Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-05-14

ei postage thereon, together with th 3 statistics of ifeee matter mailed. There Is tc be 8 separation throughout the 1 several classes of matter between shat which is mailed tc other postotieess and 1 that which is for local delivery. Not only is a statement to be made oi the number, weight and postage in each subdivision sf each class, but also the number, weight asd postage in each subdivision of each class. In the first class are lettsrs, wrapped and sealed l packages and postal cards. The object sought by tke postmaster general is ts obtain sn exact knowledge Of the num- Der, weight sna rostsse paid GU each and every class or snb-class ef matter mailed in the United States during tke week beginning at o'clock Monday morning, May StR. and ending st G o'clock on the following Monday morn ing, by which the work ol the year may be accurately estimated
 The Yuma grand lury last week found irregularities in the justices office, preoisot number 1. Fines were remitted without explanation. An ex- pert, who only went back over three months records, to January 1, 1890 says: On October Is, 1889. one Simon Fisher was committed to jail in default of fine of s7 %. As matter et fact no such person was in jail. aor dees the
 fine oi ST.3e appear on the record. The grand jurers add that the assess ing is not properly done. School
 aoEies are not sPportioned. The sun of S3lS from the school fund was ex pended without vouchers to show for 1t. ! h district number l considerable hoel money was spent for Christmas presents. <fhe county ran behind S5, S9442 in 1889. There Is oaly oHs l prisoner in lsil. The latter, however Is in good order eneagh te hold him.
 4 telegram from The Needles of May 9th says; The connection of the Ari-
 zoxa and California wings of the great cantilever bridge was made to-day, and to-morroS the work will be finished and celebration will be held Prom inent railroad officials are expected from Albuquerque. An excursion train will be run from the west, and mum bers people are expected. The bridge Is said to have the longest unsupported span Of any cantilever bridge in tl c woFld-36l feet long. The total length of the bridge Is 960 feet. Nearly forty million pounds of steel and iron wss used in its co lstruction. Three men were killed and 25 injured during the work. By the 10th inst trains will be
 raaning regularly on tho bridge.
 Secretary Murphy certainly has the post office ear in Washington. Hg get daily mail to Congress mine, and has just secured an extension of mail service from Prescott to Inc B illside -aine, besides enlsrging the Simmons. Juniper route from weekly to tri- weekly service. In short, the ener. getic secretary has sacoesded in secur- ing the confidence of the department to such an extent that any recemmenaa- tioR he may make will receive Tgoup. attention. The on.y wrong he ever committed was in changing the name os Frog Tanks to Pratt, and this we are disposed to forgive on account of his youth and the fact of its being his first effense.-Pheaix Herald.
 Pastursge in the Salt river valley has been largely reduced in rates, from what 1t was last year and previous. The best ei alfalfa pasture can now be had at fifty cents per month for each head of stock, while enc dollar per head has been the rate up to this season. There are now very large areas of alfalfa to be hsd, and the result is that much range stock Is being driven in. especially from the northeast for faItening pur- poses. The cheap rate for the pastur- age seems to be qui . an attraction. Fer about dollar stockman can now pu. eight to ten dollars worth oi beef on thrifty eattle.--Herald.
 4 car load of beer arrived yes to-day which may prove sn expensive ship ment to the firm sending 1t ont from Los Angeles IL was intended for de- livery ts various parties in Prescott and Prescott Junction, twenty barrels being taken from the ear at the latter place. The car was consigned to a local dray- man here fer delivery to the various parties for whom the shipment was in- tended Deputy Collector Andrews is investigating the subject, being of the opinion that the firm shipping 1t have laid themselves liable to 8 special tax ia shipping iA this way
 The Yuma Times states that Chlsi Engineer R. B Stanton's system of taking photographs, in addition 10 making the usual surveys, as adopted daring his exnloratien Of the Colorado, is new feature m railroad engineering. The pictures win be arranged directly upon typographical maps, and in prop. CT order. s0 that outside engineers the world over, will be able, witk the written report, to make ss close estimates of the proposed road ss can Mr. Stanton him. se'i.
 The Gallup Elk has the following honest confession: Thursday was book beer day, and the boys in town took advantage oI the eccssion. In fact they began taking advantage on Tuesday. An honest confession is good for the soul The Elk and the 'hnck' hsd collision en Railaoad ave- nue OF ,he Ist, aud the buck came cut victorisus in about the sixteenth round"
 Conductor David Bruce, who has been employed on the western division of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad for