Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-04

| l1nS tnSiF SOn, y. ,. blsSS OF This CITY
returned to their home yesterday.
Miss Roach, formerly of the First
National bank, and Miss Florence
Downs were outgoing passengers SUI,
day. Miss Downs Is going 10 Denver
and Miss Roach goes to visit her aunt
in Ell Paso.
L. X. Houlton Of the firm Of Houle &
Houlton has gone to Sahuaripa, Aexi-
GO, to examine some mining properties.
He will be gone for about a month.
Frank Peters returned yesterday
from Deming. N. NJ, where he went to
visit his ranch.
c. B. BignelL booxkeeper at the
Bassett Lumber company's once, left
last evening for his old home in Lake
Charles, La
Workmen have commenced the con-
|struction Of fine new home for Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Nelson on the corner
OF Seventh street and B avenue.
L. H. Watkins of the Roy & Tit
comb company and Jack Glow, repre-
senting the Hardscog Drill company,
went to Nacozari yesterday on bust
ness.
D. F. Johnson, in the Office at the
Copper Queen store. is quite i'll at his
home. being Threatened with pneu-
monia.
The famous set of books entitled,
Winning of the West" by President
Roosevelt, has been added to the
shelves OF the new public library.
Miss Elizabeth Hopper, in the Office
al the Copper Queen store, is confined
to her home by an attack OF the grippe.
A bicycle belonging TO L. E. Dough-
erty, furnace man at the Copper
Queen smelter, was stolen from the
change room yesterday morning.
George Cook, who has acted as ex-
ira policeman for some time, has been
appointed to take the place of W. E.
Gentry, VINO resigned Saturday night.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Bank OF Douglas viii be held
this afternoon in the Offices of the
bank.
Deputy Sheriff Young Davis OF Pr
tleville was arrested yesterday on a
warrant sworn out by John Gardner,
charging him with disturbing the peace
by using violent and obscene languages
near his home Saturday night.
Fred Caldwell of the Warren and Bis
bee Street Railway company is visit
ing at the home of his parents in
Douglas.
DR.. A. R. Hickman returned Satur-
day from Phoenix, where he had been
spending the past two weeks.
James Taylor came up yesterday
from the FL Temblor mine and says
that they have a car of high grade ore
rich in silver and gold which will be
up in a few days.
Otto Kroeger came down from Bis
bee last night.
Judge D. A. Han returned from Bis
bee last evening.
Ed Grindell came in from the west
last evening.
The growth of the Douglas pubic
library for the short month OF Febru-
airy almost equaled the growth during
the longer month Of January, the first
month Of its existence, according to the
report given out by the librarian, hrs.
Gibson, yesterday
The report shows that the circula-
ton for the month past lacked Just Is
books OF doubling the circulation for
the month Of January. During the
month OF January, 1876 books were
taken out by subscribers, while the
month Of February, just passed, show
al /. nfrcuIafsoT, ~ GA AnoI-a
the month the number of patrons of
the library holding cards was increased
from $50 to 275. and the busiest day
was February 8, when 81 books were
Issued, which was Just twenty more
than were issued on the busiest day
In the month OF the library during the
month Is In the number of books used
for reference taken out during the
mouth.
A hungry burglar, evidently attract
ed by the good things TO eat on the
dining room table, entered the home OF
Mrs. Short on Thirteenth street early
Sunday evening by the rear door, but
was frightened away before he could
get together much booty, Mrs. Short
and some visitors were sitting in the
front of the house wnen they heard
some one in the dining room Mrs.
Short went to get pistol and started
out In the kitchen. The burglar hear
Ing Mrs. Short say that she had gotten
the gun immediately jumped to the
door connecting the room where he
was with the front room and held 1t
shut SO that the women could not open
it. When she found she could not open
the door Mrs. Short, thinking to lock