The Arizona champion., 1885-02-21
LOCAL MATTERS.
Flagstaff needs a bank.

 is coming back to Flagstaff.
 Those California potatoes, only 5 cents per pound, at Brannen's.
 Attorney T. G. Norris has returned from the District Court, at St. Johns
 Dewitt C. Newell has sold his en- tire stock of merchandise to his father.
 Peter Brannen is expecting a car load of seed grain. Get your orders in early.
 pr. G. NJ. Mason, our medicine man, was absent for several days dur ing the past week.
 w. H. Ashurst, Esq, will soon leave for the range and take his fam fly home on the mesa.
 Quite large number of our citi- rens are preparing to go to the Grand Canyon via the new route. Mrs. Mary Stemmer's little boy had severe spasm on Tuesday, necessitating a call from Dr. Light. foot.
 The entertainment given Wednes- day evening by the literary society, was we'll attended and was very in. teresting affair,
 Major Miner informs us that Ed E. Aver, president of the Aver Mill & Lumber Co.,, has gone east by way of the City of Mexico.
 Grumble no more at hard, watery 0tatoes. Branucn has a car load, st from California, of superior quail y-3 cent per pound.
 C. W. Stewart has been admitted to practice in the courts of this Ter ritory. The motion for his admission was made by Clark Churchill.
 C. C. Archer, the stockman from Pleasant Valley, is in town. He in forms us that he has never recovered the horses he lost last summer. Our car load of California Hollis ter Mills extra family flour IS guaran- teed to have no superior in the mar ket-at Brannen's, s. 50 to S4.25 per cwt.
 It looks like wholesale business when one house receives within a week a car load each, of flour, pota- toes and rock salt. Which house ? Why, Brannen's.
 Go to the G. A. R. ball and par take of campfire supper, just such as the old boys hourished fought and fattened on for three long years while defending the old flag,
 Our citizens who attended the juve- nile show entertainment, given at the school house by the little boys of Flagstaff, speak in the highest praise of the Juvenile Amateur troupe,
 Frank Morgan, popular passenger conductor, came up on Wednesday evening, bringing Mrs. Morgan and his two little daughters. Frank re- turned to duty Thursday, leaving Mrs. 1 Morgan and children to visit "Uncle George"
 Visitors to the Grand Canyon all speak in the highest terms of Phil Hull, whose hospitable ranch is the "half-way' house on the new route. | Phil is genial, courteous young gentleman, and an efficient and trust | worthy guide.
 J. B. Starr, whom some of the naughty boys sometimes hail as "Old | Soda Pop" has opened up the White House, and will conduct frst.class saloon at that place. The popular aDd courteous Jack Hennesy will pre- side at the bar. If MT. Star and | Jack can not conduct a frst-class place it would scarcely be worth while to send East for competent par ties,
 We acknowledge the receipt of an invitation to attend supper given by the Press Correspondents Club, on Thursday evening, the Ioth inst, at Prescott. The bill of fare, printed on satin, is unique Tn design and filled with humorous sentiment and good things for the stomach. We would exchange boundless area of light air and mountain scenery for