The Arizona champion., 1885-09-05

We call attention to the corrcspon
 dence copied from the New Mexico Stock Grower, ot the cattle intereSt of Yavapai county, from the Vcrd
 Valley to the Mogollor mountains It is evidently written by residen
 of the district, and is very reliabl,
 report.
 I In Kirkland and Skull valleys, thi county, mountain lyons are said to b' doing great damage to stock. There is a bounty of S25 per head for thest destructive beasts, and if they are plenty in that section, there are { 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 nnce and care.
 S. s. Ackcrs, 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 Dlggs Bros. & Co. Mir. Ackers has returned and will arrive here about the 2oth inst. with 20 head more for the same firm.
 The genial face of our old friend, Major Miner, is seen no more in Flagstaff. It IS understood he IS no longer connected with the A. & P. railroad company, and at present Is It the National Park in Wyoming, in the company of Supt. r. W. Smith. We hope he will occasionally show his gleAming countenance in our midst.
 A cave has been discovered in Apache county I Sec feet long, abou; IS feet wide and I2 OTIS feet high. At the poin, farthest from the entrance Is said 10 have been found about I0S clay dishes beautifully painted of va riouS sizes and no two of them alike. The aborigmes of that section ol country seem to kLow nothing of the cave or is contents.
 Mir. J. 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 300 more to arrive this week. He reports that A. B. Mat lhews of Kansas City, had within day or two, purchased in Arizona, I,4oo steers of the same class for his ranch near kinsley, Kansas. as.-kansas City Indicator.
 John Sanderson, proprietor of the Flagstaff news room and fruit stand, is just in recelp! of supply of vegc- tables, such as Cucumbers, tomatoes, also apples, pears, peaches and plums. Also in lhe book line, some very e!e- santly bound popular novels, Byron's , works in elegant pearl binding, the Seaside novels, etc. Also, for pleas Ire seekers in the mountains, the choicest cigars put in small boxes so as to carry in the pocket. It will re. pay ycu 10 take a look at his new stock. s V r Talk about enterprise, Prescott has an undertaken who discounts all the men in the country in that line Of business. In addition to some halt dozen graves already dug, prepared for immediate use, he has one more costly than the rest, which he values It s4co, which is made of masonry, and in which he hopes, himself, to re. pose at some future day. He has al. so coffin made for himself, a 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. Will Murphy was in the store alone at the time, and one Of the thieves called him into the back room to purchase dIlnk, 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 was sent to negotiate for the boots, and he succeeded in finding out where the Dronertv was " SnaHord Jnstire