Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-08-05


 does not grow clearer. A specula
 tion in produce is springing up,
 which threatens to make trouble when the crop movement becomes
 large.
 An association called "The Ameri- can Colored Mems Mexican Coloni-
 zation Company" is planning to es- tablish a colony of negro farmers,
 coming chiefly from Mississippi and Tennessee. in the State of Sonora, Mexico. And it has arranged for the purchase of tract of 100000
 acres about twenty miles south of Yuma, Ariz., at a place where the wreck of the Laerdo colony, founded by MT. Andrade of San Francisco, still remains.
 It is only few weeks ago since the London cables laid especial stress upon the fact that Sims Reeves, the famous tenor, after career of nearly fifty years on the concert stage and during which he had made at least
 half dozen fortunes, had signalized
 his retirement fron public life by the announcement that he had opened a school for vocal culture. Now it is announced that William Castle, the once famous American tenor, who made his debut in 1862, and has been with the Kellogg, Emma Abbott American Opera, and numer- ous other companies, has decided to quit the stage and take position as director of the vocal department of the Chicago Musical College.
 Phil Armour has been laboring industriously to get the embargo against the importation of American pork into Germany raised. He has agreed that in case the embargo is raised to establish plant at Tolles- ten, Ind, which in point of clean Illness cannot be surpassed. He will pay the salary of an inspector, to be appointed by the German govern ment, and in order to avoid any dan ger of contamination will ship the products to Germany in special line of steamers. In order to do this it will be necessary to widen the Welland canal or some other com munication with the seaboard. It is understood that the report of the inspector lately sent over by Ger many was against the possibility of perfect cleanliness from German standpoint so long as the Chicago stockyards remain as they are.
 The number of children of school age in Prescott has increased SO much that additional room for their education is an absolute necessity. The proposition to issue bonds of the school district and purchase the city hall building seems to be the most feasible way of doing this, as it entails no additional expense on the tax payers, the proposition be- ing one simply to issue the bonds of the school district, and with the money pay of s portion of the city hall bonds. The same tax payers are interested in both propositions Not only only this, but the rate of interest will be lowered in the new bonds, thus affecting saving to the tax payers. The election to de- eide this question will be held next Monday, August 3d.
 A Kansas City telegram says that Mrs. Samuel. mother of Jesse James, ,as received an offer from Chicago Q exhibit their one e-and-one- half 'tory log house at the Worlds Fair, md has accepted the offer. It will ,e in order now to have the skele- on of the illustrious outlaw, train 'obber, murderer and general plum lsrer, taken up and the bones strung ogether for exhibition. California night be invited to furnish skele- ons of its two most noted bandits, Toaauin Murietta and Vasquez. while Minnesota could furnish the Younger brothers as liv- ng specimens of highwaymen, and , very respectable showing of rob ,ers' roost could in this way be ex- 
 When the case of Dr. Scott Helm | ,ame up before Justice Huson in for preliminary examination. attorneys of the defendant filed an affidavit asking for a change of venue n the case. The affidavit was very i strong and very reasonable one look ng at it in cold print from this point ,f view. Among other things it 'tated that "affiant believes he can not have fair and impartial exam nation before said justice, by reason ,f his bias and prejudice against ,fiiant. That he is informed and be- ieves that on several occasions since he 18th day of July, 1891, said jus ice has expressed his opinion atfiant vas guilty of the offense charged. md affiant is informed and believes hat said justice on the 2eth day of July, 1891, openly stated that he to hold affiant to answer lpon said charge, and that he would lot admit him to bail; and affiant tates that since the 18th day of July, 1891, in all these proceedings he actions of the said justice, have lot been those of an afficial whose i'm was that only equal and impar ial justice should be meted out be- ween the parties but his whole curse has been that of a prescott ng officer intent upon heaping as