Arizona republican., 1896-06-04
NEWS IN 4 NUTSHELL. Happenings of Streets and Town. EpitOme Of the City'S Local
 Intelligence. The Doings of Day in PhCRn and
 It's Tributary
 Region.

The dining room of the Mills house has been leased by Miss Frances Kas- key.
 Jos. Gilson was yesterday appointed trustee of school district No. 22 by Probate Judge Grouse.
 Jesus Rios was yesterday adjudged insane and lodged in the asylum. He has been practicing the dangerous practice of sleeping on the railroad tracks.
 The supervisors spent yesterday in looking over the proposed ditch line of N. M Broadway, south of Salt river, and will decide on the protest against it today.
 Eleven cars of cattle were shipped out of Glendale yesterday morning. Twelve more cars will be shipped out of this city tomorrow morning to Den yer by H. H. Mills.
 Anyone can take advantage of the excursion rates to Mesa tomorrow, go- ing up on either morning or evening train, and returning on the special at Il D. m with the Good Templars. The fare is but $1.
 For the past two weeks there has been a broken plank and yaWning hole in the Center street bridge at the northern edge of the city. The place is of the most decided danger to horse men these nights of darkness.
 A petition was filed yesterday with the county superintendent of schools praying for the creation of new school district between Buckeye and the mouth of the Hassayampa. The application will be contested by the Buckeye district.
 Tonight the city council will meet to canvass the vote of the city election. An attempt will be made to count in half dozen Burger votes in the Sec ,ond ward, but the election of Monihon will in no wise be affected, even though the claim be allowed.
 Last night one of Tribolets butch CTS left his $4 horse and $40 saddle in the alley back of the shop. On return ing soon afterward the butcher found that some discriminating thief had walked away with the saddle and had left the horse and other gear.
 Tucson Star: Mr. Vic Hanny, one of the proprietors of the Phoenix Tailor ing company, is in the city in three fold capacity-for pleasure, to act as judge at the bicycle races today, and to solicit business for his establish ment This is MT. Hanny's first visit to Tucson, but he was agreeably sur prised and is so favorably impressed that he is taking solemn oaths before competent notaries public that his fu- ture visits will be frequent.
 The last teachers examination is considered to have been the hardest ever known, for out of sixteen appli- cants only three succeeded in passing. They were all applicants for first-grade certificates, but secured only second grades. The trouble mainly lay with the natural philosophy which was technical beyond all reason. The names of the partially successful ones are: J. L. Loper, J. F. Butler and Mrs. Fannie Northcut.
 The territorial board of equalization yesterday assessed the Arizona Central railway at $5,000 for it's entire length of about a dozen miles. The line while once an ambitions attempt to reach Globe by way of Flagstaff, is now but an adjunct to the mills of the Arizona Lumber company. The as- sessment of the Arizona & New Mex ico narrow gauge, running from Lords burg to Clifton, was raised $500 a mile making the assessment of two years