The Arizona champion., 1885-01-17

ton. The ranchmen claim prior righ by settlement, and row is imminent
 The Holbrook Times favors tn, establishment of county courts. Fron what we gather from Colonel Harry lrticle it is to be portable sort o ln arrangement, and will trave around in carpet bag-so to speak
 In the contested election case be, fore Judge Fitzgerald, in Prescott, in which Mir. Dougherty contested tho right of G. w. Wingheld's seat in tho Board of Supervisors, decision wa gained on the 10th inst, favorable tC Mir. Wingheld.
 Chas. Johnson, character pretty well known in our town, was sent tc ljail from Holbrook by Judge Nc Donald for a term of three months and is to pay fine of SI5o. He wa' charged with receiving money unde false representations from Mrs l French.
 The Cochise county delinquent ta> list appears in this issue of the Epi taph. The Epitaph has always been in the habit of getting there" frs and will faithfully maintain that rep utation.-Epitaph. We do not as pire 10 "getting there" first or last on the delinquent tax list.
 Complaints have been made against certain dissipated character who persists in begging for cold victual, and hot drinks at all hours of the day and night. It is nota case worthy o any sympathy, as the party is not only able bodied but an intelligent and educated man. "A word to the wise is sufficient.
 Fred M. Newell, the popular as sistant postmaster, has bid adieu to Clifton and gone to Flagstaff, where he will engage in business with his brother. He left with many regrets, for he had host of friends in th,s community. The Clarion wishes him abundant success in his new field oi uSefuness.-Clifton Clarion.
 George Hoxworth, w. A, Dyer, l. B. Smith and W. G. Mcdonald Jeff on Wednesday with burro train for the South. As these gentlemen arc all officers of the G, A. R., it is not known whether they arc marching to the relief of the Magdalcna prisoners ia Sonora, or on foraging eXpedI- ;ion to secure supplies for the forth coming G. A. R. ball.
 Just prior to the departure of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court for their homes, Governor Fri Jle and lis estimable lady entertained Chief Justice and Mrs. Howard, Judge Fitzgerald and Judge Plnney and A. F Foote, Clerk of the Su preme Court, and others, at a select supper party at the Gubernatorial mansion, given in honor of the jus ices. The occasion vas most en. | joyable one, and will be ever rcmem- bered with pleasure by all who were present. nt.-Mincr.
 On Tuesday last an engineer of the A. & P. R. R. was robbed while asleep in the house of woman known IS Missouri, in Winslow. Consider able excitement prevailed among the railroad men over the matter, and it was decided to hang a certain male hanger. on about the establishment. The wretch was drawn up two or three times, but gave no account of the missing property and was finally released. Several other parties were kicked and cufed to some extent. and the property was at last found con cealed in the roof of the house, where 1t was taken. Poor old Missouri.
 The grace and manner in which Harry Carpenter, secretary of the Legislative Council of 1883, presides over the deliberations of the Council of 1885 during the present deadlock IS only equalled in style by A. E. Fay, who fills the corresponding po- Sltion in the Assembly. No matter how trying the occasion may be, neither gentleman ever loses his head, and both conduct themselves in a manner that impresses the observer with the opinion that nothing less than an actively operated mitralleuse would "phaze" them in their rulings on parliamentarian prop ositions.- Miner.
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