Arizona republican., 1900-09-07
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GATHERING CURIOS. - MT. J. w. Benham will return in few days from | the City of Mexico. He has spent the past few weeks in Mexico gathering curi9s from the natives and Indians. TO STUDY MINING. MT. Bertram Smith, son of Mir John Y. Y. Smith, of East Adams street. will leave Septem- Der r. for Tucson. where he will enter the University of Arizona. and take up a course of study in mining.
 MIR. DEITY READY.-W. E. Deity. general manager manager of the Mari copa Copper Mining company. is in the city to attend the republican county convention. to which he is a delegate He reports everything prosperous in his camp.
 A NEW BOY. -lIr. and Mrs. C. A. Willis of South Center stree, are re- jOicing over the arrival of their first born. It is an eight-pOund boy and was reported last evening. The satis- factil n of the parents is exceeded only by the happiness of Uncle Harry.
 A WATER MEETING.-The general committee of thirty-one appointed at the water storage mass meeting to receive and report upon plans will hold q meeting al the board of trade rooms at 10 o'clock this morning, to which all who are interested in the matter are cordially invited.
 ACADEMY OPENING.-The Sacred Heart academy will reopen on Sep tember 10. Besides the usual course of instruction, music on piano, mandolin. violin, guitar and banjo will be taught, as also a complete course in French if desired. In the Minim department kin dergarten is taught for one half of each day during the session.
 A SUICIDE.-Ed. Lyman, who was well known in Tucson, committed sui eide in Nogales Monday night by shoot ing himself. He was married but short time ago, it is reported, but had separated from his wife. Friends of his who talked with him on the evening he took his life say he appeared to be in good spirits and no reason for the rash Geed is apparent.
 HILL A POLICEMAN.-JCse Hill, who has been engaged in various minor capacities under the city government. and who has of late been doing con siderable carpenter work, has been ap- pointed to a place on the police force. He takes the place of Jerry Sullivan. in charge of the city prison, and Sullivan fills the vacancy left by Thomas Gray on the night force.
 PROBATE. COURT MATTERS.-In the matter of the estate of Anthony Nealan an order was issued appointing J. M. JamisOn as attorney for the non resident heirs. In the matter of the estate of Leo Paul De Baud, Christian De Baud filed a petition praying for letters of administration to be issued to her. A hearing will be held on Tuesday Sept 1S al 10 o'clock d. m. A marriage license was issued to James A. Kane and Eva Ethel Crabb.
 FOUND REMAINS OF CHILD.- Wofkmen engaged yesterday in the de mOlition of the old Goldman building. at the intersection of Center avenue and Washington street, found the skeleton of a babe. What deep. dark secret lay with the remains will doubt less never be known, but, as is usuGl with such instances, the discovery of the gruesome remains gave rise to the usual number of random surmises which always accompany such cases.
 A PHOENIX INVENTOR-In column reporting recently granted pat ents the Scientific American says Al bert F. Messinger, of Phoenix, AriZ. has devised a novel construction which enables him to mount eXteIiOrly on the frame picture representing building. and to move this picture out of sight