Arizona republican., 1892-05-22
 FROM OVER THE RIVER. A Lively Budget of News From the
 South Side Town. A BIG PACKING ESTABLISHMENT. Fifty Thousand Dollars Subscribed
 for Meat House. The Farmers and Mechanics Bank to Open MOndaY-New Firms
 and Improvements.
A BIG PACKING ESTABmSHMEN
Special to TmE REPUBLICAN.

Spetlhl lO lHE hkfNbLltAN.
 TEMPE, Ariz., May 2l.-C. F. Morgan formerly with the Arizona Lumber and Timber company at Flagstaff and whose circle of Arizona friends is large, was g business caller this week looking after the interests ol A. Schilling x Co.,, San Francisco.
 Work has been commenced on the Baptist church to be built at Mesa through the efforts of our Rev NJ. NJ. Hitchcock.
 The safe and ctlice fixtures fer the Farmers and Merchants bank have ar rived and are being put in place in the John. $. Armstrong block preparatory to opening business Monday morning.
 Your representative, Mir. J. NJ. Flow CTS, was welcome visitor wit h us dur ing the week and dil good work among us.
 Yesterday the firm of J. II. Woods X Co. was succeeded in business by the Arizona Hardware company, whose in- cDrpDraJors are among the leading citi- Zens of Mar!copa county. Chas. T. Springer will retain the management and 1t is safe 10 say the business will continue 10 prosper.
 c. C. Huntington, president of our time tried Bank ol Tempe made an en- forced pilgrimage to Florence Monday, appearing as witness for the territory against Rafael Aryiso, who plead guilty after the finding uf the indictment.
 l.. J. Wood of your city, has been in our vicinity this week on busiRess.
 '. l.. Schultz, the real estate man, left for the cart last evening to bring another influx oi immigrants. Mrs. Schultz accompanied him to Maricopa, going thence to Los Angeles for the summer outing.
 There are two bachelors pro tenn among the $. P. agents in Arizona. Mrs. Holder of Maricoua, is visiting with Mrs. NJ. G. Hull, and Mrs. O. L. Pease, the popular piano contestant from Gila Bend, Is visiting with her sister, Mrs. w. J. king5bnry.
 The funeral of William Grouse oc- cured yesterday forenoon from the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Dobie Mr. Grouse was a young man of rare ability as machinst, but the epidemic of Ia grippe which visited us last year caught him at Jerome, from whence he came here lately hoping to regain his shattered strength. His widow and young child have Our sympathy.
 Thanks are due the Masonic brethren of this place and Phoenix for their many acts of kindness attending the last ill., ness and burial of J. Thomas Kennedy, buried Friday.
 Miss McDermott from Sabetha, kas., ic among our late arrivals come to stay.
 As result of the visit oi R. F. Gar ner, san BernardinO, the herds oi the cattlemen are lighter in number. but more of the ''cOin of the realm" jingles in their pockets.
 That reminds us that among the com ing enterprises here is an extensive dressed beef plant with ice factory and cold storage facilities connected. The transportation contracts are arranged and the capital stock of $5O,O0O very nearly all subscribed. This cannot fail being great factor in Tempe's pros perity.
 Our live real estate rustler, F. F. l billiard, is happy Tn the arrival of his | daughter, Miss Della, from Los Angeles, ! and who is welcome addition to Tenn l pes already large quota of premium beauty.
 Prof. F. A. Gulley was with us last | week, looking after the branch agricul- tural experimental station here.
 Hon. Geo. F. Coats and Hon. l.. II. | Chalmers were business visitors in | Tempe yesterday.
 Among the late autographs at the | Gregory are Bernard Remken, St. Louis; Alex. Seitz, Jefferson, Wis and NJ. | Moseley, Jr., San Francisco.
 II. D. Long, Fresno, and J. R. Haigler, | Pleasant Valley, are among the late | guests at the Tempe hotel.
 Jas. s. Searles, an old time Tempean {. now among the live business men of | Salt Lake City. has been with us this week, the guest of Geo. x. Gage.