The Arizona champion., 1889-10-26

W. W. Hill, formerly of Belle mont, but now owner of a new mil at Jerome, was ia town this week He expressed surprise at the vas improvement in Flagstaff.
 Rev. E. D. Wyckoff, who has been visiting F. ". Sisson at Milton, re turned to his home at Prescott or Thursday. He visited the Crane Canyon while on his vacation.
 J. H. NcCooey the mining man who ownes some very rich copper properties near Lees Ferry in this county writes from Paris, France, that he win be here about the first of next month.
 Mrs. l.. A. Alvord the milliner and dressmaker, reports her bushes, good, it being quite difficult for her to secure help enough to meet the demand for dresses.
 J. k. Burchard returned last Sat urday evening from his trip tc Washington, D, O., where he took in the Knight Templer Conclave. He had a good time while in the East but is glad to get home. ! Dr. r. c. Cornish, Flagstaffs em-
  inent and popular physician returned home last Monday from his visit to his old home in Demoapohs, Aliba. ma. He was welcomed back by a host of friends.
 Ralph H, Cameron, our popular merchant, has been out in the coun- try the most of this week gathering a car load of cattle which he will soon ship to the western market
 LosT-A foot board belonging to a black walnut bedstead, between H. J. Miller's house and R. H. Cameron's store. Finder will pleae to return to this office, Liberal Re ward.
 The lecture on "Paris and it's Great Exposition of 1889" by G. W. James at the M. k. Church last evening was very interesting, and deserved a larger attendance, To night the gentleman will lecture on Picturesque India"
 A. k. Macomber, the timber agent of the Atlantic & Pacific Rail road at this point, returned last Thursday morning from quite an ex- tensive eastern trip. He reports that part of the country as pretty fair but the lumber business is in bad shape.
 Fitzpatrick & Keller received this week from California 1000 fine French Merino ewes which they will put on their range in Flagstaff. They are the best sheep that can be procured, and will no doubt get good results from them, as the finest is always the best.
 A. M. Goudey, cattle buyer of San Francisco, Cal, is in the city and stopping at the Bank Hotel. 1 lie is here interviewing our cattle men for the purpose of securing from 1900 to 5000 head of beef steers for that market He will remain here until the first of November.
 Daggs Bros. shipped this week to Louis Running, of Las Lunas, N. M., seventy head of their celebrated American Merino Rams, for which they realized Sl0 per head. This firm stands at the head in the pro- duction of fine sheep in the south west They supply almost all the wool growers in Arizona and New Mexico.
 John Hance guarantees to enter the river ir the Grand Canyon every l2 miles, for distance of 40 miles, and will guide any party, desiring to prospect or explore, from the mouth of the Little Colorado to the mouth of the Cataract, which is supposed to be all of the above said distance. s7-3m. W. H. Anderson who ownes a fine farm about three miles north of town, paid his respects to this office last Tuesday. In conversation with him he stated that this was an unu. sualy good year for potatoes, and gave as an illustration, that during digging time three hills would fill a large five gallon coal oil can. He harvested between 50 and 60 tons off his farm.
 Mir. k. L. Preston, of Jerome was Flagstaff visitor this week and was quartered at the Bank Hotel. He came here to procure a number of log wagons to be used at that camp where a new saw mill has just been constructed to supply the Uui- ted Verde mines with mining tim bers, lumber etc. Mr. Preston secu- red the wagons from the Arizona Lumber Co.
 On two or three occasions lately shots have been fired on the streets and around Flagstaff late at night. Now, this country is getting too fal advanced in the customs and usages of civilized communities for this kind of monkey business to be tol