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Mesa free press., 1897-05-28

HOODS PILLS cure nausea, sicks
headache, indigestion, biliousness
All druggists. 25c.
Preaching at IL a m., Young Peo-
pies Meeting St Z p. m. Sunday
School at 9.45. at the Baptist church.
All are invited.
IF YOU WANT first-clasa denta
work done at reasonable rates, call on
Dr.. r. f. HolDrook. of Phoenix. 81
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
A NOBLE B x GONE

Little Bennie franklin, whom
many of our people will remeint, r.
died at the home of his mother in
Tempe Wednesday night. We take
the following concsrpiug bis death
from the Tempe News:
Little Bennie Franklin is dead.
This commupity mourns with the
widowed and bereft mother, aud there
will be many x moist eye when t'le
sad news spreads thron ,bont 81"
territory, for while he s7as page + the
assembly of the n lnete snth legislature
he made hundreds of friends to whom
his death will bring a psng Of sorrow.
A week ago last Sunday he was
stricken down with typhoid fever and
being naturally ofa delicate constitu
ton was unable to Withstand the
attacks Of the disease and passed
away at two o'clock this morning.
He was a little over fourteen years of
age. Everybody loved the boy for
his manly ways and the affectionat-
devotion he always displayed to his
widowed mother. whom my God
pity and comfort In this hour CT sore
distress.
The Odd Fellows lodge, Of which
his father was 4 prominent member,
will have charge OF the funeral, the
of which will be held at the
house this afternoon at $50 o'clock.
after whic.l loving hands will lay his
body to its laaL resting place il the
Double Butte Cemetery
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Mathews, visiseI Mrs.
Pritchard tew days this week. They
leave tor California text week and
after visiting Yarioua points of inter
est in that State hey will return to
their home in the east.
Mike Forster has gone to B:5bae
on business.
We acknowledge receipt from
Col. McCord, at Washington, of a
copy Of the Morning Times of that
city, dated May Goth. We are
sorry that it arrived SO late this
week, as We would have liked to
have made some quotations from
it, hut will probably do so next
week.
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
EXCURSION.

Eaturday:evening May 10Th. account
Buckman Farce 90. at Phoenix Park
Train leaves Mesa at 6.15 p m, re.
turning leaves Phoenix after the
show. Round trip for this train 6Oc.
Come and enjoy a good laugh. Lots
of tun. Show tickets Is. 25, and 35
cents.
For WOodmen memorial services
in Phoenix, Sunday June 9th. Tick
cts so cents for ronnd trip on regular
trains.
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
- -. .4sOUT T}.,E. uE..Irn

= - - a 4COp -. Il k1E.x A. z
f; bi= is the time t. give attentip, I.
your Dhysiol conditic3
The warmer weather which will
cotne with TIE approaching s,rint
months should find yon strong an1 il,
robust health, your blood pure and
your appetite good. Otherwise you
will be in danger Of serious illness.
Purify and enrich your blood with
Hoods Sarsaparilla and thus "pre
pare for spring." This medicine
makes rich, red blood and gives Wig
or and vitality. It will guard you
against danger from the changes that
will soon take place.
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
STRAY GOATS.

Strayed from the ranch Of Frank
Barkley, two imported Billy goats.
Mark, crop off right ear and lead
breeders tag in right under ear. let
ters J P Bailey. Finder report to
Frank Barley 4 miles southeast Of
Mesa s7~
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Homestead Entry No 1909.
Land Office at Tucson, Arizona
May lS, 1897,

Land Office At Tucson, Arizona
May 18, 1897.
Notice 10 hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his lnten: ion
to make final proof IN support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be m ade before the Clerk
Of the District Court st Phoenix. Arizona,
on July Z, 1897, viz Franklin Dayis, Lehi,
Maricopa County, Arizona Territory, for the
NEa Of Sc! Sec 10, Tp N. E. g y s Ii.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of. said land. Wig Thomas P Bigg~, Joseph W
CLARK, Daniel P Jones, an d Franklin J Davis,
ali OF Lehi, Arizona.
RuaESs TRIPPsL. Register.
Flrzt pub May 81
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
NOTICE.

On and after Jalv /. my fare viii
remain the same as heretofore but
after / have succeeded in knocking
out" the railroad they will not be ads
vanced. l.. w. COLLINS.
Phoenix, Tempe. & Mesa Stage
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
ANNUAL MEETING.

The Annual Meeting of the
stockholders of the Mesa Co. Opera
tive Milling C,. win l,e held at the
Mill on Monday, May 81, 1897. at
2 p. M.
D. H1RBERT, Sec'y.
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
ATTENTION. co E., N. @. A.

You will assemble at your armory
in uniform Saturday May 29th 1897
at 8 o'clock a m sharp, account of
Decoration Day.
By order Of
T E PoMERoY,
Capt. Go. E lst Reg'm't N G A.
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
LOCAL NEWS.

MIA W w MOoSS 10 1~aS ,eSN
with the meas es.
What scramble there 10 to hold
on just little longer.
Mesa sent the first ripe apricots eo
the Phoenix markets.
Prof. John Nets Is home again
after some weeks absence.
Mr.. Dunham has returned from his
mines over In Plnal county.
Parker the train robber and muir
derer his not vet been Ie-captured.
Pomerov and Skinner have the con
tract 70 replastering the school house.
Mrs. w. A. Kimball is steadily
improying from her recent serious
illness.
Nrs. Dunha,p was taken suddenly
aud seriously Ill Tussdas. She il
30 conualesceEL
II The Farmers Exchange has Just re-
reived another fEe LOT oi dry and
furnishing goods.
We this week tried soMe of the
aasciou. Newcastle apricots from Sirs.
Pritchard's place.
Heading and threshing has already
started up on the Mesa. The yield
promises to be highly satisfactory
The assertion that Prince Constan-
tine of the Greek army is of a retir-
ing di position, is a cold. cruel joke,
A. L. Cuber is preparing to go
ea,t Tor visit of two months with
relatives and old friends in Wiscon i.
sin.
Capt. Porter, road master of the Nj.
&P.& s. r. V. was in town Wedpes-
day figuring on switch for the I'm
ion warehouse.
Billy Moore on Tuesday arrested
Domingo Sonoqui on warrant from
q Phoenix justices cour. charging
him with stealing a calf
City Councilman, Phil Nets has
been appointed a delegate to the
trans Mississippi Congress, which is
TO meet in Salt Lake July 14th.
W. N. Chapman contracting paint
or of Phoenix. was iu town Wednes- :
<ny. He has been awarded the con-
hact TOR painting the school honse.
8. ]. Mcdonald and wife will leave
early next week for Azusa. CAL. at
which place they expect to sojourn.
We regret to lose them from among
AS.
"IfI could only get your endorse.
ment aud a few others. think l
can nold my office" Such are some
OF the pitiful appeals being now sent
out by the Gins"
II is requested by our local mill
tary company that the citizens of
our town and vicinity turn out to-
morrow and assist in the decoration
OF the graves of departed kindred
and friends. All are requested to
meet at the armory at 5 o'clock n 10
A. z. Hartzler brought into our
Office on Tuesday some of the largest
and finest apricots we have seen this
year. He has a large quantity Of
them, which began ripening two or
more weeks ago, but the birds are
very destructive to them.
Mr.. Jim Larsen, the blacksmith,
had most peculiar experience yes
terday. He was engaged in shoaing
. couple of mules for the Saginaw
Lumber Company when one of the
animals became restless and proceed
ed to kick. He kicked the black
: smith. Kicked all the tools in sight
and kicked one Of the, scaptling six.
teen feet ab I'VE his head with such
force as to break it in two. Not con-
tent with this damage he proceeded
to kick himself to death, and in the
afternoon Mr.. Larson had to haul
him off to the potter's field Enr dead
animals Phoenix Herald.
This mule was evidently trying to
emulate the example of Tom Watson
of Georgia. ia.-Prescott Courier.
Be easy pardner, He was only en-
Mesa free press., 1897-05-28
The Mesa Restaurant
MISS SIE ALLISON, PROP.

This Restaurant under it's New
Management gives the best meals
in the city. Tables supplied with
the best in the Market. Cuisine
under the direct charge of the
proprietress.
az Remember the place, Pom eroy
Block, Mesa City, Arizona.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-26

Stats airily says that the tools found
IN his were mementoes of a
western trip, and that the Knockout
drops' were prescribed as a medicine
10 induce him to sleep. This assertion
about the choral is denied by the doc
tor whom he mentions as the author
or the prescription for the mixture in
he bottle. This man had no vices
That cost money. He did not gamble,
nor drink expensive liquors. Occasion
ally he took a young woman in Brook
Ign to drive, but not in pompous style.
Even the use he made of his salary Of
$loO a month is not apparent. This
freakish thief is called by the captain
OF detectives "a Observation-Disclosures"
lhls seems to fit his conduct, save his
knitting, knitting all the evenings in
his little room, knitting, knitting all
the day long in Jail; counting stitches,
one. two, three, four a turn; making
the heel as cleverly as any Shaker who
ever held a ball OF yarn on her lap. Is
there a grotesque record of crime in
the Woman's work of this thieying
man? He beats me" said Chief of
Detectives McClusky, and that epitom-
ICES the opinion of every man connect
ed with the detective bureau. His
wife, who is supposed to be his accom-
pl1ce, has not been arrested. Stats
was arraigned in Jefferson Market 30
lice court. Manager Hilliard OF the
Waldorf appeared as complainant and
charged him with larceny of goods
amounting in value to $63. 80. The
real value probably reached into the
thousands, but this merely nominal
amount will serve to hold the accused
on the charge of grand larceny.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-26
PLAYING A FUNNY GAME.
Why the Lambs Are Always Fleeced on
the Stock Exchange,

WV
The use of chips and counters is
great convenience in such games as
poker, faro and the like, SAYS the
Arena. The business, so called, of the
stock exchange in Wall street and else.
where is carried on by the use of tok.
ems or bits of paper designated as
bonds and stock certificates, which are
supposed to entitle the holders of them
to certain dividends to be declared by
managers of railway and other corpor.
atoms, or to certain interest install.
ments payable at stated times. The
croupier at faro guarantees prompt
payment in cash to the chip holders al
the end of the game. The seller O,
stocks and bonds in the game in "ths
street guarantees nothing except the
title and the genuineness of the chins
The purchaser buys under the rule
caveat emptor as to price and value.
The value of his purchase depends up-
on the volume of railway traffic, trans.
portatlon rates, the state of the money
market, the ability, the honesty or dis
honesty of corporation manager the
manner in which corporation reports
ana accounts are made and kent
whether these reports and accounts arc
ali or cooked" whether the officers
wear smoked glasses and the like
Now. it is plain that the so-ca,led
lambs are at a disadvantage in this
BUSINESS or game. In faro the
splits give the dealer a small per-
centage of advantage, but this the
player understands and may calculate
IN; the contingencies and rascalities in
tse s~tock-dealing game, however. are
lcalculable.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-26

New York has been developed at Mont.
gomery, Ala. Oscar Gillis, porter for
Marks & Kohn, grocers, and John Clio
yer, butler for Henry We'll, roomed to-
gether in an clubhouse on Mr.. Wells
fashionable residence premises on Per-
ry street, four blocks from the bust
ness center. A few weeks ago ellis
disappeared. The following day some
unknown person telephoned his en-
ployers that the porter had gone to WIS.,
it friends in South Alabama. A few
days later Glover left the city without
notice. Friends of ellis suspected
something was wrong, and told the 20
lice their suspicious. Then reporters
and some Of ellis friends commenced
a careful investigation. 1t was learned
that there had been gambling in Glover
and ellis room one night: that Gillis
had won, and had several hundred dol
lars; that ellis had disappeared; that
a negro who had seen Glover several
days afterward digging a deep trench
in Wells garden was told by Glover
that it was intended to bury some
weeds and trash, but that the negro
ooh who occupied a room adjoining
Glover and seen him lift ellis body
over the brick division wall one night
about a week afterward, and was told
ellis had been sick and was being
taken to the train. The investigating
party found the garden had been re-
Gently worked and sowed in turnips.
but by candle light, and with the aid
of a fence paling, the location of the
alleged trash pile was discovered by
the looseness of the earth about it,
After industriously digging, ellis:
body. decomnpsed badly. was found
shortly before 1 o'clock in the morn
ing, wrapped in quilts and bound with
core like an Egyptian mummy. Evil
dence indicates that after the card
players had gone, Glover crushed his
roommate's skull with a bed slat and
then cut his throat with a razor. that
he then wrapped the body in quilts and
kept it in his room about a week. then
dug the hole in the garden, buried the
body in the dead of night, sowed the
ground above it in %turnips, and left the
city for Atlanta. The police are try-
ing industriously to capture him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-26
to see his engineer, sitting as If in a

to see his engineer, sitting as If IN q
trance.
At the same moment the fireman
looked ahead and there saw the local
coming down upon them. 1t was aD-
parent at a glance that a collision was
inevitable and the fireman sprang for
the foothoard, AS he did so. he criel
to the engineer: Jump, George, jump!
We're going to hit the local.'' An
derson, turned and looked at the ex-
cited fireman in a daZed manner. but
made no movement toward the cab en-
trance. "For Gods sake, jump, man.
screamed the fireman. and again the
beWildered eyes of the engineer were
turned upon him. This time the fire
man thinks he saw something of resig-
nation in their expression, but it may
have been the folding of the engineers
hands across his breast that gave this
impression, for Anderson quietly
crossed his Jacket with his arms and
did not move from his seat. Repeat
ing his last cry the fireman sprang
out into the right of way, and then
the trains came together with a crash.
The collision ruined the engines and
piled cars high above them in a mass
of wreckage.
Anderson was caught beneath his
engine just as he had dreamed he
would be; the steam, escaping from
the demolished boiler, enveloped him
and cooked his flesh. The realiza-
ton of the torture which had filled his
thoughts was upon the unfortunate en-
glneer. He was finally taken from his
awful position. but he had received in
Jurles which he could not survive.
When death came it was a blessing.
Every other man on the train man
aged to get off in time, and none of
them suffered more than a few bruises.
Anderson permitted himself to be
cooked beneath his engine because of
his surrender to what he believed was
a decree of fate. So thoroughly had
his mind become impressed with the
truth of his dream that he made not
the least effort to combat it. even in
the face Of the greatest danger. He
saw to it, indeed. that the presentiment
became a reality in all it's horrors.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-26
WHERE IDOLS ARE MADE.
Birmingham. England, Has a Factory

Birmingham. England, Has a Factory
for Manufacturing Heather Gods.
1t Ens recently been discovered that
there is in Birmingham, in the very
center Ct Christian England, a factory
where idols are made for heather ma
tons, says the Pottery Gazette, Lon
don. Many attempts have been made
to obtain admission to the factory, but
a strict watch is kept upon outsiders
anxious to pry into the secret chambers
where the heather gods are made, and
journalists especially are prevented
from entering the works.
A few facts were, however, to be
cleaned concerning this extraordinary
Industry. Idols of all kinds are turned
out, representing the gods of all heath
EN- nations, from Toxic to Timbuctoo.
The export trade to heather countries
is a fairly large one, although more
gods are sent out to foreign dealers in
curios in the bazaars of Cairo, Damas-
Gus, Colombo, etc., for sale to unsus-
pect.ng travellers anxious to take home
Jill AiClICl1lOo VI Clc1l oCdy
The price of gods varies greatly. You
may get a Birmingham made one in a
London curiosity shop for half a crown.
or you may u up the pretty bill OF
ego for an especially ugly one,
'stolen,' according to the dealer, ''by
a sailor during the Chinese war" In
the Cairo bazaar, however, the price
of a tirst-class god of this kind may
run from ego to anything. A traveller
Informed the writer hat there was lit
tie difficulty in detecting a god of ma.
tive make from one of Birmingham
manufacture. The first generally dis
played some slight irregularity or
change of design due to the native
working by hand, while the Birming-
ham god was superlatively correct in
form as the most immaculate dandy is
in dress. The trade in idols is kept
such a close secret that it is difficult
to estimate the output, for in the board
OF trade returns the gods would
doubtless be classed under the humil-
iating title of works of art or cur
los" But there is no doubt the trade
is a fairly large one, and that some
cute Birmingham men do very we'll in
the business.
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are the property of the Hotel Waldorf.
but some have the marking of other
hotels. The mystery Of the true char
acter t.. this man Stats gains commit
cation by careful inspection of his lit.
tie room. In the walls are nail holes.
so many that they are MOI readily
counted. People in tiro house fr,,-
quentiy heard him hammering. He
drove nails and drew them, as he stole
things and stored them, and apparently
to no more useful employment. But
the nail holes are ne less applicable
than the collection OF burglars nipple
ments and a bottle Of letEal poison
found in a drawer of his bureau. A
paper found in the Dom may lead to
the detection Of a theft more c"traOr-
binary ever than others alreaG. de-
scribed. This paper is in receipt for
furniture stored. F1jn the Waldorf
some Of the leather covered furniture
is missing. Stats may have taken
even chairs and touches tt crafty his
l~nfatuation for the property of his EN-
ployer. The information gained up to
thls m fails to show that Stats
made any use of the stolen property.
None was sold nor paHned. Some
times the little room was decorated
with b~ric-a-brac, that remained for a
short time. and then was taken away
ana reproduced by other ornaments.
Evidently Stats tool some OF the
stolen articles home. hapt them there
Tor a time, and then placed them in
the trunks and boxes in the store room
OF the Waldorf. The confession by
Stats to the chief Of police is plainly
not the whole truth, for, while he ac-
knoWledges taking articles from the
Waldorf, he says he used them to fur
nlsh a flat, in which he and his wife
llVed, and, moreover, he denies thefts
from the Normandie and other hotels,
though articles bearing their markings
were found in his boxes. Moreover
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-26
BEAUTIFUL CRETAN CUSTOM.
Men Ready to Protect and succor tn.
Girl FOrever-

Men Ready to Protect and succor I'll.
Girl Forever.
One Of the curious Cretan cnstoms
which prevail on the eve of every IN
surrection is known as adelphonoies;s
or determination, says the Fortn;pht,v
Review. One of its immediate resu1+s
is the cessation of all feuds enmity
and rancor. 1t is carried out as fol.
lows: A number of individuals choose
a young girl, who must be prettv-no
dlhcult matter in Crete. They inform
her parents of their intention and The
needful consent is never
Ihen the priest is sen for and told 10
Degln the ceremony. He takes a verv
long slrdle and joins all the men with
II IN a circle, in the center of which
the young girl is placed. Then the
recites a number of prayers
and winds up by giving his benediction
70 all present. The moment he nro.
nounces the last amen the circle and
It's center stand in relation Of brothers
ana sisters to each other to all RELIC.
lous and social intents and purposes.
Each and every n of the males Is
0cund in honor-and a Cretan knows
no more sacred obligation-to protect
the girl throughout her life, but none
= them can ever take her for his wife
She is and remains their sister in the
eyes of the priest and people to the
end ct her days. But they must also
stand by and succor each other. and -
aeeds be at the cost Of life itself
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-26
Murder Mystery at st. Ions.

A mysterious murder developed at ST
Louis recently in the finding in front
OF the Gaiety theater of the body Of
BENJAMIN F. Lamar of Falkland. I. y
with his skull crushed in. Lamar, who
is a member of the territorial legisla-
ture, came to St. Louis several days
ago with a party of friends to see the
sights. He had a large sum of money
when last seen, but ncne of this was in
MS pockets when found. The police
are now looking for q woman named
Fannie Wolf. with whom Lamar was
seen.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-26

have been foretold of it." he said. An
derson, being in possession of the or
ders, had control of the train as it
pulled out with its two engines on the
final run to Hannibal. The orders in
structed him to meet a local freight at
Naples and wait below the switch for
that train to take the siding. When
The point was reached Anderson gave
40 Indication of stopping his engine.
md, as the train dashed by the
witch. the fireman looked up in alarm
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-26
Depended ON Her Br,nr,n. I'm.

A good Highland minister was en-
deavoring to steer a boatload of city
young ladies to a landing place. A
squal! was bursting; the steering was
difficult. One of the girls annoyed him
by jumping up and calling anxiously:
20, where are we going TOP" ssIf you do
not sit down and keep still, my young
Teddy" said the minister pilot, sue
cinctly, that will vera greatly do
pend on how you were brought IN"