Arizona silver belt., 1898-01-20

there to pause before undertaking the journey. Hughes is an experienced miner, man of determination and of rugged constitution, accustomed to hardship and disappointment, but Klondike is the toughest proposition he ever tackled. He advises Arizonaus to stay at home. Mir. Hughes is hrother-in.law of Felix La Blanc, of Globe.
 TERRITORIAL NEWS.
 There was two feet of snow at Flag staff last week.
 Twelve degrees below zero at Whip pie Barracks on the 18th inst.
 The public schools cost Yavapai county last year s33. 799,Ol.
 Yavapai county paid for printing and stationery last year S2.s22.77.
 The fees of the sheriff of Yavapai county for 1897 amounted to Sl5,- 66a.95.
 At Prescott on the morning of the l4th inst, the thermometer registered 10 degrees below zero, the lowest this season.
 Tho Home Rule bill before congress has ben endorsed by the supervisors of Yuvapni, Coconino, Mohave, Graham, Pima, CUchise. Gila and Yuma counties.
 The board of supervisors of Navajo county evidently believe that the pub- lication of the delinquent tax list is necessary, since they have let con tract for its publication to the Hol- brook Argus.
 Mrs. J. l.. Richards, of Tempe, has received check for S2,0O0 from the Woodmen of the World, making up the Si,0O0 insurance carried by her husband in the Woodmen and Work men lodges.
 As the result of the decision of Judge Sloan in the mandamns suit of F. A. Tritle, Jr., assignee of r. A. Tritle, for back salary for the years 1895 and 1896, Yayapai county has had to pay to F. A. Tritle SS45. g9; F. E. Morrison, district attorney, So45 S2, and John Hartin, treasurer, Sl35l.
 La Fortuna mine, Yuma county, is making regular monthly shipments of gold bullion, averaging S5O,0OO, and during the nineteen months that it has been a producer the output has amounted to nearly 100000 The shaft is almost 600 feet deep and five levels have been opened. tue fifth ony partially. The Sun says there is enough ore 1T. sight in the mine to keep the 20-stamp mill in operation nearly tive. years.
 Talk is in Jerome, says the Prescott Courier, that Marcus Daly, of Mon tana, will commence operations iu that vicinity next spring; th.::.. he will build a railroad, put up smelter and estab fish town in the Verde valley. Or course, whenever people talk of man of Daly's wealth they magnify the probable extent of his operations. but there is ground for the belief that Daly will become interested in mines in the vicinity of Jerome, if he has not already done so.
 The Phoenix Herald notes the re. ceipt of certified copy from court of private land claims of decree in the case of the heirs of Miguel Peralta vs. United States, decreeiug that the claim  of said petitioners to the tract of land known as the Peralts grant, situate in the present territory of Arizona, and containing 300 square leagues, and claimed to have bcen granted by tine viceroy of New Spain to Don Miguel Peralta on January 3, l753, is of no validity, and is hereby rejected and the petition dismissed, this case having been heretofore consolidated with shit of James Addison Perulta Reavis ct al vs. United States.
 The Phoenix Republican of January l4 states that representatives of the