Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-09
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The Supreme Court of Arizona con- vened m Prescott Monday, Jan. 4tb.
 The water now flows through the great Arizona canal its entire length, forty miles.-Phenix Herald.
 The School Superintendent of Apa- che county advertises that he will prosecute parents neglecting to send their children to the public schools in accordance with the law after January 4, 1886.
 The very many friends of Joe Flour noy, who formerly resided in this city, will joln with the Citizen in congratu- lating that gentleman upon the real ization of fortune of $5OO00 through a recent mlnlng speculation in Sina- loa, Mexico.--Citizen.
 A correspondent, writing from Flagstaff, gives an account of the re- cent difficulty in that vicinity, in which two Mexican herders were kill ed. It appears that these two men formed a part of band of twenty who had come in from New Mexico with twenty thousand sheep, which they undertook to pasture on ranges in thls county, already occupied. As the sheep-herders would not listen to the remonstrances of the owners, but endeavored to keep possession by force of arms, a scrimmage ensued, in which two were killed and the remainder driven off with their ho3ks. The Mex jeans appear to have forced the trouble on the cattle men.-PreScott Courier.
 On Sunday night, December 27th, a party of five masked men went to the residence of Francisco Baca, Dep uty Treasurer of Apache County, in St. Johns, and took the keys of the vault doors and forced Mr. Baca at the muzzle of a revolver to proceed to the Treasurers room and open the combination lock. They then ran- sacked the safe and took about ,000 in cash, leaving oyer five thousand dollars in checks strewn over the floor. As soon as they left Mr Baca gave the alarm, but no trace of the robbers could be found. Several search warrants were taken out but no success attended the efforts of the officer to find the stolen treasure. Several parties to whom suspicion at tached, are now in custody, among them being Phin Clanton, Ike Clan ton, Eben Stanley, Lee Renfrow and Buck Henderson.-Citizen.
 A telegram says it is reported that a strong opposition will be made to the confirmation of the appointment of John Hise, appointed to be Survey or-General of Arizona. MT. Hlse was appointed upon the recommendation of Mr Sparks;7s-GoHmissie&er-etftk tke- General Land Office. He is charged with having been interested in a mis- carriage of the mails and other like eccentricitieS. Postofice Inspector Tracy has submitted to First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson a re- port upon Hise's operations. The re- port IS not made pubic, but it is said that it's contents may lead to the with drawal of the appointment.-Florence Enterprise.
 Work has been resumed on the Peck mine, the steam hoisting works having been started up raising water from the mine.-Journal-Miner
 The miners working in the Bonanza Company mlnes QuUotoa, were notl- fled Dec 31st that their wages would be reduced to three dollars per day from Jan. 1st. Nearly all of those affected by the reduction refused togo to work.
 The following very sensible remarks are made by the New Mexico Stock grower; The custom of the cattle inspectors along the llne of New Mex leo and Arizona in exacting a toll of twenty cents a head on Arizona beef steers going by rail to the eastern markets is nothing else but deliberate robbery of the ranchmen. We cannot believe that the spirit of intention of the framerS of the quarantine law, bad as 1t is in many of its features, is shown by the stand and deliver system now in vogue in inspecting cattle from the Arizona ranges, where stock is in absolute health the year through.
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