Arizona republican., 1890-09-03
LOCAL BRENITIES.

Merchants report something of re- .vival in trade.
 Phoenix Lodge No. 3, A. O. U. w., meets this evening.
 More and heavy rains are predicted by the weather prophets.
 The river is falling rapidly and can now be readily iorded.
 Another carload of pipe for the water works was on yesterdays train from the south.
 Henry Bolin and John Carsen yester- day renounced before the District Court all allegiance to the King of Sweden.
 There will be a meeting of the Harri- son Club this evening, called for the purpose of organizing for the campaign.
 Many long limbs are falling from the old cottonwoods about town. The trees should be carefully topped of their decayed branches.
 The entries for the fall racing at the Territorial Fair closed Monday evening. A large number of horses were listed, though several races may possibly be stricken out, owing to lack of sufficient entries.
 The District Court yesterday denied the application of o. l.. Mahoney for an injunction, to prevent the sale of a certain threshing outfit, siezed from John M Thomas and advertised for sale today under execution issued from the Justices Court.
 The examination for teachers certifi- cates closed yesterday. It was conducted by Probate Judge Baxter, Mrs.J. w Evans and K. l.. Long, who will, for the next several days, be busy in looking over the papers submitted. Three of the appli- cants are candidates for admission to the Normal School.
 Acting-Governor Murphy is busily engaged in the compilation of the an nual report of the Governor of Arizona to the Secretary of the Interior. It will be, if a strong and well-directed effort can make it so, a comprehensive document, setting forth distinctly and attractively the resources, progress and prospects of the Territory.
 A. R. Rosenthal shipped to Benson this morning two carloads of dry hides They are to be re-shipped over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe to New York. A carload of barley from Gold man x Co.,, also went east. Martini added to the train carload of second hand bottles, which he is sending to San Francisco.
 There is no prospect of action upon the water case during this session of the District Court. The evidence will need to be carefully digested by the Court and by the attorneys for each side. Judge Kibbey is due in Yuma on Sep tember l5, to open Court for Yuma county. The most important matter that will claim his attention there will be the Haqua Hala mining suit of Hub bard vs. Horne. The Judge will then hold Court in Florence and in Globe, after which he will return to Phoenix to open the fall term on the first Monday in November.
 The Territorial Normal School opened at Tempe Monday morning, with an at tendance of twenty, to start with. The pupils are from all parts of the Territory. Fully twenty more students have writ ten that they shall join the classes with in the next two weeks. A large number of teachers have also signified their in- tention to attend the Normal, after the close of the district schools, five and six months hence, the ten months term of the institution allowing from three to five months tuition to such students be- fore the close of the session. It will not surprise those familiar with the Normal to see from eighty to 100 pupils in at- tendance before next spring.