Arizona weekly miner., 1877-04-27
FROM OUR REGULAR CoRREsroNpE>r

FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Leaving the yillagcs of the rcd men in ! the distance. VIC crossed the line of their reservation, and soon reach the village of Adam>rillc. \ large gristm mill, the thun- drrinc of the wheels of which can bc hcarl in the distance. giNe- it some importance. MT. A r.. Knowles !, superintendent of the mill, which k owned by Bicharl X Co, of san Francisco, whose name will bc handed down to po,tcrity, from thc fact that they built the tr>t house in AdBm>villc-a small hou>, back of the mill The town and ii> surrounding, consist of about loo people. Mho live bv hu>l,audry hc>toW ed on the productive bottoms ot the Gila. Before Florence existed, thi- was the commercial centre for the agricultural district of the Gila; but it has since been out,trippcd hy the superior position uf the latter town Buckalcw X Ochua. two genial souls, are keeping store uf general merchandise John Sullivan i> the only man who keeps a wholesale liquor house. Mc>,r-. Strlter X Stephens are m search of hidden wealth We believe the above comprise the Amcri- can portion of the town.
 Starting for Florence after that maritime city of Italy which shed lu,trc on Europe during medieval age, the position of which l. in the heart of e mining and agricultural country predicts tur II future of no mean importance. Two miles from the town the waters of the Gila flow and the fertile soil of it, bottoms i> rendered cxu bcrant by the diversion of its channel First settled by Americans. in ls61, they com pri-, at present about one third of the popu- lstion. the rest being spanish Purc streams of water ripple past the doors of the business and dwelling houses, and the stately trees. of which there i, forest. k a protection against the heat of the summer sun. The village supports two
 HOTELS.
 The Elliott House and the Florence Hotel The former is kept by J C. Loss X Bro and the latter by P. <. Empcy. Both of these houses are a credit to >o small place.
 GENERAL MEECuNNDISE.
 J. Collingwood and S Mund have the principal stores ot this kind. there being others, but of less importance.
 NEWS DFror.
 R s. Goldman has a neat little variety store. containing little of everything, to which he has added news department, where the leading papers of the country can he found.
 pTLIINRDS.
 There are two we'll fttcd-up billiard par lors here. Onei> kept by Louis Bailey, and the other is easily found.
 BREWERY.
 Peter will deal out many gallon of his summer lager. and scoifs at the idea tha; good beer cannot hc made in this town.
 LIVERY.
 Calhoun X Sanford and C. II. Horne have the only frst-class stables. In connection with it they have Corrals and fccdstasles.
 BLACKSMITH.
 F NJ Griffin does the most of the work in this line, employing several hands.
 PHYSICIANS Dr. Harvey and Dr. Bluett arc the leading physicians, and are kept very busy, as the ravaging smallpox has got a good many victims
 DRUG STORE.
 4 supply for a store of this kind is now on its way from San Francisco, and will bc opened ny Dr. :. S. Cox.
 J. D. Rymcrt formerly of the firm of Churchill X Rymcrt, of San Francisco i> stopping here at present with view of per manent location. He will he a valuable addition to the town, as he k a man of pro l found legal abilities. We meet also Mir Bolinger. a reputable mining man on this coast for many wears He k here looking after the interests of the Athens mine. which . is now selling on the street in San Francisco. . He k not an agent of Flood X O'Brion. but ! stands on his own bottom. By the way we think We have met about one hundred and ] fifty agent, for the above named firm on our ! trip. Also presume that one of the larg- ! est rooms in Nevada Block, must be filled ! with book-kcepcr>, recording these agents 
 We also consider it our duty in connection with this letter, to state that We interviewed , many teamster>; also other men calculated . to know whereof they speak. They have lately been over the route. and are going over it constantly, where it k said the red devils are laying waste the faircst valleys nf Arizona. They pronounce it to be an ahSo- lute falsehood. and say you are as safe in that country as here But as our route lies to TuScon, and thence to San Carlos. in a few days. we will be able to write more fully Dn the subject, when it will be backed by personal observation
 Summing up, we believe Florence to have before il splendid future. The husband man makes cheerful the valley which groans with heavy grain, and the mines bring forth , her ores of precious mctal~. Florence with Inc abundance of natural resources she has. may look forward not many years hence. when finer buildings will stand upon the -uins of her adobcs. and when city of |, importance will cover the spot of an unin- 1, town. z For be ii, as many have supposed, that the I people of Prescott. or the Arizona MINER 're jealous of the rising importance of any ection or class of our growing and prosper 'us Territory Grand, peculiar and pro. iuctivc, there is room here, and wealth for 6 Ill, but not without enterprise And what , 'ver has been the policy of the MINER here otorc, We can assure all sections. through , which We travel, that we have not come j. with sorpents eye, which charms to destroy 'ut to learn and advocate the interests of all the desire of the present manager of the $ INNER CND Florence, April 9lSt., 1877. c
 
 A negro, by the name of Breckenridge. rho killed Vim. Maxwell and son, in Colfax n