Arizona silver belt., 1903-01-01

husband, Frank P. Cline. The case | consumed an entire day in the district 1 court and after the arguments Judge | Kent promptly severed the bonds that bound her to Cline. The case was sen tSational in spots, as some strong charges had beea made.
 A party of Southern PaSi ic.railroad engineers arrived fin the tity1ast Fri day and wllf be engagedIin and near Yuma for some time, says the Sun. The work in hand is to reduce the cur yatures from this place to Sentinel, so that there will remain no curve be- tween Yuma and Tucson thatexceeds four degrees, and to cut down the grade between Pilot Knob and Araz, thus enabling passenger trains to make better time and. lessening the danger.
 Last week new Arizona product was shipped out ,fnto the world. A car-g load of.honey .weighipg some 35,Q0l.. pounds, was sfpped from Stafford The honey nettedt the shippers some $l 300 There are some people, anon 2 them might be meudoned the ever true Senator BeyerlSge, who would not belieVe tbere was enough sweet ness in aliArIzana to furnish carload of honey. However, there are lots of things that Senator Beyeridge does not know out.-.Lofdsburg Liberal. Thecananea& YaqufRiverrailway compapss Col, Epes Randolph, presi- dent And general managsf, has closed contract with R. R.coleman of Pres cotb to,build the road from Cochise station, on the Sygtbern Pacific rail way, to Naco, Ta pass ten miles east of Naco and on the international line, thence to' Naco. The distance is S7 miles, aud will include on Its route the PearoevsRd Turquoise districts. There wilfbe branches run to Douglas and BiSbee. M
 Major Yalcott of the construction department of thegJ $. army, stated to the Biescott ggprler, that bids would be advertise6for in a short time for the tghstructida of prick build i1gsat Fort Wbipple. The' buildings and improyementS will cost $l20, 1000, and as soon as weather aud bids would ' permit, work would commence. The troops that are at present stationed at Fort Whipple will leave for the Phil | ippines, via San Francisco, the latter part of 4Isph, but more soldiers will be brought nere before the present men yacate their quarters.
 A very sad afiiction has befallen E. H. Simpson, postmaster at Williams. He was brought to the insane asylum at Phoenix, Sunday, in what is cOnsid- cred a hopeless condition. His bouds- men have taken charge of the poStofllce and in going over his accounts have found an apparent shortage of about $l, 300. His friends are satisfied that i this has occurred on account of his mental condition, as he has always borne a splendid reputation, known l for his integrity and honesty, and no dedication could have occurred with him in his right mind.-EnterpirSe.
 Final arrangements have been made for the excursion of Fl PdSo business men to southeastern Arizona over the Fl PaSo S Southwest tern railroad. The excursion train will leave El Paso on Sunday, January 1, the itinerary to consume a week. This will bring the party back to El PaSo the day preced- ing the carnival opening, January II. The itinerary will include Douglas, BlSbee, NacO, Clifton, Morenci and if it can be arranged, Canauea. Cars car rying the party will be attached to the regular Sunday train, and will thus be pulled as far as Bisbee, where a special train will be made up so that the Fl
 Pasoans may visit towns leisurely. The cars wiIl be bedecked with stream CTS advertising the carnival, the queen city of the southwest and its trade re. sources. A band of fifteen pieces will accompany the excurSionistS and sere. made in various towns.
 The geological survey camp is now located at Mohlve lake and sunday ol
 Monday next will break camp anC
 move to Mellen, where ooundingS oi
 the river will be taken and the feaSi
 billty of a dam for the irriga tion oi the ChemehuaviS valley made. The survey corps has mapped the country
 up the river as far as Bulls Head rap ids and a part of the corps will be re moved to the country in the vicinity of Cottonwood islands, where a new camp will be established. Every can yon along the river to the mouth O the Virgin will be mapped and esti mateS for damSiteS made. This surve! will be one of the most thorough eve made in the west and will be used t, , demonstrate to the department a Washington the feasibility of dam . ming the Colorado river for irrigation purposes. County Miner.