Mesa free press., 1895-01-04
LOCAL NEWS.

Our schools opened on "Wednesday t.
IF we invite the railroad to Mesa, it
will come; otherwise it will not.
Our local nimrods have fine sport
nowadays duck-hunting ON the river.
Prof. Case and wife spent their
holiday vacation with friends in
Phoenix and Tempe.
DR.. Tuttle, of Phoenix, came up
Tuesday morning on professional
business and returned in the afternoon
Dennis Rice carries his hand in a
sling because of a painful carbuncle,
and friend Ruse carries his left knee
ina sling for the same cause.
DIR. Sill, physician of long years :
practice in various portions of Cali
fornia. has been spending a few days
in Mesa. He thinks of locating
somewhere in Arizona.
Under its new corporate existence
Tempe is moving in the matter of inn
proyements, and purposes to become
one of the neat aud attractive lit tie
cities of the southwest.
Lee Dunn, of Tempe. we'll known
in this section, was committed to the
insane asylum Wednesday. Opium
and whisky are said to4haye been the
causes of his insanity.
MIR. Douglass, one of the original
founders of the booming city Of Red
lands. California, but now of Phoenix
came up Tuesday and retu rned We'd
nesday. He is much pleased with
Mesa. s:.- 49, -
Judde Crosse. Judge Pomeroy. Ed.
Jones, w. A. Kimball, Orley Stapley
and others of our citizens went to
Tucson Wednesday evening, having
been subpoened as witnesses in the
Tewkesbury case.
Stockmen who have ranges over
about and beyond Superstition say
the side hills, wales, fats and valleys
present the appearance of meadow.
Grass is growing every where and rap
idly, and the outlook for the stock
interests is better than it has been for
years.
After over two weeks of almost con-
slant cloudy weather with frequent
gentle showers, the clouds broke away
on New Years, and the bright. warm
sunshine flooded the land. Vegeta-
tion everywhere is growing as though
it were under magic spell. Far
mers are speeding the plow, and the
entire valley will be almost one solid
grain field. The season has made an
suspicious beginning.
Upon the invitation of P. Marker,
Of Markers Quadrille band, we di ned
upon fine turkey dinner on New
Years day, accompanied with all the
elegant and toothsome ct ceteras of
sumptuous banquet. 1t was given
at the Mesa Restaurant, whose cui-
sine is of the highest order. Mr..
Marker manages the fnestquadrille
band in the territory, besides which
ne entertains with genuine hospitality.
T. E. Flanagan, formerly of Phoe-
nix, returned to the city on Sunday
morning and will settle down to the
practice of law iE the office of Fitch
4 Campbell. Mr.. Flanagan has
been graduated from the North In,
diana law school. and before entering
the school he had read extensively.
He is we'll acquainted in and about
Phoenix, and has many friends who
confidently predict early and pre-
eminent success for him.
The river took sudden rise Mon
day morning, caused presumably
by melting SHOWS in the mountains
Our senior started for Phoenix or
one of Fishers stages. A. B. Eek
hart, 'the kid" manipulated tn.
ribbons. Arriving at Tempe, W.
were told that the river was not ford
able, but we pushed on to the margin
of the swollen and turbid stream. AL
the passengers except our senior, de.