Arizona republican., 1901-07-06

rending scenes caused by the blighting
 hand of the angel of death, and amons
 them all none has appealed nor strongly to the svmLathes of the hu-
 man soul than In the case of Mr7. Mat tie Nets. wife of Mr, Thos. Nets and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J
 Horne. of Mesa. who died Wednesday aft moon at 2 o'clock. of typhoid fever She leaves three ruildren, the oldest just old enough 10 realize what the sep aration means And at the funeral to- day, Thur.lay. her sunken eyes and l. { ar stained face and heartrending sobs , told plainty of the depth of a sensitive nature and the loss the loved ones sus- tain in the departure Hf wife. mother. Mrs Nets had he very sick
 fer the pact three weeks ticker than those around here ever imagined, as shc bore her sickness brarely, without a murmur. On week ago her husband. who was in Bisbee, vas telegraphed for and he came and found her lowering on the verge of death. Everything pos | sible known to hunan skill and wi-'- | dom was done to cox ner back to life, but it seem q the Fathers will for her
 10 go. and on Wednesday,, surrounded by the entire family, she passed from this life to the great heyord.
 Her funeral was held in ths Taber- nacle at II a. m. Thursday, the coffin i occupying the center of the building, surrounded by the sOrr1wing family and relatives of tho deceased. On the stand were the leading brethren of the Mormon church. Counsellor w. II. AL len pr sided. Tn, sneakers were Elder O. $. Stapley r. r. Pomeroy and Pres ident C. R. flakes. They all spoke of tha exemplary If of the deceased and of the ble"sed hope we have through the gospel of Jesrs of that future bless d estate where death and sorrow can- 1 not come and admonish those re-
 malning to 1.-Two worthy of the blessed estate Of the righteous. rhc Mesa choir 1 furnished the mustc and the services closed with tn familiar gong-whiCh | echoed a prayer in every leart-"Near- CT. My God. to Thee, and then the lid | was raised and the people were allow ed to vi W the earthly relnains of wife. mother. daughter, sister and friend. agent tlbStHDtletI lS IfipItllS bNtl | the arrival of a big bouucing girl at hic home the fore part of the week. : Both mother and child are doing VII. and Melvin Is the happiest man in tht 1 kingdom.
 ! Mir Dan Hibbert has sod the rputh | half of block :, M esa, to w. H. Will jams.
 The Fourth of July pasged off very / quietly in Mesa and but for the small ] Ioys anG the ever present crack of the ! cracker or torpedo and the swarms of | men on the north side of tha street | one would hardly have suspected that ! so mOmentous day had passed. The | children were given n party in the af- l t-rnoon and the adults at night. | \ quiet family party wa given by II.
 F. Morris Sir the Fourth at his hom'. at which all of his children and grand children living in Arizona were present. 1 \ nice, 1iabl time was had. Ice
 cream and cake and melons were serv- l 4d to the, happy company
 l Another girl. w. don't mean thi" is
 the second one at his home. but another
 girl added Co the sum toial of Mesas population. It was pr, sented to Mr. Jesse Hill on the glorious Fourth of
 July. about , o'clock.
 1 Don't forget the union open air ser i vice next Sunday evening at the bard l stand. Mesa. Rev. C. J. Banks will oc- cupy the pulpit and will take for his | text the aIbject The Law of the Sab ! bath" Everybody is invited to hear | the discussion of this great and i'm pOrtant subject The usual Sunday
 school and preaching service VIII ba ! held at the Baptist church.
 Mayor Peterson of Mesa was a busi-
 r g.. visitor to Phoenix yesterday, re- | turning this morning.
 MT. James Daley and Charley Davis of Lehi returned from the Needles the
 4th of July where they had been for
 the past month working on the rail-
 road. M.. Daley says he ma" go back again, that 1t is harl work and it talk E
 a man to stand it. but the company is all light.
 Prof. J. D. Loper returned from Pres colt this morning, having completed tha i arrangem ants for the territorial inSti- ute there. He says he had 9. nice I time, wore his c1at while away ouC didn't suffer from the heat.
 J. E. Montgomery and Jesse Pearce returned from Prescott this morning where they hal arn to attend the k P. celebration and the Fourth If July ! celebration there. They report g. spcn- did time ami lsts cf sport. both at the club rooms HGl at The park. P;esco. is looming ic thc hCnt rapidly a:l | will ?oon become the foremost city of
 the territory in equipment and nne buildings
 A big blaze south of the city Wadne,- day Was thought to b. Dr. Wilbur <
 eiain fclo but it turned out to be gra ss
 burning Cn the bank of the ditch jI.. i aCrrss ihc street fgu .nthe lie, l.
 !':s ' 5doway and Moo ,, of Ttmpe ! were la Hesa this morning q" Ilo'.s.
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