Mohave County miner., 1883-05-13
Grand Ball at Blackberry.
TeFpsichOrean and other FestiV Ities at that Lively Mining
 Camp.

Some time since the enterprising firm Ot l NJ. A6ernethy Co.,, of Blackberry, agents
 of tne Indian Queen null and mining com
 plny, concluded that their old restaurant
 building was insufficient to accommodate
 their increasing business and made up their
 minds to turn the old company store int
 a neat and 9ommodious restaurant. Partie familiar with the old building would scarce ! lY recognize 1t since its transformation. The main storerOOm now forms the mail.
 dining room, the walls of which are nicely papered and hung with p;eturog, the floor being of white pine and uuGarpeted. The wing on the right has been turned into q
 ladies dining-room and is handsomely car
 peted and furnished, some elegant paintings
 being hung on the walls. The rooms to the
 left of the main dining groom will be used
 as Storerooms, while the kitchen and other offices ar e in the rear. The building was completed about ten days since and some oi the employees of the company suggested tt Mir. Abernethy that 1t would De good idle
 to open up the new restaurant with little dance and supper. The suggestion was no sooner made than acted on and II. Aber nethy, Russell and Sands at once formed themselves into committee of management and the fact that the affair was Tn sucL good hands Was a guarantee of is success. InYitatcns Were extended to the citizens oi Mineral Park. Blackberry, Peach Springs and other places even as far as Albuquerque and the dance set for Tuesday, May Sth at which t;"Ie our reporter took care to be in attendance we'll knowing Shat q gooG time was iu store for jim. Dancing clm menced soon after s p. aa. aRd genial Aber- nethy was here there and everywhere at the same time aud untiring in his efforts to promote the pleasure and comfort of his numerous guests. The music, as described by the ladies, was perfectly splendid ano was surprise to everyone. About P p. ID. the company were called to supper and here another surprise awaited everybody. The very thought of it makes oar mouth water at the present moment, The long tables fairly groaned under the weight ot the tempting viands set on them, everything be- ing cooked to perfection. while champag ne flowed like water. Everybody who knows Mart. Abe elnGthy knows that to do anything at all with him means to do 1t well, but the general verdict was that Ee had outdone himself on this supper. Tie hungry guests did justice 10 the tempting display before them, while anr reporter just turued hlm self loose, never exneoting to find anotier such a chance ill Mohave county. After the supper all adjourned to the hall and dancing was resumed and kept up till day light. Among those present our reporter noticed th following;
 Peach Springs -Nesdames Riney ,McCann, | Davis and Miss Brown. Messrs. J Miller, l Cowan, Farlee, Grant, Dwyer, Cammack, Fay, Brown, Crane, Davis, Miller, Wherrit, Simpson, Templeton and Schwartz.
 Hackberry-Mesdames Dundon, Nobman. | Fisher and Miss Rose Fisher. Messrs. Alb ernethy, Rich. Murray, Sands, s E Fuller, R B Bronaugh, Garner, w Bronaugh, Day J V Fuller, Ellibee, Beecher, Tonge, Nob- man, Russell.
 Kingman-Messrs. Las5ell, Hall, Batch eiler and Smith.
 .FOrt MohaVe--Mr. Baker.
 Mineral Park-Mesdames Taggart. Hyde, Grounds, Lawson, Krider, Bucksbaum, Gid con and Miss Julia Grounds. Messrs. | Grounds, Carpenter, Burdick Clark, Krider, Gideon, Bpcksbaum, Lawson, Stephenson and Hyde.
 The occasion will be long remembered by those who were fortunate enough to attend | as most enjoyable, nothing occurring to mar the festivities in the slightest degree. If Messrs. Abernethy & Co. ever give an other dance in Blackberry they can always reckon on good delegation from Mineral Park.