The Arizona champion., 1885-09-05

| We call attention to the correspon
 dence copied from the New Mexico
 Stock Grower, ot the cattle interests
 of Yavapai county, from the Verde
 Valley to the Mogollor mountains
 It is evidently written by residen, of the district, and is very reliable
 report.
 In Kirkland and Skull valleys, this county, mountain lyons are said to be
 doing great damage to stock. There is bounty of Sas per head for these destructive beasts, and if they are plenty in that section, there are a number of idle men in this vicinity who might find profitable occupation.
 Our school opened on Monday last under the supervision of w. L. Van
 Horn, with thirty eight scholars, and starts off under very encouraging au- spices. Mir. Van Horn is an able and thorough teacher, and we expect to see the scholars advance rapidly un- der his guid ince and care.
 S. S. Ackers, of the firm of Ackers & Walker, of the Verde, drove to Flagstaff this week, twenty-five head of as fine beef cattle as ever came in to this market, which were sold to Daggs Bros. x Co. Mir. Ackers has returned and will arrive here about, the 2oth inst, with 20 head more for the same firm.
 The genlal lace of our old friend, Major Miner, IS seen no more in Flagstaff. |, is understood he is no longer connected with the A. x P. railroad company, and at present is at the National Park in Wyoming, in the company of Supt. F. w. Smith. We hope he will occasionally show his gleaming countenance in our midst.
 A cave has been discovered in Apache county I. 500 feet long, about IS feet wide and I2 or IS feet high At the point larthest from the entrance is said to have heen found about I6S clay dishes beautifully painted of va rious sizes and no two of them alike. The aborigines of that section oi country seem to kEow nothing of the cave or It's contents.
 Mir. ]. w. Sullivan, of Prescott, Arizona, was caller yesterday. This gentleman, in connection with Wm. Garland. oas just shipped from Ash Fork to Mulvane's ranch in Wabaun- see county. Kansas, Goo feeding steers and expects 800 more to arrive this week. He reports that A. B. Mat thewS of Kansas City, had within a day or two, purchased in Arizona. 400 steers of the same class for his ranch near Kinsley, Kansas.-Kansas City Indicator.
 John Sanderson, proprietor of the FlagstIif news room and fruit stand, IS just Tn recelp, of a supply of vege- tables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, also apples, pears, peaches and plums. Also in the book line, some very ele- gantly bound popular novels, Byron's works in elegant pearl binding, the Seaside novels, etc. Also, for pleas ure seekers in the mountains, the choicest cigars put in small boxes so as to carry in the pocket. It will re. pay you to take look at his new stock.
 Talk about enterprise, Prescott has an undertaken who discounts all the men in the country in that line of business. In addition to some half dozen graves already dug, prepared for immediate use, he has one more costly than the rest, which he values at S4oo, which is made of masonry, and in which he hopes, himself, to re. pose at some future day. He has al 50 coffin made for himself, very plain, upainted and unadorn ed one, which he has already pressed into service, by using it to sleep in.
 Two young men, named McGinnis and Flanagan, purloined from the store of D. A. Murphy, on Monday night last, six pair of boots. Win Murphy was in the store alone at the time, and one of the thieves called him into the back room to purchase drink, while the other remained in the front room and got away with the boots. Will came out and missed the boots, and suspicion at once rested on the right parties. Bob Carr vas sent to negotiate for the boots, and he succeeded in finding out where the