Arizona silver belt., 1905-06-15
C0CHISE COUNTY BUDGET
CULLED FROM EXCHANGES

From the Douglas American.
Douglas is to have new cemetery to
embrace 40 acres of ground, which has
been plotted and will at once be inn
proved.
The Douglas lodge of Odd Fellows
has fitted up elegant club and lodge
rooms in the Masonic building. A
reading room is a feature and there is
also billiard room
A morphine and cocaine fiend named
Sam Smith, was arrested in Don Luis
for breaking into drug store and
stealing SO worth of the poisonous
drugs. 1t was daylight burglary.
Frank Reeves, the man who was
badly burned Sunday night at the c. q
A. by the bursting of steam pipe,
died at 6 O'Clock last Monday evening,
from the effects of the scalding.
The school census records gain of
20 per cent over of that of 1904. The
total enrolment for 1905 is 1872. Two
new school houses and an increase of
in the number of teachers is the story
of next years school expansion.
f. r. Richey and J. L. Grayson, of
FL Paso, will present the matter of
granting franchise to them for
building a sewer system in Douglas to
the city council in about ten days. The
gentlemen have been employed in this
business for several years and thor
oughly understand their work.
New buildings now in course of con-
struction in Douglas will cost their own
ers approximately 100000. The First
National Bank is to erect fine bust
ness building later in the year. A mil
lion dollars is being expended in addi-
tions and improvements to the two
smelters.
From the Douglas Dispatch
Professor James Douglas told the
people of his namesake city that they
would not lose the Southwestern shops
and that they would be added to as
fast as growth of business demanded.
Sergeant Sparks of the rangers, who
is stationed at Globe, was in the city
Wednesday on business with Captain
Rynning, and returned to Globe that
evening by way of Benson.
Five Douglas youngsters who recent
ly became involved in trouble owing to
stealing copper at the Copper Queen
smelter and selling it to II. Eicks,
were taken to Tombstone yesterday,
where they will appear before the
grand jury Their names are Wayne
Childress, Boyce Markness, d. Pollock,
and Carl and Milt Thomas. They were
taken to the county seat by Deputy
Sheriff Bennett.
The worst runaway accident in the city
in long time occurred late Tuesday
afternoon in upper Tombstone canyon,
when Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Garland were
thrown from their buggy and seriously
hurt. DR.. Hart, who with DR.. Baum
is attending the injured couple, said
last night that it was as yet impossible
to state the extent of the injuries sus-
tanned. They are, however, serious.
Mr.. Garland may be fatally hurt.
such was the fear at late hour last
night when he was still in a comatose
condition at his home on Naco road.
Mrs. Garland has broken rib and Sc
we're bruises. Later: Mrs. Garland
died on Saturday, from the shock to her
system sustained in the fall. Mr.. Gar
lands condition is precarious.
From the Bsbee Review.
Bruce Duredo, well known about the
camp, was run down by horseman on
Naco road last evening near the Stag
dump. He sustained a broken collar
bone and severe injuries to one leg.
What would appear to have been a
band of horse thieves and
operated in this city Fri
day, stealing three horses at Lowell,
passing through the city with them in
broad daylight and on the way out
Tombstone canyon holding up and rob
bling Mexican and stealing, accord
ing to the Mexican, another horse and
all his money.
The Bisbee Queen Mining company
has been reorganized, eastern parties
having bought the interests in the old
company held by b. f. Graham, j. E.
Suits, Gid Graham, j. f. Hord and
Judge J. G. Cass. 1t is said that the
paid was approximately
$50, 600. L. E. Dennis, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich. is president of the new com
pany.
Nicholas Nicevich, Austrian, mar
rowly escaped assassination about A
O'Clock yesterday morning, in the mar
row alleyway next to the Pythian Cas-
tie, leading to stairway up Chihuahua
Hill. Mike Papovich is thought by
Nicevich to have been the assaiant.
Papovich is missing from the city, off