Cochise review and Arizona daily orb., 1900-05-03
Local Brevities

where he went yesterday on business.
 c. S. Hitchcock, the line rider from Naco, is in town today on a business trip.
 Mrs. J. II. Slaughter is in town on business from the Sac Barnardino ranch.
 The telephone people are making rapid progress with their work. Our town begins to loom up like San Fran cisco.
 The Oasis is credibly informed that state authorities of Sonora are taking steps for creation of new municipality at Naco.
 Mrs. Bailey has returned from San Diego, at which pleasant resort she has been visiting friends Jor the past four months.
 Mrs. George Spindle was in town yesterday from the ranch making pur- chases at the local stores. She return sd, home todoy'
 George Mitchll, the general manager of the Greene ConsolidatedCo., came up from Cananea last night and went on to Ph9nix today.
 The Herald's press and newspaper plant arrived last evening and will be put in place as soon as the building is ready for occupation.
 The window of the Fair has been adorned in most artistic manner, and the display made is equal to the metro poIitan establishment,
 Judge William H. Barnes is expected here from Tucson today or tomorrow. The Judge will remain here attending to professional matters.
 Henry Piatt, the well known San Pedro cattle man, Is in town on busi- ness and shaking hands with his nu- merous acquaintances.
 Geo. c. Clark, the local surveyor, went down to South Bisbee this morn ing, where he will be engaged in sur reying mining claims for some time.
 r. M. Golthardt, of Billings, Mon- tana, was among the arrivals last even- ing and is now looking into the mining opportunities presented for speculation in this locality.
 
 C. B. Ragsdale, late storekeeper' of this town, left yesterday for Mexico, where he is interested in several min ing claims the development of which he is about to undertake. <.
 B. Packard returned last evening from his ranch, where he went with WIG. Greene yesterday. MT. Greene was obliged to remain at the ranch, confined to his bed with an attack of grippe.
 A. Watson, who has pleased the peo- pie of Bisbee in the past with relW lWN' days cornet playing, will S hs se%sr1t 7v;cb coplN .s4Ns4s. s4s.iihs which he in- tenuS~NnscVelop.
 |, w. B. Crawford has moved his fam. lily into his. new residence, which is now complete and comfortably fur nished. MT. Crawford has accepted q position at the Lowell, where he will run the engine.
 J. A. Campbell of Bisbee is in the city, . guest of the Ford hotel. He came over as delegate to the Republi- can convention. Mir. Campbell is one Cf the new proprietors of the Bisbee orb.--Arizona Republican.
 Among the delegates who arrived here yesterday morning, registering at the Ford hotel, were H. Gerwein and William Shilliam of Benson, w. A. HaFwood of Tombstone, and Allen T. Bird of Nogales. Arizona Republican. T. There has been n great contest over the bidding for the Naco and Junction mail contract, providing for fourteen trips q week. The matter is under consideration now at Washington and the letting of the contract is looked for With interest.
 reI. w. Hardy, surveyor for the Greene Consolidated Co, came in from tho Can 'aHeas last evening and remained here over night continuing his journey today to the eastwhere he goes on matters connected with the mining interests of the company.
 .53 The invitations are out for the enter- taihment given at the opera house bv La Junta Patriotica next Saturday eve ming in commemoration of the 18th an- niversary of the battle En Puebla. Mexico. Alter the program, consist. ing principally of addresses, a grand ball will be given. F. W. McGraw of New York, regis tered at the Bessemer, is engaged in mining goperations in Mexico, where he is interested in group of claims now under deyelopment. The property is