Arizona silver belt., 1891-07-18
a'ft TERRITORIAL IrEM..
Maricopa county bee keepers shipped 94, 900 pounds of honey to Chicago last week


 for the apprehension of the murderer of John F. Izon.
 The Census Bureau given Arizonas population as 59,620. gain of only i9, 100 since 1880.
 Clifton has custom gold mill in op- eration, which it is expected will creats increased activity in mining for gold.
 Bisbee celebrated the 4th by parade, an oration by Col Herring, and ball aud fine display of fireworks in the evening.
 The Gazette says the Hubbard mill at Harqua Hala is running night and day on about the richest ore ever milled in the Territory.
 Yayspsi county hss 127O children of school age. SS6 of whom are enrolled in the public schools, l25 attend pri- vate schools and 259 receive no in- structioR.
 Loco Jim the reealcitrant scout who was badly wounded in resisting arrest some weeks ago, was held for assault to commit murder by Justice Blake, at Solomonville.
 And now it is claimed that the sands of Salt River coh.ain gold in paying quantities. The Republican states that two men got 37. 50 from three pans rather improbable.
 Andy Riley, contestant in coS- boy tournament d. Duncan, Arizona, on the Fourth, austained fatal injuries from his horse falling with him. His skull was fractured
 Geo. W Campbell has the contract | for haling Tom Davis wheat crop to Casa Grsnde, for shipment to the Eagle mills at Tucson, and he is now engaged in that task. Florence Enterprise.
 The steer tying contest at Prescott, July 4th, was won by Ben Blackburn iu I:i14; Grant Carter, second, l:24; Thos. Blackburn, third, i:26;; Wm. Ritter, ii7. Ben Blackburn also won the bronco riding contest,
 The Detroit Copper Company smell ter which was temporarily shut down at Morenci on account of bad cave in one of their mines, has again re sumed operations and the camp is as lively ss ever Bulletin.
 There IS rumor that the Sogale. Record has been purchased by tht l Democracy of Pima county, and ths' one Chalmers, assisted by F. G. Hughes of Tucson, Is to be the responsible mat to edit the paper. Phoenix Herald.
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 The news reached Solomonviile or Monday to the effect that several par ties have been arrested and taken t, Clifton charged with burning the rail road bridge And trastlea on the Arizoni X New Mexico railroad. No particu lars have yet been learned Bulletin.
 The Cana Agria root which grows atundentiy in SodtiiernArizona, is sai, te be very valauhle for tanning pnr poses F. A. Harhmann, of London has been in Tucson arranging witl Messrs. Manning and Ouray to prepar, the root and make regular shipment 70 England.
 R. J. Hinton, special agent in charg of the irrigation inquiry on the part o the federal government reported Jun 18th that the great Colorado plateau the larger per cent of which belongs t our territory, may be rendered produc tive through irrigation, whereby 50, 900, 900 acres of tillable soil shall | added to the arabic public domain. a The new water wheel invented b Civil Engineer Norton, forever settle the question as to the the practical economical, and general use of the Col orado river, for any and every purpose where power IS required. The fac that it can be built of any size, an . placed anywhere in the river, brings within the reach of all. It is pract cal illustration of the idea advance some time ago by the Sentinel, in rt gard to the important uses to which tn !. current of the Colorado car bs put = u Yuma Sentinel.
 h The most effective law for riddin ! Arizona of coyotes was passed by th h last California legislature, which n, y thorized a bounty of five dollars ft + each coyote scalp. The result was su IS prising and from the number of scall e produced from that State must hay Is surely been overrun with those valuab t. animals. Hunters are busy througl m ont Arizona driving lucrative bus n ness in supplying orders for scalps al Le oae shipment of three hundred ar Q, fifty from Phoenix was discovered nt n- railroad station in Los Angeles coun ,a rnnantlv hv dafacfivea anuaund fa fiI