Arizona silver belt., 1894-04-21
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Registratiou closed in Phoenix last Saturday with 500 names on the great register. an increase of 250 ever the registration last year.
 The Sulphur Spring News states thai Allen T. Bird, editor and manager of the Arizola Oasis, is looking for new location, and will probably decide tc move to Benson with his newspaper plant
 George Blaine, under a 25.yeai sentence in the Territorial prison for the murder of Matt Hurber at White Hills two months ago, escaped from jail April lltb, but was captured by Indians one mile from town. He is not the George Blaire who was engaged in the Pleasant Valley war, as several of our exchanges allege,
 There was on March lst about S5, ,00C ir the Territorial treasury to the cred. it of the Reform School, and it is ex- pected that the amount raised from the levy of last year will reach Sl5, 900, and ths, the proposed school will cost from $2O,OO0 to s25,00 Work viii be commenced on the building al Flagstaff as soon as the Board accepts some of the plans and estimates Winslow Mail.
 The old management of the Florence Tribune seems to be having q little diff. ference for the district court to settle. Monday the court tried the case in which Mr. Robert Williams, assignee for the claim, sued the Tribune com pany for Gnpaid salary due Alr. Geo. r. Meek, former manager Judgment was given the plaintiff AZ appeal was taken to the supreme court Then the Tribune company entered suit against Mr. Meek for an accounting, and s, 500 on account. The case will be tried al tho next term. Prospector.
 Thirty miles north of Holbrook is a new gold field, likely 10 prove ah i'm portant enc if first reports are con frmed. The assays made by Prof. W. A. zimmer of Albuquerque, Is gold 29.54, silver 5 IT. One hundred pounds of ore have been sent respectively to Socorro, Pueblo and Denver in order Co secure reports from these points, and thus determine satisfactorily the actual value per ton Of the ore brought in. The miners from Colorado were grub staked by J. H. Bowman and F. J. Wattron of Holbrook, who feel san. gnine. Winslow Mail
 The effect of the decision of the Court of Private land claims was not long making itself felt. Between Ben son and Nogales on the Baboeonari grant, tents of new settlers are spring. ing irto view every day. The Sonoita and other elaIms are also receiving a share of attention. The energy dis played by the new settlers, if persist.  ent, will soon transform what Is now 2 desert into happy, prosperous homes, and thus add fresh laurels 10 Arizona's already brilliant crown. Tn conse- quence of these Improvements Nogales is having quite building boom. - Florence Tribune.
 By the energetic, effective and intel ligent study of the subject of military ballootdng Cept. w 4. Glassford, well known in connection with fhe Sfgnal Service in this Territory, and son oI the Rev. J. K. Glassford of this city, has succeeded in furnishi lg the United States government with is first practi cal military balloon and has systema i tized and improved that sort of seryic, ! till it wlll henceforth be one of th, most important elements cf our min tary service. After Che study of En glish, French and German military bal looms for year Capt. Glassford had balloon specially constructed in Europl on lines comprising the best points 0 those he saw and including his owr original and most practical ideas in tn, matter. He brought the balloon t, this country and it is now stationed a It. Riley, Kansas, where the sigma service and the military will be traine, in it's use or rather special sigma corps in connection with the militar, telegraph will be instructed in its man ipulation. Capt Glassford has beer connected with the signal service for number of years and undertakes noth ing he does not do we'll There is D, doubt of his complete success in thi new and important matter. Arizonan take great pride in Capt. W. A. Glass ford. Phoenix Herald
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