Arizona silver belt., 1902-07-10


 northern counties with the hope of wrestling a few votes from Colonel Wilson.
 United States Marshal McCOrd has appointed Capt. Burt c. MoSsman, of the Arizona rangers, deputy United States marshal.
 The senate has con frmed the nOm- nations of Fen s. Hildreth and J. NJ. w. Moore as register and receiver of the Prescott land office.
 A spark accidentally ignited the fireworks for the Bisbee celebration on the night of the Fourth, and near ly the entire collection was destroyed.
 Charles w. Pugh, who was sent up for two years recently, owing to diff ference of opinion in his accounts with the government, is librarian at the territorial prison.
 Col. c. w. Johnstone has been re- appointed United States court commis siuner for Maricopa county by Judge Kent. Colonel Johnstone has held this position for number of years.
 Lambert Frye has accepted a posi- tiOn with Solomon & Wickersham and will leave on Monday next for Bowie. He will take charge of their store at that place. NIT. Frye'S family will move to owie.-Guardian
 The comptroller of the treasury has approved the application of the follow ing persons to organize the First Ma tiOnal bank of Tombstone, with $2j,0O capital stock: T. NJ. WingO, T. R. Brandt, J. c. Lowden, H. L. Newman and A. T. Coles.
 A petition in bankruptcy was filed iu the Pima county district court by the Arizona Clay Manufacturing com pany of Benson. R. B. Brown is the president of the corporation. The company $ assets are $S,200, whilS its liabilities are SIS S,S9l.
 A. W. Moore, registering officer at Clifton, had enrolled more than 300 names last week. He gives it as his opinion that the registration in Ora ham county this year will be about $500, almost double that of two years ago.
 HOlbroOk is sustaining her reputa- tion as shipping point for wool and stock. There has been shipped this year up to July l fOrty-fve cars of wool amounting to about 2,000,000 pounds, besides several trainloadS of stock.
 A Cochise county man refused to contribute anything to build d fence around the cemetery in his town, ar guing that there is no need to fence in a graveyard, as the people who are in can't get out and the people who are out don't want to get in.-FlagStaff Gem.
 The stage companies doing business between Bisbee and Naco, who were carrying passengers for 9 cents, have reached an agreement and raised the fare to $1; 50 cents for 100 pounds of baggage, and 50 cents more for every additional loo pounds.
 Quong Tuen, Prescott merchant, made the largest winning on single lottery ticket that has ever been made in the territory. He caught eight numbers on ten.SpOt ticket which he played for $3, winning 500 for l, or $2, 100. Nobody but Chinaman would have that much luck-Gazette.
 AS soon as suitable lights can be procured a night force will be put to work on the excavating of the huge ore pits of the Douglas Reduction works and the work carried on night and day. The immensity of the un dertaking has rendered this necessary. Douglas International.
 Robert Gold, a miner in the employ of the Copper Belle Mining company, met with his death by an accident June 29, at Gleeson. His death was caused by his stepping of into the shaft hole of the mine on the loo level and falling to the 300-level station, crushing his skull.
 The Stafford Guardian makes wig orous kick because the streets are not sprlnkled. 1t says they were sprinkled before the town was incorporated and asks why it can't be done now. The people of Stafford will realize after a while that incorporation for little town is not what it is cracked up to be.
 The Fl Paso & Southwestern is con solidating all the Phelps Dodge rail road interests into one company. At a