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Show UTAH NEWS. There is hardly a well man left In Utah's cavalry troop, dysentery being prevalent. A Mexican war widow.V poublon of B8 per month was granted la-it week to Amanda M. Cheney of Cent ville. Recent letters from Manila convey the information that Utah's soldies are enjoying unnsii.-il good health. A Salt Lake lad is in the toils of the 'aw for hitting an elderly gentleman in the back of the head with an onion. The onion was of the Spanish variety, which added insult to injury. The Utah Federation of Labor, of Salt Lake, has adopted resolutions urging tabor unions to assist in the reelection re-election of Sena lor l-'rank -I. Cannon to the United States senate. The convention at Spriugvllle of the Christian Lndeavorers, Epworth League and Baptist Young People's Union, the first of its kind in the state, was a grand .success, delegates from all over the slate being present. The contract for furnishing the music for the state fair at Boise having been aware led Hold's band, that organization organiza-tion will not enter the Eisteddfod, being be-ing forced to leave for Borne October 1. Held will take twenty-five men on th tour. The. Cambrian association has opened Eisteddfod headquarters at K9 South Main street, Salt Lake City. Committees Commit-tees of the society will be iu charge and give, information to those desiring it relative to the great festival of ong and pocsv. The annual report of Pension Commissioner Com-missioner Evans, tit Washington, shows that there were T'.IG pensioners residing in the state of Utah on Juno 3D last. and that the amount paid them during the past year amounted to the snug-sum snug-sum of Si 15. 1 71. Eleven troopers of the Utah oavalry troop, headed by Lieute.nnut Kimball, have been sent into the hills after a band of trespassing- slockmen, and a light is expected. Captain Caine and Lieutenant Kimball drew lots for the chance to engag-e in the first fight, and the lieutenant won. One of the Spanish surgeons who wits tit Santiago during the recent unpleasantness, un-pleasantness, was in Salt Lake a few days ago. He s-aya the American gunnel's gun-nel's are wonderful marksmen, and in proof of his assertion exhibits a sent-on sent-on his temple made by a piece of shell from an American gun. Lee Warner, while employed on the tabernacle at Richfield, ftdl a distance of ,15 feet, and received injuries which will keep him in bed for some time. This is the third man to receive injuries while working on this building, since ; it was started in May. A defective scaffold was the cause of the trouble. .Seven new cases of typhoid fever were reported to the health department depart-ment of Salt Lake, last week, but not a single case of contagious disease is under quarantine. During the week there were thirteen births and eight deaths, exclusive of three bodies brought from outside the city for interment. in-terment. W. H. rvilpatrick. an engineer in the employ of the Rapid Transit company at Salt Lake, had a narrow escape from death the other night. In some manner an electric bolt from the wires in the generating room struck him in the face and burnt off the eperdimis of the skin and mustache and eye- j brows. The shock temporarily blinded him, but he is now rapidly recovering. Little Emtl Peters, son of Salt Lake died recently as the result of a peculiar pecu-liar accident. The boy. who was 2 years of age, swallowed a peanut, the nut finding lodgment in the windpipe, and the child was seized with a fit of coughing, which forced the nut into the air passage. The boy was taken to the Holy Cross hospital and an op- i eration was performed. The surgeon was just getting hold of the obstruction obstruc-tion when the little boy died from suffocation suf-focation or asphyxiation. Attorney General Bishop has rendered ren-dered an opinion to the effect that the state is not liable for half the salaries ' paid to a deputy or assistant county attorney, treasurer or assessor when the subordinate renders a special ser-1 vice, is not regularly appointed, is a ' resident of some distant county and is compensated at a greater rate than two-thirds of the salary allowed the principal. The case iu point has par- j ticular reference to the hiring of emi- ! ncnt legal counsel to assist county j attorneys in the prosecution of crimi-j nal cases in the remote counties. ! i-'ransden Bros of Carbon county last i week shipped 15.000 head of sheep, and I there are from 5'. ,000 to 75.000 head ; owned by other parties to be shipped. As high as thirty cars a day during the week pussed out to eastern markets. mar-kets. ' President Woodruff's Funeral March," composed by Joseph J. Dayues, and performed on the tabernacle or-ran or-ran by the author at President Wood-utf's Wood-utf's funeral services, is nowjout in sheet form, nud ou sale at the music' itores. |