The Weekly orb., 1898-09-11
From Taesday's Daily.


 Con Reese is taking in the sights of San Francisco.
 Jacob Kelly returned yesterday from two weeks outing in the Huachuca s.
 Edwin Hughes returned this morning from his visit to Tombstone.
 More than ten members were initiated into <he Good Templsrs lodge last night.
 School opened today, inconsequence of which there is perceptible thinning out of bronchos on the streets.
 ,tG. w. Pittock has resignep his posi- tion on the Tucson Star and will reside here for sometime.
 Supervisor Joe McPherson spent the day in our city or business. His com pany intend putting on their teams be-. tween Naco and Nacosari, hauling min ing supplies and machinery.
 At. Be eon Saturday afternoon, the stockmen of the upper San Pedro held ameeting and arranged for the fall roundup. The town was made quite lively by their presence,
 Miss Minnie Davis will leave shortly for Fairbank where she will take charge of the school for the current year.
 .F. Perley returned yesterday from an extended trip east, and has accomplish 2 ed considerable since he left. Facts will be given to the public ere long. They mean considerable for the future well ,iare of Bisbee.
 Friday of.last week Harry Caraway shipped to Dodge City, Kansas, train load of cattle from his Bacanuchi ranch, in Sonora. They were loaded at Don Louis station. near Bisbee, and were at Benson Friday afternoon.
 lowing to our moving from our former location into more eommodious quar- ters. we were unable to get out an issue of THE ORB last evening. We are now comfortably located in the Dubacher building. on o K street where we will be pleased to see all of cur friends and patrons.
 Date Graham left yesterday for Silver City, New Mexico, where he goes as a witness in behalf of the government in the case against Leonard Alverson and hree,others who are charged with hold ing up the S. P. train near Separ, New Mexico. The men were tried last spring on charge of stopping theU. s. mails and, were acquitted. It is thought that this trial.will result the same as before. We again call attention torthe railroad officials or local authorities to the small Jboys that jump on the incoming train every morning. Yesterday one the boys narrowly escaped being run over, as he jumped for the platform his feet slipped and he fell, fortunately falling away from the coach. Such practices should not be allowed, and if the boys are stop. ped now the community will be save1 the shock of hearing of small boy be, ing run over and mangled by the cars, a.d the parents spared the expense of q funeral.
 An exchange says: Of the. SIPS, ,000.' GOO produced by the mines of the west last year, ten per cent, it is estimated went to pay transportation, 37 per cent to mine owners and 15 per cent tC ,smelting works, the remaining 3S pei cent having been paid out for labor. l, would be difficult to find any other in .dustry that returned during the year 3S per cent to the investors, Aside from these large profits to the smelter' aud investors, these revenues and wages . and wages paid workmen, the aid min ing extends to other industries of th' country must be considered, and in tEis respect it is of hardly secondary impor .tance. It is universal helper.
 H. D. Slmons, who has been si' k witt fever for about month at the hospital ,passe,. away Sunday afternoon and wal buried yesterday, under the auspices o the Bisbee Fire Department, of which organization he was member. Every body in Blsbee knew Dan Simons, h, shaving resided here since the early days and has seen the camp grow from settlement of but few house to q cit. Of between five and six thousand souls