Tombstone prospector., 1896-12-28
BISBEE NEWS.
BIsBEk. Dec. 26, 1896.

CoPPERINGo.
 Chiistmas day in Risbee psssed off in the most pleasant msnnsr possible. The day WAS one of the fiusst, every one was m the best of spiri,s and there was no disturbances of any kind. The conditions could in % way have been moro conducive to goodiellos- chip and friendly feeling. and the day wss surely all that the name sisni6s-. {. - Cbristmas.
 The races which came of in the afternoon were we'll attended but the main race dii not prove % exciting ss was predicted. Dave Mslcom's sorrel mare, ths faverite, erred at the start aod never recovered lost grou Id, the race b ing won by the sorrsl horse, who flew the track and was badly beaten here last A,h of July. He won easily under . strong pull a the third horse in the race, brown marc from Phsn,x was altogether outclass.d.
 Alter the main race. . number of match COW psny raees were brought of and ssveral cssss they were quite close and hctly contested. Thus did the Bisbee sports put in tbe afternoon
 We'll, that much talked Of Grand Leap Year Ball came of last night according 10 snnoncemsnt,a and we are right glad ts be able to chroniclsit as . thing of the past. Of course it is not . very pleasant thing, usually. to crit iciss . homo undertaking adversely. but then, some of our young ladies have sush outlAndish idsas in regard to the msnagem nt si dance that we feel that we eaRnot we'll do other wise. Certainly there arc some parts of such afIairs which could we'll be en- trusted to the ladies. Take the re- freshmeut line for instance. No enc ever found fault with their coties or their luncheon, and DO one could con
 sciensiously do co; but when it comes 10 making rrsnRemsnte-why.p pshsw, they sin't in it. They are pretty good, too, On cutting out and arranging hesrt-rbsp.d dance programmes, but when it is . matter of managing . asor they are . good desl like the small boy rho went up in . balloon they are out of their sphere.
 In short, to stop geusrsli1irg and to come down to facts. they csn't manage dance. Why, last night. e modest unassu ming young man like ourselves who was so unfortunate as to be few minutes late, had no more show than the poor gobblsr that was donst- ed to the Orb editor the afternoon oi She 24th. Before the second dance was called the floor managers had their cards full snug up to 3 q. m., an1 many o;hers likewise. Then instead of getting partners for the unioriuns,- e they busied themselves in working . little bunco game of homo invention on their unsuspscting gentlemen friends, in ining everyone Of them who was co unmindful e to change his seat without frrt asking the per- mission of one of these fair "Lords oi the evening" Why ws ourselves mus, have asked various parties no less than sixteen times to get us partner for the tenthw waltz but it was but . wasie of bresth-Do partner was forthcoming. We were on the verge of giving up in despair, but finally managed to secure several dances with
 some of the old married ladies, after which we decided that ws had enough and started to get our hat and go homo. Our troubles fs. the evening had bus begun. We were spotted by couple of the hawk-eyeS fairies one of whom stopped us in our wild career in about the center of the flo T and demanded . 6ne of g cents for crossing the hall
 una-companied. We paid it at once thanking our stars we hsd been let of % cheap, aad stsrted to regain our seat. Here however ws were met by ths other "dapghter of avsrics," who
 ssjudged us guilty of second "ffenss in leaving the center of the hall with- out permissioD, and 6aed us an addit- ional fifty cents. This wss more than
 we could stand. having ne'hin g left in our posession but two of Dan Hsnkips cheeks, snd, not knowing what would
 happen next, fled preeip;sstedly. How
 our modest compsniors fsred afte'
 our flight is more than we can tell q
 they are entirely non commiisl; but
 e th- sll turned up this morning
 with very light purses, ws know st s'
 something must have happened.
 i Butiis all ever now aud ws are s:;!! slive-ir slso is very near the end o