Arizona silver belt., 1890-11-29
TERRITORIAL BREyrTuRs.
solomonvilie has a new brick scho

co1oiuuuNlle uds new DIlck Scuooi house.
 Ten inches of snow fell at Flagstaff two weeks ago.
 Clifton celebrated Thanksgiving with masquerade ball.
 The new court house at Florence is nearing completion.
 Ex-Governor Wolfey when last heard f,om was in Washington, D. c.
 Geo. F. Killmer has opened new hotel, called the Magnolia, at Fort Thomas.
 The Florence Canal Co.'s big reser- voir, near Casa Grande, is nearly full of water
 In Cochise county 14l3 votes were cast at the recent election, out of 1891 registered
 Clifton is prosperous. The copper mines are working full complements of men and making satisfactory output of copper.
 The U. s. grand jury at Tucson, found fifteen indictments in the twenty seven cases presented. The other twelve were ignored.
 In Graham county, Moorman, Inde- pendent candidate for District Attor- ney, received the largest majority, 397, and Cassidy, Independent, for Super visor, the smallest, only f.
 John H. Norton's loss, by the rob bcry of his store at Grant. is yariously estimated at S2, 900 to s5, 900. 4 re- ward of 5500 is offered for the capture and conviction of the robbers, and in addition, l5 per cent of all money re- covered.
 Hon. G. II. oury left Wednesday morning for New Orleans, for the pur- pose of undergoing surgical treatment for some ailnent of the larynx which is rapidly impairing his power of speech. It IS hoped he may secure the relief sought. ht.-Enterprise.
 very distressing accident occurred at the Coronado incline on Monday; George Wiley, an employe of the Ari- zona Copper Company, was caught between two cars and had his knee-cap smashed and was otherwise injured E .littD.
 Placer mining in Humbug gulch, Yavapai county, will be prosecuted on n large scale ]. W. Redshaw, an ex- perienced placer engineer from Alaska, has been engaged, and Prof. Henry G. Hanks, State mineralogist of California, has been secured as metallurgist.
 We noticed one thing in Clifton, an example which should be followed by every school district in the county. Every morning before school com mences the Stars and Stripes are raised over the school building, and float as long as school is in session. Bulletin.
 petition is circulating in Graham county asking that the sentence of death against Frank Nelson, who brutally murdered his mistress and her child at Fort Grant, be commuted to hte i'm prisonment The Graham County Bull letin expresses the opinion that it will receive few signatures.
 Wm. Zeckendorf has brought suit against U. s. Marshal Paul for unlaw- ful interference at the polls in Tucson on election day. Zeckendorf was ap- pointed by the Democratic Central Committee to challenge voters, and Paul al d his deputies, it is alleged, would not permit him to remain near the polls.
 G. W. Lang, the cattle man, is in town on his way to California with 300 beef cattle which he will drive down the Gila and cross with them at Yuma He says that he could afford to ship cattle at $50 per car from Benson to Los Angeles, but at any other price he drives in preference. The present rate is soc, although rumor is abroad that rate of S60 from Tucson is being made -Prospector.
 The potato industry of the north eastern part of this county is worth more than passing thought. It is simply wonderful what producing quality the soil possesses for this veg etable, and how much more amazing to witness the numerous car loads of this article that are shipped to other mar kets. They yield enormous crops and require no cultivation and owing to the superior quality of the flavor readily find a good living price. Flagstaff Democrat.
 These fimsy, frivolous land cases, on account of which our citizens have been called to Tucson at various times at no little expense, are at last over