Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-06-16


 very much better.
 A party of Texas farmers were in Florence this week looking after land upon which to settle. They originally intended going to Phenix, but con cluded to remain here.
 Mir. Ernest Lehman came over from Phenix this week to look for an open ing for his barber shop. MT. Lehman is an artist in his line and owns fine Establishment in Phenix.
 Mr. F. H. Uthmeier, of the Daily A.1lzonan, Phenix, visited Florence tfis week and expressed himself great ly pleased with the outlook. He re- turned home Wednesday.
 The Star says: "J. J. Devine, of Florence, has gone out to his mine in the Comobabi district where he is mak- ing arrangements to commence syste- matic work on his mine."
 Following are the capital prizes for the June drawing received by $. H. Drachman, local agent in Tucson. 9O443, 2l67S, 495G6, S0032, 45212, 93525, 69370, 946OS, S7595.
 MT. Perry Wildman and wife, of | Pinal, have gone to California. MT. l Wildman will return in a week or two i but Mrs. Wildman will remain in Cali fornia during the summer.
 Very little political talk is heard upon the streets and scarcely any in tcrest is shown in the coming local elections. The people are all too busy making money to talk politics.
 The Sisters of St. Joseph will give an entertaining school exhibition next Wednesday evening, June 20th, upon the close of their school term. A very pleasant occasion is anticipated.
 Mir Geo. A. Brown has fitted up a fine room for Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express office, on his premises west of the Court House, and he will be nice ly fixed up therein in few days.
 Sixty nine miles of the Southern Pa cific railroad is within the limits of Pi- nal county. The road is assessed at $S,000 per mile, giving a total assessed valuation in this county of S552,O00
 MT. J. P. Gabriel is still improving and has been able to sit up several times during the week, although his wounds are still very sore. He will likely be about again in week or two.
 Mir. K. Mckenzie, who has put in ten busy years at the Silver King blacksmith shops, left this week for a visit of a month to California. He has certainly earned short vacation.
 MT. Wm. Clarke will spend the sum- mer months at his Success mine, for merly the Old Hat mine, at American Flag, in the Santa Catalinas He has very promising gold prospect at that place.
 The express company has raised its rates on fruit shipments from PheniX to all points east and west to a price that is almost prohibitory. The rate from Phenix to Florence is $4.50 per 100 pounds.
 Mir. John Lawrence, of San Francis co, contemplates establishing a whole sale wine and liquor house in Florence the present summer. He will proba- bly visit this place in few weeks to se- cure a suitable building.
 Mir. J. NJ. Ochoa has received new hay press with a capacity of ten tons per day. It is a very satisfactory machine and does splendid work. He has also received a new barley crushel that is perfect model of its kind.
 The sound of the hammer and saw is heard in all portions of the town anC new buildings are being erected anC old ones remodeled and repaired This is very good indication, as mid summer is usually accounted the dull lest season of the year.
 , MT. J. M. Ochoa has added hand some new refrigerator to his mea market and hereafter all his patron will receive their meats thorough, cooled. The necessity for such al auxiliary to the meat market has beer s long felt, an the enterprise of MT : Ochoa will be appreciated by the pub lie.
 9 Mir. Colton has completed his sur l veys of the Florence Canal, its reser voirs and laterals and his force has re tired from the field. His notes shoy that he has a complete record of tn , contour of the whole country adjacen to the canal between the Gila river am l the railroad.
 Mrs. Virginia R. de Gonzalez, wife c MT. c. N. Gonzalez, died quite sudden f ly last Sunday night, of cholera mol 0 bus, bilious collie some like complaint She was i'll only an hour or two an Dr. Harvey having been called ava /. to Casa Grande, no medical attendan ' was available. She was 3S years ( age.
 MT. Chas. D. Putnam, of Riverside Pinal county, died in Tucson on tn
 8th instant, of pneumonia. He wa r. an old resident of this county and wa l. engaged in stock raising and mining
 He was native of Canada and at tn f tune of his death was about sixty year z. of age. He leaves wife and sever; ~ children.
 Mir G. Guiliani brought in lot a fine ripe peaches last Saturday ths d were as fine as peaches ever grow. I ,t Guilianis experience the seedlings al
 preferable to the grafted or budde peaches they ripen earlier, are bettt n in quality and bear heavier. IT st apricot, on the contrary, is improve 7r by budding or grating.
 Col. Elmer A. Howard has returne ,r E from his visit east, accompanied 1 l several Kansas City capitalists wi U have gone to inspect the Monarch ar
 other mines a few miles south of u le Vekol. They are good properties ar er it is probable that Col. Howard wi r. form a strong new company to wol