The Arizona champion., 1886-06-19

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 tees for Flagstaff precinct will be helc
 Saturday, June a6th, at the schoo
 house. It IS 10 be hoped that nnl, those having children, and who will
 take an active, personal interest in
 the matter will be chosen. Women are eligible to election.
 | Wm. Gardner met with a painful and severe accident Monday evening by failing from the seat of wagon upon which he was riding. The front wheel passed over his breast, but for tunately no bones were broken. Dr.
 Brannen Is attending the injured man. and at the present writing he IS rest ing as comfortably as could be ex- pected after his severe injuries.
 Messrs. s. E. Brown, of Missouri, and E. w. Barker, of Kansas, large stockmen, arrived here on Wednesday with lot ot thoroughbred Hereford and Galloway bulls. which they have placed on pasture at the Lockett Bros. ranch some two miles from town. They are for sale in lots to suit, and will be disposed of to our cattlemen at low figures, or will be eXcEanged for beef cattle. Several of our Stockmen who have seen this herd pronounce them to be of as fine a grade as has ever been brough, to this section.
 One of the employees of the Aztec cattle company, while working on the ranch near the :ange of Wm. AShurst, was struck in the eye by several small, sharp pieces of steel, which complete Iy blinded him. He was brought to town yesterday and placed under the care of Dr. D. J. Brannen, who ad- mlnistered ether and performed q most delicate operation by placing the ball of the eye on the cheek and extracting the steel therefrom. The man IS on the streets this morniug, 4nd Is doing well.
 Wm. NJ. Mundi, one of the largest cattlenen in NJrthcrn Arizona, Is visiting cur mountain city on business connected with his cattle interests. MT. MundS has two as fine stock ranges as are to be found anywhere. Ohe Is sItallcl about 2J m,lc5 south Df here and is what is called his sun .ner range. The other, or winter range, Is on Oak creek and the Verde river, He reports tke rodeo as only about commenced on the mountains, and says the calf crop this year ex- ceeds that of all preyioI, Uues.
 General Manager BalIwinkIe, of the Arizona cattle company, ,reGelvcd from the east Thursday d large lot of telc. phone wire, which Is to be used in constructing a telephone line from Flagstaff to Fort Rickerson, the head quarters of the company. From that point the line will run to La Rue Springs, Hart's and their winter range When completed the company will be in communication, by wire, with each of their different ranches and thereby save the expense of having to send courier to those points waen Duslneas requires.
 A fine band of 6, hcld ol II .refor1 bull, was u1loadcd here on Monday for the purpote of allowing them to graz: upon the fine grass on the foot hIils near iowa. Tle CH\Mp!oN pen cil drive was sooa on the ground and learned from the gentleman in charge of the herd, ]. 5. Mccullough, thu the animals were from the stock range of J. s. Taylor, of Del Mar, San Diego county, California, and were en route for his range in Springer, New Mexico, where MT. Tajlor has some 6,ooo head of cattle. These bulls are one and two-year-ohs and are Tn tair condition, considering taeir long trip.
 Fourteen car loads of cattle (275 head) belonging to J. D. Cook, Jake Miller and A. R. Eyler, prominent stockmen of this county, passed through here on ruesd4y. en route to Kansas City. They are consigned to the well known live st )ck and oom- niSsion merchants, Irwin, Allen & Co.,, of that city. M:ssrs. Cook aad Miller accompanied them. and in formed us that this was their first ven. 'ure of this kind. We wish the gen :lemen success and hope they nay be able to market their stock at good figures. The cattle are in fine condition and ought to bring first :lass price.