Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-02-09

It is a long time between dis coveries but Mrs. Luetgert has again . been found in an unsausaged con- dition.
 III the waterworks and the sew craze system are go"-on this seems to hinge big building boom for Prescott this summer.
 The senate committees on terri tories has authorized a favorable report on the house bill permanent ly locating the capital of New Mexico at Santa Fe.
 The dispa,ching by the admins tration of additional warships to Cuba on friendly missions is liable to prove an over kindness that Spain will fail to appreciate, especially fl the friendly missions should eventu- ally relieve spain of all responsibil- ity concerning the islands.
 The Los Angeles Times gets of the following very appropriate and correct remark: There was never an editorial written big enough, long enough, strong enough, heavy enough and wide enough between the eyes to be worth putting into double columns. But many of the double column editorials we see in the yellow sheets would look fairly well in half columns"
 The bonds of Arizona stand high in the investment world. 4 recent ly published report of the standing of the New York insurance company gave a list of the stocks and bonds lt owned aud their real and market yalue. On the first was Arizona funding bonds payable in 1912 bear ing per cent interest and their market value was given at Sl02, be ing two per cent. premium. Bonds of the Prussian government were listed at @ cents oa the dollar, Russian bonds at 97, Cuban bonds v and Servian bonds 6. Star.
 Tue young ladies attending the Kansas State University have en- tered into a solemn, oath bound contract to leave in a body any party they may be attending if the odor of any intoxicant is detected on the breath of any young man present. The difficulty of detecting the taint of liquor upon a young mans breath was discussed at length, many of the young women declaring that they iii not know the smell of liquor and could not give the sign. A suggestion that some intimate man friend should act as spotter was voted down. Finally, couple of young women who knew a thing or two, volunteered to do the spot ting and give the desired sigaal. The annual fraternity party toms ght
 The receipts of the government under the Dinglev bill continue to steadily and rapidly increase. The January receipts will be about SS0,- 0O0,0O0 in the thirty days of last month, when the report is made. As the expenses of the government (aside from the postOffice depart ment, which Is practically self sus- taining,) amount to about S365, ,0OO, 900 a year, or an average of a mil lion dollars a day, it is thus quite apparent that the new law has al most reached the line of providing sufficient funds to meet current ex- pensas. Treasury officials express confidence that February and March receipts will exceed the ex.en.;i- lures or those months, and that the year 1898 will show a handsome balance on the right side of the ledger.-Republican.
 Dr. Miquel, the Prussian minister of finance, has issued a decree which goes into effect immediately, pro hibiting the impOrtatio of every kind of American fresh fruit. 3The decision has been sent to all the German ports and frontier stations, excepting Bavaria, SaXony aud Nur- temburg. The United State C. D. sul at Hamburg telegraphs that i6,- QUO barrels of American apples have been forbidden to be unloaded aud that two trains full of American frui. have also been forbiddei. to cross the frontier at Emmefich, which. aside from Hamburg, is the principal place of entry for Ameri- can frult. The reason given fer this prohibitory order is stated to be on sanitary grounds. claiming that Cal ifornia and other vermin thr ,aten German trees and fruit.
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 City Council Proceeding.
 The city council held its regular