Arizona silver belt., 1904-11-17
C0CHISE COUNTY BUDGET
 CULlED FROM EXCHANGES

The Arizona Federation of Women s clubs was in session on Tuesday aud Wednesday at Bisbee.
 There are fifty people in the county jail this morning. Four were ''let in , yesterday. The colony includes sev- eral women. Every thing is orderly and clean, and the inmates seem to enjoy life much better than some of us on the outside.-Prospector.
 Tae International American states that the top blew off converter at the Copper Queen smelter aud one man was slightly injured by molten copper. The explosion was caused by the lining falling.
 Don Luis Is a deserted looking spot and it now serves as reminder that the Don Luis towasite company was fake. Notwithstanding the thou sands of dollars received from those who were gulled in purchasing lots on the jackraboit plan, many bills of the company remain yet unpaid Inter. national. American.
 "Chappie" Miller, one of the tonso rial artist, at Marks blrber shop, who has lately presided over the des' tinies of the frat chair, has turned up missing, and thereby hangs a tale. Miller's bad break was in drawing check for Si0 on the Bank of Bisbee, where he had no funds. The check was cashed by Bob Tate of the Ord, at Douglas. -Bisbee Review.
 Benson had bad tire last Friday morning. The loss runs into the thou sands, and includes the Grand Central hotel, the postofflce and store, and the business houses of Colonel Land, MT. Paul aud Judge Olnessorgen. It was a disastrous aud deplorable conilagra. tion and the good people who have lost out share the sympathy of the people of the entire territory. The total loss amounte to about $20, ,000, and the insurance only amounted to 5000.
 Some cattle belonging to the Greene Cattle company recently wandered into tunnel on the Ell Pas) & $ Iuth- western between Bisbse and Douglas, where it was warmer than on the out. side. It was dark in the tunnel and the engineer of an approaching train did not see the cattle until he collided with them, resulting in the death of eight of the animals, but fortunately there was no damage done tO the train or its passengers. It required an hour to remove the ma ngled re- mains of the little herd from under the car wheels. .--S tockman.
 Last Spring when grass and water were scarce Col. II. 0 Hooker shipped lot of his cattle to Kansas, where he had them placed on pasture. He re- gently went back t) ses what disposi- ton could bs made of the stock aDd not finding what he considered sat- isfactory market, loaded up twenty. forr carloads and shipped them back 10 the range, arriving at Willc)x last week. His range could not be in bet ter condition than 1t is now, and the returned cattle will be used for breed- ing purposes. While east the colonel bought a stallion for the further i'm provemeut of the already fine horse stock of the Sierra Bonita ranch,- South western Stockman.
 A man who dropped what appeared to be $l0O bill in the crowd that thronged Main street in the neighb )r- hood of the Tdrf last night came near precipita tat.ng riot. A hundred diff ferent people made grand rush for l the bill. As many more joined the rush to see what 1t was all about. A c,nseauence was inextricable mix up that held good for something like ten minutes, when big man with big lungs hsld up the prize to the light
 and then said something in a tone of deepest disgust that would not be per missio ole at all in print. As it devel- oped, the Dill was neat bogus imita' tion of the real thing. Quite few have been in circulation m the city during the last several days, having been put out by Schwartz Bros. as au dyertisement.-BiS BiSbee Review.