The Arizona champion., 1885-02-07
LOCAL MATTERS.

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 Chief Justice Sumner Howard passed east Sunday night.
 MT. Ed. E. Aver returned Friday rom the Grand Canyon.
 There will be religious service al the school house tomorrow night.
 Our townsman, MT. Wingheld is back from visit to the Verde coun, try.
 An additional fierce was put on the repairs of the Aver Mill during the week.
 Ernest Myers, the we'll known com mercial tourist, left last night for the Needles.
 The skating rink is the rage and is gathering in all the loose change in the town.
 Charley Taft, alias Antelope Charley" the hunter, is in from a long hunt.
 Paddy Baggot, the victim of the shooting afray at Williams, died on Saturday last
 Major ]. C. Minor has returned from the Grand Canyon with party of sight-seers.
 P. J. Brannen shipped four car loads of cattle to Los Angeles on Wednesday last.
 Gen. A. A McDonald of the Nun eral Belt and P. J Brannen have gone Q Canyon Diablo hunting.
 Adam Conrad is now established in
 blacksmith and wagon business in
 shop west of MT. Morse.
 ..n attractive programme is out for .ne literary entertainment next Wed hesday evening at the school house. z W. w. Holden, a wool grower from Williams, was in our city on ! Tuesday and Wednesday on legal business.
 Harry Fulton, the wool grower, has gone cast to take brief rest after nine years uninterrupted toll among the hills of Yavapai.
 ]. w. Spaford has moved his office into the building formerly occupied by John Saunderson, two doors below Dr. Branren's office.
 Mir. Carey, our genial operator, has gone east, to return with his family in twenty days. We are glad to note this addition to Flagstaff society.
 It would take a lawyer from the Quaker City to trace the legal pro ceedings through which our brewery has passed during the past few months.
 An entertainment will be given at the school house tonight by Mir. G I. Beale. One hundred and fourteen beautiful views of scenery in Califor- mia, Nevada and Utah, and of foot. light favorites, distinguished persons, etc., with a Marcy sciopticon, will entertain and instruct the audience,
 R. B. Phillips, of the San Francisco Chronicle, spent Wednesday in our town in the interest of his paper. MT. Phillips is fluent and entertaining talker, and made many friends for himself and his paper. We believe he receved substantial appreciation of the Chronicle, which as the lead ing metropolitan journal of the coast 1t so we'll merits.
 Our genial, whole-souled Sam is usually first to catch on to the new conner and make him welcome break the ice for him, so to speak. Through the courtesy of Sam we had
  the pleasure of meeting MT. F. F. Ralph, a civil engineer of the A. M. B. Railroad, who will have practical charge of the preliminaries attending the opening up of work on the new line.
 Governor Tntle has appointed ,n.. Mark Egan, of Clifton, Ora nam county, ar Aid on his military staff. with the rank of Lieut.. Colonel, to act as Judge Advocate of the Ter ritorial militia. Col. Egan will take special interest in organizing military companies at Clifton at an early day, where, owing to the exposed position of the people if an outbreak should occur from San Carlos Indian reser- vation, the militia would be an i'm portant factor in assuring protection to the citizens,