Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1889-10-30

"Bluc Dick" Chinese laundrymar
 of Phsnix, won 5000 at faro on re
 cent night, with which he proposes |,
 return to China.
 The race today between P. l.. Kast
 nsr's horse and W. T. Richardson',
 mare, . single half mile heat, was won
 by the former. Time, l :3S3.
 A deed from A. W. Gallon ts Miller
 and Bowers. of Denver. for his inseres,
 il the Harrison mine, Walnut Grove
 district, for $500. has been filed for 1 record
 District Attorney Ben Hereford, oi
 Tucson. has decided that the two school
 teachers, who were suspended ly order
 of Autocrat Strauss, arc entitled to
 teach in spite of his imperious ukase. A man named Corralss was blowing
 near Phenix, when the point struck . mssquite root, which threw ono of the handles of the plow with great force against his stomach. killing him in stantly.
 Late this afternoon . runner got abroad that Bullock bad sold out his Prescott branch road, co that now there is no obstacle to the proposed road from Phenix to Prescott Junction. Herald, October 24th.
 Major John Reese will shortly leave for trip ints the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river. by the way of Pine Springs. Major Reese is great ex- plorsr, there being but few places in northern Arizona that he is not familiar with.
 A. s. Hasksll came in from his ranch last evening with lot of choice apples, of the Ben Davis" variety, three of which weighed . tritle over three pounds. Twsnty.seven delivered at Jerome weighed twenty-five pounds. Who says Arizona can't raise big spplesi
 Two Italians furnished amusement to-day. on the north side oi the plaza, fer large number of nen and boys, by indulging in scrap. They started in with bare knuckles, which proved teo tame. when enc of the,n seized an empty beer keg and the other two clubs, with which they pummslsd each other until tired cut, no particular damage being done.
 Those gentlemen who are willing and able Q represent Arizona at the silver | convention ia St. Louis, November | Beth, are requested to send their names | to Governor wolfey, that appoint ments may be made. Arisons's sppor- tionment is twenty delegates, and twenty alternxtes It is important shat she should send . strong delegs- tion. We trust those most interested in this matter will act at once Her .ld.
 The JoURNAL-MrNER has been work ing to secure better mail service for lhis section, and has been partially although there IS still room or improvement ia certain directions. The mail from San Francisco at present s carried to Los Angeles and thence to Prescott Junction, while the exprsss Iomes through direct. The train bring ng the latter reaches Prescott Juno ion at $ 30 p. m., while the Los An teies train. carrying the mail, does not each there until 6 :23 .. m. As the Prescott train leaves shortly afterwards slight delay in the Los Angeles train, 'auses It to miss connection with the Prescott train, and oonseq uent deten- ion of the mail for twenty.four hours. Te have been informed, that upon proper application, there is a possibility | having s through Prescott sack made up in San Francisco aud brought Iireci on the train reaching Prescott Junction at S:SO p. n. By such an mail from San Franciscs 'ould reach here even though tho Los Angeles train were delayed, and we nggsst that . pstitisn to this effect be 'rspsred, signed and forwarded to Su. erintendent Wilder, of the railway aail service.