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Show WESTERN WHISPERS. Utah. The following items are from the News: On the evening of Aug. 13th, a fire was discovered in an old board shanty on the Tithing Office premises. Before the arrival of the steam fire engine, a bucket brigade was organized, which soon subdued the flames. <br><br> PROF. MAESER and party, who have been making a tour of the northern counties in the interest of the education, have completed their labors, during which they held 11 meetings. <br><br> THE NEWS says that two small boys, named Nattrass and Wright, respectively, were fined $20 each on Saturday, for stealing. When discovered by the police, under some stairs, they had a whole cargo of stolen article stowed away, and were steadily adding to their stock, day after day. <br><br> THE HERALD says that a couple of gamblers were yanked up on Monday, charged with running gambling houses, and each fined $70. <br><br> ALSO that excursionists returning from the tops of the mountains say that solid snow can be found there, and is apparently from eight to ten feet thick. <br><br> THE NEWS hears that there are in Salt Lake a number of creatures in the form of men, who are endeavoring to lead "Mormon" girls astray. Recently such an attempt was made by a scoundrel who led a young girl into a house of bad repute on pretense of treating her to ice cream. We join the News in the sentiment that shooting on sight in none too severe a fate for the seducer. <br><br> THE SAME paper has information to the effect that the election returns from Adamsville, Minersville, Milford and Grampion precincts, Beaver county, were thrown out by the county court, on account of irregularities, discrepancies, marked ballots, fraud and intimidation which were practiced in those precincts. This gives the people's ticket a large majority, which, however, it would have had, had not the returns from the precincts named been rejected. The "liberals" of Beaver county, after a hard struggle and the perpetration of tricks of a most contemptible character, with a view to winning the election, have been badly beaten. <br><br> FROM THE HERALD: A gentleman who passed through Spanish Fork Canyon last week, says several bodies of Indians from the Uintah agency were encamped there, and with them a little white girl, eight or ten years of age. The child had evidently been with the Indians for some time, as she seemed at home among them, and was as playful and cheerful as any of the Indian urchins. However, she avoided the white visitors to the camp. When any of them came in sight she would hide and act as if she had been trained to keep out of their way. The gentleman reporting the above tried to learn something of the child and her antecedents as well as how she came in the possession of her darky protectors, but was unable to get any of the facts. The Indians maintained a stubborn silence concerning the girl, evidently being determined not to disclose the mystery. The Indians left on Friday, going in the direction of the agency. <br><br> THE PROVO Enquirer of Aug. 11th says: Evidence is continually forth-coming, proving the connection of [section missing/unreadable] the signature of ?? as part owner, and not merely a witness, is strong evidence against him. The scene of the cold blooded deed is described as being only 10 rods from the main road, and not more than 100 yards from a habitable house. A location where any person accustomed to the road would feel perfectly secure in camping; all helping to disclose the intentness of the deed. <br><br> THE SAME paper urges that the Utah and Pleasant Valley Railroad be purchased by the people of Utah county or by parties representing them, so as to prevent it from falling into the hands of a foreign company, as the road is reported to be for sale. |