Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-09-28
CASA GRANDE.

tickets to Magdalena will be on sale at Casa Grande. Round trip tickets without stop over privileges will cost $16.&0.
 Mir. W. H. O'Neil, the section fore man, while passing along the track on a hand car, was struck by rattle snake on the sole of his boot Tine car was stopped and Mir. O'Neil shot the reptiles head off. It had sixteen rattles, measured four and half inch es around the middle and was five feet long.
 Mr. Alexander will build three frame houses for families now waiting to oc cupy them.
 Mir. Lou English is building frame house 3Ox20, to be used as dining room and hall.
 The town was visited by swarms of crickets on the 10th. Lamps in sev- eral places were extinguished by their falling down the chimneys. They could he gathered up in the streets and sidewalks by the handful. In the day time they disappeared. It is thought they came down in the rain storm that occurred that evening.
 MT. Arthur H. Elliott has removed his Cyclone wind mill from his lot op- posite the depot to his residence and piped the water into his house. He will set out trees around his lot this fall. The Cyclone wind mill is looked upon at Casa GIande as the best mill ever built.
 Mir NJ. NJ. Hickey, the deputy sheriff, | has caused some cOmmotion in the town by his activity in making arrests. The feeling is equally divided as to his fitness for the position. Some say arrests are made in order to get the fees; that he talks too much and uses his badge to protect him in his abuse. To his credit it is said good work Is being done in keeping the Indians out of town from sun up to sun down. MT. Hickey claims the saloon men are op- posed to him, owing to his not gamb ling and drinking whiskey, and that the best element is with him. Some of the people claim there is no need of deputy sheriff, as there Is a jus tice and constable in the town. Some of the best men in town have asked for the deputy's removal. MT. James Green has gone to the Minas Prietas to take position in the mine.
 Freight trains pass here frequently, day and night, caused by the strike on the A. & P. R. R.
 MT. Orin E-Taft, of Chicago, who is located in township ', section 5; some two miles from Casa Grande, has men at work on his well, and as soon as water is struck will go ahead to put the land in order for the water that will reach him later in the fall.
 Barley is selling at S15 per ton.
 Col. c. w. Grouse has returned to the agency.
 People from Mesa City furnish the town with fruits and vegetables.
 MT. Lucien Walker, wife and daugh- ter, accompaI d by Mrs. Fisher, re- turned home last Tuesday from Cali fornia. They expressed themselves as glad to get back to the sunshine, as the climate in California is now very disagreeable. MT. Walker and wife were heartily welcomed by their many friends at Casa Grande
 Judge J. D. Walker is stopping at Casa Grande for the present, but will soon benefit the county by his valu- able experience in mining matters by beginning work in the Casa Grande district.
 Additional rooms will have to be ad ded to the Fryer house to accommo- date the travelling public. This is ar indication of the popularity of its management.
 MT. J. r. Meikel, a well known min CT, left for Dos Cabezas, to a take charge of mine.
 MT. G. N. Henshaw met the Walk CTS at Casa GrInde with their carriage Mrs. Henshaw is now at Downey Gal. ifornia, but will return to Vezol soon , The Lela mill has been running several days and is said to be doing well. The water is not in quantity for the ten stamps. An attempt vii be made to boom the stock before the 10O-stamp mill goes up. MT. J. c. Loss has removed nearly all the machinery from the Buttes. The men in charge of the Leila al Casa Grande are not very compliment. ary in speaking of Mir T. H. Hams but If there is failure at their camp it cannot be laid to his management.