Arizona weekly enterprise., 1881-11-26
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Sheriff J. P. Gabriel made flying trip up the San Pedro this week.
 Six thousand pounds of beef are con sumed every week in the Florence market. A gentleman from San Francisco is en- deavoring to secure suitable building in which to open a restaurant.
 Five bars of bullion were received from Globe, Thursday, three from Mack Mor- ris and two from Centennial.
 The mother of our townsman, MT. Ochoa, accompanied by his sister and two nieces, returned to Tucson Monday.
 Mir. Hill Dearmitt returned Monday from Tucson, and says everything is quiet and prosperous in the ancient and hon orable pueblo.
 The Sheriif's sale of personal property belonging to Pinal Copper Company, ad- vertised to take place Nov. 23d, has been postponed till Dec 9th.
 c. W. Culver, of Pinal, has sold to the Goodenough Mining Company, of Wash ington, D. O., the Goodenough mine, Pi- oneer district, Pinal Co.,, A. T.
 A dispatch from Phoenix, under date of 22d, says small sorrel horse, with a round bare spot on the right shoulder, was stolen from Tempe last night.
 A road is building from Cunningham's ranch, on the San Pedro, up to Powers old camp, Saddle Mountain, distance of nine miles, Six miles are now finished. Mir. Holiday was in town yesterday get ting supplies for work on the road from Riverside, twelve miles up to the crossing of the Gila two miles from junction with the San Pedro
 If you send the money in advance for anything you order, you need not pay any freight or express charges. Uncle Harris pays that for you 221 Kearny, between Bush and Sutter streets.
 The social dance at the court-house, on rhs evening of the 11th, was q pleasant affair, and repetition is promised at an early date. About twenty-five couples were present and the music was good.
 The Richard III. copper claim on the Gila, owned by Messrs Forbach and EuckelshAusen, is producing high-grade o,fpsr ore. It is rumored that this mine was bonded last week for large sum.
 Business at the Florence postoffice is rapidly increasing, an average of 150 let tors being mailed daily, and receipts per month of first-class matter rating at 2,55C pounds and second class matter, 3,4s7 pounds.
 On the Rip Rap tunnel has been run twenty feet. Ten feet more will tap the ledge fifty feet from surface. Tho crop pings show ledge of four feet. S1essrs MoKinzie, Harvey and Rapp are the owners.
 Mir. P. Boschs, formerly of the Sher ifs office, has leased Jim Sam's corral and proposes soon to open frst-class metropolitan livery and feed stable. Sev- cral stylish road wagons are now on then way here from San Francisco.
 The proclamation of Governor Fremont appointing last Thursday as 8 day ot Thanksgiving, reached us too late fol publication last week. The day was gen orally observed in the valley, and turkeys and plum pudding were at premium.
 Roadmaster H. J. Sewers, of the Flor once Mining Bureau, leaves for Gas; Grande tomorrow. He will take Mir DePuy's place in Smith &. Watzlavics that gentleman intending to visit hi mother in Sacramento for Christmas holi days.
 Under-Sherif Whitesides reports taxe as coming in slowly, only about 5000 hay ing been received to date. Property hold CTS are reminded that taxes become de hnquent Dec. 10th, and if not paid on o before that day, percentage is added fo collection.
 It is definitely announced that tn Tweed group of five mines, of which tn O'Brien and San Carlos are the principe ones, has been sold for $175,000 Thes claims are on the north side of the Gila about ten miles above the mouth of tn San Pedro.
 MT. c. E. Finch will please acceE thanks for three fine cabinet specimen from the Gila Monster mine, Miners Hill They are wonderfully rich, and a expert prophecies will assay e750 or S1 900. Mir. Wm. Johnson and c. E. Fine are the lucky owners.
 Messrs. Evans, Allen and Roberson al putting up comfortable adobe house c the Globe road opposite the Pinal Con pany's shelter. They have valuable mil ing interests in this vicinity and propo to pitch their tent by the side of R Gila permanently.
 Messrs. Peter Schafell and Aleck Ba ker, from Mineral Hill, were in town few days since for supplies, and repo the boom as on the increase. As u year draws to close assessment work