Bisbee daily review., 1902-01-09
LOCAL AND PERSONAL


 Born-Jan. ! to the wife of Frank N. Armstrong, a daughter.
 J. E. Williams was an incoming pas senger on the train yesterday from Tucson.
 G. 5. Neil and Seth Leavenworth are again associated together in the law business.
 On Tuesday morning five ears of or. anges were piled up in the yard at Ber.- son and a switch engine was badly dam- aged.
 J. A. Lafebre, section foreman on the Arizona & Southwestern, between Douglas and Deming, was in town yes terday.
 Manager Rouzer, of the Copper Queen Hotel, has now decided upon February as the grand opening of this magnificent hotel.
 Otto Geisenhofer returned yesterday from Tombstone where he was the sue cessful bidder for feeding the priso- ners confined in the Bisbee jail the en- suing year.
 Transients are already making the Copper Queen their stopping place while in the city, although the build ing, on the interior, is still in an un- finished state.
 A. W. Strum, well known in Bisbee has taken a homestead from the gov ernment, on quarter section of land adjoining the ranch of Bill Beatty in the Sulphur Spring valley.
 Mir. Hammer, of the library, says he often finds bundles of library books in boarding houses and vacated rooms He makes special request that he be notified of the presence of any of these books.
 Messrs. H. A. and w. A. Scwartz will shortly embark in business for themseles. A store room is being fitted up in the Dubachor building, which will be stocked with an up-to- date line of gents furnishing goods.
 The REVIEW has had a solicitor at work in Bisbee this week and more than one hundred new names have al- ready been added to our growing sub scrlptiou list Watcl for the REVIEW Sunday edition Jan. l2.
 Mir. Evans, who s:. shot at Douglas in the attempted hold up tLere two weeks ago is reported to be paving a rather serious time with th= wound he received and was reported to be not so well Tuesday as he had been.
 Richard Fleischer, of Nogales, and one of the prominent business men of the line city, is in Bisbee. It is prob- able that Mir. F!eischer will decide to locate in Bisbee, snd if such be the case, another live, hustling business man will be added to the community.
 Bill Beatty, of the Sulphur Springs valley. was in Bisbee yesterday. He came to receive patent for his ranch which he had procured from the gov ernment through Justice Williams. Cattle in the Sulphur Springs valley are reported to be fat and doing well.
 Petitions have baen forwarded I, om Douglas to the board of supervisors at Tombstone, asking for the appoint ] ment of Justice of the Peace at that place. The rapid growth of Douglas | fully justifies providing a justice court there.
 Vic Hanney, the well known repre- sentative of Friedman's shoes, was in ! Bisbee yesterday. He says he never saw tusiness in more satisfactory condition throughout the territory. l Ar. HapEey expects soon 10 quit the road snd go into the clothing and fur nishing business in Tucson, and will be l associated in that business with Phil | Brannop, now with rhe Zeckendorfs.
 The work on the new bank building is pushing ahead. A cement sidewalk is being laid around the building and the cement wall which will enclose the small plat, which is to accomodate a fountain and flowers and shrubbery, is about completed. The Bank of Bisbee will have palatial quarters on February 1st, when they expect to occupy this new building.
 Rev. Merton Smith, noted evange- list is holding a serious of meetings in . big tent at Tucson. The congrega- tions are said to be very large and the . local papers are devoting much space | to the meetings. The Citizen says Tucson and the Devil are old time as- sociates and friends and thinks if Rev. Smith can dislodge his satanic majesty f in the old pueblo he will demonstrate that his powers are beyond human calculation.
 The funeral of Jas Archer, who died st the Copper Queen hospital on Mon day occurred at Library hall yesterday afternoon at o'clock, Rev. H. NJ. Shields conducting the services. The deceased had been employed in the Spray mine and many of his fellow miners turned out to the funeral, which was an unusually large one, made peculiarly sad because Of the ab- sence of any relatives or anyone who knew anything of the history of Mir. Archer, who, however, was well re- spected in Bisbee.
 Bob Tate, of the Fish Pond, has re-