Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-12-06
IN ARIZONA

| IN ARIZONA \
 Captain John Boyd, aged s6, native of Ireland, and pioneer of Arizona, is dead at Prescott. Captain Boyd was one of the original discoverers of the great United Verde group of mines, and was historic character of the west. For many years he was identi fled with the mining and salt interests of Utah.
 Frank Robinson, the Jerome youth arrested at Phoenix number of days ago on charge of rape, the alleged victim having been a girl by the name of Logan, former inmate of the re- formatory, has been discharged from custody after a series of hearings in different justices courts.
 Bass fishing in Peck's lake, near Jerome, is said to have been the best in years during the past season, which closed the lst of December.
 Frank Ferguson, an old-time mine en- gineer, and we'll known throughout the entire territory, died recently in Ely, Nev.
 Many ear loads of Sonora oranges are crossing the line at Nogales, bound for points in Canada.
 A new political party, to be known as the Independents, has been organized at Douglas Attorney John McGowan is one of the head pushers.
 By the explosion of a water gauge in the cab of his engine, Engineer Hen " Loeven of Douglas may lose the sight of his left eye. Flying glass bad ly cut the optic.
 Rev. II. w. Nice will supply the Bap- tist pulpit at Douglas next year during the absence of the regular pastor, Rev. c. c. Young, who will take year s vacation.
 A late report from Prescott says that Ed. Vickers, recently badly injured in mine explosion at Bouse, will recover.
 A big union revival of large propor- tions, in charge of Rev. J. Q. A. Henry of Los Angeles. will commence in Phoe- nix tonight The church people are very enthusiastic over the outlook.
 O. c. Smith, pioneer citizen of Tombstone, recently died in the hospital at Phoenix.
 No new cases of small pox have de- veloped in Bisbee recently and the health officers announce that they have the disease under control.
 Typhoid fever is much less prevalent in Douglas than for a number of weeks.
 The board of education of the Tempe Normal have rejected all bids for the construction of a new science building None of the bids were within the stip- ulated amount, $30,O00, and new bids will be called for.
 Yavapai county has balance of $93,- 3S2.31 in the hands of its treasurer.
 Preparations are being made to start the Arizona shelter at Humboldt.
 Tucson banks think they will be able to resume cash payments in week or ten days.
 Pima county has lost the narrow gauge bond suit in the United States supreme court and will now appeal the matter to congress.
 Tucson aldermen have against side stepped the ned light district issues and the purity league is up in arms.
 Vie Griffith of Tucson has secured the cement contract, amounting to $l5,- 900, for the new school building at Yuma.
 Pima county will erect bridge over the Rillito at cost of $7,000.
 Warren district mine operators will be forced to pay off again in eastern checks. Eastern bankers are not ready to send cash to the west.
 Rev. II. M. Shields has resigned as pastor of the Episcopal church at Bis bee.
 Phoenix merchants are pulling hard for Xmas trade and all of the newspa- pers are loaded to the guard with holi- day announcements.
  Jack and Jill were both quite ill,
 Now each is well and wiser, For blues and headaches have to go,
 When they take an Early Riser.
 DeWitt's Little Early Riser Pills are sold by Hanna's Drug Store.
 Storage room phone 60l.
 
 Sewing machines for rent at J. P. McNeil's Furniture store, opposite the Miners union hall, Globe, Ariz.