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Show UTAH NKWS. The Utah troopers are now comfortably comfort-ably quartered in barrack, which is a welcome change, they having been domiciled in tents for home mouths. According to City Treasurer Robinson'.-, le t, there are just thirty delinquent delin-quent taxpayers in Coalville for the year I V.iS, and the amouuts aggregate 72.30. Private John Purro.vs, company K, Twenty-fourth infantry, stationed at Fort Douglas, was d i. .honorably discharged dis-charged from the service of the United HLates November 20. According to reports received from ii fi'e rent sections ni southern I tali the recent storms will he received with joy hy the agrienl turi d s, and especially especi-ally welcomed by the dry farmers. Halt Lake City can boast of a silk factory where silk handkerchiefs, (1 ress goods anil neckwear are manufactured manu-factured from the silk out of the cocoons. co-coons. This is the only silk factory of its kind cast of California. Tho Farmers' Union of Wcllsville is now full y prepared for business, and its fine new creamery, with a capacity of 20,000 pounds of milk daily, is in successful oporation. The corporation is composed entirely of farmers. Oscar llufford of Clifton, was bodily injured by the explosion of a blast that ho thought had already been fired. 1 0 was standing' within a few feet of tho shot when it exploded, badly mutilating both hands and otherwise seriously injuring him. Secretary of State Hammond has accepted the title to the grounds and buildings of tho Normal school at Ce-' Ce-' dar City and it is now a full-fledged branch of the Slate Normal school. Heretofore Cedar has been paying tho operating expenses of the institution. Eveu at this early date when the season of 1S98 is barley passed, there is a great deal of baseball agitation at Fort Douglas, the purpose in view being be-ing the organization of a nine for next season, that the Fort people say will defeat any combination the state can put up. About 225 scholars reported at the Fort Douglas post schools, which j opened December 5, who are, by the ! army regulations, compelled to attend. ' Eight of the brightest enlisted men in the Twenty-fourth, under Chaplain Allensworlh, have been detailed as teachers. A new well has been commenced at tho gas fields. The territory chosen for the venture is about 1000 feet north of the old wells. There are about twent-five men now engaged in the construction of the auxiliary plant, and the date set for tho first gas to issue is January 1. State Auditor Richards has applied 1 to the boards of the various state in- ( stitutious for estimates of their ex- ; penses for 1899-1900. A few have not made reports, and in tho event that they are not received within a few days, he will be compelled to proceed without them to make his consolidated estimate. Trooper William II. Goldman, who served with "I" troop, Torrcy's regiment, regi-ment, arrived at his home in Salt Lake City, December 3. Mr. Goldman is a nephew of County Commissioner Rawlins, Raw-lins, and lives at South Cottonwood. Since the mustering out of the regiment regi-ment he has been visiting relatives in Iowa and Missouri. A flood of inquiries regarding the various industries, climate, health and religion of Utah are coustatly pouring in to state officials who have not the time to do the state justice in the matter mat-ter of supplying information to prospective pros-pective settlers. The formation of a bureau of statistics is deemed advisable, advis-able, and it will probably be considered consid-ered by the coming- legislature. Robert Simpson, a motorman with the Salt Lake City Street Railway compauy, met with a painful accident one day last week. Mr. Simpson, who is a large man, tried to close the front door of the car while it was running at full speed, and in so doing lost his footing and was thrown to the ground. He received a severe scalp wound, and was badly bruised on the arms and legs. J. E. Gogarty, who is in charge of the Ouray Indian agency and the Uncorapahgre Indians, was in Salt Lake, December 5. His business was in connection with Winn, who, with his sou, is charged with burglarizing the government commissary at the reservation and stealing United States supplies. Winn is a rancher in the vicinity, and was seen to take the goods by one of the Indian police. Mr. j Gogarty made the arrest and is a witness wit-ness in the case. When the Saltair management reopens re-opens its pleasure resort for next season's sea-son's business, the public will reap the benefits to be derived from many ! improvements now being made. The great building is being tkorouge- re- ' paired. |