Mesa free press., 1899-02-10
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Summary of Late Events That Are
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.

counties in the territory thirteen.
Tom Brown, a well known miner,
shot himself at Prescott, Ariz., recent
ly. Paralysis and financial and domes-
tic troubles are presumed to be the
cause.
Isadore Choynski of San Francis
CO, father of Joe Choynski, the pugi-
list, is dead. He was GA years of age,
He was the editor of Jewish paper,
Public Opinion.
Amos Lunt, known throughout the
state as hangman at San Quentin, will
no longer serve in that capacity, his
conection with the state prison hav-
ing been servered. During the past
eight years Lunt executed 20 Grim
inals.
An order for large consignment of
seeds to be sent direct to Honolulu,
received by San Diego seed COM
pany, is one of the encouraging indi-
cations of the early establishment of
better trade relations between South
ern California and Hawaii.
The '1ast camel" of the famous herd
turned loose in Arizona some twenty
five years ago, is reported to have
been killed recently and eaten by In
that "last camel" had more lives than
the typical cat.
Stanford niversity-Professor La
throp tonight announced the judges of
of the intercollegiate Carnot debate
as follows: Rev. J. K. Mclean, Oak
land; e. J. McCutcheon and Wander
lin Stow of San Francisco. P. G. Will
son of Los Angeles has been elected
sophomore president.
Patents were granted to California
inventors as follows: William H.
Burtless, Sacramento, bed lounge box
attachment: Edmund Daily, Monterey,
miners pick; Benjamin F. Gilman,
San Francisco, apparatus for working
frozen auriferous earth; John D. Har-
vey, San Francisco, linotype or line
casting machinery.
A bill has been introduced in the
Arizona assembly to pension the ven-
erable Charles d. Poston, Arizona's
patron saint. Mr.. Poston prospected
the Ajo mines in what is now Pima
county, in 1854, and in the same year
organized the first mining company to
invest capital in what is now Arizona.
He is now 20 years old, poor and fee
bic.
Eastern Markets-Prices of certain
quoted in eastern markets, would
seem to open door for our people.
String beans from Florida sell at 81
per crate. Florida tomatoes sell at
$3.50 per crate, and hothouse product
at 25 to 80 cents per pound. Hothouse
cucumbers sell at $1.75 a dozen. Flor
ida green peas bring 81 per basket.
Caulif1ower sells at $40 per barrel.
This is fancy stock, each one wrapped
in paper.
The President has nominated the
following postmasters: California
Francis M. Ordway, Merced; Fred M.
Kelly, Needles; Thomas E. Byrnes,
San Mateo; H. HI. Yomnken, Santa
Paula: Lille M. Baldwin, Whittier;
Kate A. Emmons, vice Isaac Monnet,
resigned, at Little Rock, Los Angeles
county; I. Wertheimer,s vice. Reuben
N Curry, resigned, The Geysers, So
noma county; G. G. Folger, Jackson;
H. A. Olesten, register Of the land Of
flee, Humboldt, Cal.
San Francisco-At a meeting OF the
Water and Forest society ofCalifornia
the report of the executive committee
was adopted, and standing committees
appointed. A bill has been prepared
providing for &the appointment Of
commission to investigate the subject
of forests and waters and appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the establishment OF
department of forestry of the State
University. The cooperation of Gov
Gage will be solicited to aid the pass
age of the bill by committee which
will go to Sacramento tomorrow
Nearly thirty desertions have oc-
cGrred from the flagship Philadelphia,
which has been coaling at San Diego.
Twenty of these have been captured
and returned to the ship where the
leaders are in irons. The trouble ap-
pears to be confined among the men
who enlisted for one year, and VINO 40
not take kindly to the prospect OF go
ing to Samoa. Commander kautz
received notification Monday that ne
had been raised to the rank OF RearAd7
miral. The Rear Admiraps flag was
raised to replace the Commodore's
flag. and the new flag was received
with a salute of thirteen guns.
Rough Riders are still being turned
down in Arizona when they venture
to seek political preferment. The
Arizonian says: lone solitary Rough
Rider came up for place before the
present legislature. George G. Tru-
man had the temerity to apply for the
lowly position of assistant enrolling
and engrossing clerk. George was ever
rash and reckless, and these qualities
inspired him to be among the first
to reach the top of San Juan hill dur
ing a pleasant little change OF compli-
ments between the Spanish and Amer
ican soldiers down in Cuba on or
about July 1, last summer. George has
found out, however, that to be first in
war and first in the hearts of his coun-
trymen are two very different PROPOSE
tions. They turned him down by a
vote of 13 to H."
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