Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1917 — BELL FROM SPAIN UNEARTHED [ARTICLE]

BELL FROM SPAIN UNEARTHED

It Was Brought to This Country From Europe About Two Hundred Years Ago. Yuma, Ariz.—While digging a well on an Irrigated farm near here an ancient copper bell, which is believed to have been brought over -from Spain more than 200 years ago, was unearthed. The bell weighs about 209' pounds, and, was found several feet beneath the surface. According to the tradition of aged Mexicans'here the bell probably came from the old mission church Conception Immaculada, and around It at one time was quite a large settlement. The town and church were destroyed in the year 1781 by "the Yuma Indians.