Arizona silver belt., 1889-09-14
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.

Cochise county has o,3O0 acres O land in cultivation.
 The Queen Copper Company, of Bis bee, increased their force of miners 2( men last week.
 Heavy rains in Cechise county last week damaged railroads and bridges and delayed trains.
 The Enterprise says: Parties in from Riverside say that N. Il. Miller has sold his fine band of cattle tC Jones & Smith, of Dudleyville, and John Nilsson, at S8 per head.
 James M. Griffith was shot and in stantly killed by Mat Black, near Flagstaff on Friday of last week. Black sought the quarrel and killed Griffith as he was going for his gun.
 The Cechlse county supervisors will have published for gratuitous circula- tion, 5000 pamphlets containing the data on irrigation and other lnforma- tion relative to the resources of the county.
 The Wilcox Stockman reports the sale by John and George Todd @ 1000 head of cattle and three Tancses, fo the Washington Cattle Company, for S12,500. The cattle were sold on a basis of $10 per head.
 Major Powell complimented Yuma county highly on the data and maps submitted, saying that they ranked among the best yet received and that they would be included Tn the report to be made to Congress when it next ccnvenes.-Sentinel.
 J. F. Blandy, Territorial geologist, will personally superintend the ex- hibit of ore at the Phoenix fair. Par ties having samples of ore fer exhibl- ton should send them at once to him. After the close of the fair the ore will be given to the Territorial university, for its cabinet.-Jeurnal- Miner.
 The entries of land under the Flor ence canal now aggregate very nearly ninety thousand acres, of which fully ninety-eight per cent can be covered with water. About six thousand acres are under cultivation and prepara- tions are being made to prepare from ten to fifteen thousand acres the com ing fall and winter.
 The Clifton Clarion has gone up the incline. When Mir. Clark, who re- gently took the management of the office, went to collect the monthly bills he found them mortgaged by the pre- vieus management. When the printer heard of this fact he secured an att tachment against the material for his back wages, which effectually wound up the whole affair.-Lordsburg Lib eral.
 The Prospector is of the opinion that all of the buster about the smell ter closing down in Ell Paso IS bun comb. There IS sufficient lead in Cochise county alone to supply the smelters in Fl Paso. if the price is raised cent or two. As long as the smelting men are allowed to bring in lead from Mexico free, to compete with our mines, Just so long will this industry languish and remain in its present dormant conditlon.-Tomb- stone Prospector.
 Mondays Citizen says: The east bound train due here yesterday morn ing and the one going west Saturday evening were both held all day yester- day, one at Benson and the other at Wilcox. Terrible rains fell in the Dragoon mountains Saturday evening, and the track was badly cut up for seven miles between Dragoon and Ochoa. The east bound train that lay at Benson yesterday was turned back and went west last night as a special. The damage has now been temporarily brldged and trains will go through on time this evening.