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Show Territorial Talk. Park City in accepting a Sunday law, and her merchants will see that it is enforced. Utah now has three new counties, vis Uintah, Emery and San Juan, making a total of 23 in the Territory. It is reported that scores of cattle are dying in the western part of Utah County and in Rush Valley. John B. Neil, Register of the Land Office at Salt Lake has been appointed supervisor of census for Utah. Hay is $35 per ton at Frisco, in the southern part of Utah; and in consequence greasewood and cottonwood are in good demand. The Legislature adjourned without day or date at 3 p.m. last Saturday, after sitting over 29 hours in one continuous session. The great violinist, Wilhelmf, makes his appearance at Ogden on March 4th. The performer has had unprecedented success in California. The women of Utah will have to content themselces with their fate for two years more, as the "Bill to Remove the Political Disabilities, etc.," was consigned to the "graveyard" by Governor Emery. Cache County in now included in the First Judicial District of Utah Territory. The Law making the change is as follows: [Bill] enacted by the Governor and Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah: That the Counties of Mallard, Sanpete, Sexter, Juab, Wasatch, Utah, Emery, Uintah, Weber, Box Elder, Cache, Rich and Morgan shall hereafter constitute the First Judicial District: And the Counties of Salt Lake, Tooele, Summit and Davis shall constitute the Third Judicial District of this Territory. The court is to hold two sessions a year at Ogden. From the Herald: Two men, Robinson and Rock, have been prosecuted by the Game Protective Society, at Porterville, Morgan County and fined $16 and costs, each. Later information is to the effect that the officers of the Protective Society are not satisfied with the punishment, and intend to appeal the case to the District Court, with a view to securing punishment more in keeping with the gravity of the offense. From the News: By telegraph from Stockton, Utah, we learn that William Fuller, an old resident of that place, was fatally injured by the premature discharge of a powder blast which he had put in a large log of wood for the purpose of splitting it. He applied a red-hot poker to a short piece of fuse connecting with the charge in the log, and unfortunately held it there too long after it had ignited, but of which fact he was apparently ignorant, and before he realized it the fire reached the charge and explosion immediately followed, the report of which was distinctly heard throughout the town. One side of his face was torn away, his arm broken and hand fearfully mangled. The injury in the face evidently reached the carotid artery, as he bled to death, expiring at 10 o'clock last evening. The deceased was the father of Wm. [William] Fuller, one of the editors of the Herald. From the Junction: Saturday Mr. Joseph Stanford and a gentleman connected with the Kohn Bros. firm, returned from Salt Lake City, where they had gone to identify the property stolen by them recently. Upon their arrival they gave a description on the stolen property, when it was discovered that the fellow Withur? had articles belonging to both firms. He was wearing a coat, vest and pair of pants belonging to Kohn Bros., and two pairs of red flannel drawers, two shirts and a pair of stockings belonging to Mr. Stanford. These were taken off him and he was attired in the prison garb. He was bound over on the charge of burglarizing both stores, $500 for each, amounting to $1,000 to appear before the district court. The corporation of Salt Lake, however, will hold him for eighty days-fifty days for vagrancy and thirty for resisting the officer who captured him. He will be placed in the ball and chain gang. The property recovered by Mr. Stanford, amounted to about $100, while that of Kuhn Bros. will foot up to $140. An accident occurred on the Utah Central R.R. on Saturday evening last. It seems a switch had been left open, which caused the engine to leave the track and tip over on its sides and two cars behind to be dragged from the track and also thrown over. A brakeman by the name of Fife had his leg badly bruised by the accident, this being the only casualty. |