Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-08-25

seven year old child. Ihls was the first legal hanging in Tennessee for this olfense.
 Prof. J. x. Raymond, the newly | chosen president of the West Vir- ginia University, is the youngest man who ever received similar honor.
 With two year steers worth SIS, spring lambs dollar and a half, 1 and wool fifteen cents a pound, New Mexico is figuring on a little prosperity herself. - Albuquerque Citizen.
 Some democrats ara almighty afraid that the efforts to secure the cooperation of European nations for the establishment of internation- al bimetallism will succeed.
 Large American and small Euro pean crops make this a very bad year Tor any European country to try the game of tariff retaliation against the United States.
 The Columbus Buggy Company, of Columbus, Ohio, which suceumb- ed to the Cleveland panic, resumed operations again July 20, giving em- ployment to 300 men. This number will be increased to 1000 very soon n
 Reports from the middle western states show that there is the great est difficulty in obtaining sufficient cars to remove the grain crops, which arc not only large, but bring good prices. ThIs is in marked contrast with the conditions of the past two years, thousands upon thousands of cars having been idle since the summer of lSe2.
 They make short work oi murder CTS in Spain. On August 6, Senor Canovas was assassinated by an anarchist of unpronouuceable name On Sunday August 10. the aforesaid anarchist was tried by court martial aud on Monday sentenced to death. On Friday August 20, or just twelve 1 days from the commission of the | crime the anarchist was beheaded l in accordance with the sentence.
 A man named Ben Hill is under | sentence of death, to be hanged | next Friday, in California, for the l murder of his wife, and his friends are moving heaven and earth to get | communication of his sentence. Speaking of this case, the Los An geles Times says: "It is a notable IAct that Mrs. Hill is not joining in the clamor. She is dead, and Ben l Hill killed her. The soft hearted | and putty headed clamorers ought to think of this as they go meander- ing along their several ways"
 Nothing would please the traitor gold newspapers in Arizona more than the precipitation of tariff i discussion, thereby giving them a chance to avoid talking about the main issue-that of the free coinage of silver."-Courier. An Arizona newspaper, which wants to get up an argument, at this late day, on on the tariff question, must be 'hard up" for subject to discuss. The tariff question was settled by congress on Saturday, July 24, aud the benefits from tho law passed are already so apparent that further discussion would be waste of ink.
 The Maryland democrats seem 10 be trying to get onto republican platform. The chief feature of their recent platform is their delight that President Mckinley and republican congress have urged upon the European powers, through the medium of duly appointed com mission, the necessity of an inter national conference to arrange the terms of bimetallic system" Since this is precisely what the republican platform of last year pledged the party to do. would it not be jus. as we'll for the Maryland democracy to fall in line and join the republican party at oncel
 Phenix people who are sojouru- ing in Prescott at present express themselves highly pleased with our 7 climate and several of them have expressed the opinion that if proper 1, efforts arc made Prescott should i receive a large proportion of the people who heretofore have gone to i the coast each summer. They think s that a round trip rate, for a single q fare, good for ninety days on the { railroad, with $i or 8 round trip | ticke', good over Sunday, would e enable great many people to send { their families here and then they could visit them once or twice a | month. Some of those now visiting a here are talking of building cottages f by next year. 2
 According to a story published in e he Fl Paso Tribune, prospecting in I he Yaqui Indian country in Mexico. 8 las not been robbed of all its perils b by the recent treaty between Mexico tl md those Indians. The Tribune S els of a party of six Arizona pros fl