Arizona silver belt., 1889-04-06
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The Tempe dam was destroyed by tho recent flood
 Casa Grande now has jail A very useful institution at times.
 Tue Arizona copper company has shut down the King mine at Clifton owing to tbe decline in copper.
 Says the Arizonan; The liabilities of the c. T. Hayden Milling Company are but S32000, while the assets will treble that sum.
 The Girard mill, one of the finest quartz mills in Arizona, and which has been idle for two years, resumed operations this week, at Tombstone,
 The shaft in the Stein, Sullivan and Whatten claim, at Harqua liala, is down fifty feet and tue ore at that depth is said to Ia as rich as it was on the surface.
 The two Indians whe participated in tue murder of Deihl, and were con vieted thereof in United States court, were sentenced this morHing. One received ten and the other fifteen years imprisenment.-ArizenaH
 It costs less to maintain the insane in this Territory than was the case when they were treated ia Stockton. The morality list IS smaller, the num- Der Of cures greater. Aside from this the cost to the counties n transmit ting patients is less, and the unfer- tunates afflicted are nearer to thsir friends and relatiyss.-Arizonan.
 The Democratic members of the 18th Legislature publish an open ad dress, in the Phenix Gazette. deneune- ing the action of the Republican ma jerity fer prolonging the legislative session beyond the time fixed by law for its adjournment. While they have the law, they do protest too much, which weaksns thelr case, and the un- biassd reader will recognize that they are squirming m the soup
 The cid ford at the Tempe crossing is, from all accounts, SC washed cut that thers is 10 probability of its be- ing ever again used in moderate stages of the river The stream has cut far into the north bank, and now largely flsws under the trestle work ot tue bridge, leaving the southern span about clear of tAe water The rail- road smbankment is entirely wiped away, and the river is gradually en- ereaching en the Grand canal.-('a- Zette.
 Says the Citizen: Ths recent ter mlnation of the Etimber suit against the Silver King mining company set tied question of great importance to the Territory and will be the means of establishing greater confidence in the minds of eastern capitalists, who lock this way for investments, and who do not want to put their money in property where there IS dlspoSl- ton shown to cinch them at every pos sible point.
 MT. R. B. Kelley, assistant adjutant general of the department of Arzena, G. A. R., has just had printed a neat pamphlet containing the reports of the various officers of the department for last year and tic proceedings of the second annual eneampment held in tbis city January 18th, 18th, 1889. The pamphlet is complete history of the workings of the Grand Army in this territory during 1S8S.--Citizen.
 On "Wednesday drive of ,0l0 year ling steers and heifers from the Sul- phur Valley range of the Chlricahua Cattle Company passed threugh here. They were being driven to the Com pany's maturing range in Graham County, and Foreman Jim Purslsy, who was in charge of the outfit, in- formsd us hat another drive of about the same number would be made in a couple of weeks. The heifers, be- tween 400 and 500 head, will be spayed by Dr. Grey before being turned loose en the rangs.-W ilcsx Stockman.
 A singular disaster in the United Verde copper mine, at Jerome, laya- pal County, is reported, Three shots in tue S00.foot tunnel liberated large velume of water, which completely filled tue tunnel fer five hours. Miners had barely tins to escape. The trs- mendous flow eff water escaping from the mouth of the tunnel under the shelter caused cave in the slag dump, and slag pots, eic., were engulfed. The ground or which the shelter stands IS cracked and fears were en- tsrtained that the entire plant might collapse. The flow ot water through tue tunnel had greatly subsidsd.
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