Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-05-05
Local Items.

Strawberries are selling for 70 cents per pound in Globe.
 The McCrary and Henry building will be ready for occupation in a few days.
 Five sections of land were located by indiana parties last week.
 Mr. w. NJ. Griffith of Dripping Springs is in town.
 MT. NJ. NJ. Hickey left for Casa Gran de Wednesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. c. Smith came down from Casa Grande Tuesday.
 Mir. Geo. A. Sarrick was down from Pinal on Tuesday.
 Mir. c. W. Culver was down from Pi- n., on Tuesday morning and returned the same day.
 A first -class horse sheer could get steady work at Mir. Culver's shop in Pi- nal.
 The Florence Canal Company arc un- able to procure the necessary number of ts ans to do work on the canal.
 On Wednesday the Devine twins cels- brated their tenth birthday by giving a party to small number of friends.
 Mir. Wallace Wallrich brother of Mir. O. Wallrich stopped over one day this week while on hIs way tO California.
 Miss Lulu Drais, daughter of Mir Lem Drais, arrived from San Francisco last Sunday. Miss Lulu will remain here few months.
 Mir. A. c. Evans, of Richmond, Ind, arrived this week to remain for an in definite length of time. He is connect ed with the Florence canal company.
 A letter received by Hon. P. R. Brady few days ago from Mir. Thomas Gates, states that Mir. Gates is in Los Angeles and is not in good health.
 The California and Texas Stage Con- pany is getting it's Concord coaches in good order to meet the increasing travel between Florence and Casa Grande.
 Mir Juan Cabeza has leased the build ing formerly occupied by Mrs. French as restaurant, and will shortly esta blish a fruit store and bakery therein.
 Prof F. J. Watson has accepted po- sition with Judge Walker at De Noon, during the school vacation. Prof Wat son is an excellent teacher and is deserv- ing of much credit for the manner in which the school has been managed
 Mir. N W. Harter has resigned his position at the Florence Hotel to accept that of amslgamator at the Reymert mill, De Noon. Mir. Harter has the rep utation of being irst-class amalgamat- or, aud as he is very pleasant gentle man socially, the camp of De Noon is to be congratulated On its acquisition.
 A death occurred at the Vekol on March 17th which failed to find its way iE the newspaper. Mir. Edmund G. tion, aged 20 years. Deceased had been suffering with the disease, inherited from his parents, for several years and hoped to find allevation in the warm climate of Arizona. He was nephew of Mrs, Frank Reynolds. of Vekol.
 The trestle for tho elevated si de track for the oil cars of the Silver King com pany, at Casa Grande, is nearly complet- ed, and the foundation for the oil tanks iS under construction. The treste is 69O feet long, the center heing 91 feet above the level of the main track The oil cars will be run up the grade to the summit, and the oil will flow into the tanks of which there are two, six feet in diameter and twenty-seven feet long. These are placed at an intermediate grade between the oil car and the top of the oil wagon in which the oil will be taken to Silver King.
 Father J. F. Monfort was called to the Vekol last week to off iciate at couple of weddings-an unusual occurrence in a mining camp. On Saturday morning the ceremonies were performed by which Mir. Camilo Rangel and Miss Clotilde Duarte and Mir. Francisco Noriega and Maria Salazar were bound together in holy wedlock. At night grand dance was given at the boarding-house, which everybody attended, and miners from several neighboring camps made & special trip Jo the Vekol to enjoy the giddy whirl. A jolly time was experienced and the occasion will be long remembered by the good people of the Vekol.
 The lady teachers of the pubic school treated their pupils to picnic on May day. After school hours the small peo- pie, accompanied by their teachers, maTclieu 10 some lATSe trees III tue valley north of town. Here four large swings had been placed for the use of the child ren. After each child had his turn at swinging, and after some merry games the pupils were seated to partake of the feast of nuts, candy, oranges. and lemon ade that had been prepared fo: them Shortly after. all glad and happy, they returned to their homes. The teachers deserve to be highly complim ented for their efforts in behalf of the young peo- pie under their care.
 Rev. I. T. Whittimore writes the EN- rERPRIsE from Hamlet, Illinois: "You can say to the people that we are pack ing and I expect to be there to preach on the 27th of May if there is no other ap- pointment at the Court House. I ex- pect to erect brick church and an adobe parsonage this summer in Florence and hope to help the citizens little in build ing up the town. What the Salt river valley now is, the Gila river valley will soon be, and what Phenix is to-day Florence will be in the near future. There ia a hriobtar and hattar daxy Ia u,