Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-02-11
Local Items.

Mir. Oh nrles Scribner was in from Sil- yer King this week.
 Sunda y school at the Court House at l0:30 a. m tomorrow.
 Mir. Fabien Moreau Was in town from his stock ranch, this week.
 Hon. A. J. Doran returned from Q visit to San Francisco on Monday.
 Mir. c. W. French, of Riverside, Cal. |, paid visit to Florence this week.
 Mir. NJ M. Rice has gone to the Ve- kol and will likely remain at that camp.
 Mir. Ed. Ayers left for the Silver Reef mines on Tuesday, to take Q position as foreman.
 Mr. A. J. Jennings, one of the en- gineers at the Reymert mill, wa in town on Tuesday.
 Con. J. B. Allen came over from Tempe on Thursday to spend few days in Florence.
 Mir. H. J. Crane Is in from the Nam moth, and will probably remain here for some time.
 Mir. W. H. Merritt came down from the Reymert camp on Tuesday on Q short business visit.
 Judge W. Fl. Benson came down from Pinal on Tuesday and spent day among his fri ends here.
 Supt. Arthur M acy, of the Silver King, was in town last Saturday and left the following day for San Francisco.
 The J. D. Rittenhouse estate has de- clared twenty per cent, dividend to it's creditors, amounting to about $1l ,OOO.
 The Spinas brothers came in from their Owl Heads stock ranch this week to at tend to matters at their ranch west of town.
 Hon. c. H. 0ury has taken an office In the Collingwood building opposite the Florence hotel, and Is fitting 1t up very costly.
 Mir. 0. F. Hof, representing Messrs. c. Seligmann & Oo., the wholesale gro- cers of Tucson, was in town this week interviewing the merchants.
 The brass band subscription committee has secured almost sufficient funds to purchase their instruments, and the toot of the horn will be soon heard in town.
 A very interesting Sunday school has been established at the Vekol and, through the efforts of Mrs. Lucien E. Walker, great deal of good Is resulting from 1t.
 Gen. W. E. Hobson, of Casa Grands, is developing mining claim to the south of that place, with good prospects of realizing something substan tial from his venture.
 Mir. J. M. 0choa has taken . contrac t to clear eighteen hundred acres of land under the Florence canal for the owners, and started big force of men out to be- gin the work few days ago.
 Dr. John L. Gregg, of Tempe, was in Florence last Friday with load of honey to dispose of. Dr. Gregg Is one of Tenn pes oldest settlers and he confesses 6 strong faith In it's bright future.
 The walls of Mir O. D. Henry's brick building are up to the second story. Mir. B. Mayhew and his two sons push the work along with refreshing rapidity and arc evidently masters of their trade.
 Mir. F. E. McCrary started home from Kansas City on Wednesday and will probably reach here tomorrow or Mon- day. His trip will result in the coming of number of responsible people to Florence.
 MT. G. L. Moore was In town on Tues day from his ranch across the river and above town 2 few miles. He had com pleted his water ditch but owing to a fault in the survey considerable length of 1t must be constructed anew.
 Mir. c. F. Bennett of Silver King, left on Thursday for visit to his par ents at Denison, Texas. He took his little son with him and will let him re. main there for the present. Mir. Ben net will be absent but two or three weeks.
 Messrs. Edward W. Ramels, Julian Laughlin and Judge Henry D. Laughtin, St. Louis capitalists, arrived yesterday to look at the country and the various irrigating schemes now in progress here abouts. Mir. Julian Laughlin visited Florence last fall.
 Mir. Chas RApp has purchased Messrs. Miller & Kesting's saloon and will here after conduct its destinies. Charley has as many friends and acquaintances as there are people In the county and they will always meet with genial welcome at his place of business.
 As an Instance of careless mail hand d. ling the circumstance is noted of plainly directed mail matter for Vermont pest office having come from the railroad route to the Florence office. Some o the route clerks need little brushing uT In thelr knowledge of geography.
 Mir. James Elder came down iron Riverside on Saturday to transact som' business matters and returned on Mon day. He reports 6 fine outlook for { lively camp there. The mill was tt start up on Thursday and 1t Is calculated that It can be kept running continuous ly.
 Mr. 0. W. Lemon got home from Cass Grande last Saturday. The new town site was nll properly surveyed and laiC out and 80 soon as the preliminary ar rangements are completed, the lots vii be ready for purchasers. He thinks very important town will grow up a that place.
 MT. James Thompson, proprietor O tha Gloha ataoe line and the huildar n