Arizona silver belt., 1890-09-27
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They do say that Col. c. c. Bean, late of Prescott has fallen heir to mil lions of luere by the death of a relative in Texas
 Clark Howard, who is connected with the night management of the h. sane Asylum, reports IS patients under treatment at present
 Thirty-n inc residents of this county of foreign birth took out their final cit izenship papers in the District Court at Tombstone on Tuesday.-Stockman.
 Under the Revised Statutes of tho Territory, a tirst-class county must have over 1,500 registered voters, and second class county Is one having not less than 750.-Gazette,
 4 final adjustment of the tax roll of Maricopa county gives the assessed property valuation of S5, 543, 304, The total tax levy amounts to s144,- 12590t This amount will be divided ss follows: County funds, $93, 959. .01; Territorial funds, Sii, 623. 59 collect oE's fees, S5,543.30.
 It is reported, says the Citizen, that Fred W. Smith, late Receiver of the United States land office, is acting as ticket agent at Victoria, B. C., for Puget steamer hne Mr. Smith said to gentleman he spoke with that he expected to come back to Tucson soon aud square up old accounts.
 General .Grierson, late commander of the Department of Arizona, in his an- nuAl report, recommends the abandon ment of Forts Grant and Lowell, this Territory, and Fort Bayard, New Mex leo. It is really too bad that Grierson was not retired before he perpetrated his last report. But We have no fears that his unwise suggestion will be car ried out. .-Stockman.
 The four Chinameu captured near Nogales by mounted inspectors, and brought in by Deputy Marshal John Paul on August 26, named Hing, hee, Chung Pah and Sin, have been takento San Francisco, under charge of Deputy Marshal John Paul and c. T. Cornell From there they will be remanded to Mexico, the country from which they came Citizen.
 The Neptune group of mines, in Bis bee, were sold yesterday for sso,001, the purchasers being ". E. Dodge and R. Willis James, which means the Cop per Queen Mining Company. This ends long and expensive suit, and &C., tive work will soon commence on these properties by the purchasers. They are presumed to be equal in value to the Copper Queen properties. -Epi- taph.
 Wm O. 0'Neill and George c. Wad- dell, respectively the Republican and Democratic candidates for Sheriff of Yavapai county, have both sent in their resignations to the Chairmen of the | T,o,.4,,l To,,,n:g..,. I'ia ,..,.s,,,, for this move, which seems to have been mutually arranged, is not known. It may be that each feared the others political strength. or the agitation over the division of the county may have giyen them the idea that the office would not be worth coutesting for The gentlemen wbo have resigned their pre- tensions were, without doubt, the strongest candidates for the position who could have been selected, and the Central Committees will find it an un- satisfactory task to find worthy suc- cessors. Phoenix Republican.
 At a meeting of the county central committee last evening for the purpose of taking formal action on the resigna- tion of Mir. O'Neill motion was made refusing to accept his withdrawal, which was unanimously carried Mir. ONeill being present, however, insisted that his decision wa5 final, .tuG asked that the action of the meeting be recolisiu- ered. After considerable debate this was done, and motion was then made to the effect that the resignation be &C., cepted, which was carried. To fill the vacancy on the ticket the name of Mur- ray McInernay was presented to the committee. and he was nominated with out dissenting vote. A committee was appointed to wait on Mir. McIner- nay and inform him of his nomintion, after which the committee adjourned. Mir. McInernay has won honorable dis tinction in the discharge of his respon- sible duties as chief deputy under Sher- iff O'Neill. --Jonrnal-M Miner,
 
 Parson Bluett--Brother Richard will please take mp the collection.
 Deadwood Dick (the converted road agent, reaching for his hip pocket- Throw up your hands, gentsl Er-hold