Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-07-22

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Postmaster General aanalnahel is said to have made a losing in ths
 Keystone bank.
 Read Treasurer Oliver's notice II to-day's issue of the redemption o county warrants.
 Would that some of the water o the desert lake could he precipitatec in this portion of Arizona.
 \ scientific corps has been sent out from Washington to try to make water on the western plains ol Texas
 Over twenty thousand teacher: are in attendance at the National educational association, now in ses sion at Toronto.
 Marriage seems to be failure ir Parnell's ease, as it has failed to re store the confidence of his former adherents to him.
 The board of pm son commission CTS has cut the salaries of guards al the prison down from Sl0o to SS( per month.
 The Phenix Republican says that the proposed trip of the Editorial association of southern California to Flagstaff, has been given up.
 The copious rains predicted by the wet weather prophets may come later during the season but up to the present time the w.. W. p.'s are drying up.
 The attempt to produce rain by artificial means on the plains Of western Texas by the scientific corps sent out from Washington will be watched with great interest.
 A dispatch from Vienna says: A three days celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Mozart, the immortal composer opened to-day at Salsburg, his na- tive town.
 The count of money and bullion m the treasury consequent on the transfer of office from Huston to Nebecker has been concluded. A representative of the new treasurer states that every cent has been ac- counted for. e.
 The JOURNAL MINER, to-day, gives a very interesting account of the proceedings of the Ohio democratic convention. This report is in ad- vance of anything of import ance published here.
 Young Mir. Thurman made a spread-eagle effort before the Ohio democratic convention. If we are not mistaken this is the same young man who gave Arizona such a black eye few years ago.
 A new steamship line from New York to San Francisco, by way of the Straits of Magellan, is to go into operation this week which promises to work something of a revolution in the carrying trade of the Pacific coast.
 Duncan. the American who at tempted to kill his wife in the mountain of Wales, recently. has been acquitted on the grounds of insanity. Instead of being turned loose by the authorities, as is the custom in this country. Duncan was ordered locked up.
 The water continues to flow into the desert lake in southern Cali fornia. It now appears that the in flow commenced in February last and has continued ever since. It is thought that channel of sufficient size and depth has been cut to make the lake permanent.
 The third party is attempting to gain foot hold in the democratic stronghold of Kentucky. They will meet with poor success, we imagine, in attempting to convert bourbonism to their way of thinking and Ken lucky may be counted on to roll up its usual democratic majority.
 Superintendent Murray McIner- nay, of the territorial prison, makes a good showing in his first quarterly report by a reduction of the expense per capita from sl.4ls to s5 Is cents. Mir. McInernay will make an efficient superintendent and will give the ter ritory an economical administration.
 California papers state that coyote scalps are being imported into that state from Arizona and other places to receive the bounty offered on coyote scalps. Coyote breeding es- tablishme nts are also talked of. The coyote scalp bounty for the past quarter cost Fresno county 5000.
 An attempt was made recently to cripple the machinery of the Phenix Republican. The editorials which have appeared in the Republican re- gently are about as damaging to the machinery of the Republican as trip hammer would be.
 
 The Coconino Sun says that the Flagstaff committee has received no intimation from the Southern Cali fornia editorial association that 1t has given up its proposed visit to Flagstaff. The citizens of Flagstaff expect them To come. and are mak- ing preparations to receive them and the editorial associations of Ari- zona and New Mexico.
 The Phenix Herald claims to have information which indicates that the .. F., r. & P. railroad will purchase or lease the P. & 4. C. railroad.