The Arizona champion., 1884-07-26

doing its utmost to make the event success.
 Neither dynamite nor fire has any terrors for MT. James Bailey, and his Lone Star saloon will soon be ready to greet its old customers. He IS building near the "Blazing Star" in this town. He will open up with a ball next Friday evening.
 The San Francisco mountains are the hunters paradise. and wild game, such as bear, deer, antelope and tur- key are said to be very plenty. Many tourists arc now Tn the hills and nearly every day some one from here should CTS his gun and returns generally with bag of game.
 The railroad boys have almost three months pay coming, and sight Of the pay-car with "dust" for them would be gladly welcomed. One of the boys propounds the following conundrum: "If the pay-car doesn't come shortly who will be the first to succumb. the merchant, boarding house keeper or the men ?"
 We received, just as we were going to press, the announcement of John M. Murphy. of Prescott, for Sheriff. MT. Murphy was Sergeant-at-Arm of the last House of Representatives, in which position he was prompt and faithful officer. He IS we'll known in the county, and would make a very efficient Sheriff
 The members of the Democratic Territorial Committee from Pima county have signed request to Hon. w. A. Rowe, Chairman, asking that the coming Territorial Convention be held in Tucson. Chairman Rowe refers the matter to the entire com miitee, who by vote can reconsider the action calling the convention to meet at Phenix.
 We congratulate the Flagstaff CHAMPION upon its spicy appearance this week, and think il the most com complete Democratic sheet in North ern Arizona.-PreScott Miner.
 The Flagstaff Champion is credit to its constituency. Prescott Courier.
 We are pleased to receive such com plimentary notices from our esteemed contemporaries in cur own county, and coming from the organs of both po' lltiCal parties, makes them doubly ap. preciated by Us. We hope to con tinue to merit their good opinion.
 Marve Beal has disposed of his saloon and stock in old town to Drake, the unfortunate individual in whose dance hall the recent blaze was started. Drake took poSs ession Thursday eve ming and at once converted the place into a dance hail. MT. Beal will take a breathing spell, and will no doubt open up business in this town of some nature. as he has worked up too large host of friends to leave us.
 MT. Cal. Davids, whose genial smile and pleasant address rendered it al ways pleasure to "indulge" at Bea': saloon, left us last evening for a shor1 trip to The Needles. "Cal." hinteo it was rest and pleasure he was after but we believe his minds eye is tt gaze upon the dusky daughters of the Mohaves, who skip and gambo about with less clothing, hguratively speaking, than Eve wore when she left the garden of Eden.
 Reckless shooting is becoming too common in the streets here, and tht proper officers should arrest one ol two and make an example of them This morning a man walking dowr the track emptied his revolver, anc last evening dog was shot in th' rear of the CHAMPION office by a young man. He fired without any regard for life, his shot being in In, with MT. Hildreth's house, and on, ball passed through the building He had better come and remove tha } carcass and save tronble.
 Early Sunday morning some unhunl 7 scoundred made second attempt tc blow up the Lone Star Saloon of Jas Bailey. The explosive was placed directly in front of the door and it explosion blew the doors open, shat lering portion of them into splinter about the size of a match, which GOV cred the floor of the saloon. A hol about a foot round was made in tn door sill, and the porch badly shat tered. Two men sleeping on tn floor were raised almost to the ceilin and they, as we'll as the proprietor 0 the saloon and two other men stand