Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-22
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The Southern Pacific and Santa fe railroads have pad their taxes in Pima County. aggregatIng S23000.
 Phoenix brick yards are running full capacity, ta meet the increased activity in building in the garden city.
 The Arizsnan claims that wine made at Mesa City, Maric9pa County, is equal to the California vintage of the sams age.
 The Herald states that an agent for Senator Hearst has gone ont to invss- tigats the gold strike in the Harqua Hala mountains.
 F Partiss are iavestigatiag essrsi'.- ble ere supply which reductlon works at Phenlx could count apan with the view of erecting a plant there.
 The Star says there are seventy men working for the Peerless Mining Company, at Quijotoa; which means we suppose that it will soon be tlme to levy another assessment on the stock.
 Won Lee, the brutal murderer of George F. Parks, at Pbenix last week, has had a preliminary hearing, and been held without bail to avait the action of the grand jury. If ever lynch law was justifable 1t is in this case.
 Mr J. E. Morrish, the able manager of the Vulture mine under the new regime, reports that he has sixty stamps running and will soon be able to start up the entire mil. The pro- cess of oyerhauling the mine and put ting it in shape is slow but will be successful, and the old Vpltrre will take a new lease of lIfe.-Phenjx Her. aid.
 The Florence Enterprise says that there Is well defined but unofficial report that the Silver King mill at Pinal will soon close down fer an in- definite period of time. but the work in the mine will continue. Whether this is owing to the exhaustion Of the ore or is the part of stock deal. opin- len IS divided, but It is stated that the mine will be thoroughly exploited fer new ore bodies.
 The first mountain sheep ever seen in the Tombstone marketswere brought in by Pete Butte yesterday from the Winchester mountains. One of them was dressed and hanging in front of Cummings meat market, and attract ed considerable attention from passers by. The meat resembled in texture and appearance that of the bear, being oily and dark and very fat, and tastes very sweet. There were but fou1in the band, the successful hunter getting the whole Of Ihem.-PrespectOr.
 E. W. Haskins, Superintendent of the Atlas Mining Company, of Red Rock, has commenced the shipment of copper matte. which carrIes about 36 ounces of silver and S4 in gold to the ten. The first two shipmeufs were  33,OOO pounds and 56,O0O pounds re- spsctively. The company expects to build a large furnace of 125 tons in a short time. A portion of the material has already been or7, dered in San Francisco, for which 1t is belIevsd there will be plenty of water, the supply being about ten thousand gallons per day.
 The Fort Grant correspondent of the Clifton Clarion says: The rains of the past week have done considerable damage here; washed away 40OO0 adobes that had just been mads for building a new Quartermaster store house, and about 60 feet of the Guar fermaster's corral was destroyed; one snd of a cempany's quarters washed 1swn, also one side of the butchers shop owned by J. H. Norton fell down. The storw is now over for the present.
 The latest order at the pest is the fencing of the reservation. They ad- sertised for 13,200 Cedar posts for IS miles of fence. It will be a big less ts some of the ranchers living close by. If was fine ranre for c4ttla.