Salt River herald., 1878-11-16
taken to place this property in posses sion of the rightful owners.

Peralta's new building. corner Wash ington and Center streets. It will cost, when completed, SG,000, and be one of the handsomest buildings in our midst. The building will heve a frontage of 50 feet on Washington street, with a depth of 65 feet on Gen. tre street The main store will he 90x65, and fitted up in a manner suit able for mercantile business of large dimensions. A storeroom adjoining occupies a space of 20xG5. The pri- vate office of MT. Peralta will be fitted up in the rear part of the main store. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in about six weeks.
 J. B. Dnuglas, architect, has just show us the p lans of the building now being erected by him for A.Stein- aker, on the property adjoining the store of A. Goldberg. The building will be 25x5G, two storys and with a brick front. The first story has doub- Ie doors in the middle, and large show windows on either side, thus afford ing the occupant an opportunity of making.an excellent display of wares. The second story will be for rent, and its arrangement determined upon by the occupant. It will be completed about Christmas and will cost nearly $3,OOO.
 In a few days Drs. Sheets < Whar- ton will remove their office to the new building on the east side of the plaza, now being constructed for their use. The building has frontage of 24 feet and a depth of 90 feet. Of this a space of 12X30 is divided off and used as a private hospital. The remaining 12x3O will be partltioned off, making two rooms of equal size and used as an office and consulta. ton rooms. They will be neatly and comfortably furnished.
 New life has been infused in the American hotel by change in its management. Mrs. L. c. Holly has taken a lease of the building for one year, and having had many years eX- perience in that business, everything under her supervision moves along quietly and with clockwork regular. fly. The excellent quality of fare set before the guests is still maintained. Taken altogether nothing should pre- vent this from being the popular ho- tel of Southern Arizona.
 William T. Smith has purchased from John George the property known as the Capital block, at a price we understand to be S6,O0O. The lot is G0xf3715 and occupied by two-story adobe building, with shingle roof. The upper story has been serving the purpose of storeroom, but, on tne arrival of lumber, will be changed into rooms ard handsomely furnished.
 When in the course of human events the weather becomes sufficient ly cold to warrant measures being taken to warm up, the best thing to do is to buy a stove, and with tAIs state of facts in view, Asher & Ellis arc now unpacking a large consign- ment of splendid cooking and parlor stoves, also lot of blankets at all prices and Tn quantities to suit all.
 The widow of the late Jack Swill- ing has taken up winter quarters in Phenix, in the house lately occupied by X. W. Mowrie, in the western DOT tion of town. George Monroe, know ing that some monetary assistance would be acceptable, collected in one day this week from our citizens the sum of S1O6.50, which was turned over to that lady.
 Alex. Groves has returned from 3he Methodist conference, lately held in San Berrardino, California. He in forms us that J. W. Craige takes charge of the Phenix field, while he will look after the East Arizona mis- sion-a new field embracing the east ern section of the territory. MT. Craige will arrive in two or three weeks.
 Flour at the mill is whOlesaling at SA.J0, and retailing in our stores at $500. The price still has an up- ward tendency, and will no doubt reach dollar higher before the close of the season. The raise is due to an increased demand, and not to a scarci- ty of wheat. We are informed that one farmer still retains two hundred tons of that useful cereal.
 NJ. Edwards will receive by Lut gerdings teams, expected today, a- large and well selected stock of mer- chandise for his California variety store. He will keep IF stock anything wanted by the people of this valley, and will sell at- prices that will astoa- jsh natives. His store is located next the Pheniz FlOuring Mills.
 The public school. under the excel.