The Arizona champion., 1885-08-01


 MT. Ernest Meyer, the wholesale liquor merchant from Albuquerque, is in town this week. Mir. Meyer has been sick for some time, confined to his room. but we are pleased to sec him among his old friends and GUS toners again.
 MT. A. A. Dutton, of the Holbrook Press, came in from Albuquerque on Tuesday evening last. His paper is now printed at Albuquerque, where he and Mrs. Dutton reside, and it will probably emerge into Sunday paper for Albuquerque.
 The Arizona Cattle Company has purchased all the cattle and horses formerly belonging to Saunders x France. The cattle are branded X on left side, horses same on left shoul- der. Most all the cattle are also branded X on right side.
 Dan Murphy, of the firm of Breon, Murphy & Co.,, of The Needles, ar. rived in town on Monday last. He, like others from the rlver, felt the symptoms of the dreaded disease, which now afflicts people of that place, and came up here to get the mountain air.
 The diamond ring and necklace raffle did not occur on Monday night as stated by the last CHAMPION, all the tickets not having been sold at that time. The raffie will come of tonight, however, without fail, and holders of tickets are requested to be on hand at the Frisco.
 We call particular attention 10 our Ash Fork letter, published in another column. It gives graphic descrip, iion of the Cateract mines discovered in the Grand Canon region, near the Supai village. There is great excite. ment over the find, and many people are going to the locality.
 We neglected last week to mention the arrival of distinguished visitor at the residence of our townsman, Frank Daggs, and he has come to stay. Its boy weighing ten pounds, Yes, Frank is daddy, and is now the happiest mortal on earth. Hope the boy will grow up an honor to i': father and mother.
 Frank Foster, well known as bag gage mater and conductor on the A & r. K. R, was in town yesterday He is on his way to his old home 1T Indiana, on visit, and it is thought by his most intimate friends that h, contemplates matrimony during hi absence. Frank is popular railroad man.
 A large quantity of green corr was brought in this week from BeaveI Head, from the ranch of P. B. Bran nen & Co. and IS for sale at thei store in Flagstaff. The crop is saic to be a very extensive one this year the stalks growing seven and eigh feet in height. The kernel is full an, large, and is now just right for tabl use.
 H. B. Ely, Esq, formerly hea, salesman for Marshall, Field & Co. wholesale grocers of Chicago, is nov with J. H. Breed, at Winslow. MT Ely is young man of large exper fence in the trade, and comes to thu country with full knowledge of tn business. He made many friend during his short stay in Flagstaff, an, will do the same at Winslow. W congratulate Col. Breed in securin the services of so valuable an assisI ant.
 The course of the San Francisc Chronicle during the recent India raid in Arizona has won for that stel ling sheet the admiration and esteer of the people of this Territory. Yer lew newspapers have the pluck an independence to champion an ou ragged and oppressed people who: , possessions have been laid waste an I many lives sacrificed under the he, of military ring, and the nobl , words of the Chronicle will be che ished Tn the homes and cabins througl out all Arizona by greteful peopl Flagstan Social Club.