The Arizona champion., 1884-07-26

are aspirahts for county offices. As the CHAMPION is the only poper in the county that circulates to any ex- tent on the line of the A. & P. road, it might, perhaps, be beneficial to as- pirants for office to make themselves known to our people in other hamlets besides Prescottl The conventions won't be ruled by the "plaza" this trip, ii we can judge from the expressions of the people of both parties, who de. clare against ring rule. The rural dis tricts are on guard.
 A visit to the ranch of the Lock harts, just one mile from this town, will open the eyes of any unbeliever as to the adaptibility of this section to the raising of farm and garden produce. Of the latter they can dis play as fine onions, lettuce, radshes. etc., as one could wish to see, while the waving fields of barley, just in the milk, the densely growing alfalfa, and the promise for potatoes, cannot be beat in the Territory. The soil is black loam, similar to that of the prairies of Illinois, and retains plenty of moisture, obviating the necessity for irrigating.
 Al. George, the Cochise county COW boy, who has been before the courts at Tombstone for stealing cat tie, and got clear, has not yet got all the enthusiastic fire of the Ring golds and the McLowry boys out of him. He has recently been in San Simon, in that county, and few days since made the railroad agent at that station open the stock corral at the point of pistol, when he took out five car loads of horses without pay: Ing charges. He was still at large at last accounts.
 The Stinson- Tewksbury factions have had it again. John Tewksbury and George Blaine rode up to Stin, sons ranch, in Pleasant Valley, this county, on Tuesday last, and com menced quarrel with Marion Mo Cam. who was in charge of the ranch. Blaine opened fire on McCann, but missed him. McCann then fired at Blaine, hitting him in the head McCarn fired at Iewksbury, hitting him, but jumping on his horse and riding away, the extent of his injuries are not known. McCann is unin- jured.
 The school house was we'll filled Thursday evening to listen to the lec- ture advertised to be delivered by Rev. ] F. Pierce on the subject-"Chris lianity and Modern Thought" The question is one of depth, requiring careful perusal of the views and ideas of the best thinkers and keenest reas- oners in science and religion, and this MT. Pierce possesses, displaying all through the lecture a familiarity with the works of Darwin, Tyndall, Spencer, and other noted scientists, that marked him not alone as a close scholar, but formidable opponent to what he styled "Modern Thought. '' The whole lecture was marked by it. fairness of argument and lack of dull. est, ,the speaker presenting his thought: in a sharp and crisp vein, rendering them in elestlng. He is destined to gel to the front as an orator, his style O. delivery being very captivating. We hope to have the pleasure of hearing him again soon.
 Many of the cattle men from the Mogollon mountain range are IT Prescott this week attending court Among them we notice the names o the four Daggs brothers, Messrs. B F. Saunders and Wm. Ashurst. Tn, Courier pays the former the following merited notice: "Daggs Bros, intel ligent sheep breeders of this county have about 1000 young rams on on' of their ranges in the MogolloI mountains. These sheep are all iron good Vermont Spanish merino rams
 The firm supply a good many sheel raisers in New Mexico and Arizon; with young rams, which give mucl better satisfaction than those tha have been imported. A short tim, ago lightning played upon band o their sheep, killing twenty eight ant crippling more"
 A late number of the Burlington (Kan. Independent, says "Dr. Waite Greene, one of the most energeti, and able physicians and surgeons il our midst, who has an excellent prac- tice, has disposed of the latter, ant we learn intends to locate Tn Flag. staff, Arizona, and open up a first class drug store. We are sorry to los