The Arizona champion. [volume] (Peach Springs, Mohave County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-08
WEEKLY CHAMPION
SATURDAY. DEC. s, 1883.
Local Matters.

PRESCOTT tins week.
Mixed and fancy drinks of all
kinds at the San Juan.
Mrs. Scarborough, we are happy
to say, is much improved.
Now is the time to advertise
your Christmas and New Years
goods.
Frank Beal and his family were
in Flagstaff this week from their
ranch.
]. @. Dennie has opened lunch
counter in the saloon of w. G.
Henry.
San Juan champaign cocktails
are what everyone calls for each
morning.
Philip Brannen, who has been
on visit east returned home this
morning.
I. G. Norris, Esq, is visiting
Prescott. He is the Attorney for
Dave Russell.
A Methodist Episcopal church
has been organized at Kingman, in
Mohave county.
DIR. ID. j. Brannen and P. j.
Brannen made business visit to
Prescott this week.
The Bank hotel will have stone
side walk the entire length of the
building on Railroad Avenue.
Sam Art had fifty pound of
meat stolen from his restaurant on
San Francisco Avenue, last Sunday.
Subscribe for the CHAMPION and
send it to your friends back east
and thus help to develop our great
natural resources.
II. A. P. Gibson, of Old Town,
so has been quite i'll for some
time with rheumatism, has not i'm
proved very much.
The jury in the case Of David
.ussell, charged with grand larceny
which was tried in prescott recently,
returned a verdict of not guilty.
The west bound trains have been
oming in from 8 to 10 hours late
VI the past two weeks, owing, we
ppose to the snow storm in Kan
Z you want a fine Sunday din
that will make you feel like a
prlneo@nd as rich as Jay Gould, go
to M. L. shepherds Hotel del
Monte.
Quite a number of our citizens
talk of going to the Needles to
spend the winter. A large number
have already gone to Phenix for
the same purpose.
The rumor that Christmas is
coming is being so widely published
that there may be grain of truth
in it, although at first glance the
statement seems preposterous.
J. Salzman has a large and at
tractive ad. in this issuse. Mr..
Salzman has an elegant stock OF
goods and is going to dispose Of
them in the next thirty days.
The G.. A. r. hall has been hand
somely fitted up by the members Of
Ransom Post No. 8, with the as
sistance Of the ludies Of the Wo
mans Relief Corps, and it is now
very comfortable.
Cook & Lee, the jewellers Of Flag
staff have an attractive ad. in this
issue of the CHAMPION. They have
q large and elegant stock Of jewelrJ
for the holidays and will sell theil
goods at reasonable prices.
J. w. jones', E. r. Bayles
Harry Hoxworth, Mr.. Beard ant
Charley Keller who went out hunt
ing some three weeks ago, returned
home on Monday. They hat
plenty of room for their game il
the bottom of tbs wagon.
The Phoenix Herald tells how
Mexican teamster unloaded owe
700 pounds Of giant powder nea
Niger Wells. A coyote was ex
amining the packages, anothe
teamster came up, shot at the AM
NAL; powder exploded and SO dit
the coyote.
The stock yards are being reno,
Cd from their old site to one nea
the mill Of the Flagstaff Lumbe
90. This will prove great cor
venience to our people, as well a
TO the stockmen as we understan
that the new yards will be muc
larger and handler to them.
Ohas. Kathrens and Ed. Whippe
when they finish work on the Ban
Hxel will leave, in company wit
80 Oilers, and explore the Gran
Canyon. They viii construct boat
here, which they viii use for tn
purpose of rowing up the rive
They will be absent about thrs
monthS