Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-02-18

go. lie lounu mlLlerH in places on hem at the time of thek kocation. but was breed to leave theml bf demands for his .ttentiOn from pro9ertE in other districts
 Msssrs. Abbott janf Phelps came down rom Pinal, wedbesAay, we'll pleased with he mines of thst vicinity. and especially 70 with those in lich the late Fordyce Phelps was inter sted. Mir Abbott will make Arrangement. to handle 'ome of the pr9 perties upon his arrival at .he east. /
 Messrs. Mf fxfeld and Tucker are driv- n9 tunnel Ton the Lelo, at Mineral Hill. The tunhef Twill tap the ledge about sev- enty-tive feet below the surface and is ex- pected tof ofuncover good body of ore at that po1nt The claim is on the Pacific ledge Ind shows mineral in the croppings. hel9dge will not be reached in the tun- nel before the middle of next week. LV 0 Wilkinson, of Mineral Hill, left
 1T Los Angeles Sunday, to complete the Organization of company to operate in |the Old Hat and Mineral Hill district. Hon. Del Valle, Joseph Lynch, editor of the Los Angeles Herald, and several prominent citizens of that city are inter ested in the project, we understand. They could not invest their ducats in 8 better field to insure large return.
 One Smith, a negro who had robbed a minersome weeks since, was arrestedat Casa Grande Monday night, and is now guest at Sheriff Gabrieps lodging house for crim- inals. In police parlance. he is a ''hard game" and laid in limbo several months last summer on charge of cattle stealing, but escaped through the accident of the prosecuting witness being killed before the sitting of the court. We hope he will get his just dues this time.
 Messrs. Stone and Goodfellow, who went out last week to remove the debris from the old tunnel recently discovered on one of their claims lying ten miles from Florence, were forced to aban- don the work by rain-storm. They had no tent with them and did not consider it the proper time of year to take copious shower baths, so they adjourned. How evet they will return to the work soon properly equipped to stay.
 General Manager Linkton, of the Pinal Consolidated, who has been in San Fran cisco some time past attending to business for the company, returned Monday and proceeded to Butte the next day. MT. Linkton possesses fine executive ability and is directing the affairs of the com pany in manner satisfactory to all con cerned. He is also making friends by his gentlemanly treatment of people who have occasion to deal with him.
 There has been consideral talk among the gentlemen here about the advisability of organizing social dance club, but they seem not to have progressed beyond the mere discussion of the proposition. We are confident that such a club could be or ganized without difficulty, if those inter ested would only take hold in earnest. | they will meet at the ENTERPRISE ofic' this evening at o'clock, we think som, satisfactory plan of procedure can be ar ranged
 Mr c. H. Wheeler and bride, nee Mis- Bell White, arrived here from Ohit Wednesday, and went hence to Pinal their future home. Mr Wheeler wen east about two months since, but gave n' intimation of the good and rational inten tions that led him thither. and the resul of his journey was a surprise to his Flor entine friends. We presume that con gratulations are in order and ours ar herewith rendered, together with larg budget of good wishes.
 The citizens of Pinal are making prep arations for calico ball, to be held ol the evening of the 22d, in aid of the pro
 ject to build new Catholic church a that place An attractive feature of tn occasion will be the voting of prize t
 the lady wearing the handsomest calic
 dress. We are authorized by the man
 agement to extend an invitation to Flol
 entines and all others who may desire t
 spend pleasant evening and at the sam
 time serve worthy cause. Tickets ac
 niitting lady and gentleman, S5.
 Two of the San Carlos Apache polio
 were here Wednesday, on their way {
 the Pima reservation after two runawa
 squaws. It seems that the untutore
 daughters of the western wilds, since the
 were brought under the civilizing" inhl
 ences of Uncle Sam's Indian policy an
 agents, have acquired the habit of occi
 sionally departing from their native heat
 for a lascivious ''lark" in strange pasture The Apache maidens were not guilty such tricks before Uncle Sam's "educ ting" missionaries came in contact wit
 them
 , The supervisors of Pima county ha, } let contract to build road from Tucsc ' to the Old Hat district The major pa of this district lies within the borders . Pinal county, but we are not averse having it opened up by our Pima neig bors. However, we shall enter ve long and loud protest in the event of O