Tombstone epitaph., 1896-12-06
BISBEE NEWS.
BIsBEE, Dec. ?, 1896.

As the weather neglnt 10 Het COoleI quite a trsthc in cord wood is noticed, as everyone seems to be laying in supply.
 Drummers continue tO arrive at onr thriving burg and appear to receive good fiat" orders Hardly A day passes but what a number Of conner cial nen arrive.
 Mr. F. $. Webster, of Benson, was noticed among the arrivals on the tram this evening. He is up on A lit- tie pleasure trip and will s.teni the Masonic meeting this evening.
 The Mssons are to have another pow-wow this evening and one more of their periodical good times. Qu!te number of visiting members came in on the train and very pleasant even ing is anticipated by all.
 7 The family ot Wm. Hosmer who have been stopping with their relatives in California for some time past, came in un this evenings train end intend ts take up their residence with us. We all bid them a hearty welcome.
 The cold snap, which rather severe while il lasted, appears to have spent ... Ia, a d rN1a.. ant again. Windy Dick says thls had the desired thrct, and that while his hens have all along been doing their very best to freeze out Kansas com petition, have taken on renewed en- ergy, and tha, now he soon expects to have the field sll 10 himself.
 There was quite a little oommction in the high life of the upper part Of the canyon yesterday in which an apron full Of rocks, two six shooters and sundry other implements of wal fare, each playing its own little part. A gentle cloud of peace seems to have rolled in over the battle Er0urd al present, though. and we will have 10 forego iill feGged description Of the affair amusing as it would undoubtedly be. The belligerant parties seem 10 haze perceived the error oi their ways and we do not wish to give undue publicity to their little scrap. They evidently won't try II again.
 Ye gods and little fishes, what will happen next? Bisbee is to have A new jail. The site and plans have a!-eaty been seiected and the masOns Grs now at work on the foundation. since learning that this much needed and long talked of institution was really under process of construction our idea of certain things have been ma terIally changed. We now would not he ;n the lea-t surprised 10 10 henr that Mason had started to buili bis visionary slall, or that Mike Brophy was to go ahead with an electric light plant. We hereby relinquish all donbts AS io the carrying out Of such scheme- and in the future will place implicit confidence in Bisbee "as she will be-"
 Bishee is al present enjoying small sIzed boom in the dancc line. Quite a number Of very pleasant hops have come of of late and still there seems to he no abatement in the peOple's de> sire to dance. We thought from the time our pleasure lovers had at that Calico Ball. that they would not want another good time until about Christ mas eve but b and behold, before the folks had stopped talking about the enjoyable evening spent on tha. oc- casion. the town was Hooded with handbi!ls announcing 8 social ance to be given ny the "Car boys" at the ink on Friday evening, December Oi course We will ali have to go just to keep thing moving. Il for nothing else, but amply recomprnsed by very enjoyable evening. The boys are doing quite Tustling theDst Ives and will no doubt make the evening ore to be well and pleasantly remembered
 Phoenix has the most ungentie- rnarl. 1 -nfn.h. known. Al T rOilhing