Mesa free press., 1897-12-17
MESA FREE PRESS.
FRrpAY. DEC. II, 1897.
LOCAL NEWS,

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fantastic tonight.
At last the grand jury has submitted
its report and adjourned,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Smiths boy has
been quite sick for some time.
Supt. Shewman and wife left Monday
night for visit in California.
Mr.. Scott. representing Dun's Trade
Review called on as Tuesday.
Mrs J. =, Bettler has been quite
seriously i'll but is now better,
Rev. Guthrie will preach in the M.
F. church uext Sunday at II m.
Durrant has again been sentenced to
hang with the date fixed on Jan. z.
Hon E. J. Edwards, district sttor
ney of ella county is visiting Phoenix,
President McKinley's mother died at
the home in Canton, Ohio, ON Monday.
The Quarterly Conference of Marico-
pa Stake was to have been held Sunday
and Monday next, but dispatch just
received from President Woodruff post
pones the conference until some time in
January. date to be announced later.
Some needed and radical improve
ments are being made on the terrific
rial asylum.
The mills of the grand jury seem to
grind slow but they apparently grind
exceedingly fine.
The "Rio Grande" at Social Hall
M nday night. Startling military
drama. Go and see il.
If this dry weather continues, hay
will be hay befoce spring and good pas
ture will be at premium.
A large number of our peoplr have
been in Phoenix this week attending
the trial Of Riggs, Daley and Steele.
The years are speeding along.
Christmas will soon be here again
and we wish all our readers q Merry
Christmas.
The enroll ment of pupils in the pub
lie schools of Phoenix for the month of
November was the largest in the history
of the city.
The county school funds were ap-
portioned this week by Supt, Grouse.
Mesa receives from this apportion-
ment, 81 ,075.
The Coop dalivery team took a
spin or two around the corner
day making slight repairs on the
wagon necessary.
Rev. 81. A. Thompson, superin.en
dent Of the NJ. E. churches of Arizona
vas in Mesa Monday. the guest Of
DR.. Wilbur and family.
Grain planting still continues in the
immense section south of Mesa. Thou
sands of acres have been sown and this
will be followed by thousands more.
Len Nets takes 1900 pounds of butter
to Globe this trip. This valley exports
large quantities of butter, vet there is
scarcely pound to be had in the Mesa
markets.
A man named Lynch was mysterious
~ killed in a room in the College Place
lodging house, Phoenix, Sunday night.
The party suspected of the crime has
disappeared.
While en- route home to Sacaton the
other day, Hon. Fl. J. Cleveland's team
ran away, broke up the buggy pretty
badly and bruised the Col. so that he
was laid up for few days.
Frank Miller is home from Globe.
He came over to see the fine Xmas
present presented him by his wife--a
handsome girl baby. This ia an even
half dozen for Frank.
DR.. cabin will leave this week for his
mine down nea, Casa Grande, The mine
shows large body of ore and the DR..
proposes to begin active work taking it
out and will have same milled at the
Vekol mill when it starts up.
We are pleased to note that DR..
Lucas. the Dentist, has decided to
locate in Mesa instead of in Phoenix.
He may be found at his Office in the
ALEXANDRA Hotel
Read Alkire Bros new advertise
ment in this issue. They have an
immense stock of goods and arc pic