Arizona silver belt., 1884-01-12
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
Condensed from Our Exchanges for
 .silver BcIt- Readers.

The Tucson Star says that a large party of Globe people left that city Tuesday for the Quijotoas.
 The Contention Consolidated, oi Tombstone, paid $547.500 dividends in 1883.
 The amount of taxes turned over by the sheriff of Cochise county 10 the treasurer foots up $74,72S.50.
 Fl Progresso, a Spanish paper of Phenix, is now under the sole editorial control of Rev. Father Bloise. | At a meeting of the citizens of Lo- gan it was unanimously agreed that no Chinamen should be allowed to set tie in that burg.
 The Phenix Gazette has been en- larged. The Gazette is good paper, and we are glad to see this evidence of its prosperity.
 | Monroe, under sentence of death for the murder of Jack Shay, at Prescott, expects to have his sentence commu- ted to imprisonment for life The stage from Tombstone to Fair banks was upset last Monday, andtwe passengers, J. A. Chenowith and Billy Smith severely injured 2
 A prize fight will take place in Tombstone on the 2Sth inst. between Neil Mcleod and Frank White for $200 a side and the championship of Arizona.
 Dr. Lord, formerly postmaster at Tucson, has settled in Mixtlapan, Mexico, city of some 25,O0O inhabi- tants, and is successfully practicing medicine.
 The school house at Camp Thomas was partially destroyed by fire last week. The trustees will repair the building at once. A son of Bishop Dunlop has been engaged as teacher.
 E. H. Smith, (Fatty) so severely beat an engineer at Peach Springs, short time since, as to cause his death. Smith is we'll known through the Ter ritory, having served in the legisla- ture of 18SO.S1
 John T. Logan, one of the locators and owners of the townsite of Logan, in the Quijotoas, dropped dead at that place last Sunday. He was in the enjoyment of good health up to the time of his death.
 The town of Needles, on the A. & P. road has been overrun by thieves and bunco men. Recently the law abiding citizens of that place gave this unde- sirable element warning to leave town or neck-tie social would be maugu- Tated. They decamped.
 Mir P. R. Brady has the finest spec imen of horn silver we ever saw. It is the size of a hens egg and does not contain an atom of waste. It came from the famous Vekol mine, which has yielded a large number of mug gets of horn silver almost as pure as the one in question Enterprise.
 John H. Behan, ex-sheritf of Cochise county, on his return to Tombstone few days ago, was informed by the district attorney that several indict- ments found by the grand jury last spring, were still pending against him. He gave bonds in the sum of $2,5OO to appear at the next term of court.
 W. G. Vandewater, commercial traveller for F. P. Macy, merchant of Wilcox, was robbed on the 9th inst. about five miles from Wilcox. The robbers, two in number, secured fifty dollars the proceeds of the sale of lot of merchandise which Mir. Vandewater had disposed of at Fort Thomas. The robbers are supposed to have gone in the direction of Mexico.
 Peach Springs, on the A. & P. road, is nice orderly place. The Cham pion says: "Christmas was bright, sunny day and our citizens enjoyed themselves in an orderly, quiet way. There were some visitors in town. A few windows were smashed, four rough and tumble fights, and a few hundred shots fired, but then there was nothing beisterous to speak of"
 From Wm. Krider who came in last evening from Kingman we learn that there was hanging bee" at the Needles, just across the river, on Fri day night. From what our inform ant could learn of the matter it ap- pears that the victim was notified to leave the town within certain time on pain of death. He refused to leave and when the time expired was immediately hung by the citizens. What his particular crime was, and the circumstances which led up to his being ordered to leave the town, we have been unable to learn. nor could