Arizona silver belt., 1902-01-02
THE BAL MASQUE.
A large Attendance at the Annual New Years
 Festivities in Odd Fellows Nall.

Festivities in Odd Fellows Nall
 The masquerade ball given at OdC l Fellows hall by Prof. l.. C. Woods ol
 New Years Eve was not quite so wei
 attended as that of a year ago, nOi
 were the costumes as elaborate, yet
 there were enough present to fill the
 hall as full as [ should be for comic rt and pleasure, aud the disguiSeS, though not elaborate, were much more inter esting on account Of the large variety,
 than on any former occasion while the floor was in prime condition, the
 music excellent, the program well ar. ranged and the management pcrfectl, satisfactory, all of which constitute the elements that make such occa- Sions highly enjoyable and successful, as this one proved to be, from the fact that large number remained until nearly o'clock Tn the morning.
 Among the most striking costumes were those of T F. McCann, Tony
 Neary, Theo. White and Floyd Blew ems, who represented kings and cour. UIers ut past centuries Harry Sultan. a Mexican Brigand J. IT, Benner as Uncle Ned; :" Ernest Kelner, Gen. tlcman of Wealth; the Little Shy. lock an Apache chief; Mrs. J. r. kenyig, as Folly; Mrs. Phillips. fe. male harlequin: Lila DeClpSS and Bessie BrOokner, as male and female caGe-walkerS. ItiS quite difficult to name all the different characters on this occasion, as there were no two alike, except six female white-caps. two sisters of charity aud two clowns with Weary Willie" faces on them. Other characters represented were A Japanese lady, several darkies. malt and female; old plantation darkey. with chicken in sack; little Dutch Girl: Golden Stars; girls in red, white blue and yellow, striped and spotted. and unstriped and ubSpottcd; Red Rid ing Hood, Salvation Army sisters. Little Buttercup, Cards, QuakerS, Foot ball players, Dutchmeu, Dough Faced kid, 4 Sweede couple. Cadets, Band Man, Toughs, Sailor Black Cap, Turks, Gowns. and many others in plain and fancy costumes, both large and small The cowboy was not as much in evidence as usual there being but one present present and he was black
 I. F. McCann was awarded the first prize, d pair of patent leather shoes as best dressed gentleman: Theodore White a pair of white silk Suspenders, as best sustained gentleman charac- ter; Mrs. "J. T. kinyig best dressed lady, cut glass, gold trimmed drink Ing set, and Lila DeCloSs and Bessie BrOokner best sustained lady charac. terS cut glass gold trimmed berry set, sugar bowl, milk pitcher, and spoon holder.
 The judges were Mrs. McNelly. Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. John Blrdonia, Bob Will Hams, l.. Tullock and Robert < Maclay, whose award of prizes seemed to give little, if any, dissatisfaction.
 The Teddys and the High School boys will go to San Carlos next Satur. lay morning to play foot ball and base )ali with the Indian school boys at the | agency. The base bali game will be played in the forenoon and the foot | )all game after dinner. The railroad company has made a reduced rate of | 'l .S5 for the round trip, leaving Globe tt a. m. and returning on the pas. enger train Saturday night. Quite ,umber oi people have signitied their intention of accompanying the bows Q san Carlos, as offering q pleasant ,uting.
 A. F. Baehr, a gardner on Mineral 1reek, committed suicide last week inder distressing circumstances. He vas placing a roll of blankets in wagon when d pistol fell ont of the bundle, striking the ground and dis. 'harsiDg, the ball breaking the bones n the leg His partner, George Phen- ling, went for assistance and when le returned he found that the wound. d man had shot himself through the lead Baehr left note, making dis position of his property, and stating .hat be preferred death to being 'rlppied. He left married daughter n Globe and single daughter who vas With him. Florence Tribune.
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