The Arizona champion., 1885-04-18
LOCAL. MATTERS.
Six experienced sheep shearers arc wanted by Gentry & Johnson, at Blackberry. See advertisement.

tackDerry. see advertisement.
 A horse was stolen in Flagstaff last night, belonging to a Mexican, and the thief is supposed to be Mexican. Parties are out, but no arrests have yet been made.
 The Aver Mill Company has con- tract for furnishing lumber and tim bers for the building of the railroad from Daggett to Colton, in Califor- mia.
 J. P. Whitney and wife, of Phila- delphia, and A. P. Young, of Hart ford. arrived in town to-day, and paid visit to the Cliff Dwellers. They were much pleased withthe scenery.
 Art. Watson, book keeper at Ayers Mill, has gone on visit to Chicago. He will be absent about four weeks, and his many friends will wish him a pleasant visit among old friends at home, and safe return.
 Messrs. Trundy x Marian have opened a first-class saloon on Railroad Avenue, at the corner leading to mill town. They keep large supply of liquors and cigars, are gentlemen who understand their business, and we hope to see them get their share of the patronage.
 ]. w. Wainwright, brother of one of the stockholders in the Arizona Cattle Company, who has been so- Journing at Fort Maroni for the past few months, has gone 10 St. Louis, his old home. We hope to see him in our midst again, where he has made many lasting friends.
 Mir. Ernest Meyers, of the firm of Louenthal x Meyers, ot Albuquerque, successors to Santiago Baca, liquor merchants, has been in town this week. The house enjoys an exten. sive trade along the line of the A. & ", which MT. Meyers has built up during the past few years.
 The Saturday evening party, given by Mrs. Sam Black, attheir residence, was very enjoyable affair. The young people danced until I2 clock, when lunch was served, and all re turned to,their homes with showers of thanks on their lips for MT. and Mrs. Sam Black, who had so elegantly en- tertained them.
 Mir. w. M. Grove, who for long time past, has been keeping a hotel and lodging house at Jerome, has leased the Flagstaff Hotel, and will take possession on the Ist of next month. We are glad to know of this, as MT. Grove has wife and two in- teresting daugters to add to Flagstaff society. MT. Grove is an experienced hotel man, and will make very pop ular landlord.
 General and Mrs. Crook, accompa- nied by Mrs. Holmes, passed through Flagstaff Sunday morning. Mrs. Crook and Mrs. Holmes are on their way east, and the General only accom-. panied the ladies to Holbrook, and returned West the same evening. Mrs. Crook will spend the summer at Oakland, Maryland, and Mrs. Holmes will return to Prescott in time for the next term of court.
 l. B. Starr has taken hold of the old White House saloon, in Flagstaff, which is now called the Frisco. Mir. Starr is we'll known in this community as the Soda Water Works man, which establishment he still presides over. | Prompt and reliable business man, the Frisco Saloon, under his guidance will grow popular. The Frisco has the only billiard table in town. He has our best wishes for his success.
 Out of seventeen subscribers in Flagstaff who have never yet paid cent for their paper, but one come Tn after the notice in the CHAMPION last week, and paid. Others who have paid for three, six months and one , ear, have so far forgot to leave their on the counter. Gentlemen, Sou must remember that the printer can't live on air, and bear in mind that the CHAMPION has been published in Flagstaff since one year ago last February.
 T.. B. Brannen & Go. have been putting in an unusually large stock of goods this spring, and it really does one's eyes good to feast upon the dis play. The largest stock of hats of I