Arizona republican., 1896-05-20

wanted it extended to '97 The board
 took no action on the matter, but will
 take it up on June 10.
 The second annual comm encement exercises of the University of Arizona
 will be held at the university, Tucson,
 May 26 and 27. Friday evening, May 26, will be held the annual exhibition by the members of the Philomatheam sloc.etg. Wednesday at 10 a. m. will
 be held the commencement .anniver- sary, Eile main feauItres being addresses i by Governor Franklin and President Billman of the university. Wadnes- day evening at 8:30 will be given a re- cep tiIon Ito the governor by the regents, faculty, students and residents of Tue son.
 John Gls,afson died yesterday morn | ing at the Sisters hospital after sev- eral weeks suffering with a conpli cabed illness. He was brought to the hospital from Prescott about ten days ago and at that inlstiItution he received the best of care. An autopsy was held on the remains by Dr. Wlm. Duffield, "a most clever physician, who ascerdained that the man had been suffering with
 
 38 years of age and a native of Finland He was a well4knoMn mining man. The funeral was held yesterday after noon at o'clock from Randall & Davis undertaking parlors.
 The graduating exercises of the Phoenix high schools will be held next Wednesday evening at the opera house. Owing to the fact that the course of study has been changed and length ened, there will be only Two graduates this year, John Merriam and Isoline Coombs. The programme will em- brace an essay and an oraIblom by the graduates, aln address by Gen. A. J. Sampson and short talks by Superin- tendeIft CreageG' and Principal H. H. Brown. The school is credited with the most gratifying degree of success for tlhe past year, the enrolment hay ing approached 125 and the efficiency of the work done being ralted high.
 J. c. Haynes of Buckeye yesterday purchased moving machine. which he tied behind his spring wagon. He stopped for a few minutes in front of a Washington street grocery store and left the team uInhitched A passing car scared the horses and they started on wild run westward, the moving machine making a fearful noise. Haynes started after the runaMays on foot Later in the day a wagon brought into the city several sections of the moving machine, but nothing is known as ito what became of the horses and wagon, tlhe latter presum- oIl, fot1 chine.
 When the circus train pulled out of Phoenix Monday night all the animals were safely stored on board and all duly sober, but fifteen of the perform CTS who had "a. decided parltiaTildy to see the Phoenix tiger and pardake of liquid refreshments, missed the train. They were notified that the train had gone about midnight and pulling themselves together, made a sprint for the depot, but they got no encouragement there, so they hustled up some of the rail- road officials to get a special for their use, but after telegraphing several times ito Prescott without result they went to the round house where they took possession of an engine and box iSeu e1hu uCu all ter the circus train, which they over- took at Wickenburg.
 The police court was crowded yester- day afternoon with jabber.ng lot of Chinese of both sexes, several sullen dagos and two Arabs. ~This hetero- genous mass of humanity was on hand as witnesses in the case of the Arab who ran amuck in Chinatown the other night and succeeded in licking about twenty-five of the almond eyed celes- tials before taken in charge by the minions of the law. Several of the Chinese present showed by their bat tered appearance that the Arab had got in several good Hicks before he was conquered. 1t seems that the Arab has decided mania for whipping China men when on a spree and this is the second time that he has been up on the same charge. There were so many witnesses to examine that the case was continued until tomorrow.
 Do you know what is meant by the Fox paragon frame? It means an un- ihr pa l1ahla mana co1 on> u1r,hral1a rNh}c