Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1883-09-22


300 fran,ss.
The wisdom Of some of the mining
department. papers is well shown by a
recent nste in the Western Manufac-
turer, which boldly yentured the opin-
ion thatE.the whole Territory of Ari-
zona will fnot produce $5,O0O,O00 worth
of ingotIcopper in the next ten years"
when available statistics show that
last year Arizona alone produced II,
100000 pounds of copper, worth 16
cents pqr pound, and this year the es-
timated output at the present low
rates is.valued at $500, 900. Chicago
Mining Review.
Duriag land-rent riots in Hungary
fifteen mcn were killed by a volley
from the troops. Collisions are grow
ing m@-e frequent and serious.
Admiral Sir Richard Collinson. who
commanded the expedition which went
in search of Sir John Franklin in
1850, ,,ied on the 18th instant.
Leon Abbott is the Democratic
Nominee for governor of New Jersey.
The prince of Montenegro is the
prince of prohibitionists. He issues
an ediet and it is law, and in his hap
py dorninions there is no court to try
the law. He first closed all the cafes
and drinking houses as unneceS6arS =
and ,ssravagant. He then abolished
title as-A4xina- -aalx lis own for
forms sake. Wore recently he pro-
mulgated an knsipst luxurious
wearing appal ing cravats,
gloves, walking-sticks, parasols and
umbrellas. He is getting down to-
wards tue bedrock Of original simpli-
city, and next, bonnets, feathers and
other female furbelows will have to go.
There is no need of Sunday law in
Montenegro, and it will take our fel-
lows long time to arrive at the per-
feet rule of this petty prince.
The Boston crusaders against Nor
monism have little job to attend to
nearer home than Utah. A Mormon
church has grown up and become
strong under their noses in the village
of Plainville. 1t is called the Plain
vile Branch ofthe Reorganized Church
of Iesus Christ of the Latter Day
Saints The organization has a spa
cious Westinghouse and some of the
members practise polygamy. A mid
dle-aged man named Jackson L. Evans,
who was Methodist layman, began
to preach Mormon doctrines and made
many converts in the region round
Plainville. They built a house of
worship and paid for it, and no church
debt hangs over it. Finally S. A.
Cobb, at whose house Evans first held
his meetings, became dissatisfied with
the Mormon social customs and
brought, charges ofpolygamy against
his wife, Mrs. Catharine B. Cobb, Miss
Kate l.. r. Whitney and Elder Evans.
the head of'the church. The three of
them Wsre tried and found guilty as
charged Cobb had previously discar-
ded the faith, and finding that Mrs.
Cobb held fast to it, he went to law.
But the church at Plainville is still
going and converts are coming in.
One of the elders is going to Washing
ton as soon as congress convenes to
use his influence against any anti
Mormon legislation that may be in
troduced.
Separation from the "Jersey Lilly"
was too much for Freddie Gebhart to
bear longer, so he has Joined his ina
morata in Paris.
The postoffice department at Wash
ington on the 18th instant began dis
tributing the new 2 cent stamps and
the requsition on contractors was the
largest in number of pieces and value,
ever issued in one day. Order was
for 27,S79, $50 postage stamps: 7,131,
$50 stamped envelopes. Most of them
being of two cent denomination and
5,9S3,O00 postal cards. Aggregate
value, ofarticles ordered $950,OOO.
Junius BrutuS Booth the veteran
actor is dead.
The Senator Sharon Scandal is
furnishing some racy reading.
Schaefler defeated Sexon in a game
of carom billiards at st. Joseph, Mo.
on the 18th. Score, Schaefi'rr 1000: