Mesa free press., 1894-09-14

gone to press information was brought
to this Office that Mr.. 'rurnbow had
met with a severe accident. He VA
assisting to brick up Mr.. Lany's we'll
and while adjusting the bucket, his
feet slipped and he fell into the well,
followed by the bucket and other of
the paraphernali He fell into three
feet of water and the bucket; brick
and other debris fell upon him. A
rope was at once lowered and he put
his foot into the moose on the end and
was drawn to the surface. 1t was
found that almost the entire nose had
been in some way cut en-
tirely off, besides severe bruises over
the body. He was taken home and
although he suffered severely, he is
now getting along nicely. The nose,
however is missing, and it will prob,
ably be replaced by grating, an ope-
ration which is often successfully
performed.
G.. G. H0ckett was over from Globe
last week and this, having been bro't
over on warrant issued at the in
stance of resident of Tempe. The
trouble grew out of business trans
action. The District Attorney came
over to Tempe to prosecute the case
he preemptorily dismissed it. We
understand that Hockett has brought
suit against his accuser for $2500 for
false imprisonment.
Simon Angulo arrived home from
Mesa last Saturday. He will, in all
probability remain permanently in
Florence. He leaves the employ of
the Bee Hive company with a record
of which any young man may we'll
feel proud; and no doubt, the same
qualities which have earned for him
an enviable reputation heretofore,
will commend him to the best people
in any community where he may east
his lot.-Florence Tribune.
Will Pomeroy has developed into a
universal genius. For the past few
months he has been by turns miner
cook, well digger, wood chopper
amalgamator and general rustler,
and he is good one, too. He sleeps
but little and is on the go late and
early. Every body hopes to see Will,
come out on the top of the heap in
his mining operations, and we conf
IDENTIFY believe he will.
Territorial Secretary Bruce took a
trip over to Mesa yesterday and re-
turned full of enthusiasm for that
place. He visited some Of the orange
groves which he says equals anything
he ever saw in California and he has
visited all the large groves in that
state, and as for grapes no better are
found anywhere.-Herald.
A hard fight was made before the
Board ofSupervisors by some of the
residents of Nephi school district,
against the issuance of the bonds of
the distr ct which were recently voted
for building school house. After 8
full hearing the Board decided to
issue the bonds. The amount is
$1,000.
The three political parties, Demo-
cratic, Republican and Populist, have
SHE'D their castors into the ring and
the fight is now on. Now if the pro-
hibitionists and woman suffragists
would come to the front we all could
have a chance to crafty our own in.
dividual political idiosyncracies.
We acknowledge the receipt of an
elegantly embossed card of invitation
to the grand ball to given at Florence
on the night of September 18th in
honor of the anniversary of the Inde
pendence of Mexico. Those who at
tend there are assured of a very enjoy
able time
If Rappeley and Bauer strike .plen-
ty of water in the we'll which they
will bore out on the desert, it will be
another step toward the solution of
the water proposition. A good we'll