Arizona silver belt., 1889-03-30
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
Condensed from Our Exchanges for
 "SiIver Belt" eaders.

There was hsavy snowfall at St. JoAn., Apache County, on March 16.
 A Hclbroek dispatch reports many persons arriving at the Carrizo geld fields, Apache County, Arizona.
 The Silver King mine has new su perintsndcnt in person of A. V. Con- stock, formerly of Virginia City, Ne- vada.
 Tucson has 20 Chinese steres, It is estimated that Tucson Chinamen send from $5,000 to Sl0,000 a month to China.
 The Florence Enterprise states that Jesss Hardssty, formerly of Florence, is now deputy district attorney of Los Angeles county.
 From the Wilcox Stsckman we learn that Fannie Oliver, the negroes who murdered the celered soldier near Fort Grant recently, was arrested near Thomas.
 The Beck mine at Stems Pass, has been leased to John Craze, of Tomb stone. Hoisting works will be put up irn meSiatsly and work inaugurated on a large scale.
 From County Treasurer McAllistsr ue learn that about S7,500 of the de- linqueHt taxes have been collected, and that about sl0,O00 are yet cutstand- ing Tombstone Epitapb.
 There IS more snow in Graham Mountain now than Tn any previous year. The view of this peak is nest sublime, and it merits its Spanish name, Sierra Bsnita.-Nallsy Bulle- tin
 D. M. Riordan, of Flagstaff, who was recently in PhGnix, returned hsme via tho mountain route, prospecting for road for the proposed line be- tween Flagstaff and Phmni1.-Ari- zonan.
 The Arizsnan says that encourag- ing reports stlll come m frsm ths Vi einity sf Harqua Hala. A strike 35 miles this side of the bonanza is re- ported, and bids fair ts outstrip the former in richness.
 The Prescott Jeurnal-Miner, of the 2lst says; The fellow who thought he had the backbone of winter fractured will have to do the job over agaln. as there was another snowfall last night of twe or three inches.
 The Arizona Copper Company have found new use for slag. They find it makes fine building material, mould cd into bricks 12x6x6, and they are now constructing connexions fire proof office building of slag brick. The failure to pass the apprspria- ton bill will fall hardsd on the clerks employed by the legislature than on anyene else. As the matter now stands, there is small probability oi their getting their money for seme I time te come.-Arizonan.
 Tha movements of editor of the 1 Clarion, W. W. Jsnes, are character ized by an extra strut slnce the new Clarion material arrived. II IS expect. ed that the paper will make its ap' pearsnce this wesk.-Lordsburg Lib eral.
 The Atlantic & Pacific company it i: said are now considering the proposi ton of spanning the Colorado river with single span distance of s2( feet. Ii it is done, It will be the long est span cantilever bridge ever con structed. Albuquerque Citizen.
 The Citizen reports tbat parties iron Colorado are purchasing stock cattle in large numbers, and 1t IS estimated that no less than teh thousand will b' shipped from Pima County alone Naish & Driscoll sold 1000, Sabine Oters 1000 and other parties smalle amounts.
 The photograph of Charles Meadow who, at the last territorial fair, mad the best record in the world in ropin; and tying steers, appears ia tho las Pelics Gazette, and in the same issu he publishes challangs fer simila contest with anyone new livlng.--Ari gcnan.
 All three judges of the suprem court decided that the Atlantic an, Pacific railroad should pay its taxe: net only in Apache County, but in tn counties of Yavapai and Mohave. Al appeal has already been taken te th supreme court of the United States. , The bill appropriating S2, 400 for tn relief of c. A. Luke, which was dc teatsd in the Council few age, wa rsconsldersd last night and passed b a ye.s of z to 5. The bill was for ex pensss incurred by hr. Luke whil