Arizona silver belt., 1878-10-10

Ssates is now buying silver dollars or
 current liabilities
 Carroll D. Wright, chief Of the
 Massachusetts Bureau sf Statistics.
 estimates the whole number # uneln-
 ployed a the Unite1 States u 510.-
 000.
 Broken in Vermont an routed in
 Maine, the Repubhesn party is gaih-
 ering itself up for a grand and des E perate rally in Iowa A mighty ef-
 fort will be made to save tha5 sauc-
 tuary of Republicanism fhe child
 ia dead, the mother is dying s wrote
 the young physician. toeehing his first case of obstenics, buJ i have every reason 10 believe that 1 will be able to save tee old man
 4 recent meeting of the citizens of Savannah. Georgia, favored the building of the Southern Pacific Rail- road from Yuma to E paso, and urged their Senators and Representa- 1iyes in Congress to secure the pass age of a bill which would enable the company to proceed at once With the building of the road between these points. The preamble expresses want of confidence in Scou's com pleting the Texas < Pacidc within a reasonable time.
 The Greenbackers of Nebraska have one rich character on their State ticket, according to a western paper. He Was q member of the Territorial Legislature m 1868, anu made him self so prominent by his habit of taking part in everything that came up, and altering 1t to suit himself, that 8 resolution was unanimously passed by the afflicted legislators ap- pointing him ga committee of one to revise the Lords Prayer and amend the Ten Commandments. "
 The Main election and Batler's in- roads upon the Democratic ranks of Massachusetts have shown us the strength of the Greeuback movement in New England and now we have an instance of its strength in Mid de State heretofore supposed to be in favor of hard money and contrae- tion. The Democratic convention of the second district of New Jersey. which on September 11th, hot only nominated the Greenback candidate, Hezekiah B. Smith, bat substantially adopted the platform which the Greenbackers had put forth in first nominating him.
 Years ago when Rock Island III. ) was a small village, and its people had lots of fun all to themselves, one of our sober, dignifed citizens put his own head under one end of the yoke and 3 little bulls under the other, to teach the animal hoR to do useful work. When be found the bull was running away with him down ! dirt road, toward d crowd around the country store on Illinois street, 1 he measured sixteen feet at a jump, kept up with tae bull, and yelled ut the top of his voice Here we ceme, darn our fool souls Head . us somebody" When halted and the yoke vas being lifted from lis neck, 1 he yelled: "UnyoSe ihe Jull Neyer mind me, Fl stand.
 Ex-Governor huntingdon, Of Wis consiu, has of late years given him- self up to tue habit of wearing preci- ous stones In his shirt front The iamsels of the great Northwest eyed his diamonds and bowel down as they -tood in adul2tion afar of. -ltl Madison, last week, Mir Lulington vas jostled by a crowd, h.s hat 9noeked down oyer lis eyes ahd a ouch as soft as that across a mald- lI. $ cheek feii upon hun just below .bc crayat. The ex- Governor had lost his diamontis. There was huI -abaloe thousands had gone to the kpoekets share. After awhile the ex-GoYernor and I crowd stood iu magistrates office face to face with the identical thief The diamonds were on the magiswates desk Are E these your diamonds Governor !" sad tbe Court. I-l-l think aot. replie.l Mr Ludington, gli0 had caught the glance Of , liIde lyspep- ! .jeWeler. No, l should say not, too, put lu the latter, for they are paste. The crowd .osk in the situation and roared-Mr Lad iAgton's precious stones cost a dollar ald a hall.
 New FRxfco News.