Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-03-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
 According ie our exchanges, AEbor day was generally observed throughout the territory.
 The hydraulic and engineering jeas- nsls are just now m the midst ei the aiscassisn oi the Walnut Grove dam.
 Mayor Grant and other ex-cfficisls et New York City are in trouble, charged wish having accepted sTs6es during their terms Of cfhce.
 Weather. Prophet Wiggins p redicts a big storm to extend ali over the world frsm the 18th to the asd o; tAis month.
 The Louisiana Lottery company sent check ,o Governor Nichols for SIoo, ooe ie sid the sufferers of ths Mississippi river seod in Louisiana.
 The name of Secretary Murphy has been added to the ist Of honorable appointments from Northern Arizona by Oar contemporary. lis well
 The JouREA1 MINER is requested to name the sneeeersn of this section. No occasion whatever for it. as the people generally are familiar with them, as well as their methods.
 The free trader can't understand why he can buy cioshing jus, as cheap in the United State as in Europe. The fact that he can do s5, however, Snecks a kis hole is.o his free trade argument
 Califo.nians are great patrons of prize fighting. Nearly every town has its atblcuc club in which knockout prize fights occur with the sanction of law
 As Yet nothing has been done Tn either Tucson or Tombstone in regard to the organization sf militia company. Every other enterprissng town of the ter rissrs has soldier organization.
 Several bondsmen Of ex-Treasurer Ritter. who paid large sums cf money io comply with their obligation. have consulted attorneys and find that for a small sum they will commence suit to recover the amount paid in. which sums us te about SIe. 500 SC tar.-Prospector.
 Recent developments in the case sgalnst Bircheil. in Canada. show hin and his wife to ee nothing short ef hu- man hends. They seem to have been r-aking systematic business ef turing wealthy young Euglishmeu to Canada en the pretexs of selling them farms. and. ence in their clutches, nothing more has ever been beard of them.
 When Dan Burke tried 10 explain away bis action ia the Walnut Grove dam disaster aud coupled the names ef respectable people with that of his. he seems to have stirred up hornets' nest. The fact of the matter Is, that through l Burke's negligence many lives were lost l that might have been saved, and is is an unfortunate circumstance that there IS no | ststute in the territory covering bis case. whereby he can be adequately punished.
 The St Sehns Herald, si;h Its distin- guished ability fes misrepresentiag facts, charges Hon. N. o. Murphy. as acting governor. with recently having refused to issse requisitisn papers for political req sons. Tbe paper in question certainly knew that the statement was false when II vas made. Acquisition papers were refused for good and sufficient reasons, when the Herald ascnbed the above as the reason.
 Ths appointment of D. H. Reeare, of Phsnix, as special agent of the census bureau of this territory IS net only de- serving enes hut meritorious one as well. Mir. Recarte's services fer the republican party deserves this rec ognition iron the party, while bis abii- fly to i'll the pesiiien IS unprecedented. With Mfr. Recarts as special agent of the census bureau and E. s. Clark as there is no doubt but the ter ri,ory viii be properly represented in fhe eleventh census with honest returns. |
 On Tuesday, at Tucson, Judge Sloan refused to uaturalize Jesus Robles. who reuid neither speak. read nor write Eng ish. Thrsueh sn interpreter the sp- plicant declared himself friendly to the United States, sut the judge ruled that before man could be yell disposed te- Tardthe United States, 1t was necessary for hIpl to be akie to read as csnsti,u- ion, as t would be impossible to be well disposed toward government, the laws sF which he knew nothing about. Jesus can apply agaln, when better qualified. - Citizen. |,
 Census Supervisor Clark has received { special instructions from the head of the bureau ths, the appointment of any one { either in the assessment Of property for taxatisn or ID the actual evyins of taxation, will not be approved 1 This step has been deemed necessary s Tom the fact that there Is mere or less a ameng certain classes as to g he ekject of the census and lest they aiget connect it with taxation and g sereby be deterred frsm rendering a full ( nd accurate statement of their pre- ? crly this rule has been adopted. o Notwithstanding the long, bitter and malicious warfare that has been waged gzinsi the National Building and Loan ;' of Minneapolis. which has :; branch in Prescott, as a result of re- |