Arizona silver belt., 1900-07-12
ARIZONA. News and Comments Pertaining to the Territory at Large.

played out and the engineer had to run to Winslow for both and return for the train. WinSlow Mail.
 Precautions have been taken by the authorities to see that Stiles the self confessed train robber, who is now in the Tucson jail, will not come in con tact with the other prisoners under charge of tram robbery who were transferred from the Tombstone jail to quarters at the Tucson lookup. Stiles is the principal witness against his fellow prisoners but he will be kept separated from them to prevent possibility of communicating with each other. Prospector,
 X very painful and serious ac ;ident happenedon the evening of the Fourth during the time the tire works were being set oif near the fire engine house, the victim being Mrs. Dr. N. k. Noon, who was sitting on the porch of their residence with her family and some friends watching the lire works One ploded, and instead of going up in the air until its force was expended, it shot straight across the arroyo towards the porch where Mrs. Noon was sit ting, striking her upon the arm with such terrific force that il was so badly shattered piece of the bone had to be removed, probably causing the arm to be permanently crippled. Nogales NideJte.
 Recent correspondence between Mexican government headquarters and that governments vice consul at Bisbee. says the Review, is fraught with importance for the citizens of Naco. It augurS we'll for the border town, inaSmuch as iJ will be the means of making certain the passage of the much mooted international railroad through that burg. Briefly, the facts are that the Mexican gov ernment has all but decided to eStab- fish it's custom house in Naco. That means that the railroad must cross the line at Naco; for if Mexico once places 1t, custom house there it will not soon remove iu, and of course, the custom house must be on the railroad. Burt Grover, when asked by the ProspectoT regarding the trip of Stiles, Hood and himself to Wilcox immedi- ately after the surrender of Stiles at Casa Grande, the officer stated that Stiles had given information regard ing whereabouts of watches and jew elry, plunder from the CochiSe holdup that had been buried on the Alvord property at Wilcox. Stiles showed where the jewelry was and found same in can that had been buried as described. Stiles told the officers that | Alvord had buried this himself. The lewelry has been identified as that robbed at the Cochise holdup.
 | l lit lals tiIat titt o''' horticultural possibilities of the DOT tion of Arizona are almost unlimited has been fully demonstrated in two instances in West Yuma this year, says the Sun. Eight years ago Cap tain F. $. Ingalls planted stme pecan nuts as an experiment., and by careful cultivation and irrigation succeeded in raising twenty strong, healthy looking trees. several of winch are now loaded with well matured nuts, the first in Arizona. and give every indication of their successful cultlva' tion in this climate. Aside from pro ducing valuable crop of nuts the trees grow rapidly, have a beautiful foliage and are unexcelled for orna, mental purposes.
 MT. ]. W. Frakes is one of the mos' fortunate men in the world. Iii thai for the last seyenty-fOur years he mas been able to continue his fourth ol July celebrations through the 3th, b, virtue of having been born on thai day, says the Phoenix Republican, The closing year of the century wa' no different from the days of auld lang syne in this respect, and as usual, he included the 9th in his holiday calendar There have been few notable changes in the United States since Mr. Frakes began counting mile posts, and It iS hoped his itinerary through this valt of tears will include a big chunk of th' next century all of 1t, 1T possible He was voting the republican ticke' before half the politicians of the pres ent day were born, and if he bas gooc luck will still be voting it when many of them are dead.
 Jim Larson, the well known black smith. will leave Phoenix this morn ,np over the northern route for Lo' Angeles. said the Gazette Of July 3 Some nine months ago while working in Globe, a chip of steel flew into ont of his eyes, and he was obliged to re turn here for treatment. After sever al weeks under the care of an oculiS he again went to Globe and tried t work but his sight failed so rapldl.
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