Arizona silver belt., 1888-08-11
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The fall term of the Normal school at Tempe begins Monday, Sept. Sd.

VI. at Tempe begins Monday, Sept. Sd.
 The horse disease at Phoenix, winch the Arizsnan calls typhoid influenza, is abating.
 F. L. Brill raised 50000 pounds of potatoes on his Wickenburg ranch this season.
 Tho Tucson sampling works advsr- tise to pay better rates for ores after August 1st.
 The total amount of money in all the funds of Maricopa county on the ist was $15,5ls.29.
 Feed is short on the ranges in Apa- che county, springs are drying up and the calf crop is short. A bad state of affairs.
 Jshn Kowalsky, respected citizen of Wileox, was adjudgsd insane, and sent to the Territorial Asylum at Ph9nix.
 The Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company of. Bisbes, paid, July 1st, dividend Nc. of fifty cents share, aggregating $70,00o.
 It is reported, says the Citizen, the Tombstone N. & M. Co. have made oysrturss to tho Grand Central Co. to sink a pumping shaft. the expense to be borne equally between them.
 Three Italians who arrived last week from Napa, California, says the Phoenix Herald, have purchased ten acres of Zinfandel grapes at Mesa City, and have formed cepartner- ship for the manufacture of wine.
 The Board of Supervisors, of Co., chlss county have, in compliance with general petition frem stockmen, au- thorizsd the payment of bountles for the scalps of tho following wild an inals: Wild cats, g; bears, S; lions, sl5.
 In the next legislative assembly of Arizona, a bill will be introduced to re-apportion representation in the lower house, and unless registration in this county is pushed more ener- getieally than it has been, Apache will loso one reprssentative.--St. Johns Herald.
 A Yaqui Indian, Jose Psjaro, was found raortaily wounded, on Monday morning of last week near Florence. He was shet by some person unknown, while returning home from baile. He died Monday night. Tom Mitch ell, colored, was arrested on suspicion, but subsequently, released.
 Mr Jndd, g Globe freishtsr, lad a horse fer which he had just paid Sl10 stolen from here on Saturday night last. The thief went in the direction of Tombstone, and was tralled by Mr. Judd for about twenty miles. The stolen animal is of brown color, brand ed 79, and weighs about 1,l00 pounds. --Stockmap.
 The decisien of the lower court in the case of Ely vs. the N. NJ. X A. c. R. R. Co. ct al, appealed from Pima county, has been affirmed by the Ter ritorial Supreme Court. The suit in tolvcd nearly all tie iand in the So- uita valley, and the decision is in fayer of the settlers on the land, numbering almost fifty.
 The police of Phoenix made 50 ar rests during the month of July, the natienalities of the offenders being as follows: Mexican, l9; American, 16; Indian. 2; Irish 4; French, ?; Chinese, 1; and German, 1. The aggregate amount of the fines collected, outside of all costs, Was $154, which was turned oyer to the treasurer by Judge Woods.-Arizonan.
 Judge Wright allowed $1200 to in digent witnesses and for other pur- poses, at the last term of court in Apache county of which amount the Board of Supervisors have rejected $1000. Reference to the assessment roll, inads by the Board, disclosed the fact that many of these claims were allowed to persons who are assessed from $500 to S2o00.
 During the thunderstorm last Sat urday lightning struck the hoist of |
 the Lucky Cuss and ran down the wire cable to the 300 foot level, from there jumped to the track in the drift and passed along for more than hun srsd feet, where it knocked down a man who was pushing car, slightly stunning him. The bolt had evident ly nearly spent it's rcs.-Tembstone Epitaph.
 Since the completion of the Walnut Grove dam and the storage ct an i'm 1 mense amount of water there, curious ly enough the Hassayamra below the dam for several miles is running a r -s