Arizona silver belt., 1886-02-06


THE ARIZONA SILVER BELT |
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OFPICIAL PAPER or GI,A cOUNTY,
Saturday, February 6, 1886.
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General Schofold says the army is
too small. May be it Is, but there is
no question of the fact that some Of
its Generals are.-San Francisco Daily !
Report.
In all things throughout the world
the men who look for the crooked will
see the crooked, and the men who look
for the straight can see the straight
Ruskjn.
A Chicago Democrat Of the good
OLE" sort, after reading the Presidents
message, wished to have his prediction
placed on record that "Groyor CIayo-
land will be the next Republican can
didate Tor President"
"Suspicion ever hauuts the guilty
mind" Since the Queens speech was
delivered the London police have been
looking with anxiety for renewal of
dynamite explosions And the Prince
ofWales is lodging around the coun.
try like a suspected poacher.
A runner from Berlin indicates that
proposition has been made to grab
the Samoan Islands and divide them
up between the United States, Ger
many and England. 1t is to be hoped
that our Government will not disgrace
itself by going into business with any
European land robbers.
The news now reaches us us that
General John NJ. Pope is about to be
placed upon the retired list, 1t would
have been happy thing for the sue
cess OF the Union army if he had been
retired before the bloody iasco Of the
second battle of Bull Run, before he
had made himself the prize ass of the
war.
A firm of Portland orr lawyers,
attorneys for Joseph Holiday, who
was defeated in the litigation with
his brother Ben, have filed an attor-
ney's lein against Ben Holiday for
$4,000. In other words, they ask him
TO pay this modest fee for the value Of
their services in trying to keep him
from recovering his property.
A member of the German Reich
stag, who deals in liquors, admits that
he has exported a great deal of adul-
teratcd and poisonous brandics to
French colonies, but declare that he
has never sent anything but the best
brands to the German colonies. This
may lie regarded as a veryremarkab!e
exhibition Of practical German pa
tTIytis!n.
The emigration returns for 1855
show a decrease, as compared with
last year, of 10000 in the number Of
people who emigrated from England
to the United States and Of 1900 in
the number who emigrated from Eng
land to Canada, and an increase of
5000 in the emigration from Ireland
to the United States and of 1000 in
the emigration from Ireland to Can
ada.
An official test was made Of the
pneumatic gun carriage at Sandy
Hook, Jan. 23d. The new 6fty-four-
ton gun was placed on the carriage
and seven rounds of 265 pounds Of
powder aud 500 pounds of solid shot
each were fired, and the reaction 10
each case was successfully checked by
the pneumatic pressure operated 10y
one man. Tie gun and carriage
weigh nearly one hundred tons. and is
the largest piece Of ordnance ever
made IN this country-N. Y. World.
FIossy Come Johnnie, lets play
ives married.
Johnnie Very well, FIossio.
F.-Come, den, come into dinner.
How do you like de dinner to-day, my
dear?
j. is a good dinner. A very
good dinner indeed
F.-Oh! you mustn't say dat You
must say it amt wur dam. If