Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-02-19
]. C MARTIN. Edi,or.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mrs Shaw, the Arizona whistler, is re- perted te be engaged to an English earl.
 The Montzas couEts arc snearthing considerable democratic croskesaess in connection with the last election.
 The Santa Rita Land and Mining csmpany's property was seld at sherifi's sale at Tscson the other days for S6s,sso.
 The government i: paying cut ever $Isr,soe annually in Washington for the reat of apartments 10 accommodate gov- ernnent business
 If inc census enumkraters succeed as seil in their count as Speaker Reed has In counting democratic cengressnsn the cessus will be vel. taken.
 The Chicago & Alton company claims ts have epersssi their Soc miles sf read in 1889 without killing or injur- ing single passenger.
 Montana, which has heretofsre been . doubtful sts,s. has been made solidiy republican by the action sf the demo- cratic senators ia leaving the state while the legislature was in session.
 Statehood for Arizena may be said to be fully settled now, as the Herald says that New York broker writes ts his Phen;x friend that Arirsna is bound to be admitted ints the union shortly.
 If the democrats should draw up diagram showing bow they imagine that the tariff IS responsible for the lev prices of cern the country could get snusemsnt at least even. if it failed to get instruction.
 A tot of young bieods in Gilrey, Cali fcEEis. attempted to make a bsrkeeper frrnish them with drinks, and su his refusal, Will Paise. enc of the gang, drew pistol and accidentally shot and killed one sf his companions.
 Beaconsfeld said: "In politics nothing Is contemplible--Cincinnsti CsmneI- cial Gareite" But Beacensheld had nsver seen lot of democratic congress men dGcking under their desks te keep from being cennted as part sf a qssrum. -Glebe-Demscrst.
 4. J. King. New York bee expert is looking the Salt river valley over with . view sf establishing an spiary there. MT. King formerly ran bee ranch on the root of | three story building 10 New Ysrk, and acquired national reputation as bee fsncier.
 Democratic cengressmen are opposed te ;ks new csde of rules presented to ts the house. If adopted they viii nFsvsnt the minority from preventing 'egislatiou by 6libus,erins, and as the dszscrsts are in the minority now, they ds net want that
 Cssg,stsasa Springer wants Arizona and New Mexico admitted with Idaho and Wyoming. The Illinois statesman frankly admits that be does nc, care for ths territories. but be thinksshey can bs counted sn ts offset the republican ma jorities is the territories named.
 Twelve sections hsIetsfore selected in the Prescott land office district fey Esiversity purposes, embracing 7,66s 5 acrcs, were en the a4th ultims csnccled, pursuant to decisisu made by Secretary Nosls January r4th. Governor WolHey thereupsn received authority to select ether land ID lieu thereoi. Herald.
 The Mohsye Miner thinks our sister county may yet De able to find a candidate from each of the political par ties fer delegate to congress. They can at least csme befsre their respective par ty conventions fer nomination. As nearly 1 every csunty hss candidate foI that ] position there is ae.hing to keep MoAave | from having a couple.
 4 correspondent writes from St l Johns to express the hope that the blil | recently introduced in congress and published in this paper, which 3isfran- chisss pslygamists, may become law before the next electisn. By the enact rnert of such law Apache county could | se redeemed from the rule of the Mor- | men church and its allies seme of whom | are even more unscrupnlsus than the | s'ssists" tkencselves. We sincerely trust, that for the sake of the many honest ciiizens residing .hsre. whe are not un- ter the coutrol of this church, the law may be speedily enacted and rigidly en- forced.
 The atrocities recently reported from the Siberian prison are without