Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-08
.TEnR1ronIAL roPaCs.
Condensed from Our Exchanges for
 "siIver EseIt' Readers

"siIver Belt' Renders.
 The Gazette favors a high license law fer Arlzona.
 Hon. Mark Smith returned to Wash ington last Saturday.
 A municipal election will be held at Tucson on the 10th inst.
 The rainfall at Tucson from the 1st to the 18th of November, was POS inches.
 A new hridqsis to be built aver ths Colorado River at the Needles, by the A. & P. railroad.
 Ex-Sberiff Paul, of Pima County, it is reported, will be a candidate fer the U. s. Marshalship.
 The Treasurer elect of Yayapai County will have to give bond of S75,000, and the Assessor S25OO0.
 Another Richmond in the field! Mir. Brown, of Apache County, whoever he may be, IS announced for the Gevsr- norship.
 Coke teams on the Bisbee road were delayed in consequence of the rain, the Queen company was compelled to shut dewn one furnace.
 Tim Curry, badly injured m the Silver King mine several months ago, Is improving very slowly, but it is believed will in tune fully recover.
 The Steckman reports the arrivalat Wilcox of eighteen cars of lumber to be used by the Government at Fort Grant, and thirty cars more to arrive.
 The Clifton Clarion states that the Arizona's Copper Company's bridge across the San Francisco River, was washed away during the recent storm.
 Bisbee Republicans sent a congratu- latory dispatch to Vics-Prssldent-eleot Morton, 8 stockholder in the Copper Queen mine, and received a courteous acknowledgement.
 Ex-Governor Stafford, who for sev- eral years has been a resident of Flor ida is coming back to Arizona to live next year. Wonder if he IS after the Governorship too?
 In consequence of the soft reads, occasloned by the rain, the Silver King ore teams were unable to run last wesk, and tue mill had to be shut down. The steppage IS only tempo rary.
 And stIll they comel The Gazette says: Mr. Pomeroy, formerly a Tucson attorney, and at one time United States district attorney for Arizona, IS making strong fight for Governor of this Territory.
 At the Huachuca Water Company's reservoir, where a record of the rain fall is kept, the watchman reported Sunday evening a fall of five inches up to noon of that day and ram still falling.-Prospector.
 The rainfall at Wilcox for the month of Novem Der was 1S6 inches, which IS says the Stockman, when compared with the record of former years, the average precipitation for according to signal service records being .32 inches.
 Capt. A. E. M1ltimore, Gen. Dobson, and Hon. L. H. Jerome, special Treas ury agent, arrived here last Sunday evening, taking the train the same evening for Tucson. We learn they have been to San Carlos, viewing out a more prachcable road from that place to Wilcox.-Wilcox Stockmau.
 There Is little doubt III the minds of and those who have ob- served closely the growth of this coun- try since the census of 1880 that the of 1890 will show a popula- ion of ever 70,OO0O0O. This estimate s arrived at in logical way, and by he use of a little arithmetical reason- ng In 1880 the population was 50,- .55, ,783. Of this total 43,475,840 were natives of the United States, and ,, j,679,943 were foreign born. The en- ire increase, native and foreign, for he decade, was about 90 per cent. The same rate of increase for the de- ade ending 1890 will show an increase 4 15,046,639 persons. The Nation is rowing at a wonderful pace, and 900 is likely to see the population lumber 1OO,OOO,GOO-a population -reater than that of any civilized pow r on the face of the earth, in which, ategory Russia, of course, IS not in- luded. She has lO5,OOO,O00 now, but ' ba,,a is mo bo,,a A z ba, hairc, n, a eop- \