Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-02-04
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Mir. Leroy Tucker and Charlie W Nelser, of Mineral Hill, were in town this week. Work on the Pioneer road has been considerably delayed by the recent rains. Mir. Oscar Buckalew, of Tucson, paid this busy ant bustling burg a visit this week.
 Judge J. D. Walker and Mir. Wm. Jen- nings left for the Papago country Sat urday.
 Johnny Sower is once more reveling in Florence luxuries, having returned from his long sojourn at Casa Grande, Tuesday. Mir Isaac D. Smith and wife have re- turned from the Jessie Benton camp, and will remain at their residence below Flor ence.
 Mr NJ w. Harter. of the Delta, Pinal, made the ENTERPRISE pleasant visit this week. He's young gentleman whom it is agreeable to meet.
 There was snowfall of three inches at Mineral Hill Wednesday. That is about as near as it gets to this portion of the valley.
 Sheriff Gabriel has sufficiently recov- cred from his recent hurt to navigate with the aid of cane, and left for Tucson Tuesday on official business. Daniel Crocker was down from Pinal this week, but returned Tuesday. He IS at work on some good mining claims which he owns in that neighborhood.
 We arc in receipt of a package of late eastern papers, sent from Franklin, Pa, by Mir. P. A. Brown of Pinal, who is making tour of the East. He. will please accept thanks.
 We were treated to pleasant visit this week from Mir. D. w. McCalian, of Pi- nal. He is doing some work over on Min cral Creek, where, in company with oth- CTS, he owns some excellent claims.
 Lovers of the dance will have an oppor- tunity to indulge this passion, Monday evening, at the Court house hall The party will be under the joint manage ment of Messrs Boscha and Whiteside. One, and probably two new butcher shops will be started at Butte next month, and another man, we know of, is talking about opening stock of general mer- chandise there soon. Butte will boom ere long.
 Attention is invited to the card of H. B. Montgomery, offering for sale, at Casa Grande, the new hoisting-worls shipped to that point by the defunct Mineral Creek Mining Co., They will be sold cheap for cash.
 J. A. Simpson returned from Tucson Friday, having in charge Mexican whc burglarized the premises of Elisha Bi shard, at Adamsyille, last week. Sherit Gabriel found the offender at the metrop olis, enjoying the fruits of his theft.
 As will be seen by notice printed il another column, the Pinal Consolidated Mining Company have levied assessmen No. 2, of thirty cents per share. Thi will probably complete their shelter anC other necessary Improvements now unde way.
 Mir. T. A. Tibbetts, who has disposed of his copper claims at Riverside, left fo San Francisco yesterday. He will return soon to continue the mining business il thIs county, believing it to be the mos promising field in the west. On thi point his judgment is sound
 The new Yale lock boxes for the Flor ence postoffico arrived Monday and hay been placed in position. They give tha institution a metropolitan air. In tn language of Tom Nast's British Fungu and Wilde American Sunfower," they ar too utterly utter for anything
 Mir. Aaron Mason's hog-growing expel iment is progressing with flattering prom ise. He had one hundred head of SOW driven over from Phoenix recently, an now has about the same number of pigs At this ratio of increase the valley WI swarm with porkers inside of few year,
 Mir. John 0lvany, foreman of the Choll and Wedge mines, Mineral Hill, was i town this week. He will soon have te tons of rich ore ready for shipment to tn Melrose shelter. Some San Francisco pal ties will arrive here soon for the purpose examining the Cholla group with vie to purchasing.
 Three ten-mule teams loaded with lun Der for the Hastings Mining Company new stamp mill, to be erected on Quee Creek, above Pinal, passed through hei this week. Messrs. Smith & Watzla, zick, of Florence. have the contract fc hauling this company's freight from Cai Grande to the mill-site.
 Antonio Roamo is now chief of the cl linary department at the Silver King h. tel, and there is an agreeable differen, in tie style of his and his predecessor cooking. The change is eminently sati factory to the hungry horde who answ' the call of the triangle three times da at that establishment.
 Casa Grande is enjoying a season of ul usual activity just now. Thirty-od al aL