Arizona silver belt., 1900-06-21

General Merriam and Lieutenant Ryan, two well known officials of Un- Gle Sam $ army, are making visit to the various military posts in the ter ritory. They will report on the adviS- ability of establishing a permanent post at Sln Bcrnardino on the south ern border.
 Two herds of sheep comprising some 5000. and belonging to Mrs, san doval and Jose Ortega of St Johns, wandered into the Apache Indian res eryation last week, and were taken up ny the rangers. 1t is said they will be held for treSpass and a fine of Si per head imposed Citizen.
 John D. Milton the Wells. Fargo X Co messenger. wounded in the en- counter with the CochiSc train rob berS, writes from san Francisco that he continues to suffer good deal of pain in his shattered arm, and it will be several months yet before he can leave the hospital.
 Mrs. Manuela Brady of Florence, wife of P. R. Brady, Jr.. began suit last week against A. F. Barker trus- tee of the bondsmen of the detaulting county treasurer, to recover the prop erty deeded to him at the time of the discovery of the shortage. This prop erty had previously been transferred by Brady to his wife.
 Petroleum has been discovered north of WinSlow, according to the Mail, and company organized in Winslow to develop the oil lands. The Mail states that pr spect was sunk and flowing wells found within 30 feet of the surface. The pipes were plugged and stock is now sold to lay gravity pipe line to the railroad.
 Mir. D. c. Stevens almond orchard is loaded with young almonds, and if nothing happenS to prevent the nuts from maturing, he will turn of a valuable crop. There is not finer almond orchard in the terutory than is this orchard. There may be few larger ones but none containing a finer lot of thrifty trees. Arizona Florence, Blade.
 
 County Surveyor w. II. Merritt, returned from Mammoth, Tuesday. He went up there under an order of the board of supervisors to make an official survey of the tailings dump of the Mammoth cyanide plant, for use of the district attorney in a suit to prohibit the company from dumGing said poisoned tailipgs into the San Pedro river. Arizona Blade.
 At Tucson Thomas Lewis stands charged with firing the santa Cata- lima forest recently. Lewis is a miner and, as the story goes, he was travel | ing in the mountains prospecting, and falling down upon some pine nee dies. became incensed against the whole pine needle tribe. In revenge he set them on fire, causing a blaze which destroyed 5o, ,00o, ,000 feet of fine timber.
 For the benefit of those who really desire to know the truth concerning the running of the territorial prison, says the Tucson Citizen. we offer the following figures taken from the rec ords of the institution, for the quar ter ending March 3l, 1900: Tota gross expense $l2, 2,601.52; total net ex pense s9,605l6; total gross per capit per day, 52 cents; total net per caplt' per day II cents.
 The Apaches are becoming indus l trious. As laborers are hard to hire and as the Negroes imported iron Texas have nearly all abandoned th' work, the contractors on the ney Morenci Southern railway have turne' to the White Mountain reservation and have enlisted the services 0 about 100 Indians. It is said that tn Indians are tractable and that tn contractors find no fault.
 | A story credited by the officers current, says the Citizen. that Alvor' and Stiles have made up their mind to come in and give themselves up 1 They will probably go to Tombaton where the court is in session. Iher seems to be no doubt but these mel could remain out indefinitely withou being taken, as they have man friends in the mountains. It is yer probable that they will come in with in the next week.
 | The amount of business tranSacte | in the Bisbee postotiice for the lisca year ending the last day of this mont will exceed 5000. This does no represent one-half of the actual mai handled. Bisbee is terminal point and thousands of pounds of mail pas through here each year that is no credited by the government. Phoe nix and Tucson are the only offices Il Arizona that exceed our camp in tn ,ol,,mn of Dostal business transacted