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Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

G-Tbe Government Printing office is now engaged in filing enc of the largest sriers m its history. This is for iS,000000 blanks for the use of the 10000 enumerators of the eleventh census, who will begin work in May, It will take 15,000 reams of paper, and twenty presses will have to be worked twenty-two hours each day for six weeks before the order will have been completed.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

A Washington, D. C., dispatch of the 26th says: There Is some hope for New Mexico attaining statehood after all, but the chances for Arizona are exceedingly slight. The House Com mittse on Territories held a meeting to day, at which it was agreed to post pone any further considerations of the bills for the admission of these Terri tories. A sub-committee will, how ever, be appointed 10 examine the Constitution of New Mexico and re- port 10 the whole committee upon the question Of the admission of the two Territories. The Democrats on the committee regard this as an indefinite postponement of the whole question, but the Republicans assert that 1t greatly increases New Mexcos chan ces for admission. In the case of Ari- zona all sides agree that she must pre- sent 2 Constitution for the considera ton of Congress before any bill in her behalf can be considered.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

The Senate has passed a bill putting Arizona and New Mexico on an equal footing with other Territories in the matter of salaries and fees Tn the U. s. Marsbal's office, the [. s. District At torney's office and other Federal off, ces. The principal change provides for the raising of tue fees in tho U. s. District Attorney office to limit of S6,Oo0 per annum. Heretofore the limit has been S3,Je0 in ihe two Ter, ritories named, while Tn all other Ter ritories 1t has been S6000 per year. The blll will probably pass the House and should as 1t provides for mere matter of justice to Arizona and her sister Territory.-Phenix Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

In the preliminary trial of the tor pedo boa, Cushing at moderate steam pressure the speed ranged from ? min. utes 47 3-5 seconds to , minutes 4-5 seconds par mile. At higher pressure four-mile run was made in 10 min ntes Is seconds. The fuel used in the tsla!s was pocahentas coal. The builders, Messrs. Herreshoif, of Bris- tol, R l., are to be congratulated on the result, and have well earned the bonus due 10 them for excess of speed over contract.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

Distance from Globe to the railroad at Wilcox, over
 Woods and Norton Stewards lines (route for
 Eastern passengers.). l23 miles From Globe to Casa Grande crossing the Devils Can.
 yen, and touching at Pinal and Florence. 90 miles From Globe to Casa Grande via Pioneer 90 miles Elevation above sea level at Globe 5000 feet Latitude 8 degrees, 28 minutes, longitude no de-
 grees, 45 minutes
 Highest maximum temperature, July llth, no deg Loves, minimum temperature, Jan. 10th, .l6 deg Mean temperature, .d9 deg Prevailing direction of wind ......... Southwest.
 An observation extending over several years, dis. closes the remarkable fact that there has not been a day without moru or less shinshine
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

The loco weed, as we have before stated, is more plentiful this year than ever before known. Another fact is that gophers ar, far more plentiful in this section than usual, and either gophers or mice are cutting the stem of the loco close to the ground and stripping the leaves from the plant.- St. Johns Herald. ,/
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

The Tombstone Prospector, of the Beth ult., says: Sheriff Slaughter re- turned to-day from trip to the San Bsrnardino ranch on the hne. He re- ports that on the night of the 23d, In- dians went to the ranch of Smith & Douglas, about 15 miles nerth of the Sonora line, and ransacked the house, taking ali of the food of every kind, and also stealing fine black stalhon that had recently been purchased by them. No one was home at the time. The Indians went in the direction of Guadalupe Canysn. In place of the stallion they left horse belonging to Professor Rockfellow They have about 20 horses with them.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

Todd's Johnsons dictionary has 5S,- 900 words, Worsters latest edition l16,000, Webster's llS,000, the Impe- rial 130,00o, the Encyclopedia l80, 900. The Century dictionary is to have 100000 and more, very possibly 10000 or 10000 more.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

It is now an assured fact that the Deming road IS to be built The con struction company is on the ground and track laying will be commenced in few days. All of the indebted ness incurred in grading the road have been paid off. Demlng will soon be the liveliest town Tn the southwest.
 Silver City Enterprise,
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

Territorial. Goyernor-Lewis Wolfey, Phoenix. Secretary--N. Q. Murphy, Phoenix. Treasurer-,John |. T. Smith, Phoenix. Superintendent of Public Instruction-G. " Cheyney.
 Auditor Thomas Hughes Supreme Court--Jas. II. Wright, Chief sussice. Prescott; Jos. H. kibbey, Associate Justice, Phoenix; R. E. Sloan, Associate Jus tiee, Tucson,
 U. s. District Attorney H. J. Jeffords, Tucson.
 V s. Marshal-w K. Meade. Tucson. Surveyor General-Royal A. Johnson, Delegate to Congress- Marcus Smith, Tombstone.
 Judge of First Judicial Distriet-R. F.. Sloan.
 Judge of Second Judicial District-Jcs II. Kibbey. Phoenix. Judge of Third Judicial Distriot-Jas. H, Wright
 Gila County. Fudse of District Court-.Ios. H. Kihbey. Gle : of District Court-B. G. Fox. Judge of Probate--F. W. Westmsyer. Sherif-Jerry Ryan. Under Sheriff-T. A. Lonergan, District At:orney-J. D, MeCabe. Recorder-Chas T Martin Supervisors Danforth, Patrick Shan ley, F. T. Powers. Clerk of Board of Superfisors-C T. Martin. Caunty Treas;rer-W w BrOokner Coruner----
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05


 R. A. Smith, of Dudleyville, was in town this week. He reports the sale of about 800 head of cattle along the San Pedro, 10 Mir Carpenter, eff Iowa. They comprise steers 2 and years old, and the price pald was $l,75 per hundred delivered at Wilcox between April 25th and May 1st. Mr. Holt, of Montana, has also purchased several lots of steers, for which he paid $l1.50 for twos and Sl350 for threes--a!l feeders, These prices are very low and the number the buyers were able to secure were limited to the actual necessities of holders to sell Mr Holt made some purchases. of the San Pedro Cattle Company, the Columbia Cattle Company and others, and hs wants several thousand more head. The grass along the San Pedro is growing rapidly since the warm weather set in and stock will soon be in fine con- dition.-Florence Enterprise.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

If Gov. WolAey wants the nomiua- ton for Congress this fall, let's send him there. He did more for Arizona in ons months time at Washington than has been done for us before in 10 years. Tom bstone Prospector.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

Japan IS shipping oranges to Cana da. We see by recent Japanese pa pers that Mr. Hishiya Shoten of saim- okucho, recently seat in one shipment 2500 boxes to Canada, at a fine profit.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

It is stated that half million dol- lars Has been invested of late by l5on- don capitalists in Lower California mines.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

Oliver Dalrynpls, the bonanza far, mer of Dakota, expects 10 raise this year 5000 acres Of wheat.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05
A Big Loan.

There was filed ln the Recorders of flee yesterday deed of trust from the Arizona Improvement Company, to the Merchants Loan ( Trust Company, of Chicago, Illinois, for s1,500,000, running 30 years with 6 per cent an- nual interest, payable semi-annually. The money loaned thereon is to be ussd in paying of any indebtedness of the company or of the canal compa- nies controlled by it and for improv- ing the company's property. The loan is represented by 1,500 bonds of si 900 each. The proceeds will leave an ample amount for the company to carry out certain large, and carefully matured plans for the still greater de- yelopment of our wonderfully rich yalley.-Phenix Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05
Preventative of chiiIs,

Is not surpassed.
 It is endorsed by the best chemists as the most efficacious, strengthening Tonic this country has ever produced, the value of which will be recognized by all who may use them i Private citizens of Arizona viaiting St. Louis have expressed their convictions that it is pe- fuliarly adapted to the wants of that Terri tory, and needs only trial to insure It's speedy introduction there.
 Orders addressed to THE WEST INDIA MANUFACTURING COMPANY will be promptly executed. dec 13-tf
Arizona silver belt., 1890-04-05

Advert ising Rates made known on applicat ion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
Seven Big Fellows Break Up g
Colony Of Bees.
Extraordlnary Adventure of Two Penn
syIvania Bark-Peelers = Biacissnakes
Evidently Know q, 1 Thing
When They Have Tasted 1t.

A cup of maple strip attracted some
wild honey bees to where Horace ID.
Haines and Joel A. Mott were eating
their dinner in hemlock forest, down
in Spring Brook township, one day last
week, writes the New York Suns Scran-
ton pa correspondent. The men had
been slashing down track OF timber
and peeling the bark from it, and they
were taking their incoming just in the
edge of the adjoining tract, where it was
shady and cool. The bees settled On the
rim of the strip cup until 1t was black
with them, and Hainos noticed that each
bee as soon as it had slipped its I'LL OF
sweets shot away into the forest in the
same direction. Thinking that he
might find big bee tree without much
trouble, Haines watched the insects
carefully, and in short time lined
them to q largo hemlock that stood only
few yards from the edge of the slash
ing.
About seventy feet from the ground
there was hole in the trunk, into
which the bees disappeared. That was
all right so far, but when Haines had
got close to the tree and taken sharper
look, he saw good portion of the body
of large snake swaying back and forth
from the hole, as though 1t was going to
drop Haines thon yelled to Mott to
come and see the snake. At the sound
of his voice the reptile drew itself into
the hole for moment, but crawled out
again and let nearly three feet OF its
length hang down5close to the bark BY
the time Mott got there.
The hark-peelers had q shotgun out in
the slashing and Mott went after IT.
Haines remained at tho foot of the hem
lock. While Mott was gone the, snake
wound iss heg,l end around the trunk
md drew It's tatl from tisc huIe. Tag1
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
-S EMBARRASSING WOMAN.
How an Iowa Girl Became tae Owner of
Several Farms,


Miss n. NJ. Ault, private clerk of Ma
jor j. a. Picker, her brother-in-law,
member of Congress from South Dakota,
is an excellent type of the wide-awake,
enterprising young women of the West,
says the New York Star. She is q ma
tive of Johnson County, Ia, a farmers
daughter, graduate of the Iowa City
Academy. She accompanied Major
Picker and his family to Faulk County,
S. D., in 1889. Settling on Government
land, thirty miles from the railroad, she
resided on the first tract, presumption,
for six months, and made proof, obtain
ing title thereto. Miss Ault subsequent
~ settled upon homestead, and for
five years resided upon it, much of the
time travelling seven miles, from Faulk-
ton, where She was engaged in Mr..
Pickler's law and land office, each even
ing to her land and returning in the
morning. Quitting the office in the even
ing, hitching her horse, she would drive
in an hour to her home, returning TO
her business in the morning. She en-
UuIcu tHc uIbuSHttiS VI Ploiicci liz, 40
many young women do in the West, for
the purpose of obtaining land. Having
become proficient in the land business
and law practice, she was for some time
deputy clerk Of the district court of
Faulk County, S. D., and as such made
a large number OF final proofs" for the
settlers, their last act in obtaining
title, requiring the settlers own testi-
mony and that OF two witnesses as to
his settlement, occupancy, residence
and improvements. She is regarded as
well versed in practical law, is & first
class typewriter, and, having had three
years experience in Mr.. pickler's Of
flee, she accompanied him to Washing
ton upon his election and attends 10 his
very large correspondence. In addition
to tho presumption and homestead, she
also holds quarter section under the
timbcr-culNNe act, making $50 acres of
land that she owns.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
or Course, Nobody Believes Him. But
Hero Is What He sald-That Wonder
full Pike County (Ky.) Cave and
tho Hugo Texas Meteor.

Colonel Joe Mulhatton, OF Kentucky,
the biggest liar in the United States, if
not in the universe, has been drum
mer for q long time. lie has been a liar
for twenty years or more, according to
the story he told a reporter for the Kan
sas City Times recently. He has made
Il s35,i d>.-l 81 money out of both call
ings. Colonel Mulhatton is an under
sized man, and the shirt he wore yes
terday looked like it had never seen a
laundry since the day Of its manufact-
ure. Nevertheless, Colonel Mulhatton's
collar was clean, and fine stud blazed
on the front.of his gorgeous red four-in-
hand tic. The liars coat was a linen,
three shades off the black in its rusti-
ness, but the Colonel's handshake was
warm, and his smile sought the re-
porter's better nature and the two wero
friends.
81 am not a Liar by natures" said
Colonel Mulhetton; 4 make business
of 1t for amusement. / told my first big
lie for Louisville newspaper twenty
years ago. / told Of score of mummies
TINT wore discovered IN a wonderfully
-caYa In pfkn County, Eg. EACH mummy
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
it wrapped Its tail around the Tree lower
down and let its head drop, getting an
nthnr hnlff with It's head end rs before,

it wrapped Its tall around the tree lower
down and let its head drop, getting an
other hold with its head end as before,
and then lowering its tail again. Sec
ing that tho snake was coming down
head over tail at q pretty fast clip,
Haines grabbed q club and waited for it.
When it lad slid down to point about
MS high as he could reach, Hainos let fly
with the club, and the snake dropped
and went to squirming around on the
moss. Haines quickly mashed its head
and stretched it out straight, and then
he found that he had killed black
snake that was eight feetand two inches
long. Tho bark-peelers dragged the.
snake away from the tree and sat down
on log. While they sat there still
larger blacllsnake crawled out of the
bushes and started up the bee tree in
spiral course. There was abulging spot
in the reptiles body just below its neck,
and Mott ran up and banged away at the
bulge when the snake was about twelve
feet from the ground. 1t fell from tho
tree dead, and Haines ripped open tho
bulge and took out u crushed chipmunk
that the snake had evidently just swal-
loved. This snake was eight feet and
ten inches long.
Very few bees were going in and COM
ing out of the hole in the tree, and the
bark-peelers came to the conclusion that
the blacksnalies had ruined the colony
and that it was moro than likely tho
snakes had nest in the hollow trunk.
The hemlock was sound at the butt and
as high as the men could reach with an
axe, and there was no way for tho snakes
to reach the hollow part except from the
outside. Tho barlS-peclers resolved to
chop the tree down. Mott put u big
charge of shot into the gun, and then
they chopped the tree so that it fell up
hill. The moment it struck Mott ran up
and stuck his jacket into the hole,while
Haines sounded the trunk all the way
up. He found it to be hollow only four
or five feet below the opening. Just
above the bottom of the hollow he
chopped out a big chip and lad bare
lot of rotten heart and somo honcycomb.
Mott fired into the hole, and out popped
five large blacksnakes. Each reptile
had been well peppered with shot, and
the men quickly dubbed and stamped
them to death. Then lIaines chopped
the hollow bare ON one side clear up
to the original hole. They didn't find
any moro snakes, but there was big lot
OF comb in the hollow and very few bees,
showing that big colony of honey gath
erers had dwclt in the tree before tho
snakes had taken possession.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29

great many things seem to be very easy
Of accomplishment until we mako an
effort to accomplish them. How easy
and gracefully tho skater glidos over
the shining ice. 1t seems to be as easy
as rolling of log, and so it is to tho
man who knows how; but lot the man
who has had no experience in skating
put on pair of skates and attempt to
glide gracefully, like q fairy, over tho
ice There are scores of people who
imagine, on reading humorous
sketch, that of all easy things writing
such stuff is tho easiest. They dash off a
sketch and fire it at publisher, and,
if stamps have been enclosed, back
comes that sketch, before the writer has
had time to catch his breath. After
half dozen attempts with similar re-
suit, the theorist comes to tho coneiu-
sion that there arc some things that
look much easier than they really are
but am drifting away from what was
going to say.
One of the things that does not seem
to require much ability is leading l cow
from ono place to another. This was
the opinion OF Major Thompson, gen.
tleman living on the outskirts of vest
ern Texas town, but who had recently
moved into that neighborhood from a
large city. He wished to remove COW
with young calf from his own place to
that OF friend half milo distant. A
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
y hog and n Lily Dulb.

A Winston County (Ala.) farmer
brought some Chinese lily bulbs and
after getting them homo threw them
into the hog lot bucket OF spoiled
potatoes. a few days afterward one of
tho largest hogs became sick, refusing
food, and, laying down in the corner,
grunted as if in constant pain. No
signs of disease could be discovered, but
few days later the hog died. 1t was de-
cided TO cut up the hog and find out
what caused death. This was done,
when it was discovered thas tho animal
lad swallowed bulb whole. and there
was sufficient moisture in tho stomach
to cause it to grow. The bulb had not
only swclled and sproutcd, but leaves
had actually formed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
Eaby,s Face WAS Clean,

A rather precocious infant had its
christening unfortunately deferred un-
til it was able to talk, and at the font
was lifted in it's fathers arms for the
ceremony. After the minister had
dipped his fingers in the water, and
made the sign of the cross on her fore
head, the unawed child leaned down, and
catching up the long sleeve OF his white
gown, wiped the water away, calmly re-
marking: "Baby's face tlean. Don't
want wassin; dot it wassed fore lis
tumned outI
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
aIntrlmonr md uydrop,,obla.

a young bride has been taken to tho
Pasteur Institute in New York for
hydrophobic treatment. After their
marriage in Cincinnati a few days ago
she confded to her husband thatshe had
been bitten by her petdog about a month
before. After their arrival at the insti-
tutc the ncwly-nadc husband said to the
physician: "0n our way here she acted
very strangely, and twice when / at
tempted to kiss her she bit at me-" The
young wife, who is decidedly pretty, is
alarmed over her condition.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29

was eighteen feet long and nad RED hair
all over his body. The cave was three
miles long and mile wide, with a
very small and almost impossible en-
trance. Ono chamber was lined with
tho richest OF gold quartz and in an
other diamonds and rubies sparkled like
the stars in tho armament. People
loclsed to Pilseville by the hundreds,
and town lots were selling out near
White Post, in the northern end of the
county, at ono hundred dellars foot.
Every Snowman in tho country had
agents in Pike County, and cid .Barnum
himself was down there, trying to buy
the cave.
Where 1 got real fame, however, I"
said tho genial liar, strutting proudly
before tho crowd that had gathered
about him and the newspaper man, twas
in that meteor story. was talking to
Bill Eads, Louisville newspaper man,
ono tlmo, and he asked mo to writo him
o story. l told him was ont of ideas
and couldn't do It, just that minute a
little meteor shot across the domo Of
Heaven, and it brought me an idea.
:" I'll write you a story about meteors,
Bill, said, and turned right around
and got to work. Well, whilo Bill was
talking to me OF the newspaper bust
ness, and the last scoop no missed,
wrote the story. The meteor covered
an acre OF ground and sunk shout one
hundred feet. The people all oEer Tex
MS thought tho end Of creation lad come.
! located the thing in Brown County az
Williams ranch, near Bpownwood, and
worked in a lotof stuff about the fleeing
populaco and sulphurous smell that
pervadcd the atmosphere for miles. I
said that that metrsr seized and sfzaea
in the damp ground, and withered plan
tations for acres and acres around, parch-
ing the ground into frebrick for many
miles.
well, the~story appeared in good sea-
son and the Associated Press sent the
item out. In week there were moro
scientists and newspaper men on their
way to Texas than the clearinghouse
of the State could accommodate. Some
ofthem got lost in the mesquite brush
and fed on the beans for weeks, and
some Of them got discouraged looking
for the meteor and bought hundred
acres of fve-cont land and are living
there yet, raising mosquitoes, tarartulas
and children. think it was the best
thing for them that over happened.
Tho London Times, Paris Temps, Paris
Gaulois, Paris Petit Journal, Hong
Kong Chow-Chow, and the Volksblatt Of
Berlin all had men securing Texas for
that meteor. These poor fellows were
afraid to go back homo without the facts
and some photographs, and they just
stayed here. Tho Times man is now
running a saloon at Cheyenne, tho
Temps man is a barber down on Della
ware street, and tho Chow-Chow CORE
spondent has a laundry on Franklin are-
nue., ST. I.-uis. Two lost track of the
Others
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
Ladies' Have TriedIt.

a number of my lady customers
have tried Mothers Friend" and
would not be without for many times
it's cost. They recommend it 10 all
who are to become mothers. R. A.
Payne, Druggist, Greenyille, Ala.
Write Bradfield Reg. Co., Atlanta,
Ga, for particulars. By Budwell,
Christian and Barbee.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
A CHILD KILLED.

Another child killed by the use
of cpiates given in the form Of sooth-
ing syrup. Why mothers give their
children such deadly poison is sur
prising when they can relieve the
child of its peculiar troubles by using
DR.. Acker'S Baby Soother. 1t con-
tains no opium or morphine. Sold by
Budwell, Christian & Barbee.