Arizona republican., 1902-08-20
MESA

M ESA
 Mrs. D. Nj. Le Baron, Miss Jennie Le Baron. Mrs. William Brundage and Mrs. Hill were visitors in the capital yesterday.
 Donald Mcqueen returned from Iron 1 Springs Monday. While away he spent part of the time in Prescott, and he | Lever had so much run in his lire. And that is saying a goo1 deal fer Donald Frank and Mont Vance started Mon cay for Provo, Utah, via the Southern Pacific, to attend the B. '. academy. ] The boys are twins and lock very mucn alike, and we went be surprised if the lFeogle at Provo get them mixed up city often. Nevertheiess. We D. edict lor them . gocd scholarship.
 The r. l.. M l. A. of the Alma Ward | is issuing invitations to a ball that is to be given Friday night in the Alma hall. 4 most enjoyable time is prom ised tC those who are favored to go. w. F.. Dent was q business visitor at 1 the capital city yesterday.
 Sam stout spent Monday and part 1 of Tuesday in Mesa locking up the ! LCys who are to make his job sure TOT another term. Sam has a host of trends here. and there don't seem to 1 b. any opposition to him in his party ! Ec-e.
 -iIs. J. D. Robertson returned from | Prescott Saturday last. where she has l been for the past two weeks on 9 visit. 1 Ar. oscar Phelps and James Shrine left for the north Monday evening MT | Phelps will attend the B. Y. academy at Provo, and MT. Shrine goes to idaho to visit relatives.
 ha I1t were brOLght in from McDCwell Mon- | day by Mr. Muse, and were purchased | by Mr Connolly All of them were l Lc1uties, and some of them tipped the scales at forty-two and a half pounds. Last night there was a surprise i party which was not a surprise party | to the ones to be surprised. but the surprise party was given to the parties who came to surprise. Finding they i could not surprise the party whom they came to surprise, because they were miles away en route to Provo City ! the surprised parties decided to give q 1 surprise party to ore who was sur i prised-but we are getting wound up, | and will have to explain. Mir George r. Ellsworth and family left yesterday | about D. m. for Provo Utah, and 1 some of their friends thinking 10 give them surprise party, and thinking ! they would not start to Phoenix until some time in the night, as they were going over the northern route, went to their former home in the evening to | give them a genuine surprise party. and show them the respect ia which they were held by their friends of Mesa, but they found the house empty and the birds flown. They then de- 1 cidcd to give Bishcp J. NJ Horne a surprise party. and started for his home with their carriages loaded with picnic trimmings, but met him cl his way to Ellsworths. They spirited him | back home, however, and had a royal good time at his hospitable home.
 Mir George F. Ellsworth and family left Phoenix this morning for Provo. Utah, where they will make their fu- ture home.
 Recently Miss Dottie Shumway fell from shed and was imDaled On the up-turned edge of a sharp scythe. | which cut a gash in her left thigh six l inches long and one and a half inches deep. Miss Dot is but seven years old, and was playing on the she'd at one side of which was a hay stack, built up close to the she'd She got too close 1 to the edge of the shed and slipped | NO" oSlNceH' dliSnllnS Squarely on the up-turned edge of the scythe. which was fastened close up to the shed. She slid out the entire length O. the blade, and if it had not been for the bone, her body would have been cut entirely in two pr. Drane was
 sent for at once, and staunched the flow of blood and sewed up the terrible gash, it requiring fourteen stitches.
 The child this morning Is doing we'll.
 but It will be a long time before sEe will be able to be around Mrs ShumWay, who is in Utah, was com municated with. and as her stay was about over in Utah, she will start home at once.
 The democrats of the Mesa precinct
 held their caucus meeting Monday
 night at the city hall and proceeded to
 nominate delegates, out of which num-
 Der ten are to be elected next Satur-
 day to represent the democrats of this
 precinct at the county convention to
 be held in Tempe. J. G. Peterson was
 called to the chair and w. J. Le Baron
 selected as clerk. The caucus proceed T cd in purely democratic style to nomi-
 nate the delegates. There was no slate
 made up before hand. and no one was particularly anxious to be nominated;
 in fact. quite a number declined the lEominati tion. and some others accepted
 unGsr protest. but good slate was
 made up, out of which ten men will
 be elected, The following were those
 nominated: W. J. Le Baron, T. H. Sa-
 bin Elijah Allen, c. B. Lewis, w. K
 Bowen, O. s. Stapley. F. T. POmeroy,