Arizona silver belt., 1889-08-10
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
The rainfall at Wilcox during July measured 49l inches.

rial University building, at Tucson, has been ordered.
 It cost $l9,797.45 to malntain the pubhc schools of Cochlse county du- ring the past fiscal year.
 Three and fifty-nine one hpndredths of an inch of rain fell in Tombstone during the month of July.
 The Cochise county assessment roll, for 1889, foots up S3.38l. .701.17 an in- crease over last year of s52l 874.32.
 Tire Lordsburg Liberal is informed that New York company with mil ion dollars capital has been formed to work gold property at Clifton.
 The Chiricahua Cattle Company are about to erect huge windmill at their North Well. It has a twenty five foot wheel, and weighs 4,300 > pounds.
 The sale Of the Hensley gronp of copper mines, at Washington camp, Pima county, for Sl000Q0, was rot consummated as reported, and anoth- CT bond has been gwen on them.
 The Journal.Miuer says that Adju- tant General 0'Neill has made ar engagements with the government to have stone placed at the head of every soldiers grave in this territory.
 The Clifton Clarion states that the Detroit Copper Company at Morenci has practically shut down. having on- ly one furnace running. This, it is said, will also cease operations in tue course of few days.
 Placer miners are said to be working successfully along the Hassayampa this summer A miner just in irom that section says he never saw as many men at work as there arc this season.-Journal- Miner.
 The Florence Enterprise reports tho safe of herd Of cattle at s5,50 per head, at trustees sale. Mr Jacobs, banker, of Tucson, was the purchaser. It IS believed that com 0ination WAS formed among bidders t,, keep dcwn the price.
 During his recent visit 10 Los Ange- les. on his return trip from Yuma. Sheriff O'NeiIl was ;he recipient Of an elegant s,lver.plated ivory-handled plstcL, as present from Sheriff Mar tin Aguirre, of Los Angeles county, California, which he prizes very high | ly.-Pre:cott Journal Miner.
 The visit of Diamond Jo Reynolds and r. II. Murphy 10 Phenix seems to have infused new life into the proJect ot building railroad between phe- nix and Prescott. Phunlx proposes to raise sl00,000 by private subscrip- ton and take first mortgage bonds of the railroad therefor, in addition to giving subsidy of S4,000 a mile. Phoenix papers talk as if work would be commenced at opce and q large portion of the railroad built before the coming winter Journal Miner.
 An exchange says that tue Yuma Copper Company short time ago sent sample of average ore to New York firm to assay. It ran 198 ounces silver ? ounces gold and 96 per cent fine copper The fsm wrote that they would take the entire product of the mine st a prlce based on lake copper. According to this assay the ore would be worth over S400 a ton Supt. Nicholson reports red oxide of copper carrying 32.9 per cent copper, SS sil- yer, s gold struck at depth of 270 feet in the Matacomet shaft. Last Wednesday. Mir J. B. McNeil sept by the driver of the Silver King stage package of money, containing S4o5. 10 be delivered at Silver King. The driver of the division between De Noon and Silver King claims that he was held up before reaching the latter place. near Charley Corb-ll's $ house, and was relieved of the money. Un- der Sheriff Thomas went un Thursday 10 investigate the.matter and returned yesterday with E. H. Williams, the stage driver, who is under suspicion His examination will take place Mon- dsy.-Florence Enterprlse.
 One of the severest storms which ever visited Arizona iraversed Corhisc county on Monday evening of last week. It was in the nature Of cy- clone, although not ecualling in yio- lence similar storms in the East. The Tombstone Prospector says it could be seen approaching when ten miles distant and as 1t neared town tic skies grew dark and ominous. The path of the storm through Tombstone was marked by the demolition of business signs and awnings, and one large frame building was completely wreck ] cd. another badly damaged. 8 root oI