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University Notes.

Professor Z. E. Barnard of Lick Obsery-
atory will lecture in Unity Hall next Tues
day evening on Visual and Photographic
Astronomy" StereOptlcon views will ac-
company the lecture. Admission. % cents.
Yesterday was a gala day at the uni
ve:sty. At 1880 Shattuck Hall, with a
seating capacity of 500. was flied to over
flowing with professors, students ami
friends Of the university.
Inc following programme was rendered
Overture, "MasanieilO" (Apberj; address nv
Tie president OF The dav Benz min Weed; selec-
lion, La Mas Bonita" (NOI1 Brandp, the or
ehestFa; reading. 'Manusc LIT Found In c o.ed
canyon" MISS MAZDA CasielhuD; select ION the
6lee Club; selection, "Cavaeria Rusticapa'
tMsseagnD, tol prelude, Co. SillcIana ,(cl inler.
mezzo. lie orchestra; farce. Two Pair'' Drank
Noriis), cast-Mr. fiZwoggIns. Mrs Fltzwor.
gins newly mariiedl MT. Feyershaln Mrs
feVeTsham lguests OF Fiizwoggins); college
songs (IobanD, the orchestra
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TOMORROW,
Monday............ December s2, 1892.
At IL O'Clock A NJ. on tue premises
933 Suffer ST., bet. Leavenworth and Hyde,
BY order OF DR.. A. LUTZ. account OF immediate
departure,
All of the Very Elegant Drawing groom,
Parior. Chamber. Library and Dining
room Furu ture,
Magnificent Steinyay sons Piano, Medical and
and Photographed Apparatus, Elegant Operating
Chairs. Medical Books and Standard Works aud
magnificent once Furniture contained In the above
residence, comprising. In part, Two Very Elegant
ParIor Sets: Magnificent French. plato Mante Mir
ror: Elegant Art Center Tables; Elegant Easy and
Reclining Chairs: One Nery Elegant Hand csrved
Rosewood Table; Elegant Screens; Steinwsy ~
Sons Piano. cost $3.50: Magnit cent Royal wilton
and Moquet Carpets: Elegant Watercoiors and En-
cravings: Very Valuable Bronzes. japanese Bronzes
and Ornaments: ono Elegant Sofa-bed: Magnificent
Oak Chamber Suits. with FrencE-plate mirrors;
Elegant Dlnng-room Set. IN Oak, ali TO match ;
Fancy Chinaware, Glassware, etc;
ALSO IN 0FFICE-SAME TINE AND PLACE
One Elegant Harvard Operating chair. same new !;
One Eastman's Sxl0 Camera with accessories: also
one Extra Rapid koctiiinear Lens. covering Sxl0:
also one Very Elegant once Desk; Revolving
Bookcase. Rotary Chairs. etc.
NoTE.-Ihe above furniture and carpets are In
condition the same rs new, and SOLD only
count Of DIR. Lutz' immediate departure for south
America. LAURENCE VINCENT, Auctioneer,
dell 2t> Room %. Flood Building
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public pick for the first race. but Red
Prince getting well away never allowed his
held to approach him, and won easily from
Malcolm. who came fast in the stretch and
finished second. Regal, with his mouth
open. was third; and the favorite. with
Weber CD, absolutely last.
Lazy BeSs was the talents pick in the
second event. with Santa Fe best in de-
mand. Alliance being played for place by a
good many plungers. This race also was
won from start to finish for LADY Bess
took command after the first hundred wards
Mad been run ana won all the way BY half
length from Alliance, who came fast at
the finish.
Santa Anna was strong tip for the third
race, Lottie Mills being next in demand.
while Democrat and Marigold were we'll
played for place. Williams proved utterly
unable to get his horses away and alter he
had jumped from the stand into the mud of
the track ard vented his anger on Sberi-
dams hind quarters. he allowed his field to
struggle away with Lottie Mills next the
rails well ahead of everything else, the
favOriie and Democrat being fourth and
fifth. Nothing could catch Lottie Mills.
though Democrat made a great run down
the stretch and came up from fourth TO
second place.
The field In the fourth even, was bigger
than usual and the breakaways innumer-
able. When the flag did fall Nellie Van
was left standing at the post, while Jack
the Ripper was couple OF lengths ahead of
everything. Nothing could catch him,
though Joe Cotton. the favorlte, made a pig
bid for the honors. He had to put up with
second place, however. beating Mount Car
los half length for the situation.
Joshua showed what really good horse
he is when he came out in the last race, and
after getting the worst OF moderate start
dOnkey-licked his field all the way. He
was backed down 10 10 ], when il should
have been that number of odds on instead
of against him. The Iris FLY was the
actual favorite, but was never in the hunt,
while Esperanza, who was a good deal fan
eied, managed TO get the place j. Rowe
will WELD the flag on Tuesday, "for which
relief much thanks"
A match for $1,000 side between Cyclone
and Garcia was ratified yesterday. b. G.
Holly backs Cyclone. 10; Henry Schwartz
backs Garcia, 80; 10 be run Saturday next,
fifteen-sixteenths of q mile. rain or shine.
play or pay. The race was made owing to
Schwartz's being dissatisfied with Fridays
race.
In the case of Jockey II. Smith. who was
suspended for the meeting, the judges in
vestigated the matter and exonera ted
Smith. They are fully satisfied with his
riding Of Regal.
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A Sunrise Prayer-Meeting.

The reopenlng of Epworth NJ. Z. Church,
on the corner oil Twenty-sixih and Church
streets, VIII be celebrated to-day by a num-
Der OF special services. These will include
All A. M.-Sunrise prayer-meetlng.
At 9:l5 A. M.-Chidreu's service Addresses
by Rev. James Renwick and Rev r +. MatTack
Al II A M-Sermon by Rev. f. X. Ollie. pas.
tor Central NJ Il. Church. pas
Az ESQ 7. Nod peoples service Sermon
by Rev L. X. Willis. pastor Trinity n r.
Church. ' L.
AT 80 p. M.-Young peoples service Ser.
mon by Rev. A. j. Nelson, ID D.; Installation ~
of1eers OF The Boys Brigade.
Al z 80 p M.-EveTy body's service Sermon
by Rev +. 7. bennett, pastor Thirty fanr, II
street church, Oakland. concluding with :spIrIt-
uaI nOuseWarmlng and hXniism of hra '-'-
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The Air.Guu Effective

Frank Sullivan, scventeen-year-old lad
living in the POtrerO. did not believe In the
efficacy OF an air-rifle owned by another
boy, ard AS result had q painful bullet
wound Of The right hand dressed at the Re-
ceiving Hospital last night
Young sullivan and his friend were shoot.
ing at mark, when the former remarked
that the weapon was no good, and 10 nrove
his assertion held his hand over the barrel
while his companion pulled the trigger.
The little slug penetrated the hand. in.
melting painful but not serious iuiurv
ana sullivan now believes that there is con.
an air-riiie 'Aon'
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Berkeley.

Tomorrow evening another mass-meet-
Ing VIII be held 10 Shattuck Hall for the
purpose OF considering again the subject OF
free reading-rooms.
All those interested In the Ladies' Aid
Society OF s.. Marks Church are invited to
attend . meeting to be held Monday even
ing at the residence Of Mira. D. w, Park.
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hurst, at the corner Of Charming way aud
Dana street.
This morning nj IL O'Clock Miss halle /.
Brown will speak In Unity Hall She rep
resents the Normal and Industrial School
for Freedmen 1t Tusko.ee, Alabama. and is
everywhere regarded as ar elonuant sneaker.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

It's only wisdom to economic when you catis
We are here to help you do it That's the
way we are building up our business-by hav-
ing the prices as we'll as the goods attractive
The low figures we're naming on all kinds of
Holiday Goods are creating a sensation in this
city. There's nothing so convincing as
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Builders Contracts.

A. 4. VIM with Ivory Wells repairs $50 Her
mann street. between Webster aud Fillmore: 1926.
Claus Wreden Co. with A. Gullbert to build on
eE corner Of Greenwich and Taylor streets 30x6O ;
eZl67.
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Alameda.

This Alameda Guards will celebrate their
first anniversary by having bean feast in
Olympic Hall on the evening Of Decem-
Der %.
William HaRy has secured F. W. Greeley
and L. w. McGlaufln rs his bondsmen and
will bring suit against the Argus to .ucover
5000 for alleged libel,
.Pawnee Tribe. Improved Order OF Red
Men. gave their annual ball last evening in
Lindermsn Opera-house. 1t was pleasant
affair and was largely attended.
The preliminary steps were taken last
evening to organize q new lodge Of Odd
Fellows In this city.
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PARTNERSHIP NOTICES.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT The
IN partnership heretofore existing under the
name OF FISCHER d CANTEL0W (Engravers)
will now be known by the firm name OF s. K.
FISCHER co, who Will pay All bills OF sad firm.
md All bills due FISCHER & CANTEL0W should
be paid 70 S. L. FISCHER q CO., 402 Montgomery
Greet. Ges ot*
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ACROSS THE BAY.
A Chinaman Championed
by ChurChmen.
Return of Archbishop Riordan-A Big
Faiiure-Charges of Hanging Chill
dren by the Thumbs.

The California Congregational Mission, al
32S Eighth street. has offered a reward of
$50 Tor information leading to the arrest
and conviction OF the parties who threw the
Chinaman, Gee Sing. from the broad-gauge
train at Seventh and Broadway at 1880
o'clock last Monday evening. Gee Sing,
who is only 20 years old, has been member
of the mission ever since it was established,
two years ago. On the evening in question
ne boarded the rear platform OF tho train
just before IL stopped at the station. There
were some hoodums standing there who
immediately pushed him off. so that the
wheels passed over his right hand. necessi-
Eating its amputation at the Receiving
Hospital.
Rev. Father McSweeney Of the st. Fran
els de Sales Church returned from New
York yesterday in company with Arch
bishop Riordan. They were met at the
depot by Committee Of Catholic clergymen
from Oakland and San Francisco. They
went East five weeks ago TO attend a meet
ing of Archbishops in New York.
Chief of Police Schaffer paid personal
attention recently 10 the charges of Mrs.
Charlotte Smith against her son-in-law.
Thomas Kinslea of 467 Eighth street. The
charges were that he was in the habit of
hanging uD his children by their thumbs
every night in the basement Of his resi-
dence and otherwise maltreating them.
The Chief hid in the cellar for two nights,
but failed to find anything wrong. Kinslea
says that lie will have his mother-in- la W
taken into custody. either for insanity or
for defamation of character.
An attachment for S17S 80 has been filed
against the Marlborough 1heater by V. L.
Forth.
The Council Of Federated Trades has
asked the Board of Public Works TO see
that the eight-hOur law is enforced in the
worR upon the new school buildings about
to be erected.
Hermann Lesser, boot and shoe dealer,
doing business in Oakland, San Francisco
and Stockton, has flied a petition In in
solvency, showing his liabilities to be $751;
799 IA and his assets $50, 100, upon which
there is an incumbrauce Of $3.50. Sheriff
Hussey has been appointed receiver, with
bonds at $40, 900.
A bazaar is in progress at the Salvation
Army barracks on Eighth street, under the
auspices Of the Rescue Brigade Of Beulah
Park.
The charge Of Illegal voting at the Repnb-
jican primaries against J. t. Kent was dis
mis- paefardau In nj
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AUCTION SALES.
LtURENCE VINCENT.
TOMORROW.

GENERAL AUCTIONEER,
Room ~, flood Building. corner of Market an
Fourth stS
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d0Gass sslt won afl.
6 D Far Pay-Sym
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PERSONALS.

~ ENTLEMAN OF 80 YEARS SOBER AND IN
u dusfrlOus. wishes to form the acquaintance OF
working-gfrI between 20 and 80 years; must be OF
small stature and Protestant; obje mstrlmony.
Address Steady. box 1872. Call Branch dell y
RAIDDLE-hGED MAN WISHES TO CoRkh
M spoud with respectable widow or matron Win
view to matrmoay Address sincere, box l3s
Call Branch once.
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NDEXED SUMMARY OF THE
Twenty PclacC suooab
ne Tracks slow. ~ 'N~-
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GET SEATS IN ADVANCE AVOID THE CRUSH AT NIGHT:
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ASCROIOGf.

EoRTuNE TOLD-LADTES csc; GENTS,
7Il1s Harrison St, between and A; open
dave dell 3
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
Coconino Republicans.

Coconino county republicans, at their recent convention to elect delegates to the Phenix convention, adopted the following resolutions:
 That we approve of the admins tration of Benjamin Harrison as president of the United States; that we believe he has been faithful to his trust as a public officer; as a true exponent of republican doe trines the chief executive has pro tected our interests at home and preserved the dignity and honor of our nation abroad, and that his renomination is fitting and to be desired.
 "That we believe that our inter ests are safe in the hands of N. O. Murphy as one of the delegates to the national convention, and the territorial delegates named by this convention are instructed to cast their votes accordingly"
 C. NJ. Funston, s. E. Patton, F. K. Nellis, J. A. Vail, John Clark, W. C.. Stewart and c. H. Schultz were elected delegates to the Phenix con vention.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
GENERAL NEWS.

c. B. Wilcox, a contractor of San Jose, Cal, shot and fatally wounded John Combs, ex-county surveyor and James Dougherty, his assistant The men, who were all under the influence of liquor, quarreled in a saloon over local politics, and Combs and Dougherty both struck Wilcox. The latter went to back room, but returned shortly and shot Combs and Dougherty in the back. A bull let penetrated Combs left lung and he will die. Wilcox surrendered to the police.
 A letter from Capt. McRitchie, of the schooner Winnie Laurie, at Tar paulin Cove. says: Five weeks ago was in sight of land off Delaware, and three weeks ago l was off New York, but each time l was blown to the Bermudas. We got out of pro visions four weeks ago. The nearly starved sailors were crazed with fever and hunger, and planned to eat one of their number. The last thing they got hold of was my dog,
 
 eating every scrap of him, and they threatened to eat me next day. but the next day we came across schooner and obtained food.
 Word comes from Silvery Place, Louisiana. of a tragedy enacted by Rev. Monroe Scott (colored.1 He had a wife and saw comedy damsei whom he desired. There was geener- al objection. even on the part oi the girl. He argued and threatened without accomplishing his purpose. Then he grew desperate. killed the woman he loved. killed his wife and escaped into the woods. While hiS pursders were closing in upon hlm he fired three shots into his head, and when the party reached him he was dead.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
IRE IReeLEss PRAIRIss j.
Tn, Annual Burning of the Grass Is sais
 - sa. .l.. R.asnn far Few T rnas.

The Annual Burning of ths Grass Is Said
 to Be the Reason for Few T. rees.
 The fact that the prairiess of the Mississippi valley (excluding u Ie more western plains) are mainly treeless, in spite of an unusually fertl soil, a favorable geographical posith )n and a suitable climate, has attracte | much attention in America, whei 0 many theories have been advanced to nc count for it. Professor Leo Lssque reux has argued that the soil of the prairies. being acustrine sediment, Is unable, by reason of its acidity, to support trees.
 Professor J. D. Whitney has urged that the extremely fine texture of the soil Is unsuited to the growth of trees, while Professor Winchell has argued that the germs of all arborescent vege- tation were destroyed at the time of the last great glacial epoch. Other theories adduced the cold of winter or the heat of summer, or insufficient rainfall. as the reason for the ab- sence of trees, but none of these theories seems to me adequate.
 believe tho main cause is the prevalence of the vast prairie fires, which for generations past have swept over the prairies almost annn ally, killing the trees and preventing the growth of others. The Indians originally started these fires in order to reduce the labor of hunting the buffalo. by limiting the feeding grounds: but now tho fires arc usual ly started by settlers or travellers. They take place in the autumn, as soon ns the frosts have killed the grass, or in the spring, after the snow has gone.
 In spite of the most stringent laws against firing the prairies, the greater part of their area gets burned over annually; for on the level prairies, when the grass is deed and dry and a high wind Is blowing, single prai- rie fire may tand often does) run for hundreds of miles. Professor Hind mentions one which in 1857 extended 1000 miles in length and several hun dred in width. Every settler on the prairies has to put q fire guard" around his premises. by turning afew sods with a blow. as a protection against the fires.
 In dry districts. where the grass is short, this simple precaution is suffi- cient; but in most regions, where the grass grows long. wide river will not stay a fire. and many travellers have given stirring narratives of their adventures on such occasions. The only escape in such cases is to start another fire in advance, and to talked refuge on the ground thus burned. The spectacle presented by such extensive fires. especially at | night. is appallingly grand.
 To the annual burnings of the grass l 1 attribute the excessively fine, black, sootlike texture of the prairie soil and its extraordinary fertility. lex hibit specimen of soil l obtained on the prairie in Manitoba several years ago. Tn that district at least the | fires are accepted as the cause of the remarkable nature of the il-Miller Christy in Scottish Geographical Mag azine.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
DEMOCRATIC OPINION OF sECRE-
 FAIRY ELKINS.

DEMOCRATIC OPINION OF sECRE l TARY ELKINs.
 The New York Herald, the lead
 ing democratic paper of the United
 States, in its issue of March 13, con
 tains an article, occupying the
 space of nearly page, in regard to
 Secretary Elkins. The opinion ex.
 pressed of him is at such variance
 with what has been said about him
 by very small fry political writer
 in Arizona, that we quote the fol,
 lowing from the Herald article: One of the biggest, broadest and
 brainiest men at Washington is
 Stephen B. Elkins, the new secre- tary of war. He is known to the world largely as a business man and as politician, but he is in reality 8
 man of broad views, great culture and remarkable ability. He is one of the best takers in Washington, is an eloquent speaker, and his busi- ness sense is such that at fifty he is prospecitively one of the richest men in the United States. He owns hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable land in New Mexico and elsewhere.
 He is interested in mines, rail roads and other things in the far west, and the estate which he and his father-in-law, ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, own in West Virginia is a principality in itself. They have in that state hundreds of thousands of acres of the fine timber land, thousands upon thousands of acres of great beds of coal, and they build their own railroads and ship their coal and coke over these by the hun dreds of thousands of tons every year to the markets of the world. They have in constant employ on their West Virginia property nearly five thousand men and the number of their employees are increasing every year. They are adding to their estate here right along by the pur- chase of new land, and within the past few weeks they have bought more than twelve thousand acres.
 It is almost impossible to calcu- late the value of these lands. The fifty miles of coal land along their which they own is fortune in itself, and parts of these coal beds are fourteen feet deep. It is esti- mated that one foot of coal will pro- luce thousand tons to the acre. and faurteen-foot vein will pro- luce fourteen thousand tons to every acre. Only one of the West Virginia veins measure as much as ourteen feet, but the fifty miles of
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
Stockings Eighteen Hundred Years oI

Stockings Eighteen Hundred Years old.
 How many readers are familiar with the history and origin of the most common articles they daily usei We eat, drink, wear, without think ing whence or wherefore. Stockings were known among the Romans more than eighteen hundred years ago, as is proven by paintings found in the ruins of Pompeii. They were then considered more ornamental than useful In the colder climate of northern Europe they became ne cessity, and the manufacture of them became recognized employment in the Twelfth century, when they were fashioned chiefly of cloth. In the reign of Edward II they assumed resemblance to those now worn. At the courts of Spain and Italy they were fashioned of silk and were made enormously arge.-Housekeeper.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
Editor Dana of the Sun has given

Editor Dana of the Sun has given Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, a bigger boom for the presidential nomination than the gentleman could otherwise have obtained. The attack on General Alger's war rec ord by the Sun has caused that gen tleman to have the records searched, and the result has been that his rec ord as a soldier is absolutely clear, honorable and unimpeachable. As q prominent official of the war de- partment remarked, his record is even better than General Alger him. self was aware of. A recent issue of the Detroit Tribune received at this office contains this officials entire record. and it is certainly very flat tering to him, and knocks the charges preferred by the New York Sun sky high"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-03-23
NOTICE OF COUNTY CONVENTION
 AND PRIMARIES.

< T A MEETING of the Executive Com L1 mittee of the Republican County Cen tral Committee, of Navapai county. A. T., WIS instructed as Chairman of said County central Committee to issue a call for pri- mareS to be held in the different precincts of this county, Tuesday. the 18th of the coming month. March. 1892. to cleo; dele gates to the county convention, to take place at Prescott, lavapai county. on Tuesday, the 18th of same month. at which convention iS delegates are to be elected to represent the Republican party of lavapai county at the coming convention to be held at Phenix on Thursday. the 7th day of April. 1892. for the purpose of selecting two delegates and two alternates to the National Republican Convention which meets at Minneapolis on the Eth day of June. 1892. Each precinct will be entitled 10 the following number of delegates:
 Alexandra. Amulet Mine. Boogs mine. Bayard. Catoctin. Date Greek. Groom Creek. Lynx Creek, Oak Greek, Skull Valley, Ash Fork. Bumblebee, Black Hills, Cherry Greek. Castle Creek, Del Pasco, Gillette, Humbug. Lower Aqua Fria. Minnehaha, Peoples Valley, Ryland, Senator, Agua Fria, Beaver Creek. Big Bug. Chino. Copper Basin, Mayer, Quartz Mountain. Santa Maria, Stoddard, Seiigman. Verde Junction. Wal nut Creek. Tip Top, Central Verde, Turkey Creek, Upper Verde. l delegate each. Con gress, Hillside, Jerome, Crowned King. Lower Verde. Walnut Grove and Williamson Valley. . delegates. Prescott r..
 it IS to be hoped that full representation will be had at the coming convention. and that sufficient interest will be taken by Re pubhcans in the different precincts to see that their best party men are selected at the primaries to represent them; and that at lSslsss QleLIesldent from each precinct be ldEsssutIsa psyson-
 ss0ui 6 dSeur that any one precinct or fcs4silt ye'tnt filed to representation in the 8epus3eS Sf<seunty Convention. just called. have ,es s,gp0erlooked. due consideration Will Dc G5Xayl their claims and representation atsovcd F. M. MURPHY,
 lLosEi 4-ssn Republican Co. Cen. Com.