Cochise review., 1901-02-09
NEWS OF
 THE CITY

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 Miss Lulu Howe left for California on Thursday. She was accompanied as far as Benson by her brother.
 The cemetery committee have de- cided to give a grand ball at the opera house on the evening of February 22d, the proceeds to be devoted towards the improvement of the cemetery.
 Almost every day word is received by the numerous friends of B. J. O,Reilly from Fl Paso telling of bis improved condition. However, he is still under the doctors car and the date of his departuae for Naco has not vet been fixed.
 H. E. Lamson, of the Gila Valley Bakery at Stafford, is a Bisbee visitor this week. MT. Lamson has visited Pearce, Turquoise and Nogales the past week, and is in Bisbee looking for an opening for bakery.
 Work has been delayed during the present week on the several buildings in course of construction, owing to the inclement weather. Bisbee is at pres ent experiencing building boom sec ond to no town in the territory.
 Edward Meyers, formerly in the em- ploy of the Copper Queen company. as stenographer in the general office, has accepted a position with Gardiner, Worthen x Goss of Tucson.
 Mir. Johnson, of the engineer corps of the Greene Consolidated Copper company, who was visitor in Bisbee for several days last week, accompa- nied by a son of Colonel Juan Fenochio, left Monday morning for Hermosillo, Sonora, on business.
 Sid Harris returned from visitto w. A. Hopkins at his saw mill in So- nora on Sunday last, and reports a pleasant visit with his old friend. MT. Hopkins is proprietor of the largest saw mill in Sonora and has contract to furnish timbers to the Nacozari com pany.
 B. F. Graham, the new road overseer for this district, has been doing some good work on our streets this week, which was highly appreciated by our business men along Main street. The street has been graded in the center and ditches along the side excavated for carrying off the rain water.
 w. E. Doty, the Tucson optician, stopping for couple of weeks at the Bessemer, is graduate of the Chicago Opthalmic College, Chicago, and Spen- cer Optical Institute, New York. He carries all the latest appliances and comes we'll recommended as to integ- rity and ability. Consultation free. tf D. M. Riordan, who represents the General Electric company, A Broad street, New York, is in Bisbee this week, accompanied by A. W. Birchard of the New York office. Mir. Riordan is an old timer in Arizona, and was in Bisbee in the early days. MT. Rior- dan has been examining mining prop critics in New Mexico, Arizona and old Mexico for the General Electric com pany, who are looking over the south west for an opportunity for investment MT. Riordan spent several days in tht vicinity of Clifton before coming tC Bisbee.
 It is understood the board of super visors propose to number the house and property of Bisbee to facilitate th' description of property in that burs for the assessment rolls. Heretofor' much confusion has resulted from inad equate description of propertylthere by reason of absence of any system t, definitely locate any property by lot block or street number. The matte of numbering each house by the asses sor while on his rounds can be accom- plished with comparative little outla and will serve to excellent purpose Prospector.
 Mir. Robinson, of the firm of Roblr son & Toohey, railroad contractor! was in Bisbee on Thursday. The raj road is now complete to Douglas on tn border line, and will be pushed on int Mexico as rapidly as possible. A cam will be established at once at Frontiers and the grading will progress towar that Sonora town and then on to NacC zari, which is the terminating point o the new road. It will be over yea before the work of the contractors complete. In regard to the road whic is being built east nothing is knowr even bv the men who are engaged i the construction. There is consider, ble life in the camps of the contractor owing to the magnetism which railroa camps have in drawing to them tn rough class of laborers.
 The saloon keepers of this town mu have changed their brand of whisky c the boys last Wednesday, for sewers who took jolt or two that day in mediately started out on the war patt and Judge Wilcox had some fun wit them. One miner, who is well know
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