Arizona silver belt., 1885-01-10
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doWed by city marshal and taken m
 Tho cattlemen Of Apache Count,
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 county
 A hard glove fight between De
 irasse and Harris as ToEnbgtone, or New Years day, was gan bg the lattel in four roands
 There is a pfpbabilisy of John P 0lum being appointed postmaster al Tombstone, to fll tha nnexpired tern of Fred Brooks dspoea.
 Chas. Jenkins, a iimberman at tht Coronado mines, Clifton, fell down a shaft a distaAc4, of sztg feet. Strange to relate, he sustained no injury fur. ther than severe shaking-up
 Wood sold as high as SEQ per cord at Tombstone last sunday, but had at last aocouats fallen te $l0. The bad roads, resulting from she recent storm. caused tho scarcity oi fael
 A storm ef efaanasual gegity Ras wis. tied the southern part of the Terfito- ". At Tombstone snow fell to the depth of four inches and the novel sight of a sleigh gliding over "the beautiful was witnessed there.
 The Sentinel notes the passage through Yuma, on Monday of last week, of a cattle train of thirty ears, the cat. tie destined for the San Francisco market. The shipments ot stock from Arizona are large and steadily in creasing.
 About 30 men are working for the Bonanza Company at (lu1otoa in and around the mines, and l5 or 20 more employed getting wood etc. The ma chinery for the dFills is in place and running. Business at the camp is sad to be very dull.
 Tie Tombstone Record says: It was rumored about tho streets last night that the Americans held at Mag Galena had been tried. and each of them sentenced to ninety days con anement in jail. An effort was made to trace the rumor to some reliable source but without avail.
 Mrs, Lncie N. Backner scores Gov. Stafford and John E. Allen, in a Flori- da newspaper. The Governor. tue lady says, lied to her, and Allen aban- doned a ten year old boy, his son by a Mexican woman. Both of these gents are, t grieyes us to say, old Arizo- mans. Prescott Courier.
 The s0uthern Pacific Railroad Com papy arc retrenching with Yen- geance. They have cashicred upwards Of 1890 employees. Even the Pullman car conductors have been discharged. We have not, however heard of any reduction being made in passenger rates, which by reason Of the dinin- ished accommodations is justly due the travelling public
 The Florence Enterprise states tbat w T. Hsllings has succeeded in rec leasing.the attachment placed on the mill at the yekol mine, by Messrs. Eeis and Cbamberlin, and has gone to San Francisco to attend the meeting of the Pioneer company to which cor poration the nill belongs. He will endeayor to arrange with tue latter to retain the mill at the Yekol, 50 that he can carry out his contract with the Walker Bros.
 The Florence Enterprise reeounts the shooting of Frank Gray by 8 young man named Grace, at the Ray camp last week, aud it is feared tho wound will prove fatal Gray imagined that Grace had insnlted q female friend of the former. Grace asserted his inno- eenee but Gray refused to listen to au and picking up an iron twine holder was about to hurl it at the head of Grace, when the latter drew his weapon and shot him in the breast. Both men have borne good names at the camp
 4 mass meeting of taxpayers ef Coehise county was held at Tombstone, last Saturday, to devise means for the redustion oftaxes which arc excessive
 S70.00o to Sso, 1000 a year. Strong were also adopted disap-. proving of a division of the county and the formation of the proposed new county of Sierra Bonita A commit- tee of seven was appointed to act with the Board of Supervisors for the pros lection of Cochise county against any such legislation, and also to further such other measures as may be bene- fcial to an economical administration of the county
 From the Clifton Clarion we learn that James Hoxie, known tc many of our readers, and Rafel Mannse were arrested, on suspicion, for burglary committed last June at tho Snyder ranch oR tho upper Giia. Two rifles,