Arizona republican., 1898-05-08

young ladies of the normal have post poned the playing of basket ball until next fall.
 Miss Ethel Wilbur received severe sprain of her ankle yesterday while dismounting from her bicycle. AL though painful, it is thought that the sprain will not cause her to be ab- sent from her studies.
 The students of the normal deeply regret the departure from their school of Professor Loveland, who has been with them during the past week in fulfillment of the duties formerly at | tended to by MT. Grindell. During the professors stay he made many a student friend by his modern methods I of teaching.
 The practice school under the pru- dent management Of Mrs. Hood is a department of the normal that is re- ceiving much attention of late from those with whom it has any connec- tion. Although the school has been considerable of an experiment, it has demonstrated to the public that it's aim is of the highest kind and it's teachings are indeed indispensable to any school forwarding the training Of children in this modern hour. Not withstanding the disadvantages under which the school has been laboring, owing to the lack of necessary con- veniences. the attainments of the ending school year have been only those of the most encouraging results and those that have proved to the iD- quiring citizens of Arizona that a school of it's kind is well worthy of the simple opportunity to make itself what it is designed to be. There are now sixty students enrolled in the practice school. There are fifty-six classes, and twenty-rhree student teachers. So far there has not been the slightest dissatisfaction shown by any one with the teachings adopted in the school, but rather there has been an inpouring of applications for admission that could not be accepted owing to the youth of the school aud the inconvenience arising therefrom. The fact is also worthy of mention that many of the present students are from Mesa and other districts through out the valley. The classes hereto fore taught by Messrs. Hill and Mullen, who left with the Arizona cavalry are now taught by the following student teachers who kindly volunteered to fill the vacancies so suddenly caused: Miss Ethel Orme, Mrs. Swiggett, Miss Olive Maxwell, Miss Louie Gage, Miss Marie Moore and Miss Lottie Perry
 sCoTTSDALE.
 Scottsdale. Ariz., May 7.-(SpeciaI Correspondence of The Republican)- W. H. Greene is putting mp a wagon and buggy shed.
 J. L. Davis was in Tempe today.
 MT. Underhill is cutting alfalfa for Chaplain Scott at 50 cents per acre.
 MESA.
 Mesa City, Ariz. May 7.-(Spec:aI Correspondence of The Republican.)- I. L. Powell, Charles Hall, Jr. Mrs. A. J. Chandler, and Burt Winger went to Phoenix today.
 Lou Shirley, engineer on the Mesa engine is taking a day of today.
 c. R. flakes and Jack Frazier came up from Phoenix today.
 Henry Brizzee came in from B sbee this morning.
 P. A. Williams new house is fin ished and was occupied by it's owner today.
 Joe Peterson has returned from Con- gress with seventy-fve head of catt e.
 The school boys of Nephi have or ganized military company.
 A carload of electric light poles came up this morning for the Chandler plant.
 The funeral services of MT. Will liam Barnett were held at the resi- dence of Warren Barnett this morning. The large attendance indicated tho position the deceased held in the hearts of his townsmen
 Last night a lamp hanging from the ceiling of the Passey dry goods store fell and ignited a pile of shirt waists. By energetic means the store was saved from destruction and but little damage was done.
 H. M. Lewis has received his ap- pointment from A. Kurtz of Phoenix to act as local fire insurance agent.