Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-01-24
ARIZONA BREVITIES

Diphtheria has again developed in Mesa.
 Bisbee is still caring for seventeen smallpox patients.
 Phoenix will establish Los Angeles ,branch of it's board of trade.
 The Eagles of Phoenix will hold their annual ball on February 10.
 The artesian water users of the San simon valley have organized an associa. ! ton.
 Early evening burglars are annoying and frightening the housewives of Win slow
 The Bisbee fire department will give an elaborate masquerade ball this evening.
 Eighteen hundred head of sheep were shipped from HoIbrook to California this week. Pima county has turned over $44 ,000 to the territory in the shape of terri torial taxes.
 Two Mesa men have embarked in the nursery business and will grow their own trees from seed. 1 The Episcopal ladies at Bisbee are arranging for a "Peddler' Parade, !" whatever that may be.
 Mrs. Elida Hammond, prominent lady of Douglas, died suddenly from the effects of heart disease. Water is getting very scarce on the ranges near Holbrook and sheep and cattle men are very apprehensive.
 R. J. Torpy's store at Douglas has been closed by an attachment run by the Copper Queen to satisfy an indebt edness.
 The Republican reports a division of Phoenix Democrats. And were there enough at the capitol to make this pos sible!
 s. R. Burns, young man of Douglas has been arrested and held to the grand jury on a charge of passing forged checks.
 1 Sheriff White of Cochise county, who was recently operated upon, and who suffered a relapse, is now reported out of danger.
 Charles A. Wallace, a former deputy sheriff of Cochise county has been ap- pointed license collector for the city of Los Angeles.
 A number of Nogales men have been caught in the act of smuggling cigars across the Mexican line and have paid dearly for the experience.
 F. S. Douglas has purchased the as- signed stock of drugs of l.. E. Mowers at Douglas and has opened what will be known as the Owl Drug store.
 Father Quetu of the Catholic church at Prescott has resigned on account of throat trouble, which makes it almost impossible for him to speak.
 Many Japanese are crossing the Mex ican line into Arizona on forged pass. ports, according to government officers who arc rounding them up.
 Struck by a heavy timber falling from a windmill tower J. M. Ware of Government Wells received injuries which may cost him his life.
 All school children of Bisbee, by order of the health board, must submit to vaccination on account of the preva- lence of the smallpox.
 The people of Buckeye are building a $6,000 church, which is pretty good for an isolated country village of only a few hundred population. Robert White, miner employed at Bisbee, fell fifty feet headlong down a shaft and escaped with only a few scratches and insignificant body bruises
 Andrea Hernandez was struck with bullet intended for another in a drunken carousal at Phoenix and re- ceived injuries which may cause his death.
 Robberies of chicken coops have been quite frequent of late in Phoenix and suspicion points to two Chinamen who are conducting restaurants at tho Cap itol city.
 Rex M. McEwan, who was injured ir the Denn.Arizona mine last fall, has brought suit in the district court al Tombstone against the company to re cover $l5,0o0. Phoenix will soon have a ball team ready for the season of 1908. New