The Arizona champion., 1885-06-27
LOCAL MATTERS.

Mogollons, came in this week to pur chase supplies.
 Jack Montgomery came in from Oak Greek this week, to enjoy 2 few days of city life in Flagstaff.
 For unadultcrated original and per suasive qualities, Tom Boyd swipes the whole bak--ox hyde.
 John Fielding, well known ranch CT, who was formerly resident oi Flagstaff, has opened store at Heck berry.
 It will cost &. Go from Flagstaff to Winslow and return July 4th. The railroad company will carry passen- gers both ways for one fare,
 Mir. Lemon, who was formerly a partner with Miss Fletchar in the rail- road eating house at Peach Springs, died at Seattle, Washington Territory, last week.
 Cal. Davids has assumed command at the Frisco Saloon, in this place Cal. has been for some time connected with the hou 'e, and IS popular with Its patrons.
 All the necessary papers have been received making the Flagstaff postof. flee money order office on July rst This will require bond of SIS, 900 from our postmaster
 Our townsman, J. R. Fitzpatrick, arrived from his trip to Chicago on Thursday evening last, accompanied by Mrs. Fitzpatrick. We regret to know that Mrs. K. is very ill, unable 10 set up. and sincerely hope she will improve more rapidly in her mountain home.
 F. NJ. Murphy, Arizona's Com missioner to the New Orleans Expo sition, passed through Fllgstaf on Tuesday evening last, on his way to Prescott from New Orleans. Frank has done good work for the Territory at the Exposition, and his many friends will say "well done, good and faithful servant"
 Mir. S. S. Ackers. from the Verde, was in town this week. He is just returning from the annual rondeo, which commenced on the Ist inst. |, and he has been travelling all the time since. MT. Ackers IS an extensive cattle owner, and we'll known through out Yavapai county.
 J. H. Farley, of Peach Springs, was in town this week. We noticed some time since that our friend Farley had been arrested on charge of kill ing cattle belonging to another party, His case came up before the county court of Mohave county, and the jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. l. was mean spitc-work, and doubly re bounded back on its author.
 Chas. Fry, the youth who recently claimed mileage from Flagstaff as a witness in a case, in which he was sub pocnaed in Prescott, was up this morn ing for sentence, for obtaining money under false pretenses. On account of his extreme youth, judgment was sus- pended until the first day of the next term of court, in order to give him an opportunity for restitu.ion.-Jour nal.
 Who will be the appointee for in. spector of cattle for the northern dis ,ricts. The Mogollon Stock Associa tion, at their meeting in Flagstaff July 3d, will recommend the name of some responsible man for the position. Thousands of Texas cattle arc now being shipped into Arizona by the A. & P. railroad, and no one to inspect them. This is wrong and ought to be remedied.
 Charles Cone, of the firm of Spen cer & Cone, cat,lemen Of Mohave county, met with an accident at Hack berry on Monday last, which came near proving fatal. Some one had placed a torpedo on the railroad track and a freight train was standing at the depot. Mir. Cone was passing around the track at the rear end of the train, when the cars were backed up and ran over the torpedo, causing explosion. A piece of the missile struck MT. Cone in the breast directly over the heart, ranging upwards, mak ing very ugly and dangerous wound. Dr. Brannen was telegraphed for. and he was soon on the spot: A piece of the torpedo was removed from the wound. and at last accounts MT. Cone was doing as well as could be ex- yected,