Arizona republican., 1898-02-18
The South Side

 Woolf Sachs and wife, Mrs. Charles Mullen. A. J. Chandler. MT. and Mrs. A. G. Austin went to Phoenix today. Perry Wildman left for Yuma last night.
 Col. w. J. Cotton and Jack Gibson made this place a business trip this morning.
 Mrs. Robert Fife, who has been vis- iting with Mrs. Perry Wildman for some time, returns tonight to her home in California.
 J. L. Powell went up to Mesa today. Jack Stewart will ship three cars of wheat to Stafford, Graham county, from the Sacaton switch tomorrow night. A. J. Peters has bought 600 tons of hay during the last few days and now has two balerS running.
 Charles Whitlow and Charles Ari- viso passed through here yesterday on their way to their ranches near Pinal
 Dudley I. Craig of the Iron & Craig cattle ranch near Pinal, is in town today.
 w. T. Cummings in a recent sharp scrape he had with a member of the street committee lost his very prom ising chin whiskers and flowing locks. A car of lumber and car of wheat came up from Phoenix last night, the former for the Blinn people, and the latter for the Hayden mill. A car of cattle will be shipped to Butcher Pusch from here to Tucson tonight.
 Ramon Mega was acquitted today by Justice Meyers. There was not sufficient evidence to establish a case of horse stealing. Ramon will pay, however, for the property.
 Will Campbell yesterday killed, out on the end of the Maricopa mountain, one of the largest rattlesnakes ever seen in this country. The stuffed skin of the reptile is now on exhibi- tion in the show window of Laird &. Dimes drug store.
 Dr. Charles H. Jones received few friends last evening who congratu- lated him on his birthday. Dan Goodin and wife and his father, Joseph Goodin, were over from Phoe- nix today. So also was Col. Frakes.
 Hon. c. R. flakes of Mesa with his family took a drive to Phoenix yes terday.
 Sylvester Andrado, who has been in the valley some time, returned home today.
 Dr. Futile made Mesa a professional visit today.
 John Hicks is able to wear a shoe on his broken foot now.
 An enterprising young business man of Tempe has his 'ad'' in the south side business directory. There is something peculiar or rather ann biguous about this ad. He requests the normal students to put a nickel in his music box, get some sweet music and candy in return. The young lady students of the normal like sweet music and candy as well or better than the young gentlemen students. Of course the young gentlemen are all lowed Now this enterprising young business man is unmarried and his heart is yearning. He thinks that if he can get the young ladies to come in to his place of business, some fair sweet will become infatuated with his exquisite mustache and consent to life's companionships to get posses sion of it.
 Curtis Powell, proprie GOT of the Will Hams house, and A. F. Barker, gen. eral merchant of Florence, are in town today on business. After mak- ing Phoenix a visit they will return
 
 the grain about Florence to be in fine condition A little larger acreage is in this year than was in last. In consequence of losing the wager that Mrs. F. M. Schureman could not win in the foot race which was partici- pated in by a few of the young ladies a week or so ago, J. Oscar Neil ten dered an oyster supper at Borrow dale's last night to the following peo- pie: Misses Callie Mills, Viola Rosen- burg, Mary Goodwin, MT. and Mrs. F. M. Schureman, c. s. Stewart, William Goodwin, Tom Goodwin and James McNaughton, Jr.
 Will and Burt Campbell have struck some very fair copper ore in their mine opposite Kyrene. They are down seventy-five feet and have done con- siderable cross-cutting. Robert Richards today carried Uncle Sam's mail on his shoulders two miles and half. While at B. G. Franken- | burg's he took the bridle off his horse to let him drink out of the ditch. While drinking, the horse kept his eye on MT. Bob and when he caught that young gentleman indulging in one of his famous smiles he "lit out" A few people went without their mail, and Robert, finding his horse and cart at the creamery where it had been stopped, put the bridle on, got into the cart and drove into town wearing a smile that was simply won derful.
 Rev. MT. Hedgpeth, superannuate of the M B. church, yesterday made the normal a long visit. A class in geometry was examined yesterday. Superintendent of Public Instruction i A. P. Snowman inspected the normal proper and the practice department to- day J. c. Goodwin was a pleasant caller also, today. The tennis court of the faculty tennis club is now fin ished. A challenge is likely to drop anywhere among other schools. The garden at the normal is ready for seeds and plants, some of which are now in the ground. AS the plant life develops, the little students in the practice department will develop their thoughts and observation by watch