Arizona silver belt., 1902-11-06

Two cases of smallpox at SatlOld are reported
 Four miles of the Phoenix X East ern railroad grade has been completed.
 An eastern man wrote letter to a local real estate man, asking if land could be rented to raise oranges. He seemed to think that oranges could be raised in PhoeniX like cabbage.
 The Star learns from Casa Grande arrival that the government will soon begin the erection of steel roof oyer the old Casa Grande ruins near Flor ence. The roof will be about l00y15O feet. s. J. Holsinger will have charge of the work.
 s. J. Holsinger, the special agent for the land office, is slated for the office ! of supervisor of the new Santa Cata- liua forest reserve. A supervisor will not be appointed, however, until con- gresS has made an appropriation for the maintenance of the reserve.
 Percival Lowell has commenced the building Of large residence on Ob- ServatOry hill. The work Is in charge of Godfrey Sykes. MT. Lowell will also | force the city water to the observatory. Mir. Lowell expects to spend the great CT part of the coming year here.- Flagstaff Sun.
 The jail at SolOmonville is now pretty well cleared of its bad crimi- nals, and most of them are in Yuma. During the present term of court Chacon was re-Sentenced to hang three lifesimpriSOnments were impos- ed, and twelve other sentences were passed, ranging from one to thirty years.-Guardian.
 A report comes from Phoenix that an estate of $I0,0O0 awaits the heirs oi the late Gideon Cornell. The estate is in Ohio, and search has been made tO ind Cornell for some time past. II will be remembered that MT Cornell died in Kingman about two years ago We hope his widow may come in fOr her share of the estate. - Mohave Miner.
 Last Saturday two men went dOwr the shaft of the Little Jessie mine tC figure on a contract. When they reached the j0O-foOt level they were cayed on. One of the men, named Pickering, was pinned down in some water and drowned. The other mar 1 was seriously, if not fatally injured He is now being cared for at the Me Cabe hospital Prescott Courier.
 An engine and three freight cars went through the Tempe bridge ovel Salt river on Wednesday of last week An Indian was killed and the fireman Frank Goodrich, was very seriously injured. The Pullman car, in whicl were about fifteen passengers, includ ing Mark Smith, was suspended in tht air The front end of the sleeper wa! torn out, and some of the passenger were considerably bruised.
 The storm of October 29, at Tucson was one of the hardest that has visited the town in years, the Star says. The storm began with hail, some of th' stones being as large as hickory nuts Reports from surrounding sections in dicate that the rain was very general The local weather prophets say tha the chances are good for several day of rain, such being generally the cas' when the rains come at this time O the year.
 Senator W. A. Freeze arrived il Phoenix this morning from Nome Alaska. Several years agS MT. Freez and his associates acquired some yer. valuable mining property. Shortl. afterward the title to the propert, was contested, and after long ant t.diouS law suit, the senator lost Ou and had to give up the claim, upol which he had expended over $ll, 1000 His luck in the far north, however was not all bad, and he returns tt Phoenix well satisfied with the result' of his northern venture. Enterprise
 An exchange says "On Novcmb bel the law passed by the Mexican con gIesS, last May, relati ve to the import ation of articles into the free zone became effective Under the law any one will be allowed to take into tho free zone articles for his own consump tion, not to exceed $l0 Mexican money in valuation, by presenting them tC the proper officers at the custom house and paying the duty, and will not b' compelled to have manifestS made, a. has been the case in the past.
 Messrs. B. A. Fowler, Vernon l. Clark and Charles Van der Veer were engaged in segregating the land tha