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Show UTAH NEWS. There has been a heavier fall of snow In the foothilJ.s than for years past, and stockmen are jubilant. It is. reported that one sheep-owner disposed of 7V'0 pounds of wool this week at 20 cents per pound. The advent of better times was manifested man-ifested throughout the state by the heavy sale of holiday goods. Mrs. A. A. 1'. Reid, a resident of Provo, is the niece of General Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief of the English South African army. There are now two smallpox patients in the pest-honse at Salt Lake, but a further spread of the disease is not anticipated. an-ticipated. Salt Lake City made a bid for the next convention of the American Federation Fed-eration of Labor, but Louisville, Ky., carried off the prize. Wllford Cartwright, one of the Utah volunteers, died at Beaver last week as a result of injuries received while on a hunting trip three weeks ago. James Clinton, the well known wool man, says he has every reason to believe be-lieve that the present price of wool will be kept up for some time. The board of education of Salt Lake decided to not declare for compulsory vaccinnatlon, but advise all parents to see that their children are vacclnnated at once. A number of wool buyers representing represent-ing eastern firms have been through Davis county recently and secured contracts con-tracts from the small growers for their 11)00 clip at 19 W cents. The light form of the smallpox cases so far developed gives color to the report re-port being circulated that the disease is the "Manila itch," and notthe genuine genu-ine smallpox. The friends of Major R. W. Young, late of Battery A, Utah volunteers, are agitating his election to congress to succeed B. II. Roberts, in case the latter lat-ter fails to secure his seat. Yancy Smoak, said to be a wealthy merchant of a South Carolina town, has arrived in Salt Lake City, and announces an-nounces his intention of converting the entire Mormon people to his form worship. Captain Fred J. Mills was arraigned in the Third district court last week on the charge of killing J. C. O'Mel-veney. O'Mel-veney. lie took the statutory time to plead and his trial will come up soon after the holidays. Eight new consolidated engines have been ordered by the Rio Grande Western Wes-tern railroad, to be delivered early in the spring, the heavy increase of business busi-ness during the past year making such an order imperative. A new coal-gas plant has been instiled in-stiled in Salt LaUe City, and in the future patrons of the gas company will not be compelled to seek their couches at an unseemly early hour because the gas supply suddenly gives out. Ed Needham, a Salt Lake sheepman, last week refused an offer of S4 per head for 4,000 head of mutton and wool producers now ranging near Rock Springs, Wyoming. He believes there is more money in holding on to his flock. Dr. F. H. Simons of Provo, is under arrest, charged with not having properly prop-erly labeled the bottle of carbolic acid from which George Choules drank and died. Dr. Simmons expresses confidence confi-dence of being able to prove his innocence. inno-cence. Cattlemen will try the experiment of bringing corn to Utah to fatten eattle. There are now on the way twenty-three twenty-three carloads of corn, averaging 5o",-000 5o",-000 pounds to the car, or SI, 150,000 pounds in all, which will be fed to cattle cat-tle here. Walker Brothers have received from the treasury department at Washington Washing-ton a beautiful inlaid box containing one dollar in payment for the federal building site in Salt Lake which was donated to the government by Walker Brothers. Thirty of Utah's sportsment went out to Monument Point one day last week on their annual rabbit hunt and succeeded suc-ceeded in bagging 3,000 of the bunnies, or an average of 100 each. The day's catch was brought back and distributed among the poor. Articles of incorporation of the First Congregational church of Robinson have been filed with the secretary of state. The incorporators must anticipate antici-pate a rather long life for their church, as the life of the corporation is placed at OD'J years. In talking of the conviction of Dynamiter Dyna-miter Smith, Judge Norrell, before whom the case was tried, said that he would have undoubtedly sentenced the convicted man to twenty years in the penitentiary, the full limit, had he not taken his own life. Governor Y,-!ls sa;-s the S:00 reward offered for the capture of Smith, the dynumiler, will be paid as soon as his captors settle llie waiter of dividing the reward, so that there will be no poss.bilit, tor furtl.,-,- claims nguinst the. state in the matter. |