Bisbee daily review., 1902-01-03
Local Happenings in Brief.


 The Cowboy and the Lady Company registered at the Norton House.
 s. A. Merritt, a mining man of Butte, Montana, is in the city.
 Mrs. J. A. s. Miller of Douglas is visiting friends in Bisbee this week.
 During the present slump in copper mining men and promoters will turn their attention to gold properties.
 The prevailing warm weather is re- markable, even for Arizona, at this season.
 The Elks meet tonight and there will be limitations. A full attendance is re. sussted.
 W. B. Lawson, of Naco, is a visitor is town. Mir. Law son is in business at Naco and reports trade quite brisk.
 c. F. Nichols, of the REVIEW force, is speeding couple days in Douglas on business for this paper.
 Date Graham, recently appointed sergeant of the Ranger Company, en- tered on that duty Wednesday, and left Bisbee. but declined to disclose his destination.
 J. E. Brown, of the Free Coinage Saloon, will leave in few days for the Arkansas hot springs, where he will take his sister for the benefit of her health.
 W. H. Searles, of Fl Paso, is a guest aJ the Norton. MT. Searles says the Fl Paso carnival will eclipse anything of the kind ever attempted by the line city before.
 The new year opened up in Justice Williams court yesterday, with but two drunks on the docket. One was given eight days and the other case was continued.
 J. B. Angius leaves this morning for La Cananea on business trip. and ex- poets to be absent for several days. Nr. Angius will probably establish a branch mercantile establishment at the big copper camp in Sonora.
 6. W. Berk left Thursday morning for Reno, Nevada. He has been in the employ of Dubacher S Muheim for several years and leaves numerous friends in town, who wish him well in his new location.
 The employees of the Cananeas Sup ply Store gave social dance and sup per at the Hotel Naco New Years Eve. The affair was q very pleasant sne and large number of guests en- isyed the occasion.
 Engine No. 5, hauling freight train broke reverse lever three miles out of Benson last night and the train was sidetracked at Fairbank, the engine cut loose and ran into Bisbee, where repairs were made and the freight crew went to Fairbank after the tram last evening.
 Mr. H. w. Hudgen, formerly of Saf ford, Arizona, where he was engaged in the furniture business. was visitor 10 Bisbee yesterday. Mir. Hudgen re- ssntly sold his business in Saffold and is looking over this section of the c1un- try with a view of finding a business location.
 Neil Henderson, who for several years has been engaged in the saloon business at Cochise station and who is an old resident of Cochise county, was in Bisbee Wednesday. He left yester- day for Cananea with L. J. Overlook and it Is likely he will go into business somewb here in this section.
 A party of visiting Good Templars was driven to Naco and over into Mex ieo by members of the local lodge on yesterday afternoon. Those compris- ing the party were the Rev. Mr. Zum- walt, o. Gibson, c. H. Connally, R. B. Gree, Forrest Wilky, Estelle Frazee, Richard Davis, Mrs. Shields, Miss Nimmick.
 Hon. Eugene s. Ives, of Tucsen, was in Phoenix Monday, as the attorney for Thomas F. Wilson, who as taxpayer sled c. ". Vickers. late territorial auditor, tu recover on certain warrants alleged to have been illegally issued, he appearing before Judge Gray and sought to have testimony of Governor Murphy and the present auditor, W. F.. Nichols, ordered taken. Judge Gray refused Mir. Ives request oD the ground that he lacked jurisdiction.
 It is now certain that Bisbee is to be an incorporated town. The sigma sures secured yesterday to the petition is guarantee that within the next two days the requisite number of signers will have been obtained. Practically, there is no opposition new to the movement. If there is, it has not yet made it's appearance. More shan four hundred names were placed sn the petition yesterday, J. B. An Gius and 6. W. Clawson securing more tAsn two hundred names.
 4. Bisnkowski, late resident of Yuma, is now on his way to the Isth- nus to bs present when the digging of the Nicaragua canal begins. Before he left Ynma be expressed hope that hs might be of some assistance in that