The Arizona champion., 1885-07-18
Territorial Items.

shal will probably make his headquar- t.rs in Tombstone.
 A congressional committee talks of coming to Arizona to investigate h. dian affairs. -.
 The Hon. John G. Campbell thinks Arizona is capable of pasturing sew eral million head of cattle.
 Hon. C. C. Bean, Delegate to Congress from this Territory, has started for Denver on mining busi- ness.
 A Mohave county paper accuses cattle men out there of having de Ccivcd the assessor.
 The Tonto Basin road bonds have been sold to Hon. E. w. Wells for % cents. The amount of the bonds is s6, 1000.
 The Tombstone Record-Epitaph is pleased with the mining prospects in the bonanza camp.
 Jacob Henkle, who, it is said, went to Washington after the U. s. Mar shalship, IS coming home without it.
 Signal, Mohave county, will, ere long, be a busillng place. No non sense in this; il has the rich sllverr ore to back it up.
 F. w. Blake has been elected cash fer of the Bank of Presc ott, vice Alfred EoG, resigned. The other officers remain al heretofore.
 The Florence Enterprise states that Arthur Elliot has ordered materia! for newspaper he proposes publish ing at Casa Grande.
 Prescott will very soon lose one of her best citizens, in the person of Mir. Alfred Eof, who goes to California, in which state the Courier hopes he will win fame and lucre.-Courie-.
 Ripe tomatoes from Phenix sell at Prescott at the rate of 50 cents per pound. Pnenix musk melons are al- so in market.
 The Indians will not be taken out of Arizona this year, as there IS law of Congress against it. This being the case, those resolutions will have to be kept on ice. for further use.
 The Clifton Clarion asserts that As sociate Justice Fitzgerald, of our Su- prcme Court, was a Confederate mili- tary officer.
 Mir. s. $. Ackers, one of our coun. tvs most intelligent stock raisers, IS in the city, f om his range in the Mo golion mountains. He tells us that stock of all kinds is in good condi- ton in his portion of the county Courier.
 Notwithstanding the quarantine law passed by the late Legislature against the importation of Texas cat tie there is a considerable movement of cattle to this county, particularly to that portion along the A. X P. road. An advance in the price of cattle is noticeable.
 The Yumas are about to inaugurate a fiesta, or fandango, down at Ago dcnes. The tribe will then collect from far and neartand celebrate the return of green pumpkins, green corn and watermelons. An invita- ton will be extended to other tribes to participate with them in their grand fiesta.
 The Phenix Gazette says: Water is at very low stage in the river, and the Salt River valley canal company is now resorting to the expedient of furnishing certain sections periodical ly, and shutting others off during the time. The ranchers near the city are to do without water for a week or two until their turn comes.
 It is fact rot generally known that $s,ooo to S6,ooo per month is shipped away from Prescott by the Chinese, none of which ever returns for circulation. If this amount of money was handled by white people .he greater portion of it would be placed in circulation at home instead of being shipped to San Francisco or he Flowery Kingdom.
 The new Indian commissioner is things down to fine point. The chances for the post traders on he reservations are made exceedingly dose, and the fact is the commission .r will attempt to reform the whole business. The old post traders will