Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-08-25
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water this week. Mrs. J. Peyton Is building an ad- dition to her house on Final street. Mir R. Moreno, of De Noon, was in town this week. Wm. IL Cavaness, of Pinal, was in town this week.
 Next Saturday will be the first day of September.
 NIT. W. c. Smith was up from Casa Grsnde several days this week.
 MT. W. D. Harrington was down from the Cottonwoods Wednesday.
 Mir. R. A. smith was in from River side for day or two this week.
 MT. Charles Rapp has applied for letters of administration in the estate ". L. Bailey, deceased
 There was born, on the evening of August 2lst, 1888, to the wife of Geo. E. Evans, son weighing 9l pounds
 Mir Vim. Sutherland and family have been in town this week from Pi- oneer.
 The democratic Territorial convcn- ton will meet in Tucson one week from next Monday.
 MT W. E. Guild got home Wednesday night from his trip to the Santa Cata- linas
 Mr. Jos. Fox was up from Sacaton Monday, laying in supplies of goods for his store
 The Board of Equalization will meet next Monday to hear complaints from all whose assessments have been raised. Mir P Boscha has rendered his re- signation as Deputy sheriff at Pinal to Sheriff Fryer.
 Mir. Alfred s. Donau, representing the firm of L. Zeckendorf G Co.,, Tue son, interviewed the Florence mer- chants this week.
 The wind has been saving up and down the valley this week and it is considered to be not an unmixed bless ing.
 Mir. D. II. Synder was down from Mineral Creek, Tuesday. Mir. Snyder owns some very valuable mining prop critics in that district
 Messrs. J. Corners and Mike Me Gloin have gone to the White noun tains above Fort Apache, on pros pccting trip.
 NJ. T. F. Marquand, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, has arrived andis look ing for tract of land on behalf of several families that want to settle in this valley.
 District Attorney R. E. Sloan has received the pleasant tidings from Hamilton, Ohio, that his wife had be- come the mother of a little girl on August 18th.
 Miss Jessie Drais, daughter of MT. aud Mrs. l.. K. Drais of this place. graduated at Heald's Business College, san Francisco, and has received q di- Dploma.
 The walls of Mir J. Suter's new resi- encc at the corner of Ninth and Pinal reets, are going up rapidly He will
 neat cottage of four rooms and
 Then the structure is completed.
 IF. J. Watson left last Tuesday
 ks home in Iowa. Mir. Watson
 - many warm friends during his years residence in Florence, all of whom hope to again greet him as permanent resident of Pinal county.
 Mir. Geo. A. Stone returned this week from a visit to E. M Reavis' ranch in the Superstition mountains. His family did not return but will re- main in the hills a couple of weeks longer.
 Dr. C. A. Kersey, of Richmond, In diana, has been visitor to Florence for few days He has taken occas- sion while here to look about the country and expresses himself as high ly pleased with the outlook.
 X hot dust storm made its disagree able presence felt last Tuesday even- ing, and it was really the most un- pleasant portion of any day of the en- tire summer. A few clouds and a great deal of lightning were visible, but no rain fell
 NIT. Jas. ?. Rutledge returned from Riverside Monday evening. Together with several others he has entered a tract Of land about four miles above Riverside, on the north side of the river, containing atoIt three hundred acres. An irrigating ditch will be constructed and improvements be at once commenced
 NIT. Wm. E. Guild reports plenty of mountain lions in Canyon de Orc Their tracks are more numerous than those of the deer. They have killed about all the calves in that section and it IS very unusual sight to find 8 COW accompanied by its calf. While hunting he saw the tracks of only three bear and they seem to be very scarce this year.
 The public square between tho school house and the Catholic church deserves some attention in the way of improvements. It ought to bt fenced and trees and grass planted, tC make it pleasant to the sight and at tractive for it's cooling shades. On, gentleman offers to contribute $2I towards such improvements and h, thinks a sufficient amount should b subscribed, with the help the count, can give, to make this plaza quite at tractive.
 D. O. Mcdowell, better known a Buck" Mcdowell, committed suicid by taking laudanum, last Saturday al ternoon, in Pinal. He left letters tha stated his reasons for shuffling off tn coil Co be unrequted love, the obiec of which was well known courtesai of that place. Deceased was abou S9 years of age and since he joined tn