Arizona republican., 1898-03-25
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A choral society has been formed in

A choral society has been formed II Prescott.
 MT. Day is having his ranch oppo- site the county hospital in Yavapa county plowed up preparatory to plant ing an orchard.
 A marriage license has been issued bv Probate Judge Bradley to Albert Wittig of Bisbee and Miss Lena Will Hams of the same place.
 MT. and Mrs. Hugo Richards left Prescott Wednesday for a visit of a month or two in Los Angeles and other southern California towns.
 The boarding house and store room at the Venezra mine in Yavapai coun- ty was destroyed by fire on Sunday night The fire started from a defec- tive f1ue. It occurred about midnight. Yesterday mornings promise of fair day was dissipated by biting north wind which caused some to break all previous records by putting their hands in their own pockets.- Courier.
 James Barney is said to be on the way to Prescott with six bear scalps and three lion scalps. He killed the animals in the Red Rock region. He killed eight bears in the same neigh borhood last summer.
 The Bisbee base ball boys appear to have a case of enlargement of the head since beating the Tucson Juniors last Sunday. They announce that they will challenge the Tucson Seniors to play a game for $500 side.
 The Courier reporter noticed in the board of supervisors room in Prescott the scalp of the bear killed March 8 on Turkey creek by Thomas Thomp- son. The scalp measures about fifteen inches between the ears. The bear weighed 700 pounds.
 Supervisor Cartier came in yester- day from his ranch in the Jerome country. He says cattle generally are looking well. Some COWS are poor and water is drying up on the ranges, but there is still considerable snow in the mountains-Courier
 Dr. S. H. Gordon has returned from a trip to the Cummings, Gordon &s Go. cattle ranch in the Swisshelms, Co., chise county It is understood the company is considering the advisa-
  for its cattle.
 The births of but eight children four boys and four girls, have been filed for record in February and March Many births are not recorded for the reason that the services of physicians are many times not called for-Tuc- son Citizen.
 Under date of March Thomas Pou writes to A. c. Wood of Tucson from Dyea, Alaska. On the day he wrote the thermometer registered 57 degrees in the sun. Pou left San Francisco on February P and arrived at Dyea on the 4th instant He is enthusiastic over the outlook and writes to his friend Ward that if successful he will bring Mrs. Ward a big nugget as a remembrance. Pou is a Tucson boy and we'll remembered there
 Captain Ike Chandler, a rebellion veteran, was in Prescott this week an( says the war cloud is hanging low anf with others of the old guard if i breaks again he is anxious to go tC the front. Ike is somewhat enthusias tic in war recollections and believes the American soldier of today should s of the old guard to know how to d, the business properly when it get down to warm quarters. Miner.
 Thomas A. Borton is in receipt of letter from United States Attorne Rufus C. Garland, dated Phoenix March p, in which that gentleman says that owing to unexpected event he has been compelled to change hi plans and will return to Tucson Sat urday, March 26 MT. BorIon com pleted the testimony in several of tn Indian depreciation cases, in which h is associated with Pettis & Agnew c Washington, D. C., during MT. Gar lands presence here last week.-Tue son Star.
 Hon. G. w. Hull is in Pres cott fror Jerome. He reports that on the da previous a four horse team ran dow hill from Jerome toward the Verd While going at breakneck speed, 90 yards below the town, the pole of tn wagon struck horse which was bein ridden to Jerome by man. I'll horse was killed, the man was thougl to be fatally injured but his conditio was improving when MT. Hull lief The driver of the runaway team ws thrown from the wagon but was n' hurt, owing to the fact that he had strong inside fertilization of Jeron stimulants.
 Sam Dennis showed up in Presco vesterday for the first time since r ported being run over and killed a railroad train in Maricopa count He says that his premature death w occasioned by his missing that pa ticular train and utter ignorance his moral habits, the victim of t railroad accident being intox1cat when he met death. Sam says he been residing in Phoenix for sor months and grows eloquent and : thusiastic in eXtolling the charms Salt River and ten-cent meals at t capital city, but collapses in desp. when it comes to the proposition rustling for ten cents-JOurnal-Mi
 A colt belonging to J. D. Andre