Arizona republican., 1893-05-13
TEMPE ECHOES.

Good Templsrs meet tonight in Peters hall.
 Contractor Amersult WAS visitor to the capital yesterday on business.
 Talma Pomeroy, the busy real estate man of Mesa, was in town yesterday.
 Mrs. Storment, wife of Prof. F. l.. Storment, of the Normal, is quite ill at her home.
 A. Burkenkamp now has his branch butcher shop open in Mesa under the able management of Carl Keller.
 Harry Cole, one of Tempe's former residents, and who is now interested in some good mines near Frog Tanks, was visitor to the butte city yesterday.
 Both Mesa and Tempe were visited by very fine shower yesterday morn- ing which lasted about fifteen minutes. It was heavy enough to lay the dust for . while.
 Gregory house guests yesterday were :: W. M. Clanton, Wichita G. H. Robin son, New York {; J. II. Farming, Chica. 70; W. H. Donohue, St. Louis; w. H. Price, Minneapolis.
 Expressman Reynolds was kept busy all day yesterday unloading 6 car of fine new buggies and farming inn plements for the Arizona Hardware company. The buggies are some of the finest ever brought into the valley.
 The arrivals registered at the Tempe hotel yesterday were: P. P. Daggs and John Scott, City; Mrs. 0. F. Foster and Miss Nevs Foster, Red Bluff, Cal. J. J. Hollingberry, City; T. J. Little, Phe- nix; ThOs. Buchanon, Silver King; T. J. Parker, Los Angeles.
 Both stages to Mesa yesterday were loaded to their full capacity. The roads are in fine condition and driving is c pleasure. Ray Stewart, one of the drivers, puts Maud s. gait into his spirited team and covers the seven miles in short order.
 Rev. Clark Branien will preach in Dagg's hall this evening at and to- morrow morning at II o'clock. The subject this evening will be Are the people who are nicknamed Campbell ties, intollerant?" and Sunday morning, ''The duties of church memb bers to the church." Everybody is cordially in- vited to attend.
 The choir meeting at the Baptist Wuo nv tended, about twenty-five young ladies and gentlemen being present. Good progress was made by the singers and in short time Tempe may expect to hear good singing in our churches. They meet again next Thursday even. ing and all interested are cordially in- vited to attend.
 The long-talked-of picnic of the Normal school takes place today at Miller's grove on the Mssa road. Pre- parations have been made for grand time as the ice cream. cakes and good things would denote. Games of all kinds will be indulged in by the merry makers and gederal lively feeling in- stilled into the young spirits, which will no doubt greatly assist them to tide over the warm weather before school closes.
 The refectors for the parade grounds of Company c, not having arrived from Los Angeles by Thursday, the company were compelled to drill in Peters Hall, where they assembled at 8 o'clock and went through the school of the soldier like old veterans. Everything will be in readiness for a drill outdoors next Thursday, so some good results may be expected from the awkward squad. The guns andsequipments are expe cted to be here in few days.
 Editor Morton of the Mesa Free Press and representing Mesa Lodge No. IA, l.. Q. 0. F., passed through Tempe yes terday morning on his way to Flagstaff to attend the Grand Lodge, I. o. 0. F., which meets May 18th. Otto Butzer, the representative of Tempe Lodge No. 5, will accompany him over the noun