The Arizona champion., 1884-12-06
LOCAL MATTERS.
Crockery and glass ware, at New

made in the legislature to revive the tax on bullion.
 The Mormon candidate for dele gate to Congress from Utah received 2I,I2o votes out of total of 23, 362.
 Judge ], R. Russell, of Blackberry. will go east about January Ist, and will visit New Orleans during his ab- sence.
 F. w. Middleton has just received the largest stock of jewelry, Silverware and Christmas toys, ever brought in to Flagstaff.
 Dr. Brannen reports Mir. Benson, who was shot by his foreman on the ranch near Holbrook few days since, now out of danger.
 On our second page will be found a striking and instructive illustration of the comparative worth of ihc various kinds of baking powders now in the market.
 NJ. w. Tate has gone to Winslow to take position in the store of Capt. ]. II, Breed. Jesse Gregg has taken lis place behind the bar at the White House, in Flagstaff.
 We have received the school report of the standing of the pupils in the Flagstaff school for the month of No vember too late fer this week. IL will appear next week.
 Al Whitney, Of the popular firm Of Ellis & Whitney, of Prescott, is the happy father of bouncing boy. He has been named after the President elect, Grover Cleveland.
 The next Legislature should pass an actoffcring liberal reward for the killing of mountain lions. A stock raiser residing between the Agul Fria and the Verde, has recently lost forty calves Killed by lions.
 We are in receipt of Geo. II Cur. rvs Annual Holiday Review. Mir Curry is the leading jeweller Of north. ern Arizona, his store at Prescott be ing one of the finest in the Territory The Review advertises rare Christmas gifts ill great proiusion,
 Hon. John Howell, councilman elect, from Mohave county, has left Blackberry for San Francisco, where he will join his family and proceed to the New Orleans exposition. He will return in time to take his seat in the Council at the opening of the session.
 Col. Willis, of Albuquerque, after spending three days m Peach Springs, came down to our town and IS now out rusticating and hunting on the ranch of MT. Hoxworth. From the dimensions of his blunderbuss we pre- dict great slaughter of ducks on MormSna lsat ss,As ss...s ..,. !. .. ,s...,....
 c. " lcsers, of' wlflisms, is in town nasys ss,s Rassts k aiasissl, sa out his tasiness and xHFa retire from an ac,ItssF:s lasissss ia S He hasieMsu M resident Arixonssefux ,,ss wears, has gained a competency and pro poses to spend the remainder of hi. days in qulelude.
 Ralph Cameron, the popular book keeper for the Aver Lumber Compa ny, has resigned his position here and gone to Albuquerque to take si,ua ton as clerk for II. Drury, master carpenter and superintendent of the water service for the Atlantic & Pa oihc railroad. Ralph has host of friends in Flagstaff. and while they re gret his departure will congratulate him on succeeding to so important and lucrative a position.
 Dewitt C. Newell has a number oI copies of Hon Pat Hamilton's "Re sources of Arizona" for sale The work IS one of the most thorough and reliable ever published on our territory and pioper distribution of the same in the eastern states will greatly serve the attraction of population. Partie: wishing copy of the book can secure it of Mir. Newell.
 The San Francisco Post says: 1t i, about time that Idaho should follow the example of Arizona and punish the Mormon polygamists within hel borders. The south and eastern DOT tions of Idaho are largely settled by Mormons. They set the law of the United States prohibiting plurality in wives as openly at defiance as do Al ..I