Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-03-10
Local Items.

The weather prognosticators say big rain storm IS brewing.
 Mir. Manuel Smith and wife have re- turned from the Vekol.
 John Moran, foreman of the Locomo tive mine at Quijotoa, IS in town.
 Mir. J. C. Woollomes and wife, of Pi- nal, spent a few days in Florence last week.
 Mir. W. l. Price was up from his Rep resits ranch during the fore part of the week.
 Mir. W. N. Crandall started for Cali fornia last Sunday, intending to be absent a week.
 Mir Frank Oury, nephew of Hon. G. H. Oury, went to the Silver King last Saturday.
 Mir. J. NJ. Taylor, recently employed at the Vekol mine, has been in Florence this week.
 Superintendent Arthur Macy and wife of the Silver King, started for New York on Monday.
 Messrs John Dunn and James Mat thews are Tn from their mining camp at the Owl Beads.
 Jim Sam is happy over the birth of a little girl which his wife presented him few days ago.
 Judge Bo. J. Whiteside and wife vis- tied the mining camp of Gabriel & Elder, at Riverside, this week. Dr. Wm. Harvey was called to Casa Grande this week. by the illness of the wife of Mr. w. c. Smith.
 Mr. Leroy Tucker came up from the Vekol several days ago and went to the Reymert camp at De Noon.
 Mir. P. Winkelman, one of the pros pering cattle men of Dudleyville, made Floren ce visit this week.
 Mr. c. F. Palmer left yesterday for California. He will go east and visit Washington before returning.
 The Vekol mill is now running on ore from Messrs. Chillson & Hinds' May flower and Great Eastern claims.
 Grading has commenced at Casa Gran de for the oil tanks that will supply the Silver King mill with oil for fuel.
 Mir. Wm. Clarke returned last week from his mining claims at the Owl Heads His properties are still improving in quality.
 Mir. Chas. F. Hof, representing c. Seligmann & Co.,, of Tucson, was in town this week, selling lots of choice goods to merchants.
 Mrs. Judge Scott, of Dudleyville, went over to Phenix a short time ago and purchased big load of fruit trees for her ranch.
 Mir. Randolph Adams, Assistant Super intendent of the Silver King, passed through from Casa Grande on Friday, homeward bound.
 Mir. A. T. Colton is acting as engineer of the Florence canal and has removed his office to that of the canal company's in the Collingwood'building.
 District Attorney A. R. English, of Tombstone, spent day in Florence on his return from Globe whither he went on legal matters several days ago.
 The deeds of Reavis to New York gentleman, of his interests in the so- called Peralta grant, were recorded in the Recorders office of this county this week.
 Supervisor Stevens and county Sur veyor Lemon have located culvert on the Casa Grande road near McLellan's we'll, and the bad sink at that place will soon be remedied.
 Mir Isaac. Williams came up from Sac. at on on Tuesday, on short business lip. He is interested in the Mastodon group of mines now bonded to Messrs Charles Matt & Co.,, of Kansas City.
 The brick walls of Mir. c. D. Henry'l new business building are up the full night, and the roof will be put on next week. The second story will likely be leased by the lodge of A. o. U. w. for { hall.
 The'warrant for S2,OOO on the bene 6ciary certificate of the late J. D. Rit tenhouse in the A. O. U. w. was receiv ed this week from Grand Recorder w F. Boyd. It is made payable to Mrs Rit tenhouse.
 The Florence post-office has run out O Ae1 oNPlAy OA hlOnSy OiuOI Dldnks dIS that portion of Postmaster Miller's bus mess is at standstill. The red tape O the department is responsible for tn delay in forwarding the blanks.
 Mir. c. M Marshall, proprietor of tn Fryer Hotel at Casa Grande, was in tewl few days ago. He reports that tow as fourishing, two new buildings fo saloons being in the process of construc ton.
 A public meeting has been called fo eight o'clock tonight at the Court Hous to consider the bill now before Congress creating special court to hear and dc termine private land grants in this tel ritory. The public generally is invited William Jennings, who is operat ing in mines st 6 GFsfidas, Sonora, was r; p orted to his family here by telegram flow days ago to be dangerously i'll an not expected to live. His wife and sor Albert, left at once for Sonora to car for him.
 On Friday of last week, Mir. NJ. F Traut had the misfortune to lose valr able gold watch-a highly prized presen to him-together, with $80 in money, h pistol and other articles left by him is satchel in the tent he occupied nei the Vekol. A Mexican had entere during his temporary absence, stolen u articles an skipped out