Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-02-25
EDITORIL NOTES.

The Winconsin legislature h IS a1opted an anti-silver resolution.
 The California legislature has an anli- boycot, bill before it for consideration.
 Missouri annually expends over 1000 10 r tobacco for the convicts in the penl- entiary.
 The governor. of Georgia has achieved
 notoriety by refusing to associate with
 Jay Gould.
 Congressman Hatch of Missouri will have the solid support of the Alliance members in the house for speaker. Mir. Thomas, of the Thomas orcher- tra, has decided to chang the base of his operations from New York to Chicago. Ex-Governor Foster. ot Ohio. has been appointed secretary of the treas ury to succeed the late Secretary Win dom.
 Kansas will find that Farmer Pfeffer. while he may occupy. will not be able to ill the seat of Senator Ingalls, in the | United States senate.
 Saddler, the alleged Whitechapel fiend, has written letter in which he | claims that the London police are sup pressing evidence favorable to him in their efforts to hurry his conviction. 1 Arizona has the reputation of being a dry country. It is, however, only dry
 when it is not raining. When it rains.
 il has frequently been demonstrated that there are few countries that can sur pass it for moisture.
 One who has looked over the statis. tics of accidents says they show that about E per cent. of all railway acci- dents in the United States arising from derailments are caused by defective
 rogs and switches.
 At the Wilson ranch near Nevada City, Cal. last Wednesday, Henry Will lis, aged Ie years, struck an old China | man over the head with an ax ard took
 from him $500. Willis has been ar-
 rested. The C hinaman will die. 1 Rev. John Jasper, who gained celeb
 rity by bis ''sun-do-move" lectures.
 doesn't let his salary move. His ,on.
 gresation has several times tendere,
 him an increase, but he Declares tha l $50 month is ample rx his needs. anc
 be declines to acc. ..p, more. l The band of Sioux who recently Wis heo Washington have arrived in Chi csso on theIr return. Chief American
 Horse in an interview said that the In
 dians' mouths had been closed at Wash Ington, and he intimaied that trouble might result.
 A Washington special says that the effort of California state officials to have the Yosemite valley and Sequoia Park poiiced by regular army prevailed and Gen. Gibson's recommendation that two companies of the Fourth Cavalry be es. signed to this duty has been approved by the secretary of war.
 Ms Tennant mother of Mrs. Stanley, I says to an intervieseI: "In America, as in England. there are thousands and thousands Of sweet, lovely. worthy girls who are fading away because there are no husbands tor them" Yes, dear Henry M. Stanley's motber-in-law, it is true; and another deplorable fact is that thousands of other girls are isaing away because they have husbands--bad hus- bands. But what are we gong to do about i,a-Ex.
 The new industry of camphor produc- ton gives promise of being permanent ? established in Florida. IL is believed that m ten years time there will be more camphor trees than orange trees in Flor ida, and that the camphor industry will be more profitable than that of sugar. 1t IS stated that the camphor obtained from the Florida trees approaches more nearly to that of Japan than to Chinese camphof. since the vdor of safro is dis 'lnctly recognizable.-Louisyille Courier. Journal.