The border vidette., 1897-08-14
LOCAL BRIEFS.

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Line City Store agents for the But
teriek Pattern Co.
If you want Butterick patterns call
at the Line City Store.
DR.. W. F. Chenoweth went to Her
mosillo Monday on business.
The town council will set as a board
of equalization Monday at 10 O'Clock.
The French Hotel has just received
= fine pool and a fine billiard table.
The FL Paso paper states that Lieut..
H. o. FIipper is in that city on business.
w. E. Pomeroy returned from Ures
last Tuesday where he went on cattle
business.
Geo. Christ, Jr., came up from La
Colorado last Saturday and will remain
here some time.
There was more water in the arroyo
from Tuesdays rain than has been in it
for four years.
Collector H. K. ChenOweth returned
from Yuma Tuesday, where he went on
official business.
Master Mechanic Robert Johnson
came up from Guaymas Wednesday
for short visit.
John Bentley returned from Las
Planchas Saturday where he has been
working on the mill.
Special Deputy Collector of Customs
Steve Aguirre went to Tucson Tuesday
night and returned this morning.
A. Mansini, prominent merchant of
Guaymas came up on Wednesday eve
ning's train and will stop here few
days.
A telegram from Miss Blanche Avery
received by her mother Wednesday
states that she had arrived at Galesburg
safely.
sunday night U. S. Custom Inspector
Robt. Hannah arrested two Cinnamon
at Fairbanks for being uhlawfully in
the United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Smith came up
trozz. Torres Wednesday on a visit Mr.
Smith is brother of the wellknown
Oscar J. Smith, and has charge of
Oscar ] IS Office at Torres.
Fred Herrera spent several days at
Santa Catalina this week angling for
''yellow fish" and had so much fun that
it was hard for him to break away and
start for San Francisco but he did.
Albert L. Coillet, engineer for the
Compania de Salinas de Altar, came up
from Altar Wednesday to visit for few
days Mr.. Coillet says the mines being
worked by his company are paying big
money.
B. Yates, route agent for Wells,
Fargo & Co., was in Nogales couple OF
days during the first of the week on
business for his company. Mr.. Yates
has many friends in the Line City who
are glad to see him. He has Just re-
turned from trip to San Francisco.
j. c. Page, foreman of the Chirica-
hua's sulphur spring valley ranch has
been in Nogales with party of cowboys
three weeks waiting for band of steers
TO come up from Mexico. He expects
them every day and will take them to
the company's Fort Thomas ranch when
they come.
J. r. Southworth and wife returned
from a two weeks trip to California
Monday They visited Los Angeles
and San Francisco during their absence.
Mr.. Southworth had all the necessary
plates made for illustrating his book on
Sonora which will soon be ready for
distribution. They are located at the
Montezuma hotel.
A party OF local mining men is being
organized to go to the Yaqui river
where the ricn placer diggings were
struck. The party will go by the Ajo
mountains then across to Batopilas
ranch where they strike the Yaqui
river and follow it down to the strike
Hon. Sam F. Webb and w. E. Pome
roy will head the party.
THE VIDETTE was in error last weel
in stating that the altitude of Nogale
is 3. 500 feet. We find according t.
Lieut.. H. o. Flipper, the altitude is /;
little over 1000 feet above sea level anC
several hundred feet above yellow feve
level. Yellow fever cases have beer
brought here in the past, but no on
caught it and the patients either die,
or got well very soon.
Editor Patton of the Bisbee Lyr
spent Sunday in Tombstone with hi
family. His little daughter, Martha
was compelled to return yesterday fror
Nogales where she had gone on a visit
being taken down with a burning feve
and the little Miss is now confined t
bed with what may developinto typhoi
fever The Prospector trusts she wi
speedily recover.-TombstOne Pro:
pector.