Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-01-28
Local Items.

resita ranch this week.
 Mir, Adolph Nieman, of Riverside, was in town this week.
 Deputy Sheriff am es Thomas, of Riv- erside, has been in tow this week.
 The vault ill the Recorders office has been repaired in a substantial manner. MT. c. w. Fuller has the thanks of the publishers for brace of hne fat fowls. Mir. w. V. Elliot has gone to River side in the employ of MT. J. P. Gabr Mir. Al. McGrath returned from Tue on Monday and went at once to River side.
 1t is sta ted that Mir. Aaron Mason will oon take up his residence in Los An geles.
 Mir Ali Peters, of the c. T. Hayden Milling Company, of Tempe, was in town lis week.
 MT. c. A. Miller major domo for Con- modore w. P. Blair, has been in town for week or two.
 The school house belfry has been pro- vided with a bell whose lively tones may be heard across the valley.
 The residence of Sheriff Fryer has been fixed up in very neat style and a picket fence has been built in front.
 Mir. B. J. Whiteside was called to Casa Grande this week to take acknowledge ments in several mining deeds.
 Land is being plowed and prepared for spring crops in every part of the valley and the farmers are very busy.
 The weather has been quite warm thls week and the buds on the trees are ex- banding ill a businesslike way.
 Supt. Arthur Macy, of the Silver King, was in town Wednesday to attend a m meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
 Lodges of Odd Fellows and Masons will probably be organized as soon as Mir c. D. Henry's new brick hall is complet- ed.
 Mir. J. A. Broadbeck is again about af- ter quite severe sick spell. He had a bout with the pneumonia and came out the victor.
 Supt. w. T. Day, of the VeIiol mine, came up to Florence last Sunday and re turned the next day with Judge J. D. Walker
 Through the efforts of Prof. F. J. Watson and others, Sunday School has been organized to meet at the court house @ every Sunday.
 Another very rich strike is reported from the Sample mi@s and it really looks as though bonanza is being developed in that property.
 MT. R. Mayhew is expected to reach Florence to-day on his return. from a visit to his home in Iowa. Two of his brothers accompany him.
 Mr. Benjamin Barker came down from the Reymert mines this week and went to the Sample mine, He is a son of MT. A. Barker, of Dudleyville.
 Folks from up the river say the Ray copper mine at Riverside, will likely re- sume active operations, stimulated by the advance in the price of copper.
 Rev. U. Gregory, D. D., held Baptist services in the District Court room last Sunday, morning and evening. He preached tolarge congregations.
 Mir. Chester Let's, brother of Mrs. F.. E. McCrary, arrived from Fl Paso Mon- day. He will remain for a few weeks and may possibly conclude to settle down here.
 Mir. B. Mayhew returned from the east yesterday to thaw out. He will prob ably remain in Florence. He was ac- compained by his son who will also reside here.
 Father. J. Monfort solemnized the following marriages this week: on the 25th, Neal Christensen to Miss Belen Contreras, and Pordrio Valenzuela t, Miss Juana Careaga
 Mr. Wm. Clarke was in from the Owl Heads this week. He is opening up some very promising min es in that district some of which wlll likely figure among the richest in the county.
 The Montezuma Ditch and Canal com pany have had the line of their cana survey ed to point west of town. passes about midway between the Flor ence canal aud Holland ditch
 Mir A. L. Grow, of Tombstone, De. pertinent Commander, G. A. R., anc Grand Master of the Odd Fellows, reach ed Florence on Thursday after visiting Globe, Silver King and Pinal.
 There is an old man now comfortabl established at the county hospital who was sent home to his relatives in tn states about year ago at a cost of abou one hundred dollars to the county.
 Mir. c. w. Fuller left for Casa Grand on Wednesday, to meet MT. and Mrs Bruno Scholz and child, of San Francis co, who will pay visit to this valley Mrs. Scholz IS a niece of MT. Fuller.
 Messrs. w. Wood Porter, Richar Foreman and w. J. Harrington wen out last week for hunt and besides gel ting several deer they shot number ( wild hogs-musk hogs, they are called.
 MT. W. P. Bamrick and family rt turned from tn cir Sonora visit on Frida evening of last week. MT. Bamrick rt ports very cold weather in Sonora whic injured the unpicked oranges and tl trees quite seriously.
 Three marriages took place in Floren( this week, and Judge Bo J. Whitesid tied the silken knot in each case. IT parties were: Portflio Valensuela an