Arizona silver belt., 1900-01-04

J. ". fortef mas purchased w. F. HoltS interest in tine Stafford bank. Santa Ana, Cal, ships as high as three tons of celery per week to Ar,- lOna points.
 The receipts of the Nogales custom house during the month of November mounted to s54, ,490.i6.
 Flagstaff has under consideration he holding of midsummer carnival or entertainment, of several days duration.
 Walter Hicky, a Rough Rider, died at Phoenix Friday of consumption. He belonged to New Mexico com pdny.
 Graham county papers state that Prof. Forbes has lately been in the Gila valley, looking upa location for a beet sugar factory.
 The town site company is rushing things, and soon the interior depart ment will forward patent for the | city or Cnlorlue.
 The telephone line between the Arizona Copper Smelling company $ store aud the shelter and san Juan mine Is now in working order Phoenix is organizing womans | football team. We wouldn't give much for the Indians when this petti- coat brigade gets through with them. Prescott will be the scene of a hang 1 ing on February ?. as Judge R. E. SIlan has sentenced Francisco Garcia to suffer the death penalty on that date.
 | The trampS and beggars are gratify- ingly Scalce around Tucson at present, because of the warfare which City | Marshall Taylor and his deputies have instituted against them.
 John Colyin shot Lafe Gibson in the | arm at Eden on Christmas day. Bad blood had existed between the two men for over year, the result of a horse race. Both men are under ar rest.
 \ While at work in the Congress mine Ton Friday last a lot of rock fell on \ + Ufred Jackson, cushing the life out of khim. An inquest was held over the Remains. but the verdict rendered was not learned.
 Twelve months hence Williams will laye three lines of Railroad, Dc a diyis- Onal headquarters again, perma- lently: have eighty miles of electric aiIruad, besides thousands of dollars other improvements.
 Wood Hill is in the Tucson hospital, udering from a fractured skull, used by the failing of heavy ooden wedge on his head while work ng in the Duquesne mine at Wash ngtOn camp.
 The Bank of Stafford increased its aid up capital stock on January to p 900. This step is made absolutely Imperative by the great increase in business since the bank opened its COTS six months ago.
 Arrangements are being perfected pr putting in telephone system at sbee. It is the intention Of the pio' peters to eventually extend the sys- Fm to Benson and make connection ith the long-dstance system.
 Farmers are at least one month in lyance this year with grain sowing, Rd the acreage bids fair to be the rgest ever planted in Salt River |llley. The bulk of the crop is sowr ready and blowing continues.
 The United States fish commission |ir left at Flagstaff 2,40O rainbow bout, POO rock bass, 100 strawberry ass and 100 eroppies. They were hken to Oak creek and will help to re ew these popular fishing grounds.
 The Nogales Oasis says: Alta specia heeting of the town board Tuesda. ycning petition signed by man. adies and gentlemen was presented Sking the enactment of an ordinance Prohibiting women in saloons.
 William Feinhout, the Southerl Pacific fireman, who was shot on Dec at Gila Bend. died Friday at Tucson AndreS AyOrs, the Mexican charged Sitl the shooting, is in jail at Phoeni nd will have to answer to the charg
 murder.
 Emil Cassi, the Rough Rider wh NI.cd Major Martinez in Havana, ma een sentenced to term of two year nd four months in a military prison
 nd to pay sl,000 to the maJor am.y. Cassi formerly lived in bispe
 nd Phoenix.
 The Red Men, of Prescott, are agl ating the proposition of organizing ned Mems league, or unitorihe
 ank of the order. The uniforms c