Arizona republican., 1898-05-07
The South Side


 Correspondence of The Republican.)- Roy Hill, Mrs. M. G. Hill, Miss Madg ge Richmond, Mrs. Perry Wildman, Mrs. Stafford, Mrs. Schmidt, Wooif Sachs, A. Hunsaker and J. F. Hendrix went to Phoenix today.
 Dr. Richmond is up from PhoeniS today.
 Mrs. W. A. Daggs of Mesa is visit mg in Tempe today.
 R. E. Potter, formerly of the IT, vine Stationery company Of Phoenix came in from Tucson this morning and vent to Phoenix on the Mesa train
 Mike Forester is down from Mesa today.
 T. M. Pafford and wife, Lee Paf ford and wife, Marion Pafford and Mrs. Raymond Pafford and two ch l. dren, making a party of eight, ar rived here Wednesday from Del Rio. Texas, and expect to make their homss S nthe valley. Mrs. Lee Pafford is a sister of Mrs. Dr. Moeur
 The ladies of the Christian church will serve coffee, sandwiches, ice cream and strawberries from o'clock Saturday afternoon until II o'clock Saturday night in the church hall cp- pcoiCO thO In0T6 VIII be musical programme and all are invited. The charges will be reas ln> able
 to Mesa today.
 The new flag has arrived
 G. P. Pitkin and Frank Marmalejo are thinking of going to San Francisco to enlist in the navy.
 Dr-f preparing to stay in Tempe awhile. They are erecting a tent on Fifth street.
 Electrician Wyncoop is up On b,Isi- ness today.
 A. J. Peters will ship two cars Of hay tonight.
 Fisher Bailey has sold ten cows to George s. Kemper Of Phoenix for s25 head.
 Rev. J. B. Carpenter will preach at the M. E- church south Sunday mcrn- ign.
 Dr. Scroggs, who has had the matter m charge mostly, informs the public ehat the new flag will be raised to- morrow morning between the hours of and 10. There will be an informal programme on the top of the butte, in which singing will be part. It will be ceremony, however informal it may be. that will live a long time in the memory Of the people who live a. she foot of this giant rock.
 MESA.
 Mesa City, Ariz., May 6.--(Special Correspondence of The Republican gr. Wilbur, William Newell, c. R. Flakes, Phin Daley. Dr. Chandler and A. P. Snowman went to Phoenix soday
 Mrs. Mauk, mother Of Station Agent George Mauk, arrived here this morn- Ing. Mrs. Mauk will make her home with her son.
 Baxter McCreary and Henry and Dick George are up from Phoenix to- 9ay
 Jack Frazier came in from his ranch on the Pfnal range last night and went So Phoenix this morning.
 Burt Winger went down to Temna fhis morning.
 Last Wednesday Jeff Boles took un q couple of horses belonging to K Pomeroy and held them for S4 dam sgea Mir Pomeroy replevined the property and MT. Boles carried the ease into court where the matter will te adjusted Monday.
 A large flag was flung to the nf'seze last night from the tcp of the Johnson Bros. store The flag is tne handiwork of Miss Lucy Phelps. a clerk in the store.
 At 9:15 this morning William Bar nett died Of paralysis of the heart Mr Barnett has had an affected heart For long time and several months zge ne received a stroke Of paraIvsis which left him in a weakened condj- eoH- MT. Barnett is another cne of Mesa's old timers, settling here in 1882. He was 68 years old and was born in Erie county, New York. on June A, lS31- In 1896 he was taken % Illinois and in 1S42 he settled in fowa lie felt the influence of the gold excitement in 1848 and went to California, where he lived until he came to Arizona. In 1893 the mother diea, since which time the father has lived With his sons, five in number. all or whom until recently lived in Aesa C. w. Barnett, assistant county recorder. lives in Phoenix, and G. S SaFnett short time ago moved to Globe. In Mir. Barnett's death Mesa toses another one of it's builders The funeral will take place tomorrow at IG o'clock at the residence of Warren Barnett, a brother
 The apparatus for the Chandler electric light plant is arriving and it E intended that it will be in opera iion by June 1.
 A civil engineer will socn be put DIT the proposed route for a wagon road to Globe. When his estimates and surveys are obtained, work will De commenced. Whether it is made toll road or not, it should be built and nc time should be lost in differ euce of ODinion on this subject