Arizona republican., 1895-03-07
LOCAL BRIEFS.
A Brief Record of Yesterdays
 Events.
A Duel Narrowly Turned Aside Result of the Teachers
 Examination.

Examination.
 Guns and ammunition at Talbot & Hubbard's.
 Marshal Molloy yesterday opened the alley in block 95.
 D. A. Broad yesterday purchased a new Ram bier from James Griffin.
 Four loaded cars of freight came in from the north on yesterday after noon's train.
 Attorney-General Satterwhite was 8 passenger on yesterday mornings train from Tucson.
 Notarial commissions were issued yesterday to Thomas Murray of Phoenix and George R. King of Wilcox.
 Arrivals at the Lemon house yester- day were N. H. Stefens, Los Angeles; ; Miss Moore, San Francisco;J. Peterson, San Francisco.
 Hon. Thos. Gates, superintendent of the territorial prison, is in the city. and was circulating among the legis- tors yesterday.
 Two cars of stock belonging to Powell and one to Peck Bros. went out on last nights train. Several carloads were picked up at Tempe also.
 The Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix yesterday sent ten cars of freight to k northern points. The passenger busi- ness is also daily increasing in volume. ' Pinney & Robinson are getting an ex- pert bicycle repairer from Chicago, to take charge of the repair shop which they are preparing to establish 1n the Ford building.
 Mayor Monihon yesterday received a telegram from his brother in St. Law renee county, N. Y., announcing the serious illness of his mother and the probability that she will not long sur. viye. She is 94 years of age.
 The entertainment committee of the chamber of commerce are trying to make race of five or ten miles between two running horses and tandem, the race to take place on March IA in con- nection with the other bicycle rances. W.L. Pinney left for Tucson last night. It is his intention to establish an agency in Tucson for the Sterling bicycle. MT. Pinney has the agency for the entire territory and will have branch stores established in all the larger towns.
 JIG. Goodwin has disposed of his m terest in the firm of Goodwin & Co. tc F,F. Ward of San Diego. MT. Goodwin and. family leave for Los Angeles soon and will make that their home. Or his leaving, Phoenix will lose a gooe su bstantial business man.
 DL., JrppLc fanod fbo rp corder yesterday morning. In view O the circumstances that these cases Wer' not particularly aggravating and th' near approach of general season o municipal festivity, they were dis charged with an admonition agalns beginning the celebration so far in ad vance.
 The registration of voters for the cit. election has begun. There seems to b. plenty of time in which to register, bu it is safe bet that there will be hundred electors in the corporation who will find themselves shut out 10 want of time. Alas for the dilatorines of mankind. The registration close fifteen days before election which oc CUTS on the first Tuesday in May.
 As result of the quarterly teachers examination which closed on Tuesday two applicants only were granted eel tifeates. They were Chas. 0. Bear and Mrs. Lizzie Mills. Both receive certificates of the first grade. Ther were originally eight members of tn class. One became discouraged at tn first glance at the list of questions which are said to have been unusual formidable. Five failed to reach eve the standard required for second grad certificate.
 The Eighteenth legislature is th' best that ever sat in Arizona. It ha been alike conservative and progres sive, but if it had not passed goo law or repealed a bad one 1t woul still have endeared itself to tt people of Phoenix by the arrang ment of the old fashioned countr dance without swallow tails or frill tomorrow night at Gardiner's hal Messrs. Barnes, Baker and Hunt of tt house, and Messrs. Davis and Dunla of the council are only able represent tives of the legislature in the prepar tion of this Terpsichorean treat.
 A hobo went into Goldberg Brot clothing store yesterday forenoon ar picking up pair of pants from 8 pl which lay on the counter started tor u front door. On being discovered