Arizona silver belt., 1901-01-24

antined and it is believed there is no
 danger of its spreading. It is claimed that the case was transmitted in a
 Christmas present that came through the mail.
 John Benbrook, who left here ten
 years ago, and has resided most of the
 time in Salt Lake, Utah, has returned
 to Phoenix to spend the winter. He
 was in Nome last summer and he has
 secured valuable mining interests in a
 company with Senator Freeze and his brother. Smithy Benbrook.
 For the last two days Wilcox en.
 joyed bountiful precipitation. The | rain was steady downpour. The | Dos CabezaS, t'hiricahua and Graham
 mountains were covered with snow. | Cattlemen and miners are happy as lots of rain and snow means proSperi- ty and plenty in that region.
 The total amount of school money
 expended in the territory during the
 year 1900, was S3l5, 5,3l4.2S. The num-
 Der of children enrolled was l6,504,
 which is 80 per cent of the school
 children as shown by the census
 Thirteen new school districts were
 organized, and twenty-one new build
 ings erected.
 Word has been received at BiSbee
 that the Williams brothers, formerly
 managers of the Copper Queen, had succeeded in pumping out the water
 in the old Napoleon mine at Copper opolis, Cal, and struck the ore body at 7S0 feet. John Ambrose, formerly assistant foreman at Bisbee, is with
 them and nas been experimenting operations.
 Mr. H. G. Ballou, who has kept a weather record for thirty years past, says the cold spell, which ended this week, is the longest continuous cold spell noted Tn his record. There have been colder days in the past, but the average temperature for so days just past was the lowest known for thirty years. Blade.
 Jake A Abraham, we'll known in Cliff ton, where he was for many years owner of the Clifton hotel, has just opened The Franklin. centrally To- cated hotel in Fl Paso. Jake is first class hotel man and his extensive ac- quaintanCe with hotel patrons will no doubt bring to him a good patronage. Bulletin.
 The Arizonian print shop went into the hands of Sheriff Jim Parks on Monday, it having been seized in the name of the ArizOnian Publishing company for debt. Walter q. Scott contracted to purchase the plant about eighteen months ago, but Frank Dy- Sart, E. D. Tuttle and T. O'Brien claim that never penny was paid, hence their suIt for the recovery of the perty.-Bulletin.
 Clark county will be the big light of the coming legislature, says the Star. It was thought that an agree ment could be reached between the peopie of the sections sought to be di- vided, and the division take place a fight, but peaceable solu- ton is now out of the question. Pres cott has thrown down the gauntlet and will fight division to a finish. IT senator Clark and the Verde company should take an interest in the new ,ounty, Prescott might realize that hey were up against it. I"
 The report of killing at Springer lille, Apache county, on Sunday last. | las reached here. Ed Beeler, ex-sheriff 1T Apache county, Monte Slaughter nd C. D. Perry were at d saloon in hat place, drinking and playing cards. dispute arose, and Slaughter made n attack on Beeler, who emptied the Ontents of double barreled shotgun lto Slaughter, the charge going trough him and striking Perry in he shoulder. Both Slaughter and erry are we'll known cattlemen. T.e ,port says that Beeler was justified the killing. The affair is regretted all good citizens of Apache county. Sun. Hon. Thomas Fitch, who was d dele ite to congress from Nevada many : ;ars ago, and was dubbed the 'Sil- ,r Tongued Orator of the Sierras. I, IS come to light again as andidate r the U. S. senate in Utah, with d nance of being elected. He was prac- ], cling law in Prescott in 1878, and was {, le or the prime movers in aiding in / Ie passage of the OdiouS "Omnibus'' vorce bill which divorced people :, Ith0ut their knowledge or desire. , I'd which passed the legislature of . Ose times. This is the first time {, T number of years that he has be- . me sufficiently prominent in public :. atters so that his old acQuantances ' uld locate him. Z Three years ago Jerome was h,irnad