The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-04-26

| w. H. THOMAS & SON, the we'll. known dealers and distillers in Louis- l vile, Ky, made an assignment to the Louisville Trust Go. Liabilities be- tween s50O,OOO and s600 900, all of which is secured by pledges of whisky or stock Assets not stated THE new fire and police board at Denver, Col, has ordered strict en- forcement of the laws against gambling and lotteries. The gambling houses and lottery shops, numbering seven- teen, will be closed.
 TROUBLE is expected in the strike of coal miners in the Indian territory. The Choctaw company have 300 negroes en route from Texas and will try to run their mines without whites. Every white miner at Krebs, Anderson and Hartshorn swears vengeance on the blacks, and say they will never enter the mines to take their places. A BREAK was effected in the strike at Blue Creek, Ala, when fifty strikers and a lot of imported negroes went to work for the Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad O. Two hundred more ne- groes have been contracted to go to work at the same place.
 A HEAVY hailstorm visited Brook ings, S. D., on the 10th, and nearly every pane of glass in the southern and eastern ends of the residence and busi- ness houses was destroyed. The agri- cultural college suffered about s10O | loss in glass. The rain fell in torrents and the storm was accompanied by fierce lightning It was expected that there would be reports of storm dam age from the country, as hail three inches in circumference fell.
 AMONG the federal prisoners taken to Brooklyn, from Fort Smith, Ark, was the youngest bandit ever arrested in that district His name is Jim Rogers, and he is IS years old. He was con- victed of holding up the postmaster at Hayden, l. T., at the point of Win chester and robbing the postmaster. He gets three years in the reform school.
 SIX days of rain culminated in bliz- gard at Ellendale, N. D., on the 18th. Stock on the ranges it was reported would suffer terribly as a great deal had gone out during the previous week.
 THE base ball season was opened in different cities of the country on the l 18th with great enthusiafm. FAILURES for the week ended April 20 were 219 in the United States against 1s6 last year; in Canada, 45 against 22 last year.
 PATRICK J. SULLIVAN, who stabbed his wife to death on the streets of San Francisco year and half ago, was hanged at the San Quentin prison. SANDow, the strong man, has sent to New York a certified check for Sl0. 900, l which is to be presented to any person who will duplicate his feats of strength. IN turning the soil in the vicinity of Moweaqua, ILL, number of farmers have discovered large number of lo- custs of extraordinary size. This ap- pears to confirm the rapidly spreading belief that we are to have the seven teen-year locusts this year.
 BRADsTREET's Revlew of Trade for the week ended April 20 said that labor disturbances were having an effect on business. The exports of wheat amount ed to 8, O19, 900 bushels, gain of 3S per cent over the preceding week. FROM the northwest corner of the Creek nation comes news of a bloody fight with cattle thieves. Vigilants surrounded Bruce and Ed Miller and Dutch John, finally killing the last named. The others escaped, but a posse is in pursuit
 CLEARING house returns for the week ended April 20 showed an average de- crease as compared with the corre- spending week last year of 9; in New York the decrease was 29.6; outside, 23.5.