Arizona republican., 1899-12-24

in a state of indecision. He didn't know whether to discontinue ais ad offering to give a loaf of bread for every coupon cut from it. or whether to let it stand and make it bigger by advertising for two more bakers and three more girls 70 help wait on the trade He had to do enc or the other. MT. Murdock felt around cautiously. He wanted to know if the circulation was going to be any bigger this morning than it was yesterday If so. he would discontinue his adver- tisement. This is the first time on record that an advertiser felt that way about a circulation. MT. Murdock studied it over and decided to let his advertisement stand, but he put in an- other, asking for more help. He says he is making money giving away bread, but the work, with even his present large force, is killing.
 DISTRICT COURT.-A great volume of business was disposed of in district court by Judge Street yesterday. The divorce suit of Opperman vs Op perman. was referred. Decrees were ordered in the cases of Sievers vs Sievers, and Yturrios vs Yturrios. In T for a new trial was overruled. A sim liar order was made in the case of of Boyd vs Murray and notice of ap- peal was given. A motion for a new trial was taken under advisement in the case of the Farmers and Mer- chants bank of Tempe vs Trippel and Long, which had been dismissed on plea to jurisdiction. In the case of Johnson vs the Kemp Hardware com pany, demurrers to the complaint and to the defendants answer were heard and taken under advisement. The case of Marshall vs Rountree was tried and judgment was given the plaintiff.
 TEACHERS EXCURSION. - The great teachers excursion to Tucson will leave Tuesday morning at a. m. The teachers will remain in Tucson the most of the week and return Friday or Saturday night. Although it is teachers excursion everybody will be allowed the privilege of the 8 round trip rate, providing 100 tickets are sold. Yesterday there were forty-five names on the list in Superintendent Fulton's office and most of these were teachers. Before the day closed over 100 people, including the teachers, had signified their intention of going. 4 special train will be at the service of the eX- cursionists. The hotels at Tucson have made special rates, a side trip to the San Xavier mission has been planned and everything has been done to make the trip a most pleasant one A CHRISTMAS SMOKE. - General A J. Sampson hos remembered the tir,a nd sent some fine imported cigars for the club members to smoke with him on Christmas day.
 NEW CHAMPIONS ON THE DIA- MOND.- During the present school year Professor C. w. Grouse has been teaching the young idea of Alma school district near Mesa, how to shoot on the mental and moral battIefields of life, and he is convinced that every one of them will eventually become a sharpshooter. In these latter days the education of the body is given some at tention as well as that of the mind and it is pretty generally accepted that one of the branches in the physical course of study should be base ball. It has not yet found a place in the text books, but in the Alma district it is taught as a side line. Practice is maintained nights and Saturdays and knotty ques- tions are worked out by actual dem onstration on the school ground dur ing the noon recess. The result of all this is that Professor Grouse has in his school a team which he thinks only lacks opportunity to make itself fla nous. The members of the team will average 15 years of age and are willing to face any aggregation in the terri tory that does not average over 16 years of age. As a matter of fact, the boys are walking around with a chip on their shoulder and daring some one to kntck it off.