Mesa free press., 1894-12-28

Th. river was almost past fordin@
curing the frs: of the week.
Judge Kingsbury was pleasan,
caller at our Office Wed nesday.
During the rush at the belloor
ascension yesterday Mr.. Jsnes' boy
was knocked down by a horse ant
badly bruised.
JOS. Angulo was called to Florence
last Sunday on account Of the serious
illness of his mother. He returned
Wednesday leaving her much better.
Mrs. Pri.chard has been sending to
her eastern friends some magnificent
samples of the different varieties OF
oranges from her young twenty-acre
orange ksove.
P. Marker has leased the Patterson
and Brundage hall and will give a
dance therein every week. Markers
orchestra is one of the best in the ter
ritsry.
Miss Mamie Anderson one of the
successful teachers of this county, and
at present holding position in the
Tempe schools, in company with a
party of friends, made brief visit to
Mesa Last Sunday.
Social Hall was filled with happy
children on Christmas eve. A Leau
tifully decorated and heavily loaded
tree caused the eyes of the young peo-
pie to sparkle and their hearts to
palpitate with eager anticipations.
The people OF the b. )tist church
gave a splendid entertainment and
Christmas tree at the church on Xmas
eye. The entertainment was appro-
pirate to the occasion and the tree was
loaded with presents and was beau
ty.
T. E. Flanagan arrived home on
Christmas morning from tue east after
an absence Of over yea,, Gu. young
friend, Tommy has no. been idle in
his absence, for besides graduate g at
the Indiana law school and becoming
full fied3ed lawye:. he brought home
with him q blushing b:ide.
Xmas 1894 has come ld gone. We
hope that all our readers can now say
that to them it was a happy Chris
mas, ful! of pleasant memories and
bright promises. Maybe to many the
sunshine was not very bright, yet let
ms hope that the clouds will e:e long
clear away and she glorious light Of
an unclouded sua light up with a halo
of happiness every pathway.
P.ice, wno was COW :ted Of the
murder of Schu fbert, and who was to
have been hung on Feb. l, broke Jail
early Christmas evening aud escaped.
James Young the cou lterieiter made
his escape at the same lime. 1t was
a clear case of saving out. A po-see
started ia pursu as soon as-the escape
was discovered but so far no trace of
them has been discovered,
Ar;zona's delightful cliOle b ngs
many delicacies aud substantials in
the way OF ;sesl f.rli !, and We yetable.
in the ve.v center of winter, which
the deniEens of fhe east know not of
Our markets are daily supplied direct
FROM the garlen, field and orchard,
with cabbage, onions. tomatoes. tu.-
nips, lettuce, raddishes, beess, celery,
ETC., with strawberries, peaches, pears,
oranges and Other ...uits. y This land
flows with milk and honey at all sea-
sons efshe year, with all the fresh
products of field or :ha.d and garden
thrown in. :.
I. The clima;e Of Southern A.;zona
every month in the year presents some
pleasing idiosync-acies. On Ch,ist-
mas day we found upon our table a
fine basket of large. luscious, ripe
strawberries, fresh arom the wings that
grow luxurianily, twelve months in
the year on Mrs. A. B. Pritcha'd's
magnificent, esssts "Huahda," two
miles west Of town. The vines were
transplan;ed only three or four weeks