Arizona republican., 1898-05-03
The South Side

Correspondence or The htpuDllCdH.J - w J. Kingsbury, H. z. Buck, Miss Clara Miller and Mrs. F. M. Schure- szan went to Phoenix today.
 T. Nicholas is making his arrange ments to leave for the mountains about the 18th of the month. He will close up his meat market in Old Town and establish his son in the market on Mill avenue, which is under the management fJohn Orteig. The wagon on the country route will be maintained. MT. Nicholas, who has long felt the need of rustic life, will take his family and go to his ranch in the Pinal mountains and spend the summer.
 The people of Tempe will stay at home tomorrow night and not go to Phoenix to help receive the returning cowboys. Tempe proposes to give them a reception itself and in voIy handsome manner, too. G. ?. Pitkin has collected a wad of money to pay for refreshments, band and other in eidentals The ladies figure in this more conspicucusly than the other folk.
 The Good Templars last Saturday night elected the following officers: Chief templar, Frank Empey; vice. templar, Miss Stella Chapman; record ing secretary, Miss Jamie nafford; financial secretary, Rollin Hafford; marshal, Harry Hendrix. After the election there was presented a series ef tableaux representing the scidier from the time he left home until his engagement in battle.
 Miss Manuela Miller had the pleas ure today of sending a telegram of ac- ceptance to Flagstaff as teacher in she schools there. She was congratu- lated on the spot by several of her friends who happened to be at the cs- pot when the notification Of her cleo tion came over the wires.
 R. G. Andre has flung to the Arizona winds an American flag made by Mrs. Andre It is handsome flag.
 Mir. Overbeck was stung by a SCOT pion this morning and has beel af- fected all day.
 Mir Johnson, who has been working for G. R. Finch for some time, left this afternoon for Louisville, Ky.
 J. W. Mclean has leased the cid Forsee building on Fifth street, be hind the Perry Wildman home. Mir.
  is now behind J. J. Hodnett's hard ware store, and continue tc handle his fast growing trade.
 4 great many people went to Mesa today to witness the horse race.
 MESA.
 Mesa City, AriZ., May 2.-(Special Correspondence of The RepubIican.)- Judge Woy, Dr. Wilbur, Dr. Chand- Fer, 4. P Snowman, Professor Nets of Florence, Ed Devine of Florence J. c. Goodwin of Globe, Mrs. Riley, Mrs George Mintz MT. Bain went to Phoenix today.
 William Best, H. M. Lew.s and wife, ". L. Pinney, MT. Turner for KessleT- Boyle, MT Anderson of F. F. Keli- ner's, W. S. Fields, Wells Fargo mes senger from Phoenix to Ash Fork i; Mrs. Lillie Johnson, Ed Devine, Sher- if Truman of Pinal county, and John Metts came up from Phoenix today.
 Homer Winters of Tempe came up today with some of his bicycle stock for his repair shop which he will open uB i'll the adobe west of Lee Brizzee's. Filing Oleson of Tempe was in town today.
 J. W. Edwards, J. w. Evans of Phoenix and Miss DolIie Mckee of Tempe are registered at the kinball Rouse.
 C.. A. Corbett has cut seventyfve acres of hay and has eighty-f1ve more to cut. He has leased eighty acres to MT Thatcher of Pomona 1ill March l, 1899, after the first crop of hay has been taken off. The rental is $6.25 per acre. Tie hay on eighty acres will be baled and delivered to A. j.. Peters
 The weather flagstaff was literally covered with national flags today.
 J. F. Bettler and wife have returned from Florence.
 J. C. Goodwin came in from Globe last night to enlist in the cowboy trCop. He says the Globe contingsnt to the troop will arrive on the stage tomorrow night
 Mesa certainly delights to entertain Itself, for it is doing something in a social way all the time. Today was May Day in Mesa and all the business men showed their appreciation Of the fact by shutting up sltop and attend ing the festivities In the forenoon there was very elaborate programme rendered to a very large audience un- der the "Bowery." The following is shs programme: Song by the choir; prayer by Chaplain C. S. Johnson; song by the chcir. Then followed the erowning of the May queen, Miss Belle Truman, which, coupled with the braiding of the May pole, made a very pretty scene. Then followed recftations by Haskell Pomeroy, Miss zola Rabbit, song by Ivan Pomeroy, a duet by Misses Maud and Ethel Shrine, a recitation by Dola Pom sfoy, @ harmonica solo by Vaughn Guthrie, a recitation by Charles Peterson, a duet by Hiram and Will liam Rappleye, and concluded with a song by Miss Dorathella Pross. Joseph Pross with the violin, c. B. Mann with the cornet, and Mrs. PFoss Cn the organ, rendered very excellent music several times during the programme, for which the audi