Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-02-24
ARIZONAJOURNAL-MINER
WEDNESDAY FEB. 24, 1897


 pay b husband S24.00 a month alinohy.
 Lats .sisErans indicate that Mark Hanna may yet be appointed as Senator froa 0his, to succeed John Sherman. Oar contemporary continues to SsoA \. O. Murphy for governor. kr. Murphy has never signihed any iAtsAtioa of being 6 candidate, but kn enemies seem to be afraid sf him. ersver Cleveland, it is said, will write aA autobiography covering the psried of his life from his election a mayor of Buffalo to the 4th of March, 1897, when he will retire from tAe presidency. The republicans seem to be pretty we'll sstIs6ed with the cabinet sslec- tions 90 far made by Prasident-elect Mckinley, but the whole demo cratic menagerie is kicking and praying.
 Two young and wealthy citizens of Mississippi fought 8 duel on Sun day with knives, over the ownership of 6 dog. One of .hem received wounds which which will probably prove fatal, while the other fed the country.
 Hoks Smith says there is little in politics to interest him now, We should say not. Hoke's views are not the Views.of his party iu GeoF- giA, and there Is no probability of his getting office for some time.
 We are prepared to believe almost anything about the future inten- tions of Hon. Grover Cleveland, but we draw the line at that story about his intending to devote the remainder of his life to studying theology; that is too great Q tax up- onlour credulitY.
 That circuit court bill will very likely strike a snsg in the Council, as is should. If it becomes a law, the people of the territory will be sorely sick of 1t before another leg. islaturs will convene to repeal it. When statehood has been achieved for the territory, it will be ample time to pass such law.
 The two members of the Canadian government who are now in Wash ingtou trying to make a dicker with the Ways and Means Committee, go as t. get duties upon agricultural prod that would favor Canadian farns 4t the expense of our own, gre cs Ainly cheeky, but we can not call th T wise.
 It would be . good thing if some otherwise sensible people would only understand that nothing makes more unrest than continual preaching of unrest. There are few natures which cannot be made dissatisfied, because there are few-very few people who believe they have all they deserve to have.
 The Tucson Star says that if the circuit court bill should become law. the following legal gentlemen, it is said, will pluck the Plums: Fi1t District, Judge William NJ. Lowell; Second District, Wiley E. Jones; Third District, under consid- eratiOn; Fourth District, Judge J. J. Hawkins.
 Two yeau ago the number of slestFisal railroads in the United States vas estimated by an electrical engineer at $50, with 5000 miles of GzAck sad over $4OO, 900 capital. EodAy there are believ ed to be Sl3,- % ailes of track, and the amount ef capital invested last year alone is sAid to bs S35, 100000.
 Lyman Gage showed his hard Aorss sense when he declined din HeT his friends wished to give him ss indication of their pleasure at his having been selected for Secretary of the Treasury. He told them that if they should think, after his term . office, that he had done any thing to deserve . dinner, be would be glsd 10 have them tender it.
 J. Fl. Kyle, democrat, has besn elected United States Senator from South Dakota, by the solid republi. ssn vote and s few poPulists who stayed by him. Most of the popu- lists deserted him, but enough re- mAined to give him the required number to elect. Mr. Kyle is a Congregational minister.
 Speaking of . bill before Con- gress, providing that the penalty for train robbery shall be death, the Indianapolis Journal says: "It has merit, in view of the fact that dur Ing the past six years there have been ls6 stoPpings of trains for c4inir al purposes, ss the result of which venty-6Ve persons were ki'led 6fty-eight wounded by shots.
 lnvi, of the tommyrot that is being p inted on the subject, we feel call, upon to ask, if any body remembers 6 change of administra- Sion that was not accompanied by Ahousnnda of aHSca aoaLo-.s I'll.