Arizona republican., 1896-07-25

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 The last three months have been hard on the recorders office for a very few arrests have been made. This is not due to any fault of the police de 5partment, lbut owing to 'stheir vigi- lance Recorder Jobs says that if business does not pick up he will fold his tent like the Arab and @hie himself to the mountains for vacation.
 A couple of prominent Japanese gentlemen are on their way to Mexico to arrange the details of gigantic colonization scheme in that country. They have secured an option on 30,000 acres of land in the state of Chihuahua. The immense tract will be cut into small farms, which will be operated by coolie labor brought from Japan.
 Hon. Thos. Hayes, known as the silver tongued orator of Kentucky, is in Tucson It is the intention of MT. Hayes, who is a heavy railroad mag nate, to build a railroad running from the old pueblo in a northerly direction, touching the immense coal beds of the San Carlos reservation, soon to be thrown open. If the railroad is built it will mean boom for Globe.
 The Rocky Mountain News says that AlbuquerQue is ambitious of becoming a military post Fort Wingate was badly damaged by fire not long ago and an effort is being made to remove the post to Albuquerque, but objec- tions are raised on account of the nearness to Fort Bliss, Ell Paso. The News says that if the post is moved at all it will be toward Phoenix.
 Constable Will Fellows of Tempe ar rived yesterday from Williams having in charge a man who committed rape nearly two years ago on a 15-year-old girl After the deed the fellow skipped from the territory and a few weeks ago the Tempe officer learned of his whereabouts. He was given a hearing before Justice Morris who discharged the prisoner for want of prosecution, as the mother of the girl refused to ap- pear against s11im.
 The last car of Thompson's Seedless grapes was shipped out of Glendale a couple of days ago. The continued rains have succeeded in rotting the grapes on the vines and the crop is
 
 cars were shipped this season, against sixteen last season, the price though was very good in the Chicago market on account of the scarcity of that va riety of early grape this season, the early frosts in California killing the crop.
 Mayor Monihon says the city au- thOrities are not wholly responsible for the proper drainage of the streets and that the blame rests with many of the property owners. He has per sonally directed the cleaning out of many of the gutters. Several new cul- verts and ditches have been built and the chain gang with a gang of hired men are kept busy working on the streets. With a little help from the property owners the drainage of the city can be made perfect.
 A Mexican boy who works in Draper's grocery store on Washing ton street, was badly shocked yester- day evening-an electric shock. He stood on the wet ground to turn on the electric light in front of the store, but caught hold of the wire where the cov- ering had worn through He gave shout and attempted to let go, but the wire hung to him closer than porous plaster. He danced a breakdown un- til he had to quit from sheer exhaus- tion. He was finally released, not in- jured, but badly scared.
 Another heavy shower visited Phoe- nix yesterday morning. About 10 o'clock the floodgates of heaven op- ened and for an hour the rain fell in torrents, the streets soon filling up, the cesspools and ditches being incapable of carrying off the water. The resi- dents of Jackson street were almost flooded out, the water entering many houses. From reports along the line of the s. F., P. & P. the rain appears to have extended clear to Ash Fork, the mountain streams becoming rag ing torrents. No damage to the road was reported.
 Tucson Star: MT. Jos. c. Perry in- carcerated himself in the county treas urer's office yesterday morning He unlocked the door as usual and closed 1t after him when he went in. The lock is spring arrangement and later when he got ready to leave made the discovery that his key wouldn't fit the lock from the inside. He called up the central telephone office and asked to be put in communication with the sheriff's office, about sixty feet on bee line from where he was standing. He was rescued from his perilous po- sition and impending starvation by Deputy Sheriff Flynn.
 J. c. Mahoney, the young man who tried to hypnotiZe J. J. Gardiner's pet monkey Thursday, wishes to announce that the ape was not to blame for chewing his (Mahoney's) finger, but was due to his own carelessness. He explained that he had a bet with A.