Arizona republican., 1898-09-07

nal level Mormon lake, like several other small bodies of water on the Mogollon plateau, has several streams running into it, but no visible outlet
 CHA MONSTER ABROAD.-Mrs W. E. Deity who is now visiting in England. lately wrote to her parents, MT. and Mrs. D. W. Sparks, of this city, of late partial cure of homesick- ness. Going through the National museum at London she came upon a stuffed Gila monster. She was no longer a stianger in a strange land There was nc doubt about the mon sler's nationality, for it bore the in scription, From Dr. R. E. Lightburne, Fort Mcdowell. Arizona, U S. A., 1880" The monster, it was learned, vas sent by pr. Lightburne, who was then stationed at HcDowell, to the Smithsonian institute and it reached the National museum through an ex- change of curiosities.
 1 LIBERTY MENACED.-The board of supervisors yesterday received a peti- tion signed by several residents of Wickenburg praying for the removal of Constable Henry Wilson of that pre- cinct on the ground of over officious- ness. MT. Wilson happened to be in town and analysed the list for the edi- fication of the supervisors. The man who had been the most active in the circulation of the petition was one who lay on his front porch a couple of mornings ago in state of undress and a drunken stupor. Another's grievance was that he was not permitted to shoot up the town any more. The general complaint of most of the oth- CTS was that the old time freedom of the camp was passing away. One of 1 the signers was in town and was shown the list Said he: q don't remember of signing it. but that's my signature 1 l must have been drunk"
 WILL SEE SERVICE.-In spite of an Associated Press dispatch last Saturday night including Col Me ! Cords regiment in a mastering out order of tha. day it looks if that regi- Elent were oestlned for more or less permanent service. The dispatch fol- 1 lowing upon an order to Col McCord less than week before to recruit the companies at Whipple to their maxi nun strength was somewhat con- fusing. A late Associated Press dis patch stated that the regiment would i be retained in the service. A letter to ] rr.vate letters from Whipple barracks i say that the regiment has been at ts-ched to General FitZhugh Lees com mand and has been ordered to Lex ! ington, Ky.
 BEN HALLS LUCK.-The trial of Ben Hall, colored, accused of stealing watch from George Holmes, took place before Justice I\incaid yesterday Hall was discharged for want of evil dence. he case rested upon the sol itary testimony of young man named Heath, in whose possession the watch was found and who had identified Hall as the man from whom he had bought 1t on Grand avenue. There was no moral doubt of the correctness of Heath's story, for there is nobody in Phoenix who would have been so likely to steal the watch as Ben Hall. But Heath was unable to prove that Hall was even on the avenue at or about the time he said he was. Hall denied that he had ever seen Heath or the watch or was on Grand avenue at that time or any other time. He was pre- pared to deny even his own existence, if such denial would have been calcu- lated to assist him.
 ELECTRIC GAS PIPE-Dr Pratt had narrow escape from electrocution on Monday evening and incidentally he learned that gas pipe in his of fec is heavily charged with electricity. He attempted to turn off the electric light and chanced to grasp the gas jet holder which was close by. By this act the circuit was completed and the electricity began pumying into him at rapid rate. He tried to let go of tEe gas jet holder, but found that he could not. The fingers of his right hand were SC cramped that he could rat release the electric light, The sen laticn was alarming. Every beat uf