Arizona republican., 1896-07-24
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Happenings of Streets and Town. Epitome of the City'S Local
 intelligence. The Doings of Day In Phoenix and
 It's Tributary
 Region.

IA Mexican named Antonio Choa was yesterday lodged in the county jail for thirty days for selling liquor to h. 'dians at Tempe.
 A report from the Arizona canal head says that the river is steadily fall ing. There is still a foot of water run ming over the dam, enough for all the canals.
 Articles of incorporation of the Goldfeld Milling and Mining com pany were filed yesterday. The capital stock is S1 ,0O0,O 900 in shares of H each. The incorporators are o. D. Merrill, Orlando Merrill, Louis B. Lamb. c. R. Hakes( J. R. Morse.
 A force of men under Hi Hooker are digging a trench for a culvert across Adams and First street. There are several pools of stagnant water in that neighborhood and there being means of drawing off the water, ditch or culvert was found to be absolutely necessary.
 But a few more miles of the old Prescott & Arizona Central railroad re- mains, the rest of the rails having all been torn up. Engineer Potts, in charge of the work, expects to finish the work in about a week, when noth- ing will be left of the historic road but a memory.
 The last years crop of olives in Cal ifornia is all taken up and olives are now at a premium. The demand has become so great in the last few years for olives that the supply is made quate A quiet hint to the fruit grow CTS of this valley is sufficient, for ol- ives thrive here as we'll as any coun- try under the sun.
 J. c. Mahoney was enjoying little fun with J. J. Gardiner's pet monkey yesterday morning when Darwin s missing link grabbed the index finger of Mahoney's right hand and chewed on it awhile for want of something more nutritious. A physician was called upon to dress the mangled finger of the monkeys victim.
 The heavy rains in the vicinity of Williams is a veritable boon, for that district was experiencing a water fam inc. Water for domestic purposes was being hauled 100 miles and sold for 65 cents barrel in Williams. Stock Wdo pCIlOullI5, dS dll Iu0 SCltdI1S duu springs had dried up. The recent rains, however, have relieved matters and everybody is consequently jubi- lant.
 Several hundred acres of unthreshed wheat on the south side of the river has been damaged by the heavy rains
 A party headed by Dudley Craig will go over the proposed wagon road to Globe in a few days for the purpose of definitely settling as to whether the road will be built Considerable money was expended a few years ago in making survey from Tempe to Globe, but that is as far as the matter got.
 Casimar Leivas, the Mexican who was stabbed in the arm by a country man at the depot couple of days ago was introduced to the recorder yester- day. He was arrested on the charge of sleeping in the street with an over load of benzine aboard. He gave as his excuse for getting drunk that the mos quitoes bothered him so that he could not sleep and sought relief in liquor but unfortunately overestimated his capacity. He was given five days be- low.
 The new members of the reorganized Park Theater company arrived yester- day morning from Chicago They are Misses Frances Field, Mabella Jovener