Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-03-06

| penlCenJlaTy let ATAAoh"hs stand by principle in doing 1t. Here is something of a coincidence: Dr. Lord of Fort Grant, Arizona, visited Solomonville recently. and i intended to take in Tombstone later.
 Time and tide wait for no man. Time and tide are not the penitentiary, and Prescott waits.
 Phenix has captured the press association meeting for next Mon day. Is there anything else in this wide universe that the metropolis has overlooked.
 More discrimination. The hints are to coin S1,2OO,0OO in 50 cent pieces to be used among Indians by order of the treasury department. Whats the matter with the pale faces.
 A weather bureau in the east announces that the usual March weather will not occur this year, it being included in that of the Feb ruary blizzards.
 The Behering sea award has been set down on by Congress. There is some manhood and patriotism left in the lower house after all, but the work should have commenced sooner.
 Tom Watson and Jerry Simpson are to be run on the prohibition ticket for President and Vice Presi- dent. What a fine combination "Tom and Jerry" is to gulp down in this cause.
 It Is said that Southern Cali fornia Is roaring" over the removal of the penitentiary. The principal kick Is coming from Arizona, However.
 The prison report is before us, and not single name appears on its official role from Yavapai county. We have enough inmates, however, to make up for the deficiency that prevails in the makeup of officers thereof.
 General Miles is now dubbed the soldier orator. He is certainly 6 convincing speaker, and a good fighter, as it took a good deal of nerve and chin music to do up Geronimo.
 It has leaked out that the existence of camels on the Yuma 1 desert makes Arizona too African like in the minds of senators to give | us statehood. This is what a com munity gets for humping itself on its resources,
 Arkansas juries do not apparently | regard embezzlement of state money | as a very serious crime. as one of them only gave ex-Treasurer Wood ruff, whom 1t convicted of that crime, one year in prison. Had it been 6 question of horse stealing he would have been lynched.
 The Indiana capitol building was accused of having several barrels of whiskey stored in the basement, and the usual roar went up from tenn perance members, resulting in four of them being appointed to investi- gate. The committee has not been seen or heard of for six days.
 Missouri seems liberally inclined toward permitting the smoking of cigarettes, and refuses to pass an anti-cigarette law. It is guess on Missouri nowadays on any question, since it went republican, and an invitation to secure Queen Lii as a permanent resident would not be news.
 A Mexican lawyer of Phenix died of thirst on the desert near that city. This is a warning to emil grants not to heed what the usual prospectus says of that section, par ticularly when water rights are mentioned in connection with desert schemes.
 Mrs. Lease says that when woman suffrage and statehood prevail in Arizona, she will pack up and strike out for the territory. If she will only locate in Phenix, and con6ne her political thunder to that sphere, we'll feel greatly relieved.
 It is said that Cleveland is so en. ragged over the conduct of the senate and house, that when a telegram from Arizona was handed him ask ing for the removal of Hughes, he tore up the message and viciously "Order Geronimo re- turned to Arizona at once" Indio, near Yuma, 336 feet below the sea level, is said to be very healthy place, Lieutenant Governor I Willard of California, so pronounc- ( ing it. Hades, which is supposed to be somewhere underneath the same locality according to tradition, s ought to be delightful place after ( all to invalids, judging by the al [ titude of Indio. f General McCook said the other a lay, in the course of an address at t , meeting of the Indian Rights t Association, at Denver, that in his t