Arizona silver belt., 1901-03-21

tlCe lreVera put the plea TOT cllduge
 of venue was denied and he was exam
 ined before Justice Miles of Yuma. Phoenix reports peculiar case of
 insanity. The Republican says that
 on charge of insanity Richard
 Lazarus was committed to the insane
 asylum. Later he was given conf
 deutial talk by the judge in which he was told that there was no intention
 of prosecuting him. but he seemed to
 be of on the subject of whistling, and
 safe in his presence. He seems to be
 perfectly sane in respect to every
 thing else, but has the distressing
 mania that he wants to Kill people
 that whistle. A course of treatment
 at the asylum may make him all right
 again.
 The Santa Fe Pacific railroad com
 pany has laid a pipe line from the we'll
 at the bottling works to their water
 tank. The well will be able to supply
 them with about 10000 gallons every
 twenty-fOur hours. The new well has
 been cribbed up and is being driven
 down as rapidly as possible, When completed and big pump installed it
 win determine whether there is
 permanent water supply underlying
 the flat upon which kingman in built.
 If there is not d large volume it is likely to drain every wei! in town. Then will there great noise arise upon the air against ollis great cOrpor- ation for drainiEg their water supply. Arrow.
 A company has been incorporated to improve the water power of Fossil creek in Central Arizona. This stream flows sOuthweSterly from the MogOllon plateau to the Verde river. The water ctmes entirely from springs, which burSt in great volume from the noun tailside above the channel and main tain, it is said, very constant tlow all the year around of about 1000 miners incneS, approximately 100 second feet. Tae total fall of the stream from the IpringS to the Verde river, distance of about twelve miles, is nearly 1900 feet. This power is distant about forty miles from Jerome, fifty miles from Prescott and seventy miles from Phoe- nix, at which three places it is proposed to market its energy, Mining Repor- ter. Fossil creek is part of the di- viding line, between Gila, Yavapai and Coconino counties.
 The manufacturing of plaster or paris in Tucson is one of the new in- dustrieS which will soon be established. There is abundance of the raw material of the highest grade quality within fifteen miles of Tucson. The line work done on the Cathedral was from malarial taken from this deposit, and it was pronounced the richest raw ma terial from which to make plaster of paris known to exist anywhere. The establishment of these works will prove profitable industry for Tucson. Star.
 Deputy Sheriff Mcdonald and Sheriff Lewis are back from their trips after Alyord. The sheriff says the reported of Alvord and his Yaqui companion in the Dragons Sunday was doubtless mistake, and in his belief the outlaw, after leaving the Sulphur Spring valley ranch, headed direct across the line. Deputy Sheriff | is of the same opinion and ! states had not the fugutives over twen- ty four hours start they might have | been Overhauled, The Prospector says that the other posse comprising War | ren Swink and Johnson passed thrOug Tombstone returning to Pearce and . they claim the trail was followed di- | rect to within d few miles of the line: i AlvOrd without doubt, being now at | his old hauntS there: all reports of his I having since returned to this side | being regarded as decidedly improb- ably.-CitiZen.
 The counterfeit eases were up before Frank Dysart, U. $. court commission T, on Monday evening. There were iX defendants, as follows: Jesus Do- ninguez, Ygnacio Acosta, Augusta hOncada, AfOnzo Romero, EvariSto Martinez and Monro Leisering. These nen were all arrested by Deputy Sheriff Toe Hill, of Duncan, at ThOmpson's ailrOad camp on the A. X \. NJ. rail oad, seven miles south of Duncan, on February 2l and brought tG Solomon lille and lodged in jail, Leisering vent to this railroad camp and staked AlfOnzo Remero with thirty silver iollars to deal monte. It was discov- red later that the money on the monte game was bogus. On examin- Ition it was found that EvaristO Mar l. inez and Jesus Dominguez were prob ibly iDnOceI and were discharged by he commissioner. The other four