Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-07-16
news NOTES AaD COMMENTS,

The London postmen's troubles are
at al end
A failure Of crops is reported in Okla
homa caused by drought.
Explorer Stanley was married recently
in London to a Miss Tenant
The steamer Wieland arrived at New
York with smallpox en- board.
Paddy Duffy pugilist, was knocked
on; by death recently in Boston.
The panic at Buenos Ayres is sub.
siding and the premium on gold has fal-
len to I9S
The United States steamer Ranger
has gone to Guatemala to protect Amer
lean interests.
Miss Annie O'Bien died at the re-
ceising hospital at San Francisco from
burns caused by al overturned lamp.
The democrats OF the sixth Ohio con-
gressional district nominated John 6.
Warwick for congress. This is Mr.. Nc
Kinley's district.
The mayor OF Fort Worth, Texas, is
charged with having secured divorce
sure pttiouly from his wife and then
married a pretty telephone girl.
Samuel Carson X Company, book
| and stationery dealers of San Francisco,
have petilioned to be djudged Ensolsen;
debtors. Liabilities, Sa6,2o7; assets,
$r924o.
1t is again asserted on what is said to
be good authority that Mrs Frank Leslie
| and Marquis de Luvile are really to be
married, and that special license has
been taken out.
The Turkish government has sent
new note 10 the British government. de-
handing ,ha, the latter nix 4 date upon
which Egypt will be evacuated by
British rooDs, without the right OF again
occupying that country
Passengers on the Chicago and North
western railroad were given a lively ride
through Wisconsin on Saturday last
The fireman OF the engine became sud-
denly insane, overpoweFed the engineer
and pulling the throttle vide open pulled
the train at igbtning rapidi'y until hnslly
secured BY the train crew.
Wag Van Wan, 4 wealthy San Fran
cisco Chinaman. has purchased $4,000
900 acres Of land on The Isthmus OF
Tehauntep'c and wall purchase another
large tract on which coffee, indigo, to-
bacco ard possibly tea can be grown.
Large Chinese colonies will be estab-
Iished at once and will be the first ever
established II Mexico
The democratic politicians OF West
Virginia are reported 10 be much agi-
tated at the outlook. And there Is good
reason for their uneaslness, for the dem
ocratic governor was counted in BY such
a narrow margin year ago that a
change OF $50 votes would place West
Virginia on the republican side of the
fence to stay.
| A Brownsville, Texas, telegram OF the
9Th says. The first practical step to-
ward the great PaR-AmeTican railway
from North 10 South America has been
taken here. Ground WAS broken today
for the Corpus Christi and South Amer
lean railway. The first division is I5e
nile. long. and extends from the Rio
Grande to Corpus Chrisli, a, which point
it connects with the railway system OF
the United States The RIO Gtande Is
to be bridge6 from here to Matamoras,
and the line extended FIRST 10 the City Of
Mexico over route several hundred
miles shorter from s. Louis, Chicago OF
New York than any existing line. From
the City OF Mexico II continues south to
The Gustemalan Inc 4nd beyond.
A telegram from Ysieta, Tex, near E.
Paso, says a pitched battle has been IN
progress there between the local factions,
both Of which claim control OF the town
government They held an election m