The Arizona champion., 1883-10-13
WEEKLY CHAMPION.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER B.

our metropolis, Albuquerque, pub lished in the CHAMPION this week.
 The inhabitants of Mazatlan are said to be dying at the rate of a5 to 30 per day from yellow lever.
 Quite large number of strangers have visited our town this week, the most of them taking the trip to the Grand Canon.
 The game of poker, coupled with overdoses of the ardent, has caused considerable many personal encoun- ters in town this week.
 Lawson, the Kingman butcher, is offering great advantages to people along the line of the road to supply fresh meat during the winter.
 President Arthur is to designate a day for the congress of tle nations to be held at Washington in 1884, to select standard prime meridian and standard of tune for the globe.
 The choice beef steaks now being served at Miller & Huntley's lunch counter, in Peach Springs, furnished by Davis, the Blackberry butcher, are of the very finest quality. Oh! how delicious!
 George Smeardon, who, 1t will be remembered, was an important Wit ness for the defence in the Tiffany cases, and who disappeared just be fore the commencement of Tiffany s trial, is said to have died at Guaymas few days ago, from yellow fever.
 The mineral display from Mohave county, Arizona, Is something Very fine in it's way. The ore Is very high grade as a rule, and IS shown in large pieces. It is arranged in a cabinet devised by B. Moses, and was at the south end of the hall with the A. & P. eXhlblt.-Albuquerque Journal.
 Yesterday special car brought to our town Gen. Sedgwlck, John w. Young and one or two others, who, after partaklng of dinner, proceeded to the Needles. They will return here to morrow, and Young & Farlee will convey tie party to the Grand Canon.
 During the week Mir. Gilmore, real etate agent of Albuquerque, visited Peach Springs, accompanied by Lieut.. Spruance, of Fort WngaIe, and two other gentlemen, the latter looking for ranches or grazing lands. They took In Aubrey, Putnam and Chino valleys during their trip along the railroad. The party returned to Al buquerque on Friday morning.
 MT. Frank Ruby, late agent at Flag staff, aud formerly connected with the Atchison, Topeka x Santa Fe, stationed at Santa Fe, we are glad to announce, has assumed the position of station agent at Peach Springs. An affable, courteous gentleman, who has had large experience in railroad ing, he comes to position here very much in need of such a man. MT. Ruby is warmly welcomed by our business men.
 Frank F. Carnduf, editor and pro- prietor of the Valley Review, Liver more, California, and representative of the we'll known type foundry oi Palmer x Key, San Francisco, paid Peach Springs a brief visit to-day, leaving for Mineral Park in the even. ing. MT. C. has made an extended trip through our Territory, as well as New and Old Mexico, in the interests of he type foundry, and is a gentle man whom it is pleasure to meet at all times. He will return to California via the Needles.
 The railroad company is building an addition to the ice house. of eigh- teen feet, preparatory to storing larger quantities of ihe frigid for summer use. This IS all we'll enough, but if they will look d little more to the comfort of the travelling people by at least giving them a place to sit down while waiting for a train at the station (we can't call it depot), the | improvements will be better appre- | ciated. The business office of the agent allows coop of ax4, in which the customer (not the passenger) IS allowed to stand while he counts out his freight money or express charges, and he can quietly retire, while another comes forward and repeats the dose. A mother, child in arms, can walk the platform while waiting, but,