Arizona silver belt., 1900-03-22


 in 1890, allowing the sheriff one-half of all moneys received from the feder- al government for United States prlS- oners, and have instructed him to turn over all moneys received from that service to the county treasurer, says the Gazette. In some counties, all moneys collected for keeping the United States prisoners are held by the sheriff; however test case IS now before the supreme court and when decided the matter will be adjudi- cated accordingly.
 A very serious accident occurred on the baby guage, this side of Metcalf, March b, as the train was backing down loaded with logs. Through somebody's carelessness two of the cars turned over the logs rolling off on two Mexican brakemen, Jilomeno | Chaves and one Roncio. Chaves, who is 20 years old, was cut on the chin and head and had several ribs broken, possibly internal injuries. Roncio, l6 years of age, sustained a fractured thigh and punctured wound of the calf of the leg. They were both taken to the hospital and, although every thing possible is being done for them, | they are in q precarlOuS condition. Clifton Era.
 ! MT. F.. l.. Fisher. who is in charge of the carpenter work at the Ray mine, arrived here Tuesday night for 1 the purpose of securing millwrightS 1 and will return on Monday next says the Phoenix Republican. He says the | building for the concentratOrS IS nearly finished and part of the ma. chinery has arrived. It is expected all will be in place and the concen
 tratorS wilt start about July i with q capacity of 200 tons per day. Kelvin
 is booming and new stores and saloons
 are being opened mp. while the popu
 lation is growing daily, The blasting
 is finished on the eight miles of road
 bed between the two points and two
 miles of track are laid. One lOcomo
 tive has arrived and will greatly ia
 cilitate cons truction work.
 l.. A. Smith, who resides near tn,
 Thumb Butte school house. was strucl
 by lightning yesterday afternoon anC
 seriously injured. MT. Smith was a
 work, digging pOSt-hOle with al
 iron bar when q vivid flash of light
 ming came and Mrs. Smith saw he husband fall. She ran to him anc
 found him unconscious, in which con
 dition he remained an hour and hal
 The hat on his head was torn L
 shredS: holes were burned in his veal : ing apparel in various places: some e , the hair was burned from his head there are long, sears burned down hi ' arms, down one leg, and his stomac , is burned internally; and his neck
 arms and sides are badly marked
 Dr. Day went out. When he go there. MT. Smiths pulse was 9; an when he left. it was 60.-Prescot - Courier, March lj.
 The fast legislature provided for ! commission to codify the laws of Ar zOna and made an appropriation GOV . ering the expense of the work. Up | date this commission has done n
 thing but draw its salary, says tn n Gazette. One year, or half the entil h time provided for the work has goT k by and the commission has had or 1 meeting and absolutely done nOthin . The plea put up by the three lawyer q is that they are ''toO busy" Vel | these men all wanted the position ar d knew when they accepted it and ak
 when they draw their salaries eyel three months that they were busy
 and if they could not devote time = the work they should not have a cepted the place. Locating the mer 's bers of the commission, the Gazet n says: Chalmers is in Mexico trying o do something in the Cobrc Gran, ., matter; Charlie Wright is in Los A
 geles: and John C. HerndOn is in Prt
 colt, attending to his law bushes rs Now there you are, and take yo 'e choice.