Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-02

the good of the order about $325 cleai of all expenses. This falls consider
 ably hort of the proceeds of theil former entertainment but the Elk
 are eminently well pleased with tn,
 financial outcome of the "Pennant'
 when everything is considered
 Court Suspends.-Court Clerk anC
 Interpreter John Igo is acting ex-of
 ficio justice of the peace and police | judge today in the absence of Judge Rice who yesterday succumbed to the grip and is today forced to remain indoors. In the absence of Judge Rice prisoners are either being re leased on their own recognizanee oi on bond
 Postal Moves ofice.-The local of ! fee of the Postal Telegraph company is today being moved into it's new | quarters in the room to the left oi the Hotel Gadsden entrance. This room, according to the original agree ment, was to be used jointly by the Postal and the E. P. and s. W.-by the latter as city ticket office. The railroad has reconsidered its plan however, and, it is announced, has
  uptown office for the present.
 Fire Horse Has the Grip.-Dan, the smaller of the two large blacks that ! pull the fire engine, is down and out today. He is confined to his stable and is under the care of a physician
 He has such bad case of the griI that trained nurses are necessary and this work has been assigned to l George Grunwaldt, Homer Phelan and the balance of the flremen In addi tion to the grip Dan has a sore foot
 His condition is net considered ser ! ious
 Eastern Papers Too tSIow.-Tom Purcell, now at Pittsburg in the inter ests of the Ei Paso and Southwestern railroad, writes the International
 American making a good natured
 complaint of his failure to get his paper with regularity. He says among other things We want the news and to get it of course we must read the International-Ameri The eastern papers are altogether too slow" He signs himself, Yours in distress" etc.
 ccniskey is Greedy.-Charles Com l iskey, leader of the famed Chicago | White Sox, answering D. 4. O'Dono vans offer of $500 guarantee for a Sunday game here next spring says the financial guarantee is good but ! stipulates that he name the day foI the game As the best guarantee that could be made even the White SoS i for a weekday game here is about [ $100 the chances are not the best tc ! see the former worlds champions un less Comiskey should c0ncede Doug i las Sunday date.
 Walters Goes to Shreveport ''Rube''Walters, the doughty little
 twirler who gave a good account ot himself on several occasions in the box for Douglas last summer and fall i will probably be seen in a Shreveport J La. uniform next season Shreveport
 has heretofore been in the Southern
 league but may be dropped from that circuit the coming year and merged i into the Texas league. Walters Is tho only member of the old Midlands fl ] Douglas at present, the others having
 scattered in various directions.
 Criminal Cases Fewer This Year. ! Judge Rice's criminal docket for the year past, which closes today, will
 indicate that 967 cases have been ' docketed in 1907 against something ! like 14S7 for 1906-1gures which un ! mistakably indicate a better. moral i tone in the community, due to the i suppression of all forms of gambling One responsibility for the crime de l! crease in this precinct, however, is [ the establishment of the magistrates office in Pirtleville, which naturally diverted a considerable amount Of criminal business from this precinct Proceed Against DeIinquents.-A feature of special interest at the com ing Monday night session of the city council will probably be the. instJ7lc- tiun of that body to the legally con stituted authorities to proceed against i all taxpayers who, are delinquent with their city taxes. Delinquencies aggre- gate about 5000 out of a total of about S14,000. After this action is once be filed. As there is no redemp- ton in such cases it is apparent that :, it behooves ali delinquent property ONACAo tO CStIAC up at OACC-
 Team Selected; Cup Here.-The bowling team representing the Doug las r. NJ c. A. that in the middle of January will compete with a team from Bisbee oa the alleys of the local association has been pretty well se- lected. The five selections. based en- tirely on the form at present dis played by the bowlers, are Demorest Jack Logic, Domanche, Kemp and Verne Lincoln. These selections may be regarded as tentative and subject to change, though at present they are the bowlers who are doing the best work on the alleys. The Douglas tro- phy. a handsome cup of silver and ebony, has been brought from Bisoee aGd is now at the association build ing. Later it will be placed in the display window of Erickson and Howe. It was won once by Bisbee and should that team win the second match of the series of three. extend ing over as many years, the cup win go to Bisbee to remain. ShouId Doue- las win the coming mafca the cup Will remain here for the next year and be won for all time at the third and deciding match a year nence.