Arizona republican., 1890-09-02
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Asylum directors met yesterday and allowed the customary monthly bills.
 i"political workers" of the county, held star chamber session in the office of ] the District Attorney, yesterday.
 A man called "Curley," was arrested last evening, for indecent exposure, taken before Recorder Schwartz and sentenced to ten days imprisonment.
 The river still remains swollen from the continued and heavy rains in the mountains. The water runs on the seat of any low carriage fording the stream.
 Owing to the fact that the Militia Company drills on Thursday evening, the meeting of the Harrison club has been changed to Wednesday evening. A large attendance is expected as officers are to be elected for the campaign,
 The store of Alexander Steinegger was entered by burglars on Sunday night and about $75 of miscellaneous property stolen. lie is packing up his effects to move out, having rented the premises for restaurant purposes.
 Rev. F. D. Rickerson last night united in matrimOny John 0. Ming and Mrs. Nina Brown. A few friends only witnessed the ceremony, which was performed at the residence of the bride, on the corner of Papago and Adams street.
 Los Angeles Herald: "G. A. Smith, the junior member of the firm of Nolan X Smith, has gone 10 Chicago with the New York capitalists who are engaged with him in perlecting the details for the sale of the Arizona onyx mines. Over $l ,0O0, ,000 is involved in the trans action"
 Phoenix is shipping wheat to Caliior- mia, or rather, to Liverpool. The Valley Bank ships this morning to Port Costa, Cal, two carloads of prime valley wheat. At the price that wheat is now selling in this city, it can profitably be brought into competition with the product of the San Joaquin plains. A carload of barley also goes this morning to Wilcox.
 In the Recorders court, yesterday, a woman named Martinez Bustamente, was tried for drunk and disorderly, found guilty and sentenced to seven and half days in the woman's cage, in the city prison, where friend of hers was already incarcerated Two Mexicans, for fight ing, were fined S each. Charles Ellis, for sleeping on the streets, paid fine of $lO.
 The County Board of School Exami- ners, consisting of Probate Judge Baxter, Mrs. J. w. Evans and Mrs. J. L. B. Alexander, met yesterday a class of thirteen applicants for teachers certif- cates, consisting of ten ladies and three gentlemen. Three applicants were for first grade Territorial certificates, eight for County first grade and two for County second grade. The examination will be continued today.
 Jack Gibson and Hous. Ward returned yesterday, from Pinal, where they went 10 witness a race between Watkins horse, Gray Prince, and FergusOn's bay gelding. The match was for $500 side, a running dash of 800 yards, The race was run and determined by the judges to be tie. This decision was satis- factory to neither side, and after a wran- gle that extended into the next day, the stakes were drawn and all parties went home.
 Readers of TIE REPUBLICAN will re- member mention made about week ago of the capture of six line jumping Chinese near NOgales. They were taken before Court Commissioner Cum mings, at Nogales,. who sentenced five of them to be taken to San Francisco and delivered to the Collector of the Port for shipment to Mexico. These Chinese are now in Tucson, held in the county jail. The sixth man has sworn out a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Sloan, alleging that he is a native born resident of Arizona. Hong Chong, the Chinaman in question, will be brought here tomorrow and will have his case finally disposed of.