Arizona silver belt., 1901-08-08

The assessment roll of Coconino county foots up S2,063,0l0.lO.
 The Consolidated National bank of Tucson, has s999, ,359. 13 deposits.
 A survey is being made for rail- road from Flagstaff to connect with the Grand Canyon railroad, distance of forty-hve miles.
 B. A. Worthington has relieved Epes Randolph as superintendent of the Yuma and Fl Paso division of the Southern Pacific.
 The Phoenix fire department wants new fire engine, alleging that the old one is worn out, and at a recent fire failed to do any execution.
 The Jerome News reports the drowning of T homaS Hawkins, while attempting tO cross an arroya running high with water from cloudburSt.
 A party of Arizona cowboys ran down, roped and hung Mexican named lgnacio Rivera, near HartS ranch, south of Tucson. Rivera was charged with being a horsethief.
 Mrs John Mccarthy has offered reward of 5000 for the recovery of the body of her husband, who disap- peared from camp on Oak creek June G.
 The force of railroad mechanics at the ruundhOuse in Bisbee have been transferred to Douglass. where the railroad cOmpanyS shops will be To- cated
 Joe SOldini, who was resident of Tucson for twenty years is dead. He was regarded as the head of the Swiss colony in Tucson, and accounted good citizen.
 Jack Shea, the miner who was re- gently injured in the explosion at the Calumet X Arizona, at BiSbee. has been sent to San Francisco, where it
 
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 The Sou thern Pacific railroad is now drilling its own oil well in the Beaumont oil fields. This we'll is ex- pected tO supply the entire system with fuel. Oil will be used as fuel on all $. P. locomotives.
 
 The Southern Pacific branch of the Guaymas road will utilize the wire cattle guards along ts line for tele- graph purposes, the regular wire and poles having been washed away by the recent floods.
 It is rumored that change will take place in the management of the law department of the Southern Pa ellie in ArlZOna, and Phoenix paper infers that Frank Cox will lose his job.
 The Guardian says, the trustees have made arrangements to open the Stafford schools on the first Monday Tn September. The teachers are Miss CarutherS, principal Miss Futile, Miss Covert and Miss Wilson.
 Frank B. Wightman, financial manager of the Greene Consolidated Mining company at La Cananea, died in Los Angeles July 2S. His remains were taken to San Francisco for in- terment. Deceased was a brother-iD- law of Eugene Trippell of Tucson.
 Louis Beck, an old time resident of Lynx creek, died in Prescott, July go, after protracted illness. Deceased was sixty-nine years old and came to Arizona in 1868 with Jacob Henkle, with whom he was in partnership in the stock business.
 The railroads seek the country where industry prevails and the peo- pie are prosperous. There are more railroads in course of construction, and projected, in Arizona at present than anywhere else in the country. This is d capital sign of the times. - Citizen.
 On Saturday last terrific storm oc- cured at Bonita and Grant. A DOT tiOn of the roof of the residence of A. w. Childress was blown off. The wind was accompanied by heavy downpour of rain and hail. There was more water at Hooker's ranch than has fallen there before for a long tme.-Guardian.
 Tombstone was visited by d severe rain and electric storm on Sunday evening, the water falling in torrents causing the streets to look like small rivers. Lightning struck the rear portion of Mrs. Browns candy store on Allen street, going down the stove pipe, sent the cooking utensils on the | stove flying in all directions, but not doing any serious damage. William