Arizona republican., 1898-01-23

that Hon. R. A. F. Penrose is now there.
 Superintendent of Public Instruction A. P. Snowman was over from Mesa yesterday attending to private and territorial matters.
 License to marry was issued yester- day to Winthrop D. Leavitt and Grace L. Willard. Both are late arrivals in town.
 Dr. James McNaugh.on, principal of the territorial normal school and one of the most successful educators in the west, was in the city yesterday and a caller at The Repub .ican office.
 Yesterday was motion day in dis trict court. The only matter heard was an argument on an application for a writ of assistance in the case of Wilson vs. Daggs ct al. It was sub mitted.
 The following notices of mining To- cations we're filed yesterday: Two claims in Ellsworth district, four miles southwest of Sunset, by Walter English, Albert S. Wray and J. w. Yocum.
 The subject of discussion under the auspices of the socialist labor party this evening at 8 p. m at Red ewill's hall will be ''Is Socialism the Logical Outgrowth of the Present Economic System?" The public is cordially invited.
 May ,Murrell, the morphine and CO., cline fend arrested on Friday for stealing a ring from Roseawig's pawn shop, was convicted in Justice .Johnstone's court yesterday and sen fenced to forty-fve days in the county jail.
 Suit for divorce. was filed in dis hrict court yesterday by Alebretta Beckman against Charles Beckman. The plaintiff is a resident of Phoenix. The defendant is supposed to be in California Desertion is alleged. The parties were married in Tacoma al- most seven years ago.
 A notarial commission was issued yesterday to Miss Jennie c. Willis.
 A car of oranges being taken from California through town via the S. F. P. & P. and the M. & P. roads, left the transfer track yesterday morning and was pulled back with great diff culty.
 The beautiful little drama, "A Home,' rendered Last night by the Salvation Army, merits great praise; it was enacted true to life. The audi ence was large and very appreciaiive, several parts of the play being en- cored. The Salvation Army may have rather odd ways of working, tut the fact remains that it is doing a great deal of good all through the land. Let the good work go on.
 The minstrels appeared last even ing at the opera house in concluding a satisfactory engagement. IL was a snappy performance, almost a repe tition of the first night, but good throughout. Billy Young, Glenn, Leroy Bland and Dan Avery were the stars. The musical portion, vocal and instrumental, was as enjoyable as before. They will appear here again in April with a complete change in form and style of entertainms nl. On a special the Mahara's lett to make connections with the early morning train for Yuma, where they show to- night and the following evening.
 An old man who looked like the comic papers pictures of the typical down east farmer was going Gown Washington street the oaher night smoking a corncob pipe. The bowl fell on the sidewalk and when the old man stopped to pick il up, his spec tacles fell off. IA match box fell out of a vest pocket and ithere was gen. eral chatter as other articles from various pockets were emptied upon the sidewalk. At this juncru.e some one asked the old man if he could assist him 'I dun know" he said "but if I can't get this thing stepped I'll be darned if I won't he a total wreck pretty soon."
 Ben Openshaw, the 25-year-old son of Eli Openshaw, was committed to the insane asylum yesterday. The Proceeding in probate court furnished a solution of the mystery of the burn ing of the Nephi school house last week. However, it was no mystery at all in the Nephi neighborhood, for it was known there almost from the beginning that young Openshaw set it on fire. He has been insane a long time, but his insanity did not seem to be of a character threa ching to him self or others. His relatives believed that they could care for him better
 
 lum. The. burning school house threw light on not only the surrounding country, but upon the dangerous na- ture of young Openshaw's insanity.
 Clifford Bell, the chef of the Ma hara minstrels' palace car, was brought into police court yeste. day on a charge of having created disturb ance in block fl saloon. At the suggestion of the aIrasting officer the charge was changed to drunk and dis orderly. How did he get sober so Quock?" asked the recorder, who was suffering from the grip and could not smell the rich aroma of whisky which surrounded Mir. Bell like an aureole. "Pse not sober, yer honor! Oh! l done fergot. I means Tse not drunk!' cried MT. Bell. Both MT. Fell and the officer told the recorder at the same time how it happened and their