Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-12-30
GENERAL NEWS.
Speaker Crisp is sick.

Speaker Crisp is sick.
 John w. 'Mackay's fine mansion in the Rue Tilsit, Paris, is for sale at S300,000, which is said to be no more
 than the worth of the lot alone.
 Uncle Jerry Rusk is called the
 tail of the Cabinet by the other sec
 retaries, but he evened up the score
 by the remark: Ut is the tail that
 keeps the flies of the rest of us"
 William Reese and Sadie Brown, of Birmingham, Alabama, were to
 have been married December 26th,
 and on Christmas she made him a
 present of a revolver. Saturday
 morning he called at her home for
 the wedding, but for some cause
 Sadie wanted to back out and he
 shot and killed the woman with her
 own Christmas present. Reese es- capped.
 A cannon was trained on the stronghold of the notorious Alabama outlaw, Bob Sims, on Christmas
 morning when he surrendered to the sheriff. On the way to the jail with him and two of his band an armed body of 200 men took the outlaws from the officers and hanged them. Their names were Bob Sims and Thomas and Con Savage.
 The Russian Czar has opened war on the Catholics: A communica- tion from Warsaw says that an off cial order has been issued closing the Catholic churches at Vedislay and Buzki, and that other towns will receive the same orders very soon. This action is said to be ta- ken in obedience to direct orders from the Czar, who is more than ever determined to stamp out all creeds not in accordance with the orthodox church.
 The California Fruit Grower says that in Colusa county they are con ducting experiments in blowing at
 night, by equipping the blow engines
 with locomotive headlights. The
 only difficulty seems to be the se-
 curing of competent gangs of men to take the night shift. O dinarily,
 an engine and fireman and one man
 as blow regulator can turn about 160 acres of soil day, when work is continuous, the cost not exceed
 ing about S20, including wear and tear of machinery.
 Prof. Korbele, who went to Aus
 tralia in search of parasites to de-
 stroy insect pests, has sent by the steamer Monowai, which arrived re-
 gently at San Francisco, 5000 speci-
 mems, comprising about thirty diff ferent species. Only about 200 sur
 vived the trip, and these were sent
 to Prof. Coquillotte, at Los Angeles,
 for propagation. Secretary Lelong, of the State Board of Horticulture, says that these parasites will de-
 stroy every known fruit pest, and
 will make a saving to the State of $20,000O00.
 A Carrollton, Miss, special says: "A terrible tragedy occurred in this county last night in section locally
 known as Little Texas Some one fired into the residence of Lawson
 Lott, fatally wounding him; also
 seriously wounding Mrs. W. E. Miers.
 A man named George Taylor, who
 was also. in the room, and for whom
 it is supposed the shot was intended, was not hit. It seems that Pierce
 Miers had difficulty few days ago and suspicion rested on Miers as be- ing the one who attempted the as- sassination. A posseswent to Mier's house to arrest him, Taylor being one of the number. Miers refused to be arrested and drew a knife, whereupon Taylor began firing and killed Miers, putting six bullets into his body. Taylor was taken in charge by the posse"
 A telegram from Fresno, Cali fornia, says: "A skirmish occurred Thursday afternoon in the noun tains south of here between Sheriff Hensley and Deputy Sheriff Me Ardle and Grattan Dalton and Riley Dean, the escaped train robbers. Dean was surprised in the mountains on his way to his hiding place and compelled to surrender without a shot. Dalton, however, discovered the officers and couple of shots were exchanged, after which Dalton escaped. Dean was taken to the Visalia jail. All day to-day parties have been securing the mountains in the eastern part of this county to arrest Grattan Dalton. He made good his escape, however, after the arrest of Riley Dean. Dalton is sup posed to be in hiding in the noun tainous regions of upper Kings river, where rocks and jungles com pletely cover the face of rhe country. About week ago Dalton's mother sent him a check for $50 from Ok lahoma. It was cashed at bank in Tulare county, but the money has not yet reached him, as the man who was to deliver it was afraid to do so.
 Last week Benjamin Doney of our town and two other men, while dig ging in a Spanish ruin about thirty five miles northeast of here, un- earthed the remains of an infant. It was wrapped in four Spanish towels, and was covered up with corn-cobs and debris of the ruins to depth of l two or three feet. Mir. Doney brought | three of the towels to town. They | are in a good state of preservation | and can be examined by calling at | his house. He left the remains of l the infant where he found it. He also found parrot buried at the foot of the infant, wrapped up in a very fine piece of cassimere. He brought the parrots head to town and it was pronounced genuine by all who sawit. How long the infant and parrot have lain there can't be but certainly a great of years. Mir. Doney has To- cated mine in the vicinity of the ruins, which he is going to work as soon as the weather will permit. He is of the opinion that it is Spanish mine, and the discoverers were slain oy the Indians. He says there is evidence that the mine has been