Mesa free press., 1899-01-27
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
a Summary Of Late Events That Ara
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.

t1ASIASA oo'cioiSuS IoF local ana New
York banks.
The gunboat Yorktown has sailed
for Manila. She will replenish her
coal at HonolulU and then 20 on to
Guam before proceeding to Manila.
Gold found on Gold Run, tributary
of Dominion Greek, ran 67 cents to the
pan at last reports, brought in by the
latest arrival at Seattle, r. w. Mccoy.
Perhaps the practice of sending
poisoned candy through the mails,
which was fast becoming general, will
not be quite so popular since Mrs. Bot
kin has been found guilty.
Joe Mulhatton is reported to be en-
gagged in mining in Arizona. Joe has
been silent so long that it is presum-
able that he is preparing the greatest
effort of his life in the way of pic
turesque and monumental lie.
Mr.. Arnerch has introduced bill
to appropriate $4,000 for the purpose
of sending a man to Australia to i'm
port parasites and predacious in
sects." This sum ought to procure a
pretty liberal supply Of very choice
bugs.
The prospect of sudden wealth so
overjoyed Mrs. Caroline A. Bigelow of
Oakland that it brought on an attack
of heart trouble which proved fatal a
few hours later. She was apparently
in the best of health when her hus-
band opened sack of gold dust and
nuggets to show her. A few seconds
later she swooned away and remained
unconcions until her death. She was
62 years old.
According to the Poenix (Ariz) Ga
zette the editor of the Tombstone
Prospector is in great pickle. He
was the recipient of a Christmas pres
ent, and he don't know WhetherNits
pair of shoulder braces or harness
for his pug dog for fear the donor will
be offended, and he doesn't dare put
them on himself for fear he will be
laughed at. He is hoping the giver
will soon explain the use of the durn
thing.
The State Highway Commissioners
has filed a voluminous report with the
governor, in which the road system of
the state is severely criticised and
shown to be wasteful. The report con-
cludes with an elaborate table in de-
tail setting forth what each county OF
California has expended on roads and
bridges from 1886 to the close OF the
fiscal year 1897. The totals are: For
1SS6-95, $16,829, ,915.35; in 1866, ST.
81, 7,121.35; in 1896-97, $1,789, ,12291
Total, 500, 1888, 3,447.89.
Della McDevitt of San Francisco,
who for five DAYS believed herself to
be Mrs. John Smith, sWOre out war
rant for the arrest of the man she had
married, on the charge of bigamy. She
said Smith told her he had been re-
Gently divorced from his wife, who
was in the East, so that he could not
marry in California within year.
Therefore they went to Reno and were
married January 5. On Tuesday the
first wife arrived from the East. She
quickly learned about the marriage,
and she called on her successor. She
said that her name prior to marriage
was Nellie HerbertsOn. She declared
that she had not permanently separ-
ated from her husband, and that there
had been no divorce. Smith disap-
peared soon after his first wife's ar
rival, and Miss McDevitt thinks that
he and his original wife have de-
parted from California.
Commissioner Hermann of the Cen
eral Land Office has recommended to
the secretary of the interior that 5O,-
900 acres additional be inclnded in the
Trabuco canyon forest reserve in
Southern California, and adjoining
said reservation on the south. This is
in accordance with a numerously-
signed petition by citizens of Califor-
mia residing in the vicinity of the res
eryation. It is the water head for sew
eral streams of Importance flowing to-
ward the coast, which are valuable for
irrigation and other uses. The owners
of land along these water courses have
joined in the petition. The superin-
tendent of forests in California also
recommends that a proclamation DO
issued withdrawing said area from
the public domain. Another area OF
about 10000 acres, in addition to the
| so 900 tract also has been recommend
ed for this purpose, making an aggre-
gate of 10000 acres for this reserva-
tiOn.
The Executive Committee Of the
Nicaragua Canal Association has Sc
lected as delegate to Washington in
the interest of the canal, H. p. Wood
of San Diego. Mr.. Wood made care
full study of the canal in person, hav-
ing spent six months in traversing the
line of the canal from ocean to ocean.
He is a friend Of Senator Morgan, the
leader of the canal movement at
Washington, and has been filling the
post of Hawaiian consul at San Diego.
He has large interests in the Hawaiian
Islands, as well as this country, and
the committee believes he is an es-
pecially strong man for the place.
He will make no demand on the treas
ury of the association beyond por-
tion of his actual expenses at Wash
ington, he being willing to give his
time without pay. Later it is ex-
pected to send him assistance in the
work he will have in hand and he will
undoubtedly receive assistance from
Congressman-elect r. J. Waters, and
the Congressman from this state, all
Of whom are in favor of the canal.