Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-03-24
Editorial and misceI laaeous hons.

AW VAsu1n&ton COtIeSPonocut OI the Boston Advertiser says that half of the Democratic members of the House of Representatives applied to be detailed to accompany Senator Miller. remains to California
 The Daily Tombstone extendsd the following greeting 10 Govsrnor C. Meyer z. on his arrival st that camp: "The hard-6sted and level-headed Democrats of Cochise county refuse to be led by men who part their names and hair in the middle"
 There are 3.z79 public schools ia Dakota, taugh, by 4.I4s teachers and have 69.o7s enrolled pupils The permanent school property is valued at $s.IS7.85o. The total reciep,s last year were $z.I&I,7s6.79: total expenditures, $I.8I4,sIa.4o.
 Apparently weil-founded rumors say that United States District Attorney Rouse has been requested to consent to the withdrawal of his nomination. Whether this be so or not it is an open secret that certain democratic territorial officials are opposed to his confirmation.
 Blackshear, Ga. is dry town, and when the train arrives there are some fifteen one-gallon jugs of bug juice set out in the express office The agent says that this IS about the usual number of jugs received a: the express office daily.
 Govermen, Printer Rounds term of ,fhce expires next month. There is such a scramble for the place that Presi- dent Cleveland IS reported 10 have determined to make no change in 1t, and thus escapes the condemnation that IS sure 10 follow the selection of one among so many applicants.
 In the old times in New England the town paid the minister's salaray. The minister had $4oo year and some perquisltes, among them thirty cords of wood He usually picked out the richest girl in town and married her, and had the homestead, and when his ,fa,her-in- law died he usually lefs him cider mill and d'stillery.
 A clerk was detected in stealing silver dollars from a bag in the treasury at Washington day or two ago and Tress- urer Jordan. vho was questioned as to the thiefs politics, replied that he must have been republican, as democra, would have taken the whole bag. Jor- dan. i, will be observed, is well acquaint- ed with the spirit of his party.
 Bradford, York county. England, has a mad dog scare of a very serious kind. In January a dog ran mad through the streets and bit twenty persons One of these died recently in terrible agony, with all the symptoms of hydrophobia. The other nineteen have consequently been thrown into state of fearful appre- hensiou that they, too. may be attacked by the disease.
 The recent article of the JOURNAL MINER setting forth the true financial condition of this territory has had the effect of strengthening the credit ot the erritory in the east and will be of great assistance to Mir. Bullock and his associates in placing our railroad bonds and hastening t.e completion of the road.
 A friend of ours is . little anxious to know how . democratic administration can strengthen securities by publishing four colums of abuse of honest people. and one column of excuses and lying figures, falsely representing the territory, as in totally bankrupt, condition, and territorial taxes as excessively high, while the truth is directly opposed to b ah statements.
 Arizona democracy is marshaling its forces for an active campaign, previous to the approaching election. C Meyer Zulick was imported from New Jersey on account of his great ability as an organ lzer. W. Kidder Meade for bis services at the Chicago convention was made and now Tommy Gates, .he great Mogul of the unteri6ed of Pima and chairman of the territorial central committee, has been appointed Superin, endent of the Yuma prison.