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Mesa free press., 1893-09-28
MESA.

Arizona Gazette has the followin!
to say about Mosa and it's surround
ing country:
third in Importance among th,
settlements of Maricopa county il
the town of Mesa City, lying few
mlles south of Salt river, eighteer
miles east of G'la river. The name
MESA" is the Spanish word fol
table or table land, the site for the
town having happily been choser
upon ali abruptly defined plateau
that rises about fifty feet from the
uppermost edge of the rivers en-
croachmcnt.
Mesa was settled in 1878 by a
Number of Latter Day Saints, OF
|"Mormons," who came thither by
wagon from Utah. Those pioneers
were good agriculturists and well
appreciated the worth of the upland
soil. Following the course of an
ancient Toltec ditch it was not
long till the water was brought
over the mesa's lip and to the
thirsty soil. Trees and vines were
among the first things planted and
time showed that the judgment Of
the first comers was good. The
development of the section has
since been most rapid.
Today Mesa City is neat little
town of 1000 inhabitants in the
midst of a thickly, settled agricul--
tural community. The town site
embraces square mile. This area
is veritahle garden. Nearly
every home has about it a few
hundred fruit trees and an acre or
so of grape vines, Flowers and
vines embower every cottage, while
under foot the ever green alfalfa
contributes q pleasing carpet.
Tln streets are laid off regularly.
They are OF exceptional width,
bordered by lines of mulberry and
cottonwood trees, small irrigating
bitches being on either side. Up
on Main street are several prcten-
tious brick buildings, the Coop :
erative store being the most
important. Business industries are
fairly represented, there being a
half dozen general merchandise
stores and a sprinkling of stables,
blacksmith shops, drug stores,
butcher shops, millinery shops,
restaurants, ETC. There are two
hotels to welcome the wayfarcr.
Pride is taken in the local schools.
The main building has been but
lately occupied. 1t is brick
structure set up we'll from the
ground and presenting very neat
appearance. It's cost has been
about $4,000. There are five
rooms, each we'll filed with the
rising generation, the total enroll
ment being about ITO. An acad-
Hemy is also maintained by the
Latter Day SAINTS, with about sixty
attendance. On the western edge
of the towEsite is another excellent
school building, erected by the
residents of Alma district, at a
cost of $1,000. Here is an at
tendance of 100. Lehi district, a
short distance to the north, has also
an enrolment of 100. Several
other schools in the neighborhood
have also good quotas of pupils,
and provide ample educational fac
ilities, conveniently situated.
The largest church congregation
is that Of the Latter Day Saints,
though several evangelic churches
Mesa free press., 1893-09-28

SERVES Tile interests OIL lIs cOnSClJu
ency. Another material addi,io,
is the Mesa City Band, lateI,
organized.
In the way of manufactures
there is we'll arranged creamery
and cheese factory in the eastern
part of the town. Its output is oi
superior quality and finds read,
sale.
\ B. f. johnson, Sons & Co. have
been running a cannery for the
past season, putting up 1000 cans
of superior peaches, apricots and
grapes.
The drying of fruit engages a
large portion of the population
during the summer, and furnishes
the means for disposins Of much OF
the Irul1 crop.
rhe grapes are mainly divided
among the Muscats, Zinfandsl and
Mission varieties. The first named
is the raisin grape. The others
| furnish material for the making of
wine.
There are three wineries and one
distillery. engaged in the manu-
facture of grape brandy. The
winemakers now seem to fully
understand how to handle their
wares to the best advantage, and
the late vintages are of character
Ewell worthy of a comparison with
the best Of California. Especially,
hasthere been success in the max
ing oSheavy wines, and the sherry,
port, angelica are very good indeed.
The wine production of the past
season was 10000 gallons and
1000 gallons of brandy.
Agricultural development Of the
country about Mesa has an almost
|sillimitable scope. Far off to the
south and east stretches a gently
sloping plain, suitable in every to
the growth Of fruit or cereals, and
irrigated by canal system not ex-
icelled in the West. New lands are
being cleared off to the southwark
by the thousands Of acres. The
crops tributary to Mesa at the
present writing, irrigated by the
Mesa, Utah, Highland and Consol-
idated canals, cover the following
aggregate areas: Wheat and
braley $4,000: alfalfa 10000. In
deciduous fruits and grapes there
are about 1000 acres planted,
nearly all being in small patches.
More interest is now being taken,
however, in the cultivation of other
fruits than heretofore known,
oranges being an especial favorite,
to total acreage of over hundred
acres. All are healthy and have
withstood well the cold weather Of
the last month, They will nearly
all bear next year. About FIVE
acres are in lemons. Almonds
have been grown with greatsuccess,
and about 100 acres of these trees
have been lately set out. Olives
grow we'll. McComas and Wilbur
have twenty acres and Charles
Peterson ten, besides number of
small orchards.
Mesa City is keeping pace with
the improvements of its neighbor-
hood. Upon the main street are
projected substantial brick struct.
ures that will cost in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000, work being
already in progress on several Of
the more important buildings,
Mesa free press., 1893-09-28
ZGDOS :: CO-OD.
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The Finest Line Ever Opened in
Mesa can be Seen in Our
Dry Goods Dept,

Which contains new, neat and
fashionable dress goods, Aannels,
ladies and gents furnishing goods
and everything usually found in a
well furnished establishment
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guaranty is absolute and accepted as
such. 1t is agreed upon and applied
by the voluntary action Of the bank
officers through simple representa-
tive system, which, though requiring a
very high degree OF intelligence and
perfect fidelity, works without friction
or defect. Not only are the solyency
of the banks and the interests of the
depositors and shareholders thus safe
guarded. but there has been created
and kept in use for weeks species of
negotiable security, automatically re-
deemable and redeemed, of perfect
safety, the issue OF which has reached
the sum Of over S27, 100000, and
which has taken the place and done
the work Of legal tender currency. In
this way many millions of commercial
credits have been made possible and
many tens of millions OF losses have
been avoided without the authority Of
law or any intervention Of the govern
ment. We earnestly commend these
facts to the patient reflection OF those
who think that the government is the
only sufficient care -taker for free Amer
ican citizens.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-11

From the Detroit Free Press
There was an old coat hanging OF.
the clothesline in back yard on Or.
charl street, and there was a lone.
some-looking man in the alley who
seemed to be fondly regarding the gar.
ment as paIolman came that way
and said
Il have had an eye on you for the
last ten minutes, sir Lucky for you
that you didn't make a grab for it,
'What3 That coatT'
"Yes, that coat"
Il haven't been looking at the coar
at ali, but was watching for the wo
man TO come to the back door tc
shake the tablecloth and hand me ou
something to eat"
"You might think the coat worth
taking, just the same
"Do you see this mug o mine ?
asked the man, as he thrust it forwarc
for inspection.
you've had smallpox and had i
bad"
II should smile How'd get it
| was promenadin' through an alley in
Buffalo FIVE or six years ago. / see.
a woolen shirt on clothesline. Hay,
low. waits for the proper n.omen
and coopers the flannel. l gets into /;
barn and takes mine off and puts The
other on. Two weeks later l come.
down with smallpox and don't git out
er bed for three months. When
does / looks in the glass and dom
know meself. Feller who owned tina
shirt died of smallpox and his wifi,
had hung it out to air. See the pint?'
"But this isn't shirt"
"Right you are, but what's the DIFF
ference whether you're kicked by :
hoss or a mule, 'slong's your kicked
SeeS l was kicked. l don't want NJ
more. They may hang out anything
from a crazy-work bed quilt to a pal
Of suspenders, but l don't absorb
What I'm after is vittles- provisions
-sustenance. See' Why, back her,
aways | refused to accept of a pair o
seashore shoes which were as good a
new because they looked to me like
pair worn BY chap who just died o.
typhoid fever. No use wastin' you
valuable time on me, for I've bin"
Bu. at that moment the woman
came to shake the cloth and he mad,
an appeal which produced "vittles
and satisfied the officer that he was al
right.
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The National Banks.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
1t is worth noting, particularly by
those who think that the government
is the sole and sovereign power for
the prevention of ali sorts OF evil, that
there are at the present time in the
city of New York some threescore
national banks. that these banks are
required by law to keep constantly on
hand reserve in cash equal to one
fourth Of their deposits, that a con-
siderable number Of them have been
unable to keep this reserve, so that for
some weeks the average holding OF
cash by all the banks has been below
the legal requirement, and yet tina, no
one in New York or in the United
States doubts for a moment that every
dollar Of the deposits in these banks
is as safe as if 1t were IN the pockets
of the depositors. This remarkable
state Of things excltes no remark, be-
cause it has come about in the natural
course OF events, and in pursuance of
the laws Of mutual and common in
terest, far more potent than any laws
that Congress can pass or the courts
enforce. Practically the solvency OF
every bank in the Clearinghouse Is
guaranteed by all the others. and this
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-11
DRUNKENNESS, or the LIQUOR HA-
BIT, Cured at Home in Ten Days by
administering Dr.. Haines' Golden
Specific.

1t can he given in glass Of beer, cup Of
coffee or tea, or in food, without the know
ledge of the patient. II is absolutely harm.
less, and will effect a permanent and speedy
cnre, whether the patient is a moderate
drinker or alcoholic wreck. 1t has been
given in thousands Of cases, and in every in.
stance perfect cure has followed. II never
fails. The system once impregna,ed with
the specific it becomes an utter impossibihty
for the liquor appetite to exist. Cures guar
an,eed. IS page book Of particulars free.
Address the GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co., 1856
Race Street, Cincinnati. Ohio. Io-7I-l ".
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GENERAL NEWS.

Robert II. Coleman. the Lebanon
Iron King, has made an assignment
for the benefit Of creditors. His
property is worth many millions.
Twenty two persons were drowned
last Monday at Port Talbot, Wales,
by the capsizing of boat.
Gov. Pattison reviewed the Fifth
Regiment, n. G.. P. at Altoona on
Monday.
Many Of the banks that suspended
during the past two weeks have re-
sumed business.
The Milton base ball club has dis
banded.
H B
Congress assembled at noon on
Monday, and the Presidents message
was sent in on Tuesday. The mess
age appears in this issue. 1t goes
straight to the point, and congress
viii do well to follow its recommen-
dations.
4 I I
Attorney General Hensel has re-
fused the writ Of quo warranto request
cd by certain citizens of Gettysburg
to deprive the trolley line OF its fran
chises on the battlefield and decided
all the points involved in favor OF the
trolley company.
D
Owing to the continued drought
the Mahanoy City Water Company
very Unexpectedly shut of the supply
heretofore furnished the Reading
Coal and Iron Company, and in con-
sequence all the collieries in that dis
t6ct shut down.
I
A report is current that President
Cleveland has practically decided to
nominate William R. Hornblower. of
New York, to I'LL the vacancy on the
United States supreme court bench
caused by the death Of Judge Samuel
Blatchford. Mr.. Hornblower is a
graduate of Princeton and has been
. member of the bar OF New York for
eighteen years.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
NOTICE.

To the holders OF the Bonds OF the Blooms
burg Literary Institute and state Normal
School secured by FIRST mortgage dated sept. i,
1868, and 10 the holders OF the coupon bonds OF
the state Normal school.
Notice Is hereby given that the interest on
the former bonds up 20 September /, 1898, and
all coupons due on the latter will be paid on
presentation or the same TO the Treasurer at
september Is, 1898. II bonds and coupons are
not presented by september IS, 1893, the inter.
est will be defaulted and applied TO other pur-
poses
H J. CLARK,
August 1, SIT. Treasurer
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An UNPnOgITABLE SUNDAY.
Lighter AttsnAsses Thsa Usaai at the
WsraA's rsiY. ~

CHICAGO. Aug. The gates of the
Worlds Fair were thrown opea yesterday
but the turnstiles failed to click q merrily
- on former Sundays. People who did at
end the Fair were either strangers in the
city for limited stay or city people who
strolled out to pass day IN the cooling
shades Of wooded islands The buildings
were open, but the majority of exhibits
were hidden beneath a stretch Of canvass.
The places on the Midway Plaisance were
open and here the larger portion of the
crowd congregated.
Director General Davis will return from
a fishing trip early in the week, and it is
likely that the matter OF the resignation
Of Theodore Thomas, musical director of
the Fair, will be brought before him for
action. Mr. Thomas, it is asserted. has Of.
fered his resignation to the Music Commit
tee, but 1t Is powerless to act, so the mat
ter will be referred TO Mr. Davis for his ac-
ton. However, this will not in any way
interrupt the carrying out of the regular
programme OF music already planned.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Estate Of Martin p. Kess,er, tate Of Greenwood
to,rnship, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that letters OF admin.
istration OF the estate OF Martin r. hessler,
late OF Greenwood twp, Columbia Co, deceas
ed. have been granted TO the undersigned ad.
mlnistrator 10 whom all persons Indebted 10
SAID estate are requested to make payments
and those having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay 10
HARRY PHILLIPS,
HARKiSs FRITZ, Administrator,
Attya Bloomsbury. Pa.
f.E-6t
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AUDITORS NOTICE.

The undersigned Auditor appointed by the
Court OF Common Pleas OF Columbia County TO
distribute the fund In Court arising from the
Shertns Sale OF Horace schweppenheiser TO and
among the parties entitled thereto, will sit for
the discharge OF his duty at his ONCE In Blooms
burg on Tuesday. August 18th, at 10 o'clock a.
N, when and where all parties Interested In
said fund must appear and present their claims
or be forever debarred.
B. FRANK ZARR,
,-i4-4t- Auditor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-11
Bucklens Arnlca Salve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles.
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price IS cents per box.
For sale by c. A. Klein.
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An Unreasonable Complaint.
From the New York Weekly.

From the New York Weekly.
Young husband. "Tm just about
dead, putting down this carpet
Wife. 18th. carpet is not heavy"
"No, but / have to work in such a
cramped position"
"Nonsence, Just immagine you
are on your bicycle
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-11

II you can afford to be annoyed by
sick headache and constipation, don't
use DeWitt's Little Early Risers for
these little pills will cure them. w.
S. Rishton, Druggist. 1o-I4-Iy.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-11

Ignorance OF the merits of DeWitt's
Little Early Risers is a misfortune.
These little pills regulate the liver,
cure headache, dyspepsia, bad breath,
constipation and biliousness. w. S.
Rishton, Druggist. IoI4.Iy.
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LxECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Bstdn or Jas. X. Eyer, dscedsed.

kstdH or Jas. X. Eyer, deceased.
Whereas letters testamentary In the estate
OF james X. Eyer, late OF Bloomsbury deceased,
have been granted TO the subscribers. All per.
sons Indebted 10 the said estate are requested
TO make immediate payment and those having
claims or demands against the estate OF the
said decedent win make known the same with
out delay 10
MRS. MARGARET A. EYER,
S.s-ot-' L N NOYER,
Executors.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

In re-Kstdte or Anna c. Converse, late Of Eott
son to,rnshfp, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters OF admin.
istration. on the estate OF Anna [. Converse
late OF Madison township, Col. Co.. Pa, deco
have been granted TO the undersigned admins.
traitor to whom all persons indebted 70 said
estate are requested TO make payments, and
those having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay 20
or 70 JOHN r. CONVERSE, Admn.
RoR. X LITTLE, Jerseytovn. 70
Attorney.
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Not n Candidate,

New YoRK, Aug Al. Sloat Fassett
was in this city yesterday. He said the 70
port that he would be a candidate for State
Senator this Fall wss untrue.
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Alcohol n Scientific Preparation.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-The Treasury
Department Is advised that the United
States Circuit Court for the Southern dis
trict Of New York-has decided that abso-
lutte alcohol is a scientific preparation and
entitled to free entry. This decision is op-
posed to all Treasury rulings and an ap
peal has been taken from it,
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NOTICE.

Stockholders of the Bloomsburp silS Mn viii
be held at the once OF the Company In the
Town OF Bloomsbury, Pa, on Tuesday the 18th
day OF August A. ID. 1888 At o'clock r. NJ, 10
take action on the approval or disapproyal Of
an increase OF the Capital stock OF the Com
pany from $4,000 TO $4,000.
l. +. WALLER,
Secretary.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-11

Killed shark, Then Painted and Drowned
DIGBY, N. s., Aug S.-While fishing
from canoe yesterday near Dlgby Cut,
Louis Pictou was attacked by man eating
shark. Pictou fired the contents OF his
rife into the sharks head, killing it.
Pictou afterwards becoming faint from
fright, fell overheard and was drowned.
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THE COLUMBIAN.
BLOOMSBURY, PA.
FOR SALE.

Desirable vacant lots and number OF good
houses and lots In Bloomsbury, Pa The best
business stan1 IN BluOmsburg. very desira-
nle property containing 10 acres and nrst class
el11dings with good will In business worth
00p to 81 500 per year at Willow Grove.
Dwellings In Espy, Orangeyflle and Beach
Haven. Alarge number OF farms In Columbia
County, one In Luzerne County, one In virginia.
Two Country store stands In Columbia County
md one in LuZerne County, A water power
planning MILL dry dock and lumber yard and
6heds In Beach Haven, Pa. Also 10 acres OF
good farm land at same place, by VI. p. LUTZ
. son, Insurance and Real Estate Agents.
DLOONSBURG, PA. u.
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BE Was All Righ.

BUT HE WASN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES
WITH HIS PRECIOUS HEALTH.
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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNER
SHIP.

Notice is hereby given, that the partnership
or Bloomsbury, and Augustus Z. shuman, OF
the borough OF Berwick, under the frn name
OF Edwards and Shuman has this day been DIS
solved by mutual consent
Aug. 4, Is93- MERTUS z. EDWARDS,
s-li-3t- AUGUSTUS Z. ShUMAN.
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Robert H. Coleman, the Lebanon
Iron King, has made an assignment
for the benefit of creditors. His
property is worth many millions.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-11

Twenty two persons were drowned
last Monday at Port Talbot, Wales,
by the capsizing of boat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-08-11

Gov. Pattison reviewed the Fifth
Regiment, n. G.. P. at Altoona on
Monday.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

The Democratic party is the
party of the common people we
are told. The present attorney
general of the United States is a
railroad lawyer and a director of
the Boston e Maine railroad. Is
it reasonable to presume that he
will exert himself to enforce the
provisions of the interstate COM
MERGE law? Hornblower, the man
whom the president has selected
for a seat on the supreme bench, is
also a railroad and corporation
lawyer. Even Justice Field Of the
supreme court, himself an old
fashioned Democrat, does not hest.
tate to criticize the appointment Of
Mr.. Hornblower., Corporation
attorneys can be relied upon to ex-
pound and interpret the law to the
entire satisfaction of the corpora
tons.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

peace with earth and was prepared
to assume the angelic garb just as
soon as the bolt was sprung. Let
not the pious souls who are busily
preparing for the next world draw
the moral from this little transac-
ton that there is short cut to
heaven to be reached over the body
Of some murdered victim. Until
we hear from some Of these wing
less angels who have flown to par
adise from the summit Of a public
scafold, it is not safe to assume
too much as to the state of inefa-
BILE bliss in which they are sup
posed to live in the hereafter. st.
George Mivart never specifically
conceded that there was happiness
in hell for murderers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26
GIL HARTLEY asked for the r.

GIL HARTLEY asked for the re-
consideration of a pine and min
eral presumption case that had
been decided against him and Dave
Clough by a former secretary of
the interior, and among the rea-
sons given why the request for a
rehearing should be granted was
this unique one: "And that the
conclusion was erroneous, being
based upon the testimony of a
broken-down political place-huntel
and stage horse, the most of whose
usefulness had been left at the
other end of the route" Never
theless the heartless gentleman
from Georgia affirmed the decision
of his predecessor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

AT last a suitable site for the
new capitol in St. Paul has been
secured by the commissioners. A
tract of eight acres, bounded by
University Park and Aurora ave.
nues and Cedar street has been
selected at an estimated cost OF
$256,075. The proposed site is
three blocks above the present
capitol. All things considered
probably it is the best selection the
commissioners could have made.
But we adhere to our previously.
expressed opinion that the present
capitol is good enough and would
serve every purpose for the next
fifteen or twenty years.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1893-10-26

In discussing the proposition to
change the senate rules, Senator
Morgan, referring to the eager
ness Of trucking senators to do
the bidding of the executive, said:
ssThe trumpet had sounded, the
faces were marshalled,> the clock
had struck at the White House,
and the cuckoos here all put their
heads out of the boxes and re-
sponded to inform us Of the time
of day."