Arizona silver belt., 1904-07-28

there being but one prisoner in the jail that was indicted by the last grand jury and only few who are out on bail. This term of court has been one that has given the criminal element in this part of the territory severe shock, as twenty-seven convictions is the grist of the juries. .-Bisbee Re- view.
 The BlSbee Review states that a heavy rain in the San Jose mountains on Thursday evening formed mighty river that swept across the flat in the vicinity of Naco, two hundred yards wide and five feet deep. The water rushed through the engine house of the Bisbee- -Naco Water company and put out the fires in the boilers. The new we'll was caved in and the pumps disabled.
 The Prescott Herald says that some one attempted to burn the Wellington saloon one night last week and might have succeeded had not the fire been discovered in time to put it out. A bottle of alcohol was poured over the floor in the hallway of the lodging house above the saloon, aud then set 1t affire. The bottle was left lying in the alcohol. The blaze was discovered and the flames squelched.
 c. Douglas Brown, of Brown Bros, merchants of this city, is recent ar
 riqal from Scotland, where he has large interests. He is also heavily in- terested in Ceylon, where he has been for three of the ten years he has been absent from Prescott. He Dotes wonderful advance in this city and section since he was here before and is much gratified thereat, as he calls Prescott his home, no matter how far he may be away.-Prescott Courier.
 The Arizona & Eastern survey corps is still making headquarters at the White ranch, mile this side of the headgate of the Florence canal. They kept on the north side Of the river all the way down from Kelvin to a point about opposite the White ranch, where they found good bridge site and crossed over to the south side. Their grade line is fifteen feet higher than that of the Phoenix & Eastern and they came through the Butte can yon over the top of the Phoenix X Eastern tunnel.-Florence Blade.
 The board of control has rejected the bids for certain improvements to be made at the insane asylum, and will readvertise, having changed the specifications materially. It has been decided to have two buildings put up instead of one. Bonds to the amount of slO,000 have been authorized for the purpose, but ths board will prob ably want to bring the actual cost of construction considerably within that figure, in order that there my be something left for furnishings.
 Sheriff Del Lewis, of Cochise coun- ty, by order of court, last week re- moved all of the settlers from the Bo- quillas grant excepting J. x. Curtis, who refused to vacate because he holds United States patent to his land. Some of the settlers had been on the land for twenty-five years and had built up comfortable homes on what they supposed to be government land, aud a portion of which had been plated by the surveyor general. The case will probably be taken to the United States supreme court.
 Things are now humming in Kyrene cantaloupe circles. Yesterday four re- frigerator cars were sent out. Tho shipments now average carload u day but within a week this will be doubled and by the first of August it IS confidently expected that the mel ons will be shipped by the train load. The Kyrene melon venture is proving big succeas and with the experience @ gained this sesson, the men engaged in it hope next year to make it one of the biggest paying enterprises in the southwest.-Tempe News.
 G. W. Williams has just made the discovery that he has been manufact- uring lime for the past two years from tirst-class quality of marble, which exists in apparently inexausti- ble quantities at his quarIies, about four miles above town on the Frisco river. The marble is almost white, and takes on a superb polish. The discovery was made by c. H. Couch. a marble cutter, who was hunting for something with which to make mon- uments. Since the discovery of this marble he will establish extensive marble yards in North Clifton.-Era.
 Supt. E. R. Stafford, of the Arizona Pacific Copper company, came down from Woolly Tuesday and went on ts