Mesa free press., 1894-06-14
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Frank lin OF
Tempe, paid this place visit last
Monday.
oC. Bullock's dairy outfit ran away
yesterday and smashed things UP
pretty well.
Tommy Flanagan will be home
about July 4th. He is finishing up
ssme extra studies.
The Good Templars will have a
grand entertainment on the evening
Of July 4th in Mesa. Remember the
date.
Miss Libbie Corprin, sister OF Mrs.
Joe Peterson, left last evening ior
Durango, Colo. Undoubtedly she will
return in a short time.
Wesley Whitlow was accidentally
shot at t,old6eld last Monday AFTER
noon. Drs. Hart, Helm, Martin and
Jones we're summoned, and the in
jured man, although seriously hurt is
progressing favorably.
The Ball & Burton minstrels will
appear at Social Hall this evening at
which time VIM L Duvaull, the King
of Contortionists, will appear in some
of his crewning contortion acts. The
Edwarn Bros, the famous horizontal
bar performers, will also be presen.
An entertainment will be gwen
by the Mesa Sunday School in So
cial- Hall next Saturday evening
AlLshould attend as an excellent
program has been prepared, The
proceeds are to be used to procure
seata for the primary class.
zsssDr1F Wilbur mas quite seriously i'm
jured yesterday by being struck with
q swinging pole which was set in
momentum by ! runaway horse. His
collar bone was broken and he also
sustained internal injuries. Dr.Sabin
. was called, and under his skilltul at
tendance the patient is progressing
favorably.
Commencement exercises of the
Normal School will take place tonight
at Tempe and the graduates will re-
ceive their diplomas. Miss Ina
Pomeroy, Miss Blanche Newell and
Mr.. John Nets are the fortunate ones
from Mesa, as also are Miss Cassie
Porter and Miss Ella Sanders Of
Stringtown.
Prof. Netherton will leave about the
23rd on his extended trip to New Jer-
sew. Rumor has it that he will stop
off at Tucson. and thereafter he will
need railroad tickets for two. This to
some extent explains the numerous
visits of the popular young ouperin-
tsndent to the ancient capital under
the guise of "oficial visits"
Mr.. J. N. Terry, who resides abou
two miles east of town upon the Peter
SON place, surprised this Office very
agreeably last Tuesday by presenting
it with. a basket of his delicious
peaches, which are the finest we hav'
vet seen. Mr.. Perry has seyenty-fv'
bushels of them and is selling at tn
row rate of tworcents per pound.
A Demorest medal contest will b
held in this village on the evening Q
Jnne 25th. The following youni
ladies will be the contestants for fin
silver medal; Maggie Pine, Dell
Vernon, Ada Gibbons, Emma Hob
son, Blanche Newell, Mary Clarke an
Fay Newell. It is possible that other
will compete, as the con test is still
open. The medal is now on exhfbi
ton in the window of the postofice.
A grand concert was given in Socla
Hall last Saturday evening by tn
Tempe Ladies Band, assisted by tn
Phoenix Orchestra. Tempe Mandoli
and Guitar Club; mrs Geo n Gage
Mr.. Curt w miller and wife, and Prot
Max Hester and Son. A fair audienc
was in attendance. The band dis
coursed sweet music, and the Who'll
entertainment. was a highly ;reditabl
one. We trust that the band AM