Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-05-18

Mir. w. c. Smith was up from Casa Grande last Saturday, attending the meeting of the board of supervisors.
 Messrs. H. V. Jackson and W. Wood Porter visited Phenix this week for business and pleasure.
 Dr. J. NJ. Hurley has been in town this week, looking after his harvesting matters.
 Messrs. W. E. Guild and Perry Wild man went to the Columbia cattle com pany's range at American Flag, in the Santa Catalinas, last Monday.
 There will be no sociable at Mir. Whit temore's next Thursday evening. AS soon as moved, settled in the new Parsonage, all will be invited there
 Mir. John B. Fitch representing the Tucson Star, arrived in Florence Mon day and took look through this val ley. His impressions will be found in the columns of the Star.
 Mrs. Bley and Miss Nellie Bley went to Tucson this week to meet Mrs. Geo. F. Cook, whom they ac- companiei to Dudleyville where they will make visit.
 MT. F. G. Logan, Chicago capital ist, visited Florence this week, and has identified himself with the growing in- terests of the county by filing upon some choice government land under the Florence canal.
 Mir. Frank G. Howser, one of Pi- nals prosperous merchants, visited Florence last Saturday and remained over Sunday. Mir. Howser's visits are are not frequent, but they are always welcome.
 Mir. Geo. H. Tinker, editor of the Flagstaff Champion, died at his home in Flagstaff, last Saturday, after a long illness. MT. Tinker came to Arizona as soldier and after serving the term of his enlistment, engaged in journal ism up to the time of his death. He leaves a wife and five children.
 Mir. A. T. Cotton started out last Sunday afternoon with his construc- ton party to begin work on the lower section of the Florence canal between the reservoir and the railroad. He has about twenty-five men at work with teams and scrapers and will push the work in lively manner until full ly completed.
 The Ruggles show that organized in Florence last fall after consolidat- ing with krush's circus, made a tour of Sonora recently and duplicated Pete Kitchens experience. They came back minus everything of a fair ly equipped circus, excepting little red street banner.
 Mir. Vim. Clarke has a small cherry tree growing upon his residence lot, that is scarcely over two feet high. On Monday he was quite surprised to find upon it q dozen or more fine, large cherries, fully matured. The ambi- tious little tree had received no special attention and was considered too young to bear fruit at all.
 A high west wind on Wednesday brought considerable desert dust this way and the following morning was
 
 the seacoast which was, however hazy with fine particles of desert dust. Quite a sand storm evidently prevail ed somewhere to the west, which ex- hsusted its force before reaching this valley.
 Mir. Chas. Ritsch brought lot of new potatoes to town last Sunday that were the finest in size and quality of any heretofore seen in this market They were raised on his ranch east of Florence. on newly cultivated land. with very little irrigation. Nearly all the tubers were from three to four inches in length and fully two inches in diameter.
 Mir. Frank Averill, of Pinal, started east last Saturday to visit his old home at Frankfort, Maine, after an absence on the Pacific coast of thirty-eight years. Mir Averill is now enjoying the fruits of his years of active industry but will scarcely be content in far away New England, after enjoying so many years of yves ern lie lis many friends here wish him a pleasant visit to his old home.
 MT. Perry Wildman came down from Silver King last Saturday, and a few hours after his arrival he had closed negotiations for the purchase of the J. NJ. Ochoa mercantile estab- lishment from the Messrs Goldman Brothers, in the interests of himself and Mir. J. B. McNeil, his Silver King partner. Mir. McNeii will take the ac tive management of the house ana Mir. Wildman will remain in Califor. mia and personally select all goods or dered.
 While driving from the mine to tho mill at the Owl Heads on "Wednesday of last week, Supt. D. T. Elmore, O the Tortilita mines, was attacked by three masked Mexicans. one of whom struck him on the head with a rocl and another wielded club, but hi spirited team dashed away and bore him safely beyond their reach. Wha their object was, other than robbery, il not known. That vicinity is said tC be infested with gang of worthes ore thieves that gather up rich speci mems from the dumps and when quantity large enough for shipmen has been secured, they send it ava, for reduction. They are able in thi way to ship several hundred pounds O ore that will yield thousand dollar per ton, every month or two. Whethe MT. Elmore was attacked by some O these pirates is not known, but the would scarcely hesitate to do such a set.
 A lot of Osborne Mowin, Machines, brand new, will b Osld at bargain. Apply to