Tombstone epitaph., 1898-10-16
BISBEE JOTTINGS


 Joe McCsbe is expected here in a few days.
 J. P. Martin will not be here until next month.
 F. F.. Caldwell and wife drove over to Pearce today, VIA. Tombstone. Agan. Stiles is due from the east. Mir. Walker has taken good care Of | the desk.
 The firemen's ball netted the de- pertinent a round sum. Opera house this evening.
 Mrs. s. W Clawson was met on the road by her husband and they came in this morning. ...
 Dr. Clark and wife left good many friends here who will miss them. Pres. colt is their present address. There are six Rough Ri!ers here. Foster is in the hospital, Wigeins ont with s cane and Wilcox weak but on | deck.
 Postmaster Frank Stevens, candi- date republican ticket assembly in Pima County is here on business, and passing is carl.
 Pete Johnson took J. N. Me Donongh of Tombstone, to S1nth | Rishea today. The writer was to go but failed to connect. Lnwis Williams is able to si, in front Of his domicile. He comrisins of ssverN pairs in the chest, but this trouble ls disappearing.
 Democrats of Bisbe. delegates in session Monday everine) nominated Wm Scrimsher and John Kincells f r i justices and Thomas Vaughn, Del Lewis for cons'sbles. ! Torhs'oners have quit us cold. T'.ev had s good tune while here, and all are satisfied, apparently with the ticket. Somebody had to he di-sp- pointed though, but who, not prepared to cay.
 F. NJ. Likes returred to Fsirbank 'hi. evening. Nr. likes got yonr correspondent. mired ED with an old acquaintance of 1882. fste from 1894. when l firs' met Broiie, Buckle Y O'Neill and Col. Wilson. C. P. Hogsett, master mechanic at the Copper Queen Co.'S mines in Nacossri, and Dr. F.. c. Carlton is mp from the came place where kA has charge of the sick. There are over 100 men at work in the NscOsari district.
 Lieut.. Geo. E. Wilcox received q hearty welcome yesterday, whistles screechinp, flags living, homhs crack ing and school chilnren ont st the train with flags. Wilcox b-eskfasied and retired for the day being very weak from reccnt experience in Cuba. PyeciHct nominees nr the repuhli- cen ticket are Starr Williams and FL. Wit'ig for justices and Chris Finley son and Date Graham for coustahles. These will increase the lis', there being two on the popnlist ticket. four on the democratic, in all five for justices and five for constables.
 The following is the Republican county platform s' adopted in the Republican convention:
 We endorae the platform adopted at the Republican National C"nvsn- ton held st St. LouIs. June 1896; the platfnrm on which was elected our illu-trinus president, William McKin- ley. We hesrtil- approve of the man ner in which the president conducted the late war with Spain; that AS statesman he has no superior, snd but few sqlsis, is Onr unanimous cnnvic- ton. We rejoi"e that our urlimi' d resources. together with the skill, th. loyalty and the hraysry of our army and navy, achieved glorious victory in our wsr with Spain, and demoD- s.rated tha: the United States is, and must be recognized as one of the fore most powers among the nations of the earth.
 We urqualifedly endorse the piat- form adopted by our Territorial Ro- publican Convention in Prescot. on the 20IA of September last, believing it to be platform which any one, who has the welfare of our territory a'