The Arizona champion., 1885-10-24
LOCAL. MATTERS.

lag otaii "S"thSi 10 ihOiS tuai uS' lightful.
 Childrens story and picture book. at Sanderson's.
 5o-pound case of choice apples for S4 co at Sanderson's.
 There is now postoffice at Lot Basin, Mohave county.
 The gate receipts at the Phenix fair amounted to S2,SSs,S5.
 A good cook stove for sale. En. quirc at the CHAMPION cffice.
 Encourage every enterprise tha, will tend to build up the town.
 Something should be done to clear up the refuse around the streets.
 The Verde district is yielding splen- did crops, notwithstanding the dry season.
 Sanderson has just received a fine collection of photograph and auto. graph albums.
 Many changes are looked for by the employees of the A. & P. road on the first of the month.
 It is rumored that the A. x P. rail road intend taking ch-rge of the eat. ing houses on their lines.
 The Territorial Insane Asylum is to be erected about two miles outside of the town limits of Phenix.
 FOR SALE.-Three or four tons of good potatoes at sr.5o per hundred Apply to L. R. Paxton, Flagstaff.
 The new management of the A, & P. have decided 10 build a pas senger and freight depot at Flagstaff
 Nearly everyone at Mineral PlrK is busy locking after mines and the out lock for the district Is very encourag- ing.
 Business on the railroad IS lively. Thursday mornings east bound train consisted of twelve cars and two To comotIvcs.
 THE ElpREDCE 5. SEWING MA- CHINE.-For sale or rent at F. W. Midoleton's. This machine ranks among the best in the market.
 To RENT OR FOR SALE.-Eldredge E. sewing machines, the best for dura- bllty and good work, ever offered in this market. Inquire at the hardware store of f. W. Middleton.
 IT you want real good drink ot fine quality whlskey, James A. NIle'S, on the corner of Railroad Avenue and San Francisco street, is the place to find it, and don't you forget 1t.
 Anyone stepping into the Elk sa- Icon on Reilioad Avenue will always find Sandy" or his assistant, lack Hennessy, on hand ready to supply them with the finest liquors and cigars 10 be found in the market.
 Lee Harrs, boy about eleven | years old, while playing with a Win chester gun at Williams on Thursday | last, accidentally shot himself. The ball entered the brain through his forehead, killing him instantly.
 In consequence of the burning of the bridge on the Southern Pacific road at Yuma, and the consequent stoppage of traffic, both freight and passenger business on the Atlantic & Pacific road have largely increased.
 At Fairview on Thursday, an emf. grant train stopped and an employe of the water service stepped on the tender to get drink of water. As the train started up he was thrown to the track, breaking leg and severely cutting his face.
 Charles Mixer has been appointed superintendent of the California di. vision of the A. & P. road. Mir. Mix CT was for long time with the A,chi- son, Topeka & Santa Fe road, and was esteemed by everyone both as man as an efficient officer ot the road. There is pretty we'll grounded ru nor about town and in railway circles mat the paymaster's and local audi. tors offices of the Atlantic & Pacific [ Ire to be consolidated and placed in l he charge of MT. F. Nichols, late of ! he Mexican Central. Albuquerque | ournal. { It IS believed the new and vigorous | management of the A. & P. will pipe he water from the big spring on the 'an Francisco mountains, into this n 'lace. In that event some of the c