Arizona republican., 1898-09-08
NEWS
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1 TEACHERS EXAMINATION. - Only two applicants presented them- selves at the quarterly examination of teachers which closed en Tuesday. Half os them failed A certificate was issued to the ether half, Miss Florence K. Smith. yesterday.
 THROWN FROM A HORSE Ralph Murphy, son of Mr. w J. Mur- phy, was thrown from a horse at his ranch near the Crosscut canal late yesterday afternoon At Il o'clock last night he was still unconscious, and Dr. Wylie, who had been sent for, was unable to determine the extent of his injuries.
 MEETING OF TEACHERS.-The first meeting Of teachers Of the public schools of the Phoenix district will be held Friday afternoon at o'clock at the central building to interchange ed ucational views derived during the summer vacation. The meeting will be an interesting one and will, no doubt. be attended by all who have been retained for the work of the en- suing year.
 ABUNDANT RAINS.-John B. Mont gcmery came in from his ranch this side Of the Harqua Halas yesterday Rains in that part of the country have been unusually abundant, rather too abundant. Torrents pouring down from the White Tank mountains have broken the banks of the Buckeye canal in dozen places. The prospect of feed in that region was never better than it is now.
 APPLICATIONS WERE IN.-The appointment of Herbert Brown of the Arizona Citizen to succeed John w.. Darlington as superintendent of the territorial prison, announced by tele- graph from Tucson last night, has been considered a foregone conclusion in Phoenix for nearly two weeks. It was even stated a week ago that Mir. Browr would take charge of the prison not later than day after tomorrow, and he has already been overwhelmed with applications fJr positions as guards.
 THE FIRE HORSES.-Johnny Rock, the city jailor. had the honor yesterday afternoon of driving one of the teams of horses intended for use in the fire department. They were attached to the steam engine and made tour of the principal streets. Henry Fowler, the fire chief was in charge of the eX- | pSUIl1Cn anu HGu dI OppCf u testing the notorious unevenness ot the thoroughfares of the city. The horses behaved splendidly and it is more than probable that their pur- chase will be concluded by the city authorities.
 1 TRAGEDY AT CASA GRANDE.- 1 There was a storm at Casa Grande on Tuesday night approaching a hurri- to fn f- hn y-iCi tation at Gila Bend six weeks ago. The storm swept over the desert, striking the village about o'clock. Three buildings were unrcofed and the tank and windmill of the railroad company were severely damaged. The direst incident of 'she storm was the death of Burt McMorrow. If years old. He was driving along the road near the village when his team, frightened by the roar of the attending thunder and wind and the glare of the lightning, ran away. The boy was thrown cut of the wagon ard insanity killed.
 4 SHORTENED NAME.-The name of Col. McCord's regiment has been changed to "The First Territorial In- fantry.' at the request Of the com manding officer. Col. McCord sent a modest telegram of less than ten words to the war depart ment on the subject. His signature and title at the bottom of the telegram as follows: Colonel Myron H. McCord, Commanding the Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Indian Territory Regiment of Infantry was convincing. The war department prob ably in the interest of economy in the matter Of telegrams, promptly wired pack that the name of the regimen. had been changed according to re- quest.
 A WINDY DAY-The wind blew steadily yesterday. According to the record of the local weather bureau it tore up the dust at the average rate of twenty miles an hour, making an occasional spurt to twenty-five miles and continuing for a period of eight hours. It came from due east most of the time, occasionally veering to the southeast. It was the steadiest gale that has blown in six months and for that reason was a little unusual Reports from on the line of the South ern Pacific indicate similar condition of affairs, the dust driving so heavily as to make fast running out of the question. In consequence a great many trains were behind time The cloud of dust was plainly perceptible to the south of Phoenix while to the north there was little or no indication of unusual conditions.
 A DITCH SUIT.-An injunction suit was filed in district court yesterday by IN M Broadway against A. R. Jenkins The plaintiff is the owner of the north half of section 30 of township 1 north range 3 east The land is irrigated from canal known as the Broadway ditch. The defendant owns quarter section in the same neighborhoOd and i. is irrigated from the Jenkins ditch which runs under the Broadway ditch lTke complaint alleges that the defend 27 clIt tlrQu0h the