Arizona republican., 1898-05-05
The South Side


 Col. Ridley went to Mesa this after noon.
 c. H. Hayden is loading a car of four today to be shipped to Bisbee.
 Five carloads of hay will be shipped to California tomorrow.
 Mrs. H. L. Libby of Pittsburg Pa, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Shar- brough.
 City Engineer Sam Davison of Phoe- nix is in Tempe today.
 Water Commissioner Trott is at tending to his duties on the south side today
 Zanjero Williams has notified City Marshal Smith that users of city water will be restricted to Tuesdays, Saturdays and Saturday nights, when a full head will be turned into the two ditches.
 Miss Rigden, H. E. Buck, R. V. Rob inson and wife went to Phoenix today.
 The Fcgle brothers have cut their grain hay west of town.
 James Carroll, who went to Whipple to enter the ranks of the Arizona cow boys was rejected
 Last night Mexican got drunk and sang God Save the Queen" He was locked up and his prison walls stoned until all the stones from a block around the jail were piled up about the building.
 Lew Yaeger has gone to the noun tains with an army of sheep to put on & ranch there which MT. H. c. Yaeger has purchased.
 Gilbert Yaeger, who has been rep resenting the Drummond Tobacco company on the road, is expected in Phoenix tonight from Denver. He will take charge of the ranch south of town. On Monday the work of putting up 1000 tons of hay for the year will be begun. MT. Yaeger has bought ma chinery and will handle the work him self.
 Robinson & Riggs delivered their first lead of brick today from the newly burned kiln at the creamery. The kiln is showing up fine and the brick are pronounced as fine as any ever burned in the valley. They will deliver 30,0O0 to the Peterson building and the rest, 10000, are on sale.
 The ladies of the Christian church will serve refreshments at the church hall between the hours of and II p. m There will be ice cream and cake for 15 cents a dish, or two for a quar- ter. Sandwiches and coffee for 10 cents, strawberries and cake and cream for 10 cents an outlay, and strawberry lemonade at 5 cents a swig.
 AT THE NORMAL.
 The following members of the Alumni were visiting the normal to- day: Mrs. Blanche Newell and Misses Jennie Martin, Lulu Swartz and MT. Carl Hayden.
 Benjamin Hicks and Misses Eng land. Moore, Kucker and White are taking a special course in chemistry under Professor Irish.
 Miss Bury is training q class ill music preparatory to commencement week exercises.
 J. T. Holmes has been electGd pres ident of the class of '99.
 MESA.
 Mesa City, Ariz, May 4-(Specia- Correspondence of The Republican )- Dr. Chandler and wife, Will jam New ell and MT. Wagner went to Phoenix today.
 MT. Phillips of Phoenix went home today.
 w. ". Perkins, who left here two weeks ago for San Disgo, Cal, re- turned last night. having purchased 5000 sheep which he will ship to Flagstaff.
 S. J. McDonald and A. Ames ar rived from the city of Sherbrock, Can ada, last night, anl comes here with the intention of locating. MT. Mo ;c o-iI Or place, but left here about a year ago. Mr. Ames will locate here, too. The steam dredger will renew opera tions tomorrow. John Biddlecome, T. Nicholas and B. Matley of Tempe were in town to- day. Three cars of hay and car of wheat went out Of here this afternoon. A. J. Peters shipped two cars of the hay and the Farmers exchange one, and T. E. Pomeroy shipped the wheat. Eddie Stewart was thrown from a 1 horse in front Of the Coop. store this afternoon and painfully, but not seri- ously injured The fagpole was not raised last night, but the feat was performed early this morning. A hole was uidQe III one or the rOOIS of the cottonwood at the Free Press corner, the limbs were trimmed away, block and tackle attached to the eighty y-fve-foot pole and then amid the hurrahs of the crowd, with fifty men hold of the rope, the pole rose to the perpendicular. It was then fast ened to the tree and steadied by stays. The pole is a specimen of c. M. Null lens skill. Soon after the raising the militia appeared on the street, the flag was pulled to the top of the pole and unfurled to the winds. The militia gave three salutes with their guns and patriotic citizens exploded sev- eral sticks of dynamite. A wagon was then pulled up in front of the Co-cp. store and Judge Morton called for. His appropriate words were cheered to the echo. c. R. flakes was then called upon, but on account of sickness was not able to appear.
 "Old Father Johnson" as he was Ia