Salt River herald., 1878-09-21
PEN AND SCISSORS.

Rev. D. H. Hayden, pastor of Meth odist Church, South, at Madison, has been arrested on the charge of mur- der.
 The steamer Reliance, running be- tween Jacksonville, Florida, and Sa- vannah, exploded her boiler on the 9th inst. fr 'Fa
 A Washington special says Cover nor Axtell of New Mexico has been removed, and General Lew Wallace of Indiana put in his place.
 The Congressional Democratic Ex- ecutive Committee met at Washing ton on the 9th instant to arrange a programme for the fall campaign.
 Silas Ralston, sheriff of Gallatin county. Montana, was killed at Boze- man, while attempting to prevent a difficulty between two men, on the 9th instant.
 Lord Dufferin was presented, at Qnebec, with a joint address of the Ontario municipalities upon the occa- sion of his departure, aud made fe- licitous response.
 Rarus appeared on the turf at the Exposition Grounds at Minneapolis, Friday, Sept. 6, to beat 2:14 for $2, 900. Although he failed in this, he made three wonderful heats, in 2:154- 2:1515-2:141E.
 General Joseph E. Johnstone. in letter accepting the nomination for Congress from Richmond. Virginia, declares that the South owes its re- lease from the condition of conquer ed provinces to the democratic party, and is opposed to national banks.
 The Mexican Minister, Zamacona, with some sseventy-five representative merchants and manufacturers. visited Elgin, few days since. Borden's milk-cOndensing works, the watch factory, fair grounds and the insane asylum were inspected, and on the return the Northwestern car-shops were visited.
 The strike of the New York car drivers extended to the Second aven- ue line, The few cars running are guarded by the police. Many of the drivers became riotous. and in one in- stance car was overturned and the driver tied to wagon. A company of each regiment of the National Guard is on duty at each armory.
 Comptroller of the Currency Knox is about to issue blank forms to cash iers of banks throughout the country, for them to fill that he may be able to give to Congress in his next report the amount of all taxes paid by banks to state, county, city, town or other municipal authorities for 1877, to- gether with other and similar statis- tics.
 Customs officers who have just re- turned from another examination of of the charges against New York sugar importers, declare that in many cases a shortage of from ten to forty pounds has been allowed on a hogs head in weighing sugar, giving i'm porters from 40,000 to 60,000 pounds on a cargo, and ma1y cargoes of the No. 9 standard have been admitted as the No. T.
 The International Monetary Con- gress on Weights, Measures and Coinage, at Paris, has adopted a mo- ton in favor of a universal standard of one-tenth alloy for gold coins. The votes were equally balanced as to whether the same standard should be applicable to silver A proposal for the freedom of hints to coin gold or silver according to the demand was rejected. It was decided that the right to melt or export coins should be unlimited; that no fixed rates could be established between gold and silver, and that silver should not be legal tender for over e10 sterling. The committee unanimously agreed that the best mode of arriving at an international monetary unit would be to give legal currency to the ten-franc piece.
 ! i The elections on August 4th in Bo- gota were accompanied by serious | disorders. The State Government wished to control the elections. They only established four polling places in the city for 50,O00 inhabitants, and put those under the control of their own people. The adherents of the other party could not get to the bal lot-boX to deposit their votes. Confu- sion and disorder naturally arose, as party spirit was very much excited. The state troops posted themselves in the towers ofthe neighboring church. eS, and fired upon the crowd, killing one or two and wounding several. This broke up the election, and as all votes cast are in favor of the State Governments party, they have fully succeeded in carrying the day, unless | Congress should order new election.
 A public reception was given Senor Zamacona, Mexican Minister, in Chi. caso, on the evening of Sept. 5. Six hundred persons were present, includ ing merchants, manufacturers, etc In reply to Col. Applebee's welcome the Mexican Minister gave an idea of the resources and needs of Mexico
 He stated that by establishing closer commercial relations the United States could almost monopolizc the
 trade. Increased maritime and rail
 road transportation was, however, in
 dispensable. Freight rates at pres
 ent are higher from New York tC