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Show I UTAH STATE NEWS. H B ; A gang of crooks have been sys- B lomntlrnlly operating In Park City of B ' late, a number of petty burglaries bo- B p lng rcporteil. B ( K. Newman, a miner employed In H , tho Golden Gate mine nt Mcrcur, bus- B talncd n bndly fractured lilp In nn nc- mf. clilont wlillu nt work Inst wook. 1 f There Is quite a bit of building nc- K tlvlty In Hlchflold nt presont(sovcrnl Bk new residences nud building blocks BK f being In course of construction. B f Miss Kmma Hnmsoy, tho gifted ' Utah singer, hns been obliged to can- Bv r eel her summer concert tour of south- BB j cm Idaho because of an attack of np- BM )cndlcltls. H, ' Tho 2.1rd was Old Folks' day In BJ Lohl, between flvo and six hundred BB. quests of honor being ciitortnlncd at BV a banquet which will long bu rcruom- Bfl bored by thorn. B A cloudburst In the mountains cast B of Mt. I'leaBant on Saturday caused B a heavy Hood down the crock which B I runs through tho town, considerable M t damngo being done. B't It Is regarded as prababla that one B of the first branches which tho San P Pedro will build will bo a lino from B ' Frisco, Nevada, to tho Cactus mines, B owned by Samuel Nowhouso. B j- Utah sheep men have realized $150,- H u 000 to $ 200,000 less on their wool than B they did a your ago. according to tho 1 r estimate of buyors who have been In '.f tho field during tho entlro season. m p Tho northern hnlf of Ephrnlm was 1 j; flooded on Saturday, ono of tho hoav- B ' lost rainstorms In tho memory of tho B f oarllest cltlzons striking tho town. Hjf Most of this year's crop of alfalfa Is H b damaged. H . A Donvor dispatch says almost ov- H. ry railroad contractor In Denver has H Bono to Salt Lako City, where thoy Bj , havo put In bids for construction con- B tracts on tho San Pedro, Los Angolos H : and Salt Lako road. H : Dennis Murphy, who alleges that H ' the sight of both his oyos has boon B practically destroyed as tho result of B m missed shot explosion In tho Annie B Laurlo mlno, has sued that company B for $30,000 damages. H'1 William Anstler of Sprlngvllle had B I his homo burned to tho ground on K tho nlgUt of tho 22nd. Tho building BB I and its contonts wero a total loss. B ' Thoro was no ono at homo nt tho m tlmo tho flro started. BB; ft BB ; Thoro Is considerable talk among BB the basoball fans of nn organization BB of tho "Sovlor and San Pcto loaguo," BBj Uio Intention being to Incorporate tho BB most promising teams from both coun- BB ties In tho organization. BB Hoy Larkln, aged 15, was drowned BB at Saltalr Thursday night whllo BB bathing. lie, In company with Ross BB Wells and Miss Chrlstlo Pomcroy, K rot boyond their depth and could not BB return to lnnd bocauso of a stiff BB breozo from tho shore. Miss Porno- BB roy, after fighting the waves for two BB hours, roached shore. Wells kept tho BB boy floating until 3 a. m whon ho sank, Wells being thrown onto an BB Island In an unconscious condition. BB A Weary Willie went to sleep on BB tho railroad embankment near Tor- BB raco ono night last week and in his BB sleep placed his hand on tho rail, BB whon a train enmo along and crushod BB his wrist to a pulp, necessitating tho BB ; amputation of his arm near tho el- BB bow. BB Mercur came near having another BB disastrous conflagration last week BB when tho rcsldonco of Dan McQucry BB and an adjoining bouso wore burned. BB Other property was savod by hard BB work on tho part of tho flro dopart- BB mont. BB J. M. Wells, a Short Line brakoman, BB fell from tho sldo of a freight car In BB Salt Lako City ono day Inst week. Ho BB succeeded In keeping his body from BB undor the wheels, but his right hand BB was so badly crushed that It had to BB bo amputated. Hj It Is said that if the Western Pn- BBJ cine, tho proposed now coast line, BBj which is now nrrnnglng tho prcllml- BK narlcs for a coast lino to Salt Lnko BBj City, follows tho routo which has been BBJ laid out, it will bo ono of tho most dl- BW roct lines in tho United States. H; W. Cyrus Dallln, thp Salt Lake Bh sculptor, now residing In Boston, has BB Just complctod an equestrian stntun BB for the Louisiana Purchase oxposl- V tlon. It represents a Sioux chief pro- Pi' testing against the taxing of tho Lou- BB i isiana territory by tho white men. PV Mrs. Hose Wilson was painfully BB though not sorlously burned last wool; BBj whllo rescuing hor sister, Mrs. Wll- IB' Us Chugg, from her burning homo In BB! Salt Lalo City. Mrs. Chugg was 111 BU In bed and would undoubtedly have BB) perished had It not been for tho horo- BBj )ni of hor sister. BKi Claudus J. Hoberts, a prominent PS young business man of Ogdon, nccl- BM dentally shot himself on tho 20th, BB death being almost lnbtantaneoua. It Ba is supiiosod ho took tho pistol from B 1 & cupboard with tho intention of put LHlrilsw tins It away, whon it was dlschargi BBBBBBBBBL-4- BBBBBBBBBBW'---" . , -- |