The Arizona champion., 1889-08-31

last week, In memory of those of
 their countrymen who have entered
 the realm of the pagan deities.
 Parties who have recently visited the Grand Canyon speak in the
 highest terms of praise of the ability of John Hance as guide and a genial ant accommodating gentleman. The movement inalguratel by the ! Prescott merchants, U transport frei 5ht by teams has fallen through and the Arizona Central continues to accommodate them on its own terms.
 A cattle raffle will be held at the Ariz Dna Wool Co.'S Hall on Sltlr- day evening, Octobe, 5th. Three prizes are offered to the winners d choice COW, Sl0 cash and I4 head of cattle.
 Among the arrivals at the Bank Hotel, thIs week, was c. A. Daven- pot distln, uishei attorney of E ir, Pa. lie was class mate of l Chief Justice Fuller at Cambria e in 1855.
 A train of nine wagons, accom- panied ny six families of thu, ty-two persons passed through town on t ,oir way to Little Chino Valley, where they intend to settle. They came from Wisconsin
 The festive water melon Is seek ing by whom 1t may be devoureI, and the train men are gathering iu the shekels, easily dispo,ing of the puipy fruit at hity cents d piece, while the doctor smiles with com piacency.
 Chas. H. Schulz impo ted hi weei from CIlifo nj me JoIlg d.i.ing horse. It Is foAr years d a dark brown anl d oelIty. We predict thlt Carrie viii soon be tIrning the corherS at 2:50,
 The solll assets of this town have been reinforced by the arrival of safe for E. $. Gosney from Chicago It Is modelled after d new patent. Between the layers are tillin5s of dry packing which forms non-condactur. The weight is ll5J pounds.
 County clerk Horne gives notice that plat of the townsite of Flag staff has been submitted for approval to the Board of Supervisors. A hearing will be given September 9th to those who object to its adop- ton.
 Jos, Hoffman, herdcr for Acker & luse, was missed yesterday by his ! employers, his cattle not having re- turned, and search being institutej for him, his lifeless body was found this morning, three miles from town. l He had been subject to paralysis and it is supposed that his death waa caused by sudden stroke.
 Hon. F. L. Rogers, of Williams. | was in town last Sunday and informs our people that a large number of cattle have been killed by trains in the vicinity of his town. He st,tes that there are no less than l00 car casses lying on the sile of the track between here ant Williams.
 Mrs. Maria Stemmer was arraign- ed and tried before Justice of the Peace, w Morris, Wednesday. on the charge of pc jlry. It i alleged ! that she Swore falsely to her re;urns | Cn the tax list, in that she had nr money loaned out on interest. Afte a close examination she was dis charged.
 A branch road one mile and half long Is being con tr let d by w. J. | Hll, owner If the Vollntsrr ranch. l connecting his lee house with the A. | & P. raiiroal. The work will con tribute very nate illly to the facilit- ies of the est tlhli,hmtnt in conduct ing its extensive traffic.
 Lieut. F. S;hwttkl, the ex 2lner l who has att .lned national prolninen 1 ce hy his discovery and hiatoy of the cl if Gwelers in Mexico, tlrIicd !! here few days, and took occasion to inspect the cliffs in this vicinity. | He declares that the dwellings are 1 iientically similar to those he saw in the course of his explorations in tine land of the Aztec.
 A spar tanous tribute of the regar , d | in which Miss LiIlie Marshall i, he'd | by her many friends, was rendered | by the attendance f some twenty i 'uple at Wool Co.' Hall last eve nag, previous to her departure from town. The company appeared in fIll dress, and to tbe enlivenins n tes of a choi;e orchestra, engaged in merry dance, until two o'clock in the morning The occasion was improptu and was most creditlbiy managel by those to whom Is due its success.
 Burns addition is dotted with new buildings which attest the march of improvement in tntt direction. Among the new houses recently built there, is the dwelling of J B. Tappan which is large and commodious resi- fence. tast1fuliv tini,heI with