Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-15
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
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with an attendance of Sl9 pspiIs as against ai5 iast year
 Treops of this depsrtmsut have re. ceived erdefs to esgags n tae.r aa- nual shala skirmjshsS.
 The season for deer does not begin ull o5'absr isi. and a'l persons buy. iae Yen.ssn thi, meuta are eject te a heavy penalty
 Oar Republican brethren. says the Tucson Star, ars busy registering He. pab'iean voters. fhsy are patiiag n thrne b every one ,he Democrats gre getting
 John r. ' Smith, Of Pbanx. has let a contract for tha erection oE 8 four-siory btisk taaviBg aai, to coat s35,ooo, and be completed aUsu, Jaa. nary ist l689
 Hon Patrick Hamilton and wife ra- turnei tus morning from saa Dleaa. While m that city Nr Hamilton did inat rsiiia d5 cd work fer Cau!fs! ] Arizona At.5eLan.
 ! E. Blackwell u.e, dsath v aeci- deatalIy waiting cif tas 5slrpny sf ths CsmmergaI Ha'ei .6cais. Hs ! wss 15 yeafa a.i. eaas ta Arizona ii 53, aai for . ys,.s i.ssa 8iil klag ! Ws5..ay
 ite Enterprise says; Thara E.i pc s fees race aud a fur fsbs ,mong e5a..iiat-s for ofies m Fsa county fali. and nc party lines will be dr-wa over any of fIasa..
 The shipments et cattle from Ali. zena oyo. tue Atlantic < Pacific rail. road tda Pfst summer, are said to have t'csn larger than during any lika period ia the history of the road. j. is said there win be an indapen- dsnt political ticket nominated in Graham county upon which will te placed fhe names of the very b.st cit izens of the county, irrespective of politics. Men and not party will be the controlling sentiment.
 Stott, the gentleman wbo was so handy with rope and branding iron, but used then ion promiscueusly ts suit his neishaors ana was in ceuse- quence lynebed, left properly valued at $2000 An administrator is to be appointed, to close up ths estate, on tue Eth.
 It is now alleged that the three proxies from Yayapai county whe voted to sustain the administration of Arizona's chief executive were pur- chased If tbis be true tben the Gov ernors strikers appear to be getting down to the political ward business quite rapidly.-Star,
 Eighteen cavalry harses from St. Louis, destined fer San Carlos, were received here Monday. They were fine lot of animals. and are the first consignment of one hundred and twenty-five 10 be received for distri. button to San Carlos and Fort Grant and Thomas. Wilcox Stoc4man.
 Doe Atkinson, the old trappsr and hrnter. well known all orer the Pa. eiiic coast, was in Florence a few days this week. The venerable man is still hale and hearty notwlthsiand- ing his white hair and beard, and tie ravages ef time have made no seri- ous inroads upon his general health
 Enterprise.
 J. NJ. Slater, of lrbel notoriety, has gone to the Huaehuca mountains to spy out parties eutting timber from Government land The Prospector says; As thereare no saw-mills in that vicinity 1t is to be presumed that some poor devil has built house out of pine logs which good Lord proyi 1 ded for hls necessities, but which cur great and just government says thou shalt not steal.
 Jerry Sullivan. the indefatigabla | stock grower and beef shipper of Will liamson Valley is having a steam pump put in on his ranch in that sec ton. which will have capacity of f. 300 gallons of water an hour. Old timers may we'll ask what in tho mis- chef the cattle business is comlng to, when such scientific adjunct as a 1 steam pump becomes necessary to the successful running of cattle ranch. ---Hoof < Horn.
 Some of the hay contractors in the Territory are unhappy over the pros peet of having te bring the buik of their hay frem California to i'll the contract which they receive from the Government some weeks since when the pros poets for abundant grass were much brighter than at present.--si. John Herald.
 [srhey should have learned wisdom from John 1arien'S experience in the hay business.-Eps, BEIr.l