Arizona silver belt., 1900-07-05

litTf IS d NlSpidN VI sh'N'"" ''''N at the Paris exposition.
 W. A. Kimba l. of Mesa, is in search of heavy Concord coach to run on the Mesa and Kelvin stage line.
 The Copper Queen company is build' ing a large stack to carry off the fur naee fumes. which are prejudicial to the health and comfort of the people of Bisbee
 The Blade says; Engineer Cotton and his field force win leave inside of ten days to begin the work of resur- yeying the lines of the Navajo reser- walton. It will be nice summer ioh The expenses of the justice of the peace and constable fees at Bisbee for the first quarterof this year amounted to sls6S.S S9, which is greater than the total of the same expenses of all other towns in the county.
 The Navajoes are good workers and in late years have shown their capac- ity to earn wages by doing most of the heavy work along the railroads in western New Mexico and Arizona. Last year they earned in such work over sIO,OO0.
 The shop for saving and polishing onyx at the Phoenix Indian school is under the management of MT. Brlto, a agentleman from the City of Mexico, who has had large experience in hand ling the stone in question. He has leased the plant and employs Indian boys.
 The big forest fires in the Mogoll0n section on the Gila forest reserve have kept all the the rangers and residents of that section pretty busy this week. The timber loss will be very heavy unless the flames are very soon brought under control. Southwest ern Stockman.
 The Cochise grand jury examined 45 cases, found 3i true bills, referred two cases to the next grand jury, and dismissed nine cases. Four indict- ments were found against sam Finley, four against Stiles and three each against Alvord and Bravo John,
 The Albuquerque Citizen says that Arizona sheep growers who recently shipped their wethers have been held up by the United States inspectors and were unable to market their sheep on account of being scabbed. This means a big loss to the shippers. The Arizonian states that John F. Brown. who has had charge of the mill at San Carlos for some time, re- gently passed a civil service examina- tion. His averages were 95 per cent. He has been permanently appointed to the position of miller at the San Car los Indian agency.
 Our Mineral Wealth says: The oil fields of Mohave county near the Col orado.rIver have been examined by an expert and pronounced as far as geo logical formations go superior to the California fields. A test we'll will be put down as soon as the heat of the sun has been reduced by the cool winds of September.
 The automobile of Professor w. E.. Creager, awarded him as prize in T guessing contest of the San Francisco Examiner, arrived in Phoenix Mon- day. The automobile is beautiful machine and will be in operation within a few days. It is called loco mobile and is run by gasoline power. This is the first of its kind to be owned and operated by citizen of Phoenix.-Enterprise.
 The charred remains of the five children of Mrs. Collier, of Thatcher, who were burned to death on the night of June g, were buried in one casket, the funeral having, taken place the following Sunday. The origin of the fire is now attributed to the ex- plosion of an oil lamp which Mrs, Collier left burning on the table. A purse of S250 was subscribed by the people of Thatcher and Stafford foI Mrs. Golfers relief.
 W. D. Foreman came in Saturday from his Black Mountain cattle rancf says the Florence Blade. He has hao force of men at work for a montl past, sinking his well deeper and run ming drifts from the bottom of it fol the purpose of increasing the inflow ol water, but obtained no increase of tho latter. He says the oak timber or Black mountain is all dying for wan of moisture.
 The Bisbee Herald says: F. A Mcconnell, an employe at the Coppel Queen, met with a painful accident last Friday afternoon. While attend ing to his dutes near a slag pot somt molten matte flew up and struck hin in the eyes, burning them in serious manner. MT. Mcconnell was treated by the company's doctors, who have hopes of saving the unfortunate man eyeSight