The Arizona champion., 1883-12-01


 stage from that place to Providence.
 MT. E. Meyers, travelling for Santi- ago Baca's we'll known liquor house, ln Albuquerque, arrived in town yes terday.
 Harley Fay received this week large invoice of fresh fish, chicken and fresh oysters from Albuquerque. We live high in Peach Springs now.
 b H. Newton and wife and James Newton, of Massachusetts; Mrs. Ruth Q. Powell, of Scranton, Pa. and Col. Forsythe Harrison, quartermaster agent at Ash Fork, visited the Grand Canon this week.
 General sherman has retired from the army, but will continue to draw irpm Uncle Sans sack SI7,5oo per annum till death cheeks hun off the list, Yet some people say republics are ungrdtelul.
 There are $500 Indians now at Sau Carlos, ana only one company of soldiers. The boy brought Tn by the renegades, supposed to be Charlie Me Comas, Is not him. he Indians al the reservation now suppose the Me Comas boy to be dead.
 Conductor Dodge, running on the Fourth Division, has resigned. Cause, probably, too much work for little pay. MT. Dodge IS one of those quiet, reliable gentlemen who attends to his own business and says Very little. We wish he could remain with us.
 Senator Fair says he does not be. leve any man in the world knows hls oplnions on political matters. Really, we were not aware of the existence of any wild demand for Mir. Ears pollt- cal views; and, in fact, had struggled along under the impression that he had none.
 The Prescott Miner started story that May Woodman, the murderer of her paramour, at Tombstone, had be come enciente since she was taken to prison at Yuma, The story turns out to be utterly false, and the Miner may be called upon to pay some damages for making the accusation.
 Sergeant L. D. Lawrence, of the Sixth cavalry, shot and killed William Hill in dance house kept by the deceased, at Wilcox, on Wednesday last; also shot Sergeant Duffy and a sporting man named Al Porter, prob ably fatally. Lawrence was held for murder, and now languishes in jail at Tombstone.
 A circular received announces that about the middle of December, Mir. George MCCarter will commence the publication of a newspaper, to be called the Apache Chief, at St. Johns, Apache county. The circular states that the Apache C lief will be an anti, Mormon journal to the hearts core, though not unreasonable or abusive
 Congressman Page. representing California, was recently in Prescott tils object in visiting Arizona is to procure a cattle range containing from 500, ,ooo to I 1000, 900 acres He Is negotiating with the Atlantic x Pacific rellroad for the desired range, which IS practically concluded. The company will start With 10 1000 head of the best cattle, with view of in creasing the number to SO, 1000.
 MT. Charles Spencer, the we'll known miner, prospector and govern ment scout, accompanied by William Rldenour, the discoverer of the Hack berry mine, and Mir. Kemp, who keeps the station between Mineral Park and Kingman, arrived in town this morning, en route to Pine Springs and vicinity, on a prospecting tour, and to do assessment work on mining property Tn that section. They will be out about one month.
 J. O. Dunbar, ex-county treasurer oi Cochlse county, who was on trial for forgery, at Tombstone, last week, was acquitted by the jury. Now, the question IS, who got the money on those forged warrants? We never be- ileved Dunbar did, as far and thor oush trlal of the case has proved. he old board of supervisors of that county were rotten to the core, and there are those now in Tombstone who know where the money went.
 The Globe Silver Belt announces that contractors will be at work on the Mineral Belt railroad next month. Important negotiations are pending as to the sale of bonds and letting of contracts, with the best promise of success. Gen. Green B. Raum, late Commissioner of Internal Revenue, is president, and Woodman s. Eaton, general freight agent of the Maine Central railroad, IS secretary of the Construction Company. Persons en- filled tO Stoct will raceiva if b, Dao