The Arizona champion., 1884-11-15
LOCAL MATTERS.

An Odd FellowS Looge IS soon t( be organized in Flagstaff.
 "Cal." David, one of our old resi- dents. lett for Los Angeles on Thurs day last.
 Secretary Van Arman has gone or a visit to California. His wife vii return home with him.
 One of the prime necessities of tho Territory isa primary election law, and one providing for precinct regis { {tration.
 Frank Morgan, the gen,al conduc- tor on the A. X F., first division, was in town this week. Frank took in the grand G. A. Ry1ball.
 On ThuIsday last two hundred head of beef cattle were shipped from Flag staff to Charles Gasson. at Los Ange. les, from the Brannen, Finney x Bran- nen ranch.
 Dr. A. L. Moeller, an old Prescott ite, who was taken several months since to the insane asylum, is again in Prescott, although in feeble health. Very little hopes are entertained of his recovery.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Middleton and Mrs. G. M. Allison, father, mother and sister of our worthy towns man, F. w. Middleton, arrived in town from Globe this morning. They will remain several days on visit.
 Mir. Brock has the contract for building the NJ. E. parsonage, situated on the corner of Gold avenue and Superior street. The building is near ly completed, and presents a very handsome appearance. The church has three lots Tn the locality.
 Should the two Independents from Apache county act with the Demo- crats, as the count now stands, the Assembly will be a tic. There is a close count in Pinal between Ruggles and Mason, which can not be deCid-  cd without the official count.
 Sam Purdy, of Yuma county, has been elected to the assembly. Sam was a member of the Tenth assembly, and since that time has kept out of the legislative hall. We believe him to De one of the ablcst members elected this fall, and will fill ia long felt want" in that body. Glad of it, Sam.
 Capt. J. H. Breed, the we'll known and popular Winslow merchant, was in attendance at the G. A. R. ball on Wednesday evenining last. We don't know but the Captain has found new attractions here in Flagstaff, but we we are not prepared to say whether anything serious will come out oi it or not =,
 FlagstafTs popular attorney, Thos. C.. Norris, has--been made happy by the arrival of his wife and infant child from Arkansas. They come to reside permanently in our midst. Mir. Norris has moved into his new resi-. dence, on Gold avenue, and has also removed his law office to his resi- dence. .,.
 Gen, D. K. Warjwell, of Cochise county has been elected to the Assem-, ply. He is the only Democrat on the Assembly ticket elected in that county, and for him, Will A. Nash, of the Benson Herald, has to stand aside. The General is an able legis- lator, and Coshise did herself proud in sending him back.
 A case is before Justice Spaford, trial by jury, wherein Levi Clark is charged with forcibly entering the premises of J. N. Berry, in the prop erty known as the Flagstaff Bottling Works, the defendant claiming said property by mortgage from ]. B. Starr, dated prior to the sale of the property to Berry. The trial is in progress as we go to press.
 Concerning what we know as "standing advertisements" in news papers, which some merchants say are useless, is has been remarked, and truly, that they command confidence. The man who for years resides in a community and lives respectable life, even though he be of moderate ability, will grow in the confidence and esteem of his fellows. On the same principle a newspaper adver- tisement becomes familiar to the eyes ~(tba ~.aIax r. ,,xa,, nat ha c, vaf,,l