Arizona republican., 1898-03-23
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thanks of the Press association for the beautiful and artistic badges fur nished the members of the association Pick and Drill.
 The Tucson base ball boys played at Bisbee Sunday afternoon. They didn't play very much, however, as the Bisbee boys didn't give them any chance In fact, the Bisbee boys rather acted the porcine and insisted on being the whole show. They were altogether too much for our boys Star.
 The dog catcher at Tucson is stlll gathering in the untagged CUTS. Last month he turned in about l50 scalps and this month he will exceed that number. Under the law all dogs should be tagged, but notwlthstand- ing there are a thousand or more dogs in town but thirty-three tags have been taken out. For every dog killed ana officially turned in -hirty-five cents is paid by the cit-.
 The Southern Pacific has opened up the Vail gravel pit and an average or 12O carloads of gravel are being taken out each day. The gravel train is now working from Arizola toward Tue son, and the work will be continued until the track is well ballasted this far. The road was recently given similar treatment from Maricopa to Arizola, and after all is done to this city the work Of Dallasting will be car ried on east of her=-Iucson Star.
 Early Sunday morning the people of Jerome were startled by the news that O. w. Tyler had committed suicide in his room at Mrs. Rhinehart's lodging house. The finding of the body was somewhat out of the usual order, as usually the shot or fall of those con- hitting suicide is heard, but in this case none of those in the house where he roomed knew anything about the tragedy until about half past six.
 Jerome has a daily paper, the first is the Jerome Daily News, and the prising publisher of the Mining News The Daily News begins it's career with a good advertising patronage, and there is every reason to believe that the paper vii lthrive Mr. Adams is a rustler, and good manager. The Re publican extends greeting to the Je- rome Daily News
 MT. Cassimiro Barthemy, aged 1. died of pneumonia this afternoon. He was a native of Toulouse. France, and in the early days of his manhood join ed in the rush to California En route he passed through Tucson just forty nine years ago. In 1875 he returned here and has resided in this city ever since. He was well known to all old IT11n nd h tcr11 all who knew him. He leaves a wife, two grown sons and a daughter to mourn his departure.-Tucson Citizen.
 John Baur, an old time citizen of Tucson, died yesterday and was buried today His complaint was cirrhosis Of the liver. He was 66 years of age and had been resident of Tucson for 20 years. He leaves a wife and several grown children to mourn his loss. MT. Baur was well known and highly re- spected citizen. He was a quiet unob trusive man and had many friends who Will sincerely regret his demise For the past several years he has been ailing off and on, but within the last few months he gradually got worse till the end came quietly yeste, day.-TuC son Citizen.
 About week ago an old man named Culver was brought in to stand exam 1nation on charge of insanity. As he was harmless and did as he was told, he was not watched very closely, and, having been under surveillance about two days, he quietly walked off and returned to Big Bug. Under Sheriff Dillon brought him back yes terday. Culver's son came in with him on his first trip, asked that the . old man be not locked up, as he wou' d look after him. The old man was giv- -en fifty cents to go and eat his dinner. failed to return, and walked out to Big Bug. When Ruffner told Culver last evening that he would have to lock him up he seemd very much dis concerted.-Courier.
 The Agua Fria valley was very well represented in Prescott Saturday last. the occasion being the hearing in the court room before County School Su- perintendent Hicks and the other members tine board of county ex- am1ners, of charges against the school teacher of district No. 20 Both sides of the case were carefully examined and heard and it seems that there was 10 foundation for the charges against the teacher; nothing to show unfit ness for the position or to show unpro- fessional conduct. Such. was the yer dict of the board. The residents ot the valley, with two exceptions, are said to have been on the side of the teacher. Judge Hicks has been both. cred with complaints from this source until he told the complainants that al parties at interest had right to al impartial hearing and that the only way to settle the trouble and arriv, at a conclusion. was the legal way hence, the trial of Saturday last which, it is hoped, will pacify thu troubled district Courier
 An exciting runaway occurred Sat urday afternoon in Prescott. Tn team attached to Hathaway's bus tool
 advantage of an opportunity given i
 to demonstrate its speed, and startin;
 from the depot, ran up Cortez stree
 and then down Gurley to a point op