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Show I J UTAH STATE NEWS. Thoro is Bomo talk of a now bank being organized In I.ehl. 8prlngvlllo is to havo another now school houso that will cost bctwoon $C,000 and $7,000. Black diphtheria has mndo Its np-poaranco np-poaranco in I.chl, a number of casos having been reported. Tho biennial report of tho Utah silk commission shows tho Industry In Utah to bo in a thriving condition. Thoro wero flfty-ono cases of smallpox small-pox under quarantine in Salt Lako City at tho beginning of tho present wcuk. In tho future tho Western Union messenger boys of Salt Lako City will not bo pormlttcd to enter saloons or houses of ill roputo. L. V. Dahoncy, a Short Lino brako. man, whllo attempting to board a train In Salt Lako City, fell underneath tho caboosa and suffered tho loss of a loot Dr. Duatty of tho Utah state board of health advises a quarantine against tho wholo state of Idaho unless better rog- ulatlona aro established In regard to J smallpo'.t cases. ';: Tho southern division of tho Utah I County Teachers' association hold tholr monthly convention at Spring. vlllo last Saturday. About 100 teach. fel ere worn prcsont. A largo number of tho potroloum i claims which woro located two years ' ago in tho Spanish Fork canyon dls. trlct are now Doing relocated, In most ' cases by tho original locators. Oscar Winters, an nged citizen of rl'rovo, s-font out Into tho yard to feed his poultry, and whllo thus engaged suddcnU fell to tho ground and ex. plrcd boforo any ono could reach his sldo. Ten ittudcnts of tho University of Utai: uaVQ ueon suspended for ton days fo7'vt''rowinS vogetablca upon tho Btago durln? nn amateur theatrical por. formnn-o gvn members of tho University. N' " ...---'" Tho latest complication that has arisen Out of tho division of tho St. Oeorgo ward Is said to bo tho rofusal of ccrtMn youug ladles to allow their x , escorts to accompany them across , ; tho "dead lino." Christian Olson, who, whilo attompt- ins to floss a brldgo In Parley's can- ft, yon, Bomo threo weeks ago, slipped aud &,.. loll to Uo ground and was not dlscov- t ' , orcd until tho following- morning, has succumbed to his Injuries. , i1 Frederick C. Sims, who has Just fin. ft lshed a twenty-year sontenco In tho T ," stato penitentiary, refusod to leavo J Umt Ins'.ltutlou when his timo oxptrcd, ' and hat secured permission from tho jovornor to romaln In tho penitentiary. iltoboit I.cmmon of Salt Lako was ton ml IS a lodging houso In a dying condition, suffering from morphine polsonli.g, succumbing to tho offocts of tho drat,- soon after being taken to tho hospItnL Hay Clifford, charged with drugging him, has been released from custody. Ilort Do Shnzzo, a former rcsldont of Salt Lnlcu City, and who had nn unon. viable- record in criminal circles In thnt city, suicided in thu IJutto, Mont, Jail on tho 21et, whero no was being hold on a chargo of forgery Ho took morphlno, strychnine and cocalno In doses sulHcIont to kill a horso. Tho old folks of tho South ward, Mnntl, wero ontortalncd last week. William Anderson, Mi years old, the oldest man prcsont, was nwarded first prlzo; Christian Monu, sr., and wife woro tho oldest marrlod couplo, having hav-ing been married shty-ono years. Mrs. Cnrollno Snow", agod 87 yoars, was the oldest woman prcsont. A suit has been filed against tho Utah Sugar company risking for $25,-000 $25,-000 damages for tho death of Chris IhrlBtonson, who was scalded to death Ai tho Lohl factory In Novombor, whllo It'cmptliig to wash out ono of tho boll-Will boll-Will It. llollly of Salt Lako has boon Ijlcctcd by Sonato" Uawllns as cadet i. West Point to succeed Cadot Lo lompto, who failed In tho Jnnuary cx-Inlnatlons. cx-Inlnatlons. Alfred 11. McMillan and Ijrald II. Child of Ogdeu havo been Elected as alternates. Word comes from Ilydo Park of a larlous caso of poisoning at that placo, as a result of which Drastus Lamo and his family camo very closo to death, It is not known what poisoned them, although it was something! that was prepared for tho meal. Tho director of tho cenius has detailed de-tailed Miss Mary L. McGco of Park ' City, to tako chargo of tho work of !iff collecting tho statistics of wealth, debt and taxation of Utah. Miss McGco Is 1 " tho first woman omployo to bo dotalled for work of this character. Lehl's oldest resident, Thomas Ash. ton, Is dead at tbo ago of 00. Ho was x with tho Moimous In ail oi their trials jl In Nauvoo, and helped to mako tho fa. raous old "blundoruuss" out of a L steamboat funnel that was lined in one ait of tha buttles fought there. |