Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-10-14

the indulgence of our readers this week. We have been absent four days and con sequently had only two days in which to get up our local and editorial matter.
 Mir. J. M. Ochoa received the largest cheese this week, we ever saw. It ia about the size of an ordinary cart wheel. It is genuine sweitzer case and the best | quality of that favorite brand of cheese.
 Judge Bush, who, in company with Wm. Tweed and son, own some of the fin est copper properties in Arizona, arrived here Thursday, and has been busy ever since, talking politics and having good time.
 Louie Remy and Edward Lanoue re- paired the Florence and Silver King Tel egraph line. from end to end, this week. They found number of poles shattered by lightning and had to replace them with new ones.
 Mir. Thos Fish has commenced work on tunnel at the north end of the Specie Paying and has struck some very rich ore in the form of black nuggets. One of the nuggets shown us will assay several thousand dollars.
 Mir Scott, his wife and sis:er, arrived here from the east, Thursday, and went up to Riverside. Mir. Scott is superin- tendent of the Princeton Mining Con- pany, whose properties are located in the vicinity of Riverside.
 Mir. c. W. Sharp and wife have come down from Riverside with the intention of making their home at Florence We are glad to welcome Mir. and Mrs. Sharp as citizens of our town. They are the kind of population we need.
 Mir. Aaron Mason has made arrange ments to build telephone line, extend ing from his residence nt the Banner Ranch te the post-ofics. This new line will give him telephonic communications with the furnace and mines at Butte.
 Mir Robert Bowen returned home, Sunday, from England, where he spent the summer visiting relatives and old time friends. He has been foreman of the Silver King mine for a long time and is one of the best miners in Arizona. We are glad to see him home -ai1.
 Mir. Frank Shields of San Pedro, came down to Florence Thursday, to meet his sister, who came out from the east to keep house for her brother She is a handsome and cultured young lady and San Pedro is to be congratulated upon this valuable acquisition to its society.
 Treasurer Brady went down to the Ve- kol mine Tuesday, to note the progress of developments. The mine continues to improve and the owners are maEing prep arations to increase their ore shipments. The Vekol is one of the properties that is giving name and fame to Pinal county.
 In this issue of the ENTERPRISE will be found the announcement of MT. Wm. Dempsy as candidate for Treasurer Mir. Dempsy has been merchandising at Montezuma, this county, for long time and the public ara familiar with his busi- ness qualifications and excellent private character.
 l DaI f, H1 Il another shipment of ore from the Jack Rabbit miue, Casa Grande district, last week. They have put four more men to work, and arc sinking rapidly in hiZh grade ore. The boys will make their for tune out of this mine, and they are de- serving of it.
 The wife and children of Cicero Crime, the express robber, passed through here Friday en route to San Francisco. They are to be pittied. Crime was taken to Yuma by way of Wilcox, the authorities not conside.irg it safe to bring him through this county, where SO many of Andy Halls friends reside.
 Francisco Billiard, aged 54, died at his residence in Florence. last Thursday. and was inferred at the cemetery Friday. He was native of Spain Tut landed in California thirty years ago and came from l tbat state to this place some time since a He was man of good character and much esteemed by his countrymen.
 W. B. Hellings. of South Pioneer, passed through here Monday on his w'y t home from San Francisco Through MT n Hellings able and energetic mana~ement F of mines South Pioneer camp is enjoying
 quite boom, and the prospects are fiat
 tering that it will become one of mos fourishing camps in the Territory. tt Mir. c. D. Henry returned from hi
 prospecting tour up the Colorado river ,- Monday. He went to look after som, # mining claims he had abandoned nearly tel [. years ago. We gave a description O }. these properties some weeks ago. Mir
 Henry found they had been relocated few weeks before his arrival and there fore his trip was fruitless.