Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-12-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.

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 Stephen B. Elkins has been con- frmed as secretary of war.
 Los Angeles has made success ful experiments in banana culture.
 Maricopa county has a school teacher named Garlick. He teaches French.
 Senator Ingalls, and the late Sena- tor Plumb were always the best of friends.
 Chilean Minister Montt and wife gave dinner, on Saturday, to Sec retary and Mrs. Blaine.
 The jury in the Walker case at Florence decided against the widow and in favor of the brothers.
 The Washington authorities take the same view of the Chilean situa- ton as the JouRNAL-MINER. That is that there will be no trouble.
 The Texas rangers have taken the field against the Mexican bandit Garza and will make it lively for him if he crosses into Texas soil again.
 It requires great stretch of the imagination to refer to Garza as the Mexican revolutionist instead of the plain bandit or guerrilla which heis
 Captain Coulson, commanding the revenue cutter Rush, recom- mends the, employment of native Alaskans to guard the seal fisheries.
 Dr. H. A.. Hughes has retired from the Phenix Gazette. The doc tor shot across the journalistic fir mament like a meteor. He will be missed by the profession.
 Weather Prophet Foster predicts a big storm for the Pacific coast in January. Mir. Foster has been mak- ing remarkably good guesses of late in regard to the weather, too.
 A Topeka telegram says it is be- lieved that personal differences be- tween Gov. Humphreys and ex-Sen- ator Ingalls, prevents consideration of the latter's name as the successor of the late Senator Plumb.
 Referring to the JouRNAL-MNER's recent article about the prospect for direct railroad communication be- tween Prescott and San Diego, the Los Angeles Times expresses the be- lief that it will not be long until it is accomplished.
 The Chilian situation has taken a more Pacific turn. The report of Judge Foster, who has been en- quiring into the Baltimore outrage, has been made public. Four Chi leans have been held to answer for the crime.
 President Diaz has written let ter to General Stanley, commanding the department of Texas, thanking him for the efficient service render ed by United States troops in hunt ing down the Mexican outlaw, Garza.
 Ex-Attorney General Clark Chur- chill knows the value of printers ink. He has an advertisement oc- cupying a page of the Phenix Republican setting forth the advan- tages of the Churchill addition in Phenix.
 Kaspar Zollicker, a discharged section boss of the Southern Pacific railroad, has just been convicted in Phenix of attempted train-wrecking and has been sentenced to five years in the Yuma penitentiary, the full extent of the law.
 The remains of the late Senator Plumb were shipped from Wash ington, on Tuesday, in ch arge of committee composed of Senators md Csngressmen, to Emporia, Kan IS, where they will be buried to-day, thursday.
 Guy. Zulick, of Phenix, has gone . Washington to help Delegate
 nth hurry up statehood. The .3i alfalfa statesman will find that "a has different class of people to cal with in Washington from what le has been accustomed to in Phenix.
 Bomb Thrower Norcross' brain is said to have weighed three ounces more than the average brain. His insanity, according to this, was caused probably from what 8 witness in a recent murder trial here testified as to the cause of the murderer's in- sanity-too much brain.
 The clerk, whom Russell Sage showed between himself and the bomb thrower, and who received serious injury, has sued the million aire for $l00,0O0. If Russell has any of the milk of human kindness left in him he will pay the amount, with out contest. In accordance with Secretary Murphy's recommendation, in his annual report, Senator Dolph has bill to aid the states | and territories in retaining desert | land, by loaning funds of the Uni ted States for that purpose.
 The Phenix Herald favors the ap- pointment of ex-Senator John J. In ,alls as the successor of Senator Plumb. In fact MT. Ingalls, seems 70 be the unanimous choice of the press of the territory for he position. Democrats however