The Arizona sentinel., 1902-03-19

MARY E. POST. Teacher.
 Frank Townsend, in common with all WellS-Fargo express agents, has been presented by the company with souve- mir of the 5Oth anniversary ofthe Wells Fargo Express company as a public carrier. It is bronze, about the size and shape of silver dollar; stamped thereon are familiar pictures emblem atic of the old and the new modes of carrying express. On one side is the 'pony express, and the old stage coach being attacked by Indians; the reverse side shows the splendidly equipped pas senger and express train of the present day.
 Volume l, No. of the Douglas Dis patch, Charley Banta's new paper, has ''arriv" and is a warm number. Mir. Banta is one of the pioneer newspaper men of Arizona, and is still capable of doing good work, as evidenced by the Dispatch. He and his paper have the best wishes of the Sentinel for success unbounded.
 Thomas McGrane, his brother, Frank McGrane, and wife and their nephew, Thomas Boise, all from Lewiston, Idaho, are stopping at Hotel Gandolfo. The Sentinel acknowledges d pleasant call from MT. Frank McGrane, who ex- pressed himself a. much pleased with our climate and thinks seriously of To- eating here.
 cret societies of Yuma will endeavor to have set apart for their sole use certain portions of ground in the new cemetery, with the intention of improving and beautifying the same. On these con- ditions it is said the city authorities are willing to donate the lots desired.
 Louie Iaeger was in Yuma the first of the week. He expects to add the hotel at Indio to his string of railroad hostelries in a few days, which will give him control of all the s. P. hotels between Los Angeles and Fl Paso. Louie is getting to be something of hotel octopus.
 "Heavy" Henry, the good-natured porter at the Gandolfo, came back Sun day night from Los Angeles. Henry wants to place "a few coin on the con- ing disturbance between Fitzsimmons and Jeffries. He will give you your choice and take either end-not 'tic'lar which,
 H. J. Small, superintendent of mo- tive power and machinery of the South- ern Pacific company, has placed an or der for seventy-fve locomotives with the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and has also ordered 1900 box cars, 1000 fiat cars, 800 oil cars and 300 construction cars.
 Capt. Polhamus returned Friday night from Needles. He will have his steamer Cochan here by the 1st of April to run from Yuma to Picacho, transporting machinery and other freight for the California King Gold Mines Company.
 The Sentinel is not given to publish ing wedding announcements without due authority, but will now merely drop hint that there is prospective marriage on the tapis in Yuma. Now, the girls can go to guessing.
 The total resources of the New York savings banks January l, 1902, were S1, ,131, ,564 ,624, an increase for the year of $65, ,5OO, 4O8. Deposits were $2S6, 155,- S26, an increase of SIT ,s32, ,313 compared with January 1,19O1.
 Ira P. Smiths father and mother, who have been visiting him for the past two or three months, left for Cali fornia last Wednesday on the Limit ed." Ira P. accompanied them to Los Angeles.
 At special meeting of the Masonic lodge Saturday night the third degree of Masonry was conferred upon Attor- ney P. T. Robertson and w. H. Dresser, agent for the s. P. company.
 District court will convene on Mon- day. the 24th inst, with the new Chief Justice, Kent, presiding. There is a big criminal calendar, and the grand jury will find plenty to do.
 Ex-Senator Dorsey returned Friday night from Los Angeles, where he had been to purchase steam hoist for the Rio Del Monte gold mines. He is reg iStered at Hotel Gandolfo.
 w. s Bowman, ticket agent of the $. F., came in from Los Angeles Tues day "all bunged up" with rheumatism, a reminiscence of recent tussle with the grip.
 Location notices for sale at the Sen-