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Show I FOUR STATES. Utah, LEHI: The Black Hawk War Veterans have organized1 a post to be known as the Lehi post of the Black Hawk Indian War veterans. The officers are: CapU D. W. Thomas: lieutenant T. F. Trane; adju-tant, adju-tant, James Klrkham; quartermaster. William Bone, chaplain; John Worlton. Twenty member are enrolled and two more will be enrolled. SPRING VILLE: The election to bond the city for t,000 to put in an electrlo light plant was held in gprlngvtlle yesterday yes-terday and resulted in a victory for the electric light people by a vote of 134 for to 7 against. The plant will be put in next summer. The bonds- will be issued immediately. 1 FILLMORE: Judge Rolapp opened court in Fillmore Wednesday for Judire Marloneaux, set the cases that are ready for trial and disposed of the law and motion mo-tion calendar. The court was then adjourned ad-journed till Monday next at 2 o'clock. Judge Marloneaux will preside during the remainder of the term. MT. PLEASANT: Diphtheria has made its appearance In Mt. Pleasant, after several sev-eral years' absence. A twelve-year-old girl of Niels Hansen Is suffering with a very severe attack fcf the disease and doubts are entertained as to her recovery. LEHI: The Lehi Mercantile company held Its first annual meeting Wednesday, elected a new board of directors and reorganized. re-organized. The report showed the business busi-ness to be in first-class condition. During Dur-ing the company's past and first year In its history it has transacted over 2S2.000 worth of business and has earned a dividend divi-dend of 13 per cent. 10 per cent of which was declared In stock and 3 in merchandise. mer-chandise. William Cox is president, Jamea Klrkham. vice-president; John L. Snow, manager. ' These gentlemen. with H. O. Gardner, constitute the board of directors. COALVILLE: In the District court in Coalville the case of Charles E. Pence vs. the California Mining company was decided de-cided in favor of the plaintiff. Suit was brought to recover damages for Injuries rceived in the California mine of Park City about one year ago. The case went to the jury tonight about 6 o'clock and they returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, plain-tiff, he receiving 114,400. He brought suit for 240,000. . EUREKA: The body of John M. Murray, Mur-ray, who was found dead In his cabin three miles east of Eureka on Tuesday, was brought to town yesterday and buried in the City cemetery. Both County Coun-ty Attorney page and Deputy Sheriff Buchi of Utah county went to the cabin to Investigate the case, and say that death resulted! from natural causes. No inquest was held. The body was badly decomposed and it was evident that the man had been dead for a number of days. EPHRAIM: The remains of Mrs. Hannah Han-nah Jensen Brlmhall, who died In Salt Lake City a few days ago, arrived yesterday yester-day over the Rio Grande Western. The remains were accompanied by the young woman's husband, mother and a number of relatives. They were removed from the train to the Tabernacle, where the funeral services were held in the afternoon at 1 o'clock. MANTI: Distribution of the waters of Manti City creek was the topic under dls- 1 cusaion in the. farmers' meeting last Mon- j day evening, A committee of, five was elected from the institute to draft plans for a better and more just method of distribution dis-tribution for both primary and secondary water rights, including high water. These plans will be dlBcussed at their meeting on the 16th intant. n Idaho. , BOISE: The House yesterday passed Senate bill NO. 27. by Stevenson, authorizing author-izing religious and benevolent corporations corpora-tions to mortgage or sell property by a majority vote of members present; Senate i bill 16, by Keifer, to suppress contagious sheep diseases and create the office of sheep inspector; Senate bill 8, Brigham reducing the terms of school In independ- ! ent districts. BOISE: In the Senate yesterday an effort was made to secure an early adjournment, ad-journment, because of Lincoln's birthday, but It was defeated by a majority of three. The body then settled down to business and rushed a mass of bills through committee of the whole. Among them were three measures of special Interest In-terest to women, because they give them enlarged property rights. One gives the wife absolute control of her separate property; another prevents the husband from disposing of the major 'portion of the community property without the wife's consent, and the third provides that on the death of either without lssu the entire estate shall go to the survivor. BOISE: In the Senate yesterday new bills were introduced as follows: Allen, providing for disposition of State funds on interest; Purtill, three bills providjng short forms for deeds and mortgages; Day, regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors; Eckert. to create the office of State Veterinarian; Day, appropriating $3000 to pay claims against the Albion State normal school. Wyoming. CHEYENNE: The storm that set in several days ago has assumed the proportions pro-portions of a blizzard throughout southern south-ern and western Wyoming, and stockmen who are ranging herds and flocks in regions re-gions where there is little or no feed are now greatly alarmed. In the western portions por-tions of the State snow has fallen to a great depth, but from Evanston east to the Nebraska line the snowfall had gradually grad-ually diminished. High winds have accompanied ac-companied the storm, and .the snow has been piled up in railroad cuts, greatly to the delay of traffic. The weather has been bitterly cold and tho indications are for even colder weather. : CHEYENNE: The House committee of the whole yesterday recommended the passage of the Atherly bill providing for a constitutional amendment to make the use of voting machines legal at general elections: the passage of the bill Increasing Increas-ing the salary of the State Veterinarian from $1200 to $1800 per annum, and the resolution memorializing Congress to provide pro-vide for the allotment of lands within the Shoshone Indian reservation immediately. immedi-ately. RAWLINS: In the" Red desert country, between Rawlins and Evanston. which Is the most favored of all the winter ranges in the State, sheep are dying, the grass being covered up and the supply of sagebrush sage-brush short. Cattle are In poor condition, owing to the long string of severe storms, and in sections where there is no hay to feed the losses will be considerable. Nevada. RENO: Judge Cottrell of Reno 'has gotten, hold of one of the best mines on the coast. It is located near Reward, Inyo county, California. It is free milling and gold. He took hold of it as a low-grade low-grade propostton, but it has developed into a high-grade property. The assays run from 35 to $20,000 per ton and the ore body is over sixty feet in width. . CHERRY CREEK: Charles Karben-stein, Karben-stein, pumpman on the Star mine at Cherry Creek fell 400 feet down a shaft last Tuesday and was fatally injured. Bad for the Cyclone. ' - ST. LOUIS. Feb. 13. M. Schreck of Cincinnati practically knocked out Cyclone Cy-clone Kelly of San Francisco in the fourth round of what was to have been a twenty-round bout before the West End club here last night. . |