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Show It A l'TOX, Two mountain lions were killed near here on the 22nd ult. About eight miles north of Grafton, on the red ledges, we have canyons fenced to pasture pas-ture horses. On the 21st George Gibson Gib-son went to look after two horses and a colt he had there; the colt was missing but he saw plenty of lion tracks. Xext day David Ballard and myself went up with Gibson and found the spot where the colt had been killed. As there was a portion of the carcase left h.e poision-ed poision-ed it with strychnine, and the next morning found one dead lion about twenty yards from the carcase. c f .jllowed'the traks of three more li'.r.s ! into a s-.'.ia!i b canyon, o,;e of u stay-!i:ig stay-!i:ig at the e my, m mmr.h. iiio two : that p.roce-ed.-d up tnc i,ar.:. c.;;i.o I i within thirty Let of a big i.-ll iw rhm Mho bounded out past u.-: we liredn : i him. but mi.sc!. Seeing cu'- man i e- ' we ;.hut one of the w.U -Aw i;b;.riv. he v:i, :-h t in the r! ;!-. t i.houider. WefLll..we-i Uim ' -e |