Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-19


 ert hills, nine miles from the Phoenix mine and about 10 miles from Phoenix. The remains are probably those of some prospector who yentured to cross the desert hills without water and expired,
 William Hurner a locomotive engin- ger in the Terminal railway, received | Monday a telegram from quarter master general of the army at Wash ington offering him the position of en- gineer on the san Carlos reservation in Arizona. He has wired his accept ance of the offer Los Angeles l H5rald.
 The fact is being very we'll settled i that the real name of the man now in ! jail at Santa Fe. who is masquerading as Tom Ketchm, it really Dill. and that Tom Ketchum is at large says | the Prescott Courier. 1t is further stated that Berry Ketchum, who vis- tied Dill in Santa Fe, gave it out that ! Din was his brother Tom, and did so ! for obvious reasons. It is also stated | that when Berry ketchum was first shown the picture of Dill he eiaCu- | lated. this don't do at all"
 About 9 o'clock last evening Dee" . Gamble, a bar tender, fired two shots 1 from revolver at Billy Fogarty. one shot taking effect in the latter's hand. | Tue shooting occurred in the Legal Tender saloon and was the culmina- tion of a quarrel carried on between the two men during the evening When the shooting commenced there 1 was a lively stampede by those in the saloon for fear of bullets. Fogarty's | wound is slight and both he and Gam ] ble have reason to be thankful that it ] is no worse. Tucson Star.
 More corn is raised in Graham coun- 1 ty than in all other counties of Arizo- na combined, says the Solomonville 1 Bulletin. It is not unusual for our farmers to harvest crop of wheat and a crop Of corn from the same iand | in one year. Forty bushels of corn to ! the acre is about an average crop. though some land will produce 100 1 bushels to the acre. under favorable 1 conditions. The rain which came to this section in September made great i difference in the corn crop of this val ley. Before the September rains the corn was not looking well and short | crop was threatened. Now an i'm mense crop is assured and much of it is all ready to put in the cribs.
 1 Perhaps the largest single transac- [ ton in cattle in the history of this in- | dustry in Mexico is now being closed, says the Border Nidette. The deal in- wolves the purchase of l5,OO0 head of large cattle and an outlay of nearly 1 $500, 0O0 iu money. The purchases are being made for export to Cuba in the i interest of the firm of ttget. Lay X ] Co.,. of Havana and New Orleans. C. Ni- Gather, general agent of the firm. has been perfecting arrangements for several days. The cattle will pass through United States territory to Gal. weston in bond, thence to Cuba by vessel The first shipment will be made from Nogales next Tuesday. and and will be continued in trains of jOO head until all are shipped.
 The most important case tried this term of the district court. says tn, Arizonian, is the suit entitled the De troit Copper Co. ys. the Board of Su pervisors, which was decided in favol of the company. It seems the boarC raised this company's assessment SIl,- 900 on the 20to of last July. After wards the company began an actior in the district court, complaining tha in making this raise the board acted without it's jurisdiction. and the com pany obtained an order requiring tn, board to send certified copy of it. proceedings in the matter to the dis trict court and asked that the raise bt adiudged illegal and void
 Another effort is to be made by Cal ifornia parties to find the long los pegleg mine, It has been thirty year since this mlne, famous as a tradition
 was discovered. It was supposed {,
 have been one of the richest mine, ever found on the Pacific coast. |
 was located by man known as Peg
 leg smith. There were three whit,
 men with smith when the discover,
 was made. They took out severa
 thousand dollars. in few weeks
 They were then set upon by lndian
 and all killed except Smith, who es capped badly wounded Many unsuc
 cessfnl attempts have been made sine,
 to discover the mine Now comes tn,
 Indian, l20 years old, who says h,
 knows the right locality, remember
 the fight well and can show wher, the murdered miners are buried. I
 is presumed that the Indians buried