Arizona republican., 1899-10-12
SOUTH SIDE.
MESA.

John Will Sherritt of Barkley Bros. of Phoenix was in Mesa yesterday.
 J. Holdern returned this morning from his trip up the Pacific coast. MT.
 Holdern took the trip to investigate methods in the handling of fruit. and returns satisfied with the time spent.
 D. L. Rose came to Mesa yesterday. He has accepted a position in Barnett's s drug store. MT. McNeil, the former clerk, will go to the Ray mine with a view of opening a drug store at that place.
 William Abell left yesterday morn ing for Florence to look after the hard ware trade through that point.
 Charles Starr is building him a fine residence. The adobe which was his home has been torn down to give place to an up-to-date building.
 The Coop. store has on exhibition a case of a rich assortment of ladies sand gents ties. The whole interior of the store is set in rich colorings and is pleasing to look at.
 Eliza Pomeroy and Mart Pomeroy returned Tuesday night from the Pinal district with some fine specimens of copper ore. The ore is red oxide and was taken from an old shaft thirty feet deep which had been sunk years ago by silver prospectors. The ore chute is between thirty and forty feet wide. The Pomeroy brothers will give the prospect a thorough investigation.
 The ladies of the M l. I. A. the last of this month will give a big fair. The fair will begin the evening of the last Friday in the month and will continue through Saturday. The leading articles to be raff1ed off are a Dewey pillow and a rich crazy quilt of silk. plush and satin work. Both are works of art They are on exhibition at the Coop. store in charge of Miss Nets.
 George Schornick last Sunday shipped a car of pears to Kansas City The shipment was the first car of fresh fruit that has ever left Mesa.
 Ho1dern & Sons sweet potatoes are to be seen in the Farmers Exchange store. Some of the potatoes weigh four pounds.
 Phil Weisner has sold to c. A. Saylor 200 rods of Page hog fence. MT. Saylor is preparing to handle his hogs in the most economical manner. The first requisite in the hog raising business is d hog fence.
 Phil Nets yesterday received let ter from w. w. Perkins, who is at Hol- brook. MT. Perkins has recently pur- chased 5000 sheep which he will drive to the valley this fall for the annual clip. MT. Perkins writes that there will be more sheep than ever about Mesa this year. Last year there were 3O,OOO sheep on the desert tributary to Mesa City. This year that figure will be swelled at least 10000.
 Nate Brundidge was a business call f1 11 didge is still a stickler for the Globe road.
 Charles Barnett. assistant county recorder, made Mesa short call yes terday.
 Drayman Mccullough met with an accident yesterday as he was leaving Johnson Bros store with a load of crated fruit MT. Mccullough was giv 1 ing his attention to something other | than his horse when it turned a sharp | corner around the Kleinman building. | The front wheel hit the porch post ! and havoc followed. Both shafts were | broken, the wagon was wound around l the post. the fruit was scattered on | the ground, the horse made several at | tempts to dance on it's hind feet, while | the driver went straight up and came 1 down in the mess in a heap. A dozen hands extricated the man and horse i from the rest of the wreck. The fruit was transferred to MT. Hornbeck's wagon and the train was reached in time to ship it. Except to the wagon and harness no injury was done.
 Johnson Bros have seized a good op- pOrtunity. They have erected large store at the Ray mine and are stock ing it with goods. They have also oINaY- ha i Mesa lumber yard. Although Brigham Johnson was greatly disappointed that l railroad was not decided upon from -he mine to this valley. he has gone ahead and established a store in the amp which he will keep stocked with Mesa goods, both imported and native. N~~~A~~~~~~~0~~~~e@~AA~~~4