Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-02-15
rnIroRIAL NOTES.

The Harmonlst Society of Econ omy, Pennsylvania has decided to ask the court for receiver to wind pits affairs.
 Minister Stevens has declared a protectorate over the Hawaiian Is- lands by the United States, and Old Glory now floats over the islands.
 It is announced that Walter Q, Gresham is to be rewarded for his support of Cleveland by the ap- pointment as Secretary of State.
 Sixteen people were few ago baptized in a Missouri stream, ice eight inches thick having to be cut, and the pastor standing midway to his waist in freezing water for half an hour.
 If the democratic house fails to order that investigation of the whis- ky trust proposed by the resolution introduced by Representative Bur rows, it will show the country which party it is that sympsthizes with trusts.
 Pennsylvania has enrolled herself on the anti cigarette side. Follow ing the example of Alabama, a bill has just been introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature prohibit ing the manufacture or sale of cigarettes.
 Dr. Wilkinson, who is at the head of the New Orleans quarantine ser vice, says the cholera is disease that no man need have unless he de- sires it. Ce.tainly no man in his right mind desires it, consequently its victims must be all crazy people. Perhaps after all it is Dr. Wilkinson who is crazy,
 SNo one denies that Hawaii would in many respects, prove a valuable possession to the United States. 1t is only a question of whether it IS valuable enough for us to take chancesof having to fight England" " -Albuquerque Democrat. If it Is of sufficient importance for Eng land to raise a rumpus overt hen the United Stateswznt it.
 An Arizona paper that copies the hbelous 'Shog wash clncor- '''~ terri'oIy from t5e A.Eoua Kicker depagtuea, of tae Detroit Fra- Press mus, ba hs~f Eor copy yts raet hcUever. that au occa- siousl paper is found hich on dorses this stuH D -spuoiishing it. It s 5esold alike of both sense and humor, and is. certainly not calcu- lated to give good impression of our territory.
 It is said of Byron, that his only fear of death was a fear that in writing his biography his name might be misspelled. Had Byron lived in the present age of cheap newspa- per cuts, he would have had occa- sion for far greater dread of snuff fling of this mortal coil, and that is, lest some enterprising newspaper might publish a cheap cut, reprs senting it as his picturesfor some of the worst ibels possible to be pub ished against any man are found in some of these newspaper cuts.
 The Panama boodlers have been sentenced as follows: Ferdinand De Lesseps five years imprisonment and 1 5000 francs fine. Chas. DeLesseps | five years imprisonment and 5000 | francs fine. Fontane and Cottier two years imprisonment and 5000 1 francs fine each. Eiffel, of Eifel | tower fame, two years imprisonment and 10000 francs fine. The verdict | finds them guilty of swindling and ] breach of trust.
 The New Orleans Picayune ex presses itself as follows in regard to the Columbian stamps: If Colum- bus could have seen the new post age stamps he would not have |
  landed. He would have signaled l for America to come on board his l flagship and be discovered privately, l out of range of the Kodak that took him without whiskers for a cent when he sighted land, and took l him with full beard for two cents, when he landed. His hasty growth of beard was remarkable"
 An official of the Hamburg Amer jean Packet company has received a | cablegram saying the most eminent medical authorities apprehend no serious trouble from cholera in the future. The work on sanitary i'm provement has been pushed day and night. Prof. Koch, during his visit last week, expressed astonishment at what had been accomplished. A new water supply will be opened on April 1. There have been no new cases of cholera since January 2l.
 During the session of the legisla ture two years ago anything that was wanted by Yavapai county was sure to secure the opposition of C. NJ. Zulick and Thos. E. Parish. For the latter now to come to this sec tion and ask for the endorsement of fSvapai democrats for the position of Governor, shows an amount of unadulterated gall, possessed only by men of the Parish stripe. There are lots of influential democrats in this section, whose memories last for more than two years even. and in consequence Mir. Parish is making poor headwsy with the endorsement business.
 Governor Pennoyer, of Oregon, | who achieved some notoriety by re- fusing to meet President Hsrrison, at the state line on the latter's visit to the Pacific coast is again to the front. He received a letter Monday !