Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-08-19
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST ls, 1891
EDITORIAL NOTES.


 The territorial board of equaliza- tion is in session at Phenix.
 Constitution makers are already commencing to arrive at Phenix.
 Judge Hoffman, of the United States district court of San Fran cisco, is dead.
 A hot wave has prevailed in the east for several days, and number of deaths have occurred.
 The Cocopah Indians predict smother earthquake in the vicinity of Yuma and the lower Colorado country.
 The government will increase the number of ships in the Asiatic squadron by sending several more war ships there.
 P. Minor, has been held under $l,OO0 bonds to answer the charge lodged against him in connection with his shooting scrape with Lawyer Humphries.
 A Chicago savings building and loan association has collapsed and its officers have come to grief, being under arrest. It is said to have been swindling concern.
 The Pacific mail steamship Panama was refused clearance papers at La Libertsd, Salvador, on account of the refusal of the captain to sur render five refugees on board the steamer.
 There is still blood on the moon, as viewed from Phenix. The Re- publican states that a prominent at torney of that place recently chal- lenged an equally prominent phy- sician to fight duel.
 No wonder Phenix is so prolific in scandals. The Phenix papers state that when the society young men of the town go out riding with their best girls they take load of beer and ice along to treat them with.
 The mayor and city council of Kansas City, Kansas, had a narrow escape recently from being lynched by irate citizens on account of the official action of the former in proposition to purchase an electric light plant at an e1orbitant price.
 Employees ofthe A. & P. railroad are taking an active interest in the coming reception for their beloved chief, D. B. Robinson, says the AL buquerque Democrat. It is said that among other attractive and beautiful features will be carload of flowers from California.
 Frank Melbourne, the "Rain King" has met with another failure at Canton, Ohio. Twice before have his efforts been unsuccessful, and on Tuesday, August II, was his third failure in bringing rain. It has shaken the faith of the people. h. stead of raining on the latter date the heat was almost unbearable.
 Georgia's governor has signed the bill to prohibit the sale of liquor within three miles of any church or school except in incorporated cities. This means prohibition in Georgia, as either schools or churches exist almost every three miles, and where they do not exist cheap structures will be erected at once.
 Itis reported that few days ago . young farmer named Edwards, while ploughing near Sutherland Springs, Texas, unearthed an iron pot containing gold doubloons amounting to $l7,OOO. There has long been tradition in the Suther- land Springs neighborhood that Santa Ana buried treasure there on his retreat after his defeat at the battle of San Jacinto in the Texas war of independence, and various searchers have hunted for it.
 Elsewhere in this issue we pub fish a reply from MT. D. J. Sullivan to card which appeared in this paper in the issue of Saturday. Apropos of it the JoURNAL-MINER will add that the subject in contro- versey has been passed on by three different judges of the district court, and by juries in the district court and justices court, by two or three territorial grand juries and one United States grand jury, and in every instance the verdict has been in favor of Mir. Sullivan, without any hesitation or dissenting vote, from which it may be readily seen that. his actions have been character ized not only by fairness, and hon. ssty of purpose, but by a leniency seldom accorded in such cases. Such publicity has been given this case, by the numerous hearings, which have been had in it, that this statement seems to be due MT. Sul- livan, to correct any false impress sions that may have been formed concerning it.
 1t n announced that the demo- crats have decided to organize a missionary club of fifteen of the leading democratic orators of New York connected with the National Association who will go to Chicago on Septsmber12. After short stop