Arizona silver belt., 1878-07-04

The Mesilla News: The Denver
 and Rio Grande railroad company
 have closed a conmact with Garlic, Orman & Cook to grade the road
 from AIamosa to Santa Fe, one
 hundred and forty miles. It is pr0yi-
 ded that the grading shall be com I pieted in five months.
 The same paper makes the state
 ment that the Atchison. Topeka aud
 Santa Fe road is being pushed
 through to Las Vegas; that the work
 IS under contract to Clifton. N. NJ
 and that the engineers are preparing
 work from Clifton to Las Vegas.
 The News prediee that oars will fbe runaing % Las Vegas within a
 year and t0 the Rio 6rande between
 Albuquerque and Bernalillo before two years Ne fear the editor in
 predicting the time of arrival of ears at the points named allowed his de- sire 10 run away wish his judgment.
 We would advise him, for the tran qailizing effect, to hum inc 'Ivy Green, n which the words creep Ing, creeping, where uo life is seen.
 occur, and re-hS Ind date when the iron-horse a1il snort in Las Vegas and on the east bank of the Rio 6rande.
 The Republican general conven- ton IS called to meet in Santa he. where the wire pallers are. July 30th.
 The Baltimore Gazette says: There vas 3 painful rumor yesserday that Secretary Sherman, on being con frontea wth the original copy of hrs letter 10 Anderson and Weber, had committed suicide by opening the main artery of his left arm. People who knew that Afr. Sherman's body contained no blood, ahd that the ep- erang of an artery could only have the effect of improving the ventilation of his system were not disturbed, but some silly folks actually believed that tae horrible tragedy. prophealed by Air Stephens, the well-knawn soothsayes, had arrived
 St. Loa Republican: Prof. lice ass been fiEi9g tho region aroaad Richmond, 3le., for traces of hisH meteorological cycles. but care less concerned just now about tie partic- ular causes of past t0enadoes, than we are a6olt the prospect of more to come. Let Tice tell us squareiy whether We are ous of the dangerous influence, and how long we may safe ly count oa relief from these plane tarv disturbances. which have be- come so frequent since he took the matter in hand.
 
 Itis clear that the willingness to reward Anderson at the public cost was not confined to 1lr Matthews, remarks the New York Times, Radi- cal. The Department of State offer ed him the Consulate at Funchal. The Treasury rendered him an h. speetorship of Customs. Within certain limits, both Departments were prepared to recognize his claim; but tue limits were too narrow for his ambition. and he carried his griefs to the Democracy.
 PIETY. -" Having in my youth se- were notions of piety, says a Per sian writer Fl used t0 arise in the l nlghF watches to meditate, pray and read the Koran. One night. fully occnpied wsh these Traehces, my ia. ther, q man of practical piety, awoke. Behold said l, thy other children are lost in nreligious slum- Der, while ] alone awake to receive God. Son of my soui, answered | he, 1t is better % steep fhan to wake ! to remark the faulss ef thy bresh ren.
 Chairman Whittehorne. of the House Committee on Naval Affairs, presented q report to the Naval Com mittee recommending measures to be ! taken by the Department oE Justice | F0r the indictment of ex-oeeretary ex- Naval contractor Hans | com. and ex-Engnser Wood, for naIfeasagee m office
 The Raleigh News says: Big, bold srokes win political as well as other victories rhere has not been snongh agrsssiyeness in the policy of .he Defnoeraac parzy The Potter investigation pi'l prove % have been io .vt9aet and hast efan If fho Da-