Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-08
ARIZONA. News and Comments Pertaining to the Territory at Large.

Phil c. Merrill, of Pima, has been appointed assessor of Graham county for I900
 Packard X Vickers, the Cochise cat tie barons, now own 10000 acres of grazing land in Arizona and Sonora. c. II. Coleman, who recently escaped from the Flagstaff jail, was captured last week at Deming, N. M., and re- turned to jail.
 The board of supervisors of Pima county have ordered the sheriff to ar rest all persons who are operating un- licensed slot machines.
 The Oasis states that present U. $. officials along the border will endeavor to break up the business of smuggling Chinese in from Mexico.
 The New Mexico and Arizona rail- road has sent Sheriff Wakefield, of Pima county, letter of thanks and a present of $50 for the killing of murderer Chavez.
 Governor Murphy has pardoned Robert Hatfield, who was convicted of embezzlement at Phoenix and sent to the prison for ten years. His pardon was recommended by Superintendent Brown.-Sentinel.
 The Gazette states that there will be much larger acreage of melons planted this year than ever before in the Salt River valley. An order has already been received there for 100 car loads the coming season.
 A man applied to the probate judge at Tucson Monday for a marriage license, but as he had forgotten the name of the bride, the issuing of the license was postponed pending the production of the necessary name.
 of January 1st, 1899, the county hospital contained 30 patients. During the year no patients were admitted, l2S discharged and IS died, leaving 2i remaining in the institution. The cost for the year was s5,13l.I.- Journal-Miner.
 Most of the material has arrived for the construction of the telephone and telegraph line of the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon railroad, from Williams to the Grand Canyon. The line will be operated by the Postal Telegraph company-W Williams News.
 Some one stole about five hundred pounds of barbed wire from w. A.. Hoods fence near Peoria; the thieves had to take the wire down from the posts where it was stapled. A short time before this NJ. w. Elders farm, near the Arizona canal, was also rob bed of a large amount of barbed wire. Phoenix Gazettee.
 Jesus Madrial was shot at Congress on Wednesday night. The man who did the shooting was arrested. Mad rial was the prosecuting witness in the case against King UsSery in this county, as Ussery was charged with stealing horses from Madrial. It IS thought that the latter's wounds will prove fatal l-Journal-Miner.
 Twenty-five thousand head of cattle were handled in the Salt river valley during the year 1899. with an average profit of s7 per head, making the re- ceipts from this business for the year idst past s175,OO0. This is good showing for this industry, and 1t will nor than double in 1900. .-PhoeniA Gazette.
 3he traffic officials of the Santa ft Pacific railroad have been notihet that the Santa Fe and Grand Canyon railroad will be fully equipped ant opened for traffic forty-seyen miles ou' by March l, and that the road will bt completed in time for tourist trave to the Grand Canyon by the com mencement of the tourist season. -' Williams News.
 Jimmy Simpson, of Flagstaff, wil start newspaper at Flagstaff, so say Dame Rumor. The plant will cos S2O,OO0, and will be furnished with th' latest in the way of half tone ant lithogrophic engraving, and full corps of half tone and lithographi artists will be installed. William News.
 The freIghting business from Gas Grande to the north is just now hay ing boom. The Ray mine alone ha unloaded over sixty car loads of ma chinery and lumber at that poin' This gives employment to many team and men. All hotels and lodgin houses are liberally patronized an the outlook for the coming year seem to be good Florence Tribune.
 Last evening Thomas Ryan was ho ribly cut in the stomach and abdome by an unknown party at Chlorld' Ryan had been drinking and was search of a scrap, and had picked upo and badly punished an old mint named Alex Mckenzie. Having sa istied himself with the punishment il