas train and was left in a safe in the through car. The latter was entered by . window and the safe un- locked. There is no clue to the rob bers.
 Probably the longcs, ''bse" line rall- way in the world is from Buenos Ayres to the foot of the Andes. it covers $40 kilome,ers, or about s7S miles. and is as straight as an arrow. The highest grade is abou. three feet to the mile. It crosses no ravine and no stream. and therefore there is no bridge.
 Tho Berlin Post publishes repor, on the maneuvers. which is a conclusion as to the necessity ef smokeless powder hencefcrth for both the artillery and in- fantry. The corps using smokeless powder got within 200 yards of the enemy without the latter being able to determine the distance. The latter were often taken on the flank and were un- able to guess whence the fire came. If it had been real battle they would have been annihilated The war office is pre- pairing . supply of smokeless powder for sll the troops, including the second-class landwehr. The latest perfected smoke less powder leaves no sign after firing by infantry and snly . slight gray mist after the firing of artillery.