Mesa free press., 1894-11-23
LOCAL NEWS.

DIR. Anc,l Martin, Pn0enlX. Eye.
aud E..
F. G. Thompson proved up and
commuted his homestead last Friday.
Us. Peterson has bought Kimball's
and Hucsaker's stage lines to Gold
field and has taken The mail contract.
The brick work on Johnson's bull
ding has been temporarily suspended,
awaiting the door and window frames,
Our people sN ,ect to eujov a fu'l
share OF the prosperity which wi,
follow che ar, val of the north and
south road.
Grain nl. tiers should note the
liberal terms gives by the Highland
Land & Waer Company. See the'r
:advt. e. ewhere.
James MrC;iltock the genal ont-
side rps, ;er or the Phoenix Gazette
has beea taking tae beauties OF the
M eSa i0r ne past Week
Ms. U,quhart, mother Of Bruce
Uquhart, visited Mesa Tuesday.
Bruce has bad loag siege of pneu-
mop:a bot IS nou convalescent.
.Jud,e Newel':s new brick res de ne
is.app ssae;,;ng omole. on. The bnicx
work y dooe aod the carpenters and
ps;pte have the finishing IN h,nd.
D. E. Falconer who was p"ecipi-
tated to The bolton ola well last week
is n-orress'og as well as could be ex-
pected from the serious nature of his
hurt.
A new consignment OF child s and
infan.s' e',le dow coats, cashmere
emb o;dere ed cleaks. wool hoods aud
Ladies' fa,cina, ors just arrived at
the Go'deR Rule.
Bernard who bp' clarified Charles
Bu-ton's house was sentenced to one
year in Yuma. He commenced work
on his We RS Job in less than two
weeks a ter commit i'g the !'r glary.
The Golden Rule has just received
a large consignment of 'boys' heavy
school shoe,, sizes .om 5 TO 2. al
p,;ces heretofore aankuoWn 10 Mari
cora county. CAL aud see for your
self.
The L. q. s. Sunday School will
give a fine musical aid literary en-
tertainment at Social Hal tonight.
A dance will follow The entertainment
and plersaus time IS ssured to all
who attend.
One striking evidence Of the fact
that Mesa is prqgre sing is that Today
the culyerts for every crossing of
driveway and sidewalk 10 the CITY will
be distributed and will be put in as
rapidly as possible. This may appear
a small matter, but it denotes pro-
gressive spirit and is both commend
able and Acceptable.
J.F. johnson arrived home on last
Mondav from visit to the Mormon
colony in Mexico. He says the colo
ny is now in fourishing condition.
The colonists have raised fine crops
and are much encouraged. MFR j.
brought back with him some samples
of potatoes aud onions, which are as
fne as any we have ever seen.
w. A. Buell. who conducts board
ing and lodging house at Goldfeld,
was down few days ago, making ar
rangements for putting on a daily
stage line to GoldGeld. The first trip
was made yesterday. His stages will
leave hefe at o'clock p. m. and
Goldfield in the morning and will
connect with Fisher q Collins Phoe-
nix line and Bryant's Florence Zine
Col. A. J. Streeter arrived in towf
last Saturday direct from his exten
sive landed estates in Sonora. 81.
recently bought sixtv thousand acres
more down there making him ranch
4ofone hundred and ten thousand acres
He has grand canal scheme on foo
to water this immense area, aftel
which he will colonize it with Amer
iean families. He left Monday fol
his Illinois home via Mexico.