The weekly Arizona miner., 1869-02-27
Current Items.
issoloa and compiled from other raFepl

Hon. Henry Wilson, of Boston, had the hardihood to inform bis fellow citizens of the ! "iIub, in recent lecture, that he had seen l more drunkenness in the Bay State, in the past year. than be had seen in all his travels ] through the South and Wes. Napoleon has spent two million of francs in improving
 and beautfying Paris M We are sorry tO
 learn that emigration from Europe is falling
 of. There is room, in tue West, for one half tho people of Europe, and we want to see them come. Here, in Arizona, there is
 room for a million of people ..... Mr Wilson is in favor of submitting to the State Lcgis- latures, tor ratification, the Constitutional amendments allowing everything in the shape of man to vote and hold office. We are in favor Of submitting the amendments 10 the flames. There are enough white men in the
 country to vote and hold office. The same
 gentleman has introduced bill for the con solidation of Infantry regiments; also, that
 claims for bounty must be presented before
 September next. ..... The Democratic papers of Los Angeles (Califcrnia) b~wail the re- \
 the office of Deputy Federal Assessor NIT.
 Toberman is Gepublican-but not radi- eal,-hence bis removal. ". K Potter has been appointed in bis place .. The light of the moon is the best time for planting trees ~ Bingham, of Ohio, Baker, of Hi
 nois, and Hawkins, of Tennessee, voted against the Constitutional amendment allow
 ing negroes to vote and hold office. Read
 them out, Repnbs ..A Los Angeles paper says the locomotive has been running, mile
 or two, on the road from Wilmington to Los Angeles .A fellow named Mo-es, from South Carolina, has invented new and i'm
 proved mode of lobbying. He recently ap- pcared in Congress, on a sofa, beside MeHard,
 the darkey from Lonsiana, who claims to be ! Congressman. Sumner saw him and the bait worked, he got what he wanted .. San Bernardino county, California, owes, ac-
 eording to the Ggarfiaa, s26, ,2ssI5. .
 The Bullion shaft, at Virginia, Nevada, is | down in the bowels of the earth. distance
 of 1900 feet The bottom is said to be as dry as bone. The Chaplain of the 1 New York State Prison--a radieal--announc-
 es that he will not preach to the conviets any
 more, because the State has Democratic
 Governor Maybe he thinks there will be no use for his services .... GeBcTsi Grant
 has been dining and talking sweet to General
 wiekham, ex- Confederate. The stay-at- home
 Rads don't like it very well, but they will
 have to grin and bear with whatever Ulysses
 does, for he is master of the situation
 The publication of the San Francisco Oa-ifeat has been stopped. We regret this, for the
 OacSlsA, was one of the best religious and
 family papers we have ever read. ..
 The s'crisisn dilAted upon by Helper has passed, but the conflict betwen the races has
 not yet fairly begun. We notice that wher.
 ever white and negro soldiers are stationed together, there is trouble between them At
 Forts LArned, Bayard, etc, the white soldiers
 have had to give CulIee '',lressing,' in order
 to keep down the odor of his importance
 The English GoEernment--for wonder--is
 appointing Catholics to office in Ireland ...
 Goldriek's Rocky Mountain HsrGld has enter
 ed upon a new year. The Professor says he
 intends to improve 1t greatly, soon, but we
 cannot well see how he is to do II, for 1t is
 now perfect and complete in all its depart
 ments. ... Recently, they have had heavy
 rains in Southern California. .....T The cigars
 and tobacco consumed in the United States,
 every year, woald, if equally divided, give
 every man, woman and child in the country
 twenty cigars and one pound of tobacco :.
 Queen Olga, of Greece, walks the streets of
 Athens with her baby in her arms, and stops and talks with all the mothers she meets There are 3S0O0 Mormons and 5000 Gentiles
 in Salt Lake City,. The new suspension bridge across the Hudson, will, when com
 pleted, have clear span of 2,G0O feet. .. Thaddeus Stevens and James Buchanan are buried in the same graveyard M Lets
 disinfectp is the word in Grass Valley. Cali
 fornia, when friend is asked to take drink ..... James Newconib, printer, has fallen
 heir to s3,O00,OOo. Neweomb was formerly employed on the Ameicaa Flag, San Francisco Had we his pile. we would build telegraph
 line to Frisco and take the despatches
 David Dudley field is President of the Free Trade League, and Alexander Delmar, the
 stastieian, is paid Secretary ... F.. G. Ran dsil, postmaster of Portland, Oregon, whc
 was lately convicted of taking gold dust from letter, has been sentenced 10 twelve years hard labor. Hope he will have to serve the full term out John Allen, of Water Nr sa