Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-08-16
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK AT THE
 RAILROAD METROPOLIS.
Water Bound Trains and Impatient Tray elers---Freaks of the Lightning Move ments of Mining Men---Personal Gossip--The Cattle Intersts--
 Get home.

over, since everybody Is ready now to cry enough" but storm could be seen last night raging in the east and as no pas senger train came in, this morning, it is probable there Is another washout some where on the road. There have been several delays of late of passenger-trains which were compelled to lay over here the greater part of the two days, much to the disgust of the traveller who dared not leave the cars for fear that any moment the train would leave. A little common sense Is very convenient at times and would save the poor agent for the 5. P. R. K. the trouble of answering thous- and and one questions Candor compels me to confess he was not personihcation of patience on monument" although he is known as one of the most popular and genial of men generally; but when any one may see twenty eight miles more or less up and down the track in each direction 1t seems to me that any one could have got out and walked about and had full half hour notice of the arrival of the train through the medium of his own eyes, instead of sitting cooped up and smothering in the cars, and anathematizing the country, the railroads and its em- ployes. Not that everybody did so. but the great majority. A few came out; on one train some officers, the soldiers being ordered to remain inside. One lady took a short stroll in spite of whatever danger there might incurred from Apache h. dians.-some took chances and went to the restaurants and hastily swallowed their food and resumed seats in the cars. Sat turday's train was delayed until the following day. Among the delayed pas sengers were Coy. WOlhey and Hon. J. A.Black who were on their way to Tue son. The storm of Saturday night was very severe, the wind blowing and follow ed by heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning which was altogether too near to be enjoyable; the lightning struck i'll several places. Bien's house was con siderably damaged and woman injured, one side being paralyzed for a time. Many were severely shocked, one lady being thrown from her chair, and others re- ceiving slight injuries. It is remarkable no ono was killed. The country is still under water in many places but the roads are improving. Travel is resumed to the Vekol and the road to the Central Silver has been open through all the storms, although it was under water good part of the way. Between here and Sacaton, the Santa Cruz river runs swift and deep and the freighting of wheat has discon- tinued. Hunting is good, and quail and rabbit abound in the neighborhood of the streams.
 Several mining men are ill the vicinity Mir Craig has gone out to the Golden West MT. White, of Colorado, Superin- tend ept of the Iron Cap mines, has gone out to the Reward mipe in the interest of a Colorado Go.
 MT Whites son, recently Superintend- ent of the Atlas mine, has gone away, Mir. Haskips is taking his place.
 An agent for powder company who has recently made tour of the mines of Arizona, say s the mining business Is inac- tive at present and that you may connt the mines ID operation upon your fingers. It Is hoped there will be a change by Fall
 Since the rains the weather has been delightfully."- cool. Our summer, ip reality, has been short one as warm weather dld not come until the latter part of June, and little remains of the summer months now.
 Dave Gibson of Florence was summon ed here recently owing to the serious sickness of his little daughter Lily, who Is now recovered.
 Phonie Price is having the grounds about his residence plowed preparatory to planting trees.
 The trees, etc, ordered from the Koch ester, New York, Co.,, through their agent Breese, will be here before long. Now ths ground is just right for blowing it is good idea to have the ground in readiness.
 Although upon desert, Casa Grande can be made beautiful place, since any thing will grow, if it has water. w. c. Smiths place, also the section house grounds, give ample proof of what can be done.
 Even in the short period succeeding the rains, the growth of vegetation is surprising.
 More machinery has arrived for the Central Silver, in addition to the hoisting works already noted by your cores pondent Work has gone on without cessation at that camp.
 A lot of hides lies on the depot plat form for shipment. Quite a number of Casa Grande people have herds of cattle that have started from a acomparativesmall beginning. One wonders almost at the increase, but the percentage of loss is so small, and so little care necessary, no feeding, no winter sheltering, that the increase Is without hindrance and goes on while one is waiting. A few years and even the poorest man in the country, with even very little forethought finds himself surrounded with comforts and with property. It is his own fault if he don't. One sometimes hears men cussing their luck, when everybody knows they have either drank or glambled off their wages, or played the fool in some way. Whoever has anything in this locality are men who have earned it, and who have commenced with nothing perhaps but their own energy. There are men vet who have families that live from hand to month who might homestead a piece of ground # only for the sake of having a home for their children children who are growing up with no knowledge of what the sacred name of home implies, with no sweet memories of a home to cheer them when they are turned out of their temporary shelter to do for them selves. There is yet land to be had for the taking, not so very near towu-so much the better since every mile between own and home strengthens the chances ,, success. In no spirit of harshness t' these criticisms been made, but that ha ass may yet come to some who can i,a ra;,h happy or contented in their ,1rasa,,t <,,, dl1on, When we read of the i,1;serv os J th e in cities who are poor and wbo are croUa. d in tenement houses and connars tIeSr Ii 'es to the poor here bIeased indeed ;s th 's land where all may have homes and thei, own freside and bf content in their own wa> s. With eggs al fifty and sixty cents dozA n' lhe greater part of the year, an income may De @ mac from chickens which grow anL tnrlVe nk' everything else in this country. month I wages will buy good COW. FrA IL tree and vines, planted even one by one sooi bear fruit and the expense is hardly iei and then the sweet security, the deaI knowledge that one has home! The pleasure of sitting beneath one's owr vine and fig-tree. Your correspondent apologizes for the dearth of news given
 What not to write is more importance
 than what to write, while the pen may b
 in a measure brave one, still there
 much even in business affairs better no
 to mention. The general news is free t
 all but that their is little as yet.
 LEIGH.