Arizona republican., 1898-08-03
SOUTH SIDE.

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 Tempe, Ariz. Aug. 2.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican.)- Henry Schoushusin and family, Dr.. McNaughtcu. Miss Manuela Miller, Samuel Miller and Mrs R. G. Spaford went to Phoenix today.
 A car of honey is being load5d fo- shipment today
 Col Ridley will lease the Hayd5n huuse and with the assistance of his daughter will open a lodging house and perhaps a hotel, in the fall.
 Next Thursday evening a mass meeting will be held for the purpose Of deciding what will be done with the water works proposition. All property owners are requested to be present. The matter has taken a lit tie different form from that which was first presented and more are therefore interested in this proposi- tion.
 Henry Frisch of the Cottage saloon will hold raffe on August 27 for five prizes. He will explain everything in segard to it 4
 NIT. and Mrs. J. F. Haiglar and chil dren will lave Thursday for Prescott and vicinity, where they /exp8ct to spend month or six weeks.
 Hoyt Cortledge. John o. Randen, James Hanna. Martin Bailey, Arthur Meredith and Pohn Edmonds left yes serday for Florence, where they will work upon Chandler's threshing ma chine They expect to be gone one month.
 Carl Hay1n who has been home for vacation, will leave Saturday for zouthern California. He will spend wsek CT ten days with his mother at Hong Beach and then go to anfo1d n resume his university work.
 MESA
 Mesa City, Ariz., Aug. 1.-tSp9cial Correspondence Of The publican )- Iuhu Thurman A. P. Snowman, Judge Morton, j sse Steel and wife, T. E Rumeroy and wife, Mrs. Eliza Pomeroy, Phfn Daley, J G. Peterson and $. M Nessinger. William Irvine and J. E. Bettler went to Phoanix today.
 Dr. Girard and wife returned to Phoenix this morning
 F. B. Sinclair i5 rounding up o1 this side today.
 Mrs. Jesse Steel left this afternoon for San Francisco where sae will spend several months.
 Nr. Lippman of California is in Mesa today bidding cn Tripods al i moId crop.
 P. P. Daggs and E. E. Finch of Mesa are in town today.
 John BiddleeoiG5 exp:cts t0 leave next Saturday fer the northe.n part Of tae terri cry ca business trip.
 Nat BTundage left this afternoon for Globe with 2 wagon lead of produce.
 Mas. y H. Bush this morning rs- eeived by registered packaga several gold nuggets ranging in ya-ue from $1d f0wn. They were sent Dy Mr. Bush, who went to Hlondyke last fall and whc has been working all winter near Dawson City.
 Mir J. F. Lewis of tte Mesa Hay and Grain company, who came over from Florence to secure men to work 9n. the tiiresher, returned yesterday with eight men. He reports the crops in the Gila valley unusually heavy Ehis year and says there will be work for he thresher for month yet He says they have been threshing about hundred thcusand pounds Of grain daily arce July %
 Mrs. Drew and daughter, Mrs. FaruswOrth, left on Thursday night for Mesa City in response to tels- gram stating that her daughter-in- law, Mrs. Ed Drew, of that city, was dead. The deceased came to her d7ath ,as the result of an accident some time ago. While attempting to alight { from buggy she lost her balance and fell, striking her head upon some Ob- feet. While her mother, Mrs. Drew, Knew of the accident, the injuries were by no means considered serious, and the telegram announcing her death as the result was sad surprise, indeed Williams News.
 The people of Mesa this morning thought the river had risen so high r that it was flowing over the bridge and that as The Republican special erassed it was thoroughly saturated wilh the murky past. They founded their hypothesis on the appearance of ttae papers, which were SO muddy that the ink could hardly be seen. The catastrophe happened this way: As Lewis Elder, the Mesa carrier. was crossing a small bridge near J. B. Sir rine's, the handle bars became loose en the bridge. Lewis turned the bars n1 one direction, but the front wheel went in another, and Lewis and the papers went in another direction, also. 1 There was a time when a fall in the ditch would have been refreshing, but Shat time was not this morning. for as all parties emerged, the wheel looked ugly, the papers were mess. and Lewis-wen, he ground his teeth half away to keep his temper down while he was explaining to the people how t was The Republican had become a l yellow journal. The explanation was