Arizona republican., 1898-05-29

iOOhino Alou ne TE..ldiho w. oP
 ped to Philadelphia on Mondays
 train.
 The Prescott Choral society, which /, gave signs of collapse a short time ago,
 has taken on a new lease Of life, and
 at its meeting Tuesday night twenty 1 five enthusiastic members were pres ent. Several more who have slgnlf1ed their desire to join were unable to De
 present.
 | Dr. J. H. Lacy of Solomonvllle has
 been kept pretty busy recently. Be
 twen his care of the county hospital
 and looking after his drug store and telegraph line, he at no time has many idle moments. Solomonville is for tunate in having Dr. Lacy as citizen,
 in whose ability as physician our people have perfect confidence.-Bul-
 letin.
 i L. Bashford has decided to rebuild
 on the lots on the north side of the plaza, in Prescott, where the fire Oc-
 cured recently The exact kind of a building which he will put up has not
 been fully decided upon, but it will probably be twO-StOry brick. He
 has sent to Los Angeles to secure the services of F. G. Parker to draw the plans, and he will arrive shortly.
 For some four or five years there has been scarcely a single fish to be found in the Gila river, but recently they have made their appearance in the stream in great numbers, so it is
 reported. A number of catfish have been caught, and it is believed that this species of the fnny tribe escaped into hn 1-ixy ,rl by Lyons & Campbell in Grant county, New Mexico, the dam of which was broken this spring. Anyhow, the cat fish has heretofore been unknown in the Gila
 Wednesday afternoon an order was made by Justice Duncan granting an exhumation of the body of Leon Conyers for expert examination to in
 1uire into the manner of the death of deceased. Application was made by Dr. Gordon and similar request asked by = Larrieu on behalf of the de- fense. Dr. Sweet of Bisbee was wired to go over for the examination, and the post surgeon of Ft. Huachuca will be called upon by the defense to ten der his services. It is thought that the examination will take place at once, and the question of the manner of Conyers' death settled. This is a step in the right direction, and the act ion will meet with appreciation
 The spirit of improvement is still
 very much alive in every section of the Giia valley At Thatcher plans have been adopted for sixty foot ad- ditfon to the north end of the B. '. Academy, two stories. The academy is to be opened again this year, and ii is said an able professor from Utah has been secured to take charge of it. Also, the people of Thatcher are dis cussing the proposition to band the district for the erection of a new school house. The school attendance has grown very rapidly during the
 past year, and to accommodate the
 children who will apply at the public school next year will require new building.
 John McCarty, the lion hunter, who is known all over Arizona and Colo
 rado, pulled out of Prescott last even
 ing, with one assistant, two wagons,
 seven dogs and five guns, en route to
 the Verde canyon, below Camp Verde.
 The wagons were loaded down with supplies. MT. McCarty reports having experienced unusually good success of. late in his hunting expeditions. Me Carty can capture more mountain lions, lynx, Ieopards, eats and all kinds of wild animals found in Arizona, and spin longer and more kinds of yarns without winking an eye" than any other man in five states or territories. There is one thing, though, about his stories Of captures of wild animals, he always backs them up with the anI- mafs' hides.-Journal Miner.