Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-09-09

seed and petticoats."
 Ii Hung Chang carries his coffin around with him. Bryan doesn't, but he is likely to need one before Chang does; his funeral is set for November S.-MinneSPoliS Journal.
 Li Hung Chang's fad of asking evHy one he meets how old they are and how much money they have and where they get it, is not likely to become popular over here.
 Never were truer words uttered than those by e1-President Harrison when he said: The prospect of re- publican success never did disturb business.
 Since the governor has eommuted the sentence of Train Robber Rogers, the train rObbing industry may be expected to receive new impetus in this territory.
 The Phenix Gazette has its bat teries trained on Judge W. H. Barnes. The latter is opposed to Mark Smith for delegate to congress while the Gazette fsvors him. Seei
 Seven supervisors of San Fran cisco are charged with corruption in office, and on Saturday Judge Sewal overruled 6 demurrer in their case and decided that they must stand trial.
 A telegram from Vermont says that returns from ninety.hve towns in that state from the election held on Tuesday, show a republican gain of 5,5S0 over four years ago and s democratic loss of 2,lsl.
 The republicans st Fullerton, California, have secured 6 eucalyptus tree over loo feet high and have planted it in the town for the pur- pose of floating 8 Mckinley banner from its top.
 The democratic convention did not seem to have been aware that the school land leasing bill had be- come a laW. It is a good law too. if properly executed, if the demo- cratic convention did see 6t to de- nounce it.
 It will take stronger proof than Bryan or any of his deluded follow CTS can present to convince the country that one-twsntieth of the citizens are continually scheming to enslave the other nineteen-twen- tieths.
 The country is just now suffering from business depression as a result of democratic experimenting ID ad- ministering governmental affairs, yet we are told that the only reme- dy is to elect another democratic president and let them try more experiments.
 4 telegram from Tucson pub lished in our contemporary says that all of the eleven delegates elected to the territorial democratic convention are opposed to Mark Smith. If this is the case it demon strates that ex-Governor Hughes is still very much in evidence in the ancient pueblo.
 California has law which pro vides for the punishment of train by hanging. An attempt was made on Saturday night to rob the Central Pacific overland express, six miles west of Sacramento. when brave Engineer Edwin F. Ingles saved the law a job of hanging. Ss he shot and killed one of the rob- bers sEd then pulled his train safely to Sacramento.
 Owing to the fact that the bsuks of San Francisco refuse tO accept silver on deposit, except ln limited quantities. and then only ou . specific contract that cheeks issued shall be made payable in silver, and owing to the further fact, as elalmed by Wells, Fargo k Co.,, that large amount of their receipts are in silver, this company paid of its em- ployees in silver last pay day. The officials claim that they were com pelled to do this 10 get rid oi the silver.
 Hoke Smith retired from the Cabinet Tuescsy, September l.
 ?. NJ. Arthur, chief of the brother hood of locomotive engineers, has written to the Railway Age, and in i bis letter be says: Il propose 7oting for the republican candI- l dates and will use all my influence b have others do the same, but not | ss an executive officer of the broth ,rhood of locomotive engineers, as he laws of the organization pro- ,ibit participation in politics or 'eligiOn."
 We have 1t on direct authority rom g gentleman in this city who once owned the paper mentioned, hat the Bryan managers offered ertain republican county weekly in Missouri, with 1890 ubscribers, the sum of 5000 10 upPOrt the free silver cause. With II counties in the state. each with