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Show UTAH NEWS. There U a scheme on foot in Tooelo to build a $3,000 creamery. Work on the new county Jail at YTanti is being vigorously prosecuted. C. K. Loose, one of Utah's uttocesiul mlne.ru, has offered 3100,000 for the Cliff House property, near San Fran-claoo. Fran-claoo. For the fiscal year ending .luoe 00, ISM, the Oregon Short Line company's lyrons earnings will reuch the enormous figures of 87,418,891.70. Preliminary work has been commenced com-menced on the Springville sugar factory. fac-tory. Water rights for the factory have been purchased and the pipe line will be laid immediately. The first four montha of 1899 have-witnessed have-witnessed a period of greater activity in respect to improvements and work In Thistle than has before been seen in that thriving town. Mopleton is preparing to erect a six-room six-room brick school building this sum- i mer, for which the district has been bonded for 83, 100. The bonds have been disposed of at a premium of 1.01 per cent. Samuel Harrett, a Lower Mammoth miner, la in a Salt Lake hospital minus one hand aud with his face filled with fragments of earth and rock. Barrett was Injured In a premature blast last Saturday night. The three-year-old daughter of David Sargent, of I'ayson, found a bottle of trychnlne one day last week, and partook of the contents, and before medical assistance could be summoned the little one was dead. An aged German named Schmidt was killed by a Rio Grande Western train near West Jordan last week. Schmidt wasin hia leventy-aoventh year, and deaf, and did not see the train as it rapidly rounded a ourve. It haa been finally decided that the salt palace will be located on a tract of fifteen acres just below Ninth South atreet and between State and Main treets. Work will begin on the palace pal-ace within the next few days. Work has been commenced by the Teluride Power Transmission company to double the capacity of the Provo canyon plant, adding 2,000 more horse powe,r for the Tintic district market. A large force of men is engaged In the work. Reports from the recent storm show that considerable damage was done by frost. The greatest damage will be in Salt Lake county, while In the vicinity of Payson, Manti, Springville and Trovo, the fruit trees will suffer somewhat. some-what. Major Young, on behalf of the Utah batteries, has acknowledged receipt of a copy of the resolution of thanks passed by the recent legislature, and says the boys were very much gratified at the action taken by the state's lawmakers. law-makers. Young Chegwidden, the Tark City boy who came in contact with a live electric light wire, lias lost both hands, the doctors having performed the operation op-eration last week. It was simply a miracle that the young man did not lose his life, as the shock was a severe one. The board of pardons have declared Harry Hayes innocent of the Pelican Point murder, and the man who was once sentenced to death is now free. Th board decided that the man Wright committed the murder. When Hayes was told that he was free he said he knew that right would prevail sooner or later. At a recent meeting of the state land board, Secretary Groo was authorized to notify persons upon whose applica-0118 applica-0118 lands have been selected for sale, to come in and make contracts for the purchase of the land as required by the new law, within thirty days after the receipt of notifications. A deposit of 95 cents per acre is also required. Ex-Selectman Joseph R. Morris, of fait Lake counfr, who has already been twice tried on charges of bribery in connection with the city and county building furniture deal, will be tried again on the charge of agreeing to accept ac-cept a bribe, the supreme court having handed down an opinion in which it is held that Morris may be tried by a jury of twelve men. Charles Suck, a Rio Grande Western brakeman. was seriously injured late Saturday night while switching cars In the yard at Helper, and Sunday underwent un-derwent the amputation of his right arm, which was taken off at the houlder. The armored steamers Laguua de Bay and Cavadonga. under Captain Srant, have gone to Guagua, about 8ve miles southwest of Bacolor, pre-inmably pre-inmably to establish a base of supplies for the troops engaged on the northern campaign. In Iron and Beaver counties the recent re-cent cold snap did considerable dam, age. Sheep which had been recently olipped suffered severely, and just over the line in Nevada one sheepman reports re-ports that he has lost over 400 head which he had just bheared. |