The Weekly orb., 1898-05-01


 ------------ 1 From Fridays Daily.
 Real estate is still changing hands ct lively rate.
 Aug. Joerss has returned from short business trip to Tombstone.
 Thos. Sutton, the we'll known candy drummer, is visiting our merchants. Arrangements are being made for the erection of a telephone system In our city.
 s. ". Clawson and Ben Williams are expected home shortly from their trip to Nacosari.
 Dr. w. A. Greene has gone to San Francisco to purchase supplies for his new office at Globe Quite a number of Benson citizens arrived tLis morning to attend the Pow e.ty Ball this evening. Sheriff Scott White returned to Tomb. stone last night accompanied by Dis trict Attorney English.
 Miss A. Watkins, daughter of the Benson physician came in on the train this morning or a short visit to Mrs. Chas. Kinney.
 J. Nugent, the well-known engineer of Benson, came up from that lively burg this morning to attend the Poverty Ball ,his evening.
 Miss Addie Slaughter is in town from the San Bernartlino ranch and will re- main a few days. She is the guest of Mrs. H. NJ. Woods.
 Nothing has been heard of the lone highway .ian who held up the Fairhank station night before last. He is prob. ably safe in the land ot nanyana ere this.
 Lewis Williams received a reply late last nj, Int from Phenlx stating that a bond of $500 would Ee required for the seyen,y-hve stand of arms and alnmu- milton.
 The bord to be gwen to the territory for the return of tlt arms was tixed to. day by Chas. Overlook, L. c. Shattuck, J. B. Angius and Lewis and Ben Will. Hams going security.
 "Where is hell?" asks the Denver Re- publican. If the Republican wants to know it should hasten to arrange with Weyler and BlGnco for some post-mor- tenn correspondence.
 Jas. Howell came in yesterday from the San BernarGino ranch He reports everything quiet in that neighhorhool. A detachment of twenty men of K troop of the 7th cavalry is still there on patrol duty.
 Personal item: General Fitzhugh Lee. who is visiting win friends in the United States, will shortly return 10 his temporary home in Havana. He will be accompanied by large number of friends.
 The transnortation for the Bisooe vol. unteers for the Arizona cavalry arrived this afternoon and the boys will be off tfis evening. A hearty farewell and Godspeed will be rendered by the pa triotic citizens of Bisbee.
 Mexican who was arrested last night by one of our local officers made q break for liberty and the officer took two shots at him, which had no effect except to increase the speed of the flee ing man, who was afterward recaptured.
 Rev. Roberts, the resident Methodist minister at Tombstone, accompanied by Rev. Thompson. superintendent of missions for Ar.zona, were incoming Rev. Roberts returns to Tom bstone this evening
 Large shipments of alfalfa are being made from Arizona to south"rn Califor- mia, where drouth has resulted in hay going mp 10 $l4 a ton. The freight rate from Phoenix to Los Angeles is $50, SO that Phoenix shippers can make $l a ton by shipping, as the local pri for alfalfa is $7.50. There is heavy short age in the hay crop in California ana the price will hold, if not advance still further.
 The South Bishce company are con iinuing development on their double compartment shaft, which is now down over fifty feet and is fully umbered. The machinery for the new whim arrived this morning and was taken dpwn 10 the claims, where it will be erected at once.
 We have been given the following, which is permit said to have been formulated by one of the broad minded housewives of Tucson and presented to her spouse, and VIC arc requested to publls', it so that the generous matrons of Bisbee may get pointer:
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