Show 4OLD BAD BURGLARS The Toughs Who Have Been rer roriziiig Brigham City AX EXCITING CHASE AND CAPTURE The Marshals Retreat From the Young Jlansii Other Items of Interest From Box Elders Capital I3riiUAM city April liSpccial Correspondence Cor-respondence of Tin HelulIThecitizens of Brigham have been so inured to a sense vof pcacefulucssand security from nocturnal Acpredatious that it seems to require a stimulant sufficient to raise the dead in order to bring them to a realization of the exact condition of affairs in this respect and consequently take precautionary steps to remedy the evil For some months past almost a daily appearance of tramps has been noticeable and various depredations j q m been specimens of their handiwor xlie crowning feature of all their higl h handed proceedings occurred last Tuesda and Wednesday A few days previous the residence of H Bowring Esq had been entered by burglars and a quantity of edl blcs filched from the pantry also Mrs Boi ens candy store had been broken into ana an-a goodlv supply of sweets secured the victors conveying their prizes to the unoccupied unoc-cupied residence of B M Young Esq near the depot On Tuesday night they again sailed forth this time working to a well concocted plan for the purpose of tal ing in the town in a more substantial waj An entrance was forced into three place > of business John Christensens grocer store the Workingmens shoe shop amA am-A Stratfords tailor shop In the latter room an individual was sweetly reposing however this did not pre vent the burglars from enteriiif vvlio while fumbling around were STMTLII > HV A TiiKUEXiiors SXOKE tOO suddenly decamped carrying thesnoo i r s watcli away with them lheir illgot ion boot was again conveyed to the di e sorted mansion where the accumulate spous consisting of cash valuables cloth up etc amounted to about one hundred dollars In 1 the last raid John Christensei suffered the worst losing forty or fifty do ii s in ash besides other things lost Marshal Koise being informed of the rol tH ritvs earl on Wednesday morning wa Qja1 ip alirt but failed in gaining a clew to JJc liuusc breakers until conceiving the i u ant liousi an excellent place for bootcrs Burned an 0 trance through the basemen stor and there sure enough were the tw uicrr transients living as richly at Brig haul s expense as a lord of the middle ages Vt itb a brace of cocked revolvers tin nvrr lords proved too much for the mar siial who was soon disarmed and allowed to po his wa parting with them on no lov nsr terms The news of these highhanded proceedings spread like wildfire Excited i rowds began to gather and soon a posse omen o-men some afoot and some mounted headed lii till marshal were in hot pursuit Thei fallowed an exciting hunt and chase through the brushy fields and meadow viisr of town then east along Box Elde reek toward the mountains reaching then it was continued up a steep and busty fi > ne where fifteen or twenty men armed u h t rifles and pistols pursued the fuci i PP The whole proceedings could bio I bi-o t red from the dome of the court house 11 means of spy glasses and not a few a ailed themselves of the opportunit The uvo desperadoes finding themselve loseis pursued by the posse no longer alL al-L mpted to escape by running up the ope II mountain side but retreated into the thicl urush that lined the bottom of the ravine tilung shelti near its bead At this point tIll elevation from the brush to the top oft of-t avinc is about fifty feet and any onc < i 7 caI rip on the brow is plainly visible to f IU the heavy undergrowth below T Ugh not vice versa Arriving on tin oitti awl south sides of the brow the Ilose uaed for some moment but there ap pciiinp no visible signs of surrender and I uowiiig what might be in coacoctioi i 0 one CT i ii o SHOTS 0 rc riuno i i the edge of the brush as a rcmiudci i jit they were there for business Mar suai Reese had descended about ouethiri < ilic distanie to the bottom when one or i K desperadoes emerged from the brush wtti 1 his hands above his head and move < ward Heese When within searching < usarue the ofliccr proceeded deliberately a ills dUtl The first tlthg iioticd was IS own pistol stuck in the desperadoes hark pocket lie had scarcely laid his i > mds upon it when down came the pris < mer s arm to a resistive position striking tie marshals hand but a quickupward 110 inent brought the weapon in contact ih the desperados head which inclined i u > to terms The search being completed Jr second emerged from the brush He was 41 us searched and handcuffed when tint tin-t < v < under a strong guard were escorted I ut i ii An immense crowd had assent ted riuiid tin doors of the jail i all eager tc 1 glimpse of the notorious night I in lis w ho had been the occasion of so WWi Ii concern und excitement to Brigham thr last few days A carriage sur vOjiidod n a number of footmen and con f ininf four nnn was drawn up to the jail o the front seat was one of the prisoners uaown unoiiff the crowd as the big let < I w in size he was not above the average somewhat heavy set of the age of about thirty live with a very dogged expression about the face and eyes In the back of the carriage was his companion reclining near the guard The prisoners having been lodged in jail tile crowd dispresed The marshal had previously i repaired to the vacant va-cant house where most of the articles stolen were found some of the money having been taken from the prisoners all hs been i recovered except the snoozers watch winch is still on the missing list The fellows appeared before Justice L Ensign yesterday at 2 pm but waived an examination Further action in their ase was postponed until today Other Notes The two nights of heavy frost expel icnccd here affected the garden plants and vegetables throughout town and considerable consider-able lucern on some of the dry farms north though the fruit was not injured by it The Manhattan Life Insurance company has been successful in securing a perma ncnt footing here quite a number of policies poli-cies have been taken out by residents here as well in the outer town and a good prospect pros-pect for more A II Snow ESI has been appointed local agent Charles Davis one of our enterprising business men is now in Ogden under the doctors care a protracted spell of sickness jgomc months ago resulted in an ulceration of Tfthe bowels and other internal disorders and for the removal of the affection lie underwent under-went a very critical operation last Monday He is slowly recovering from its effects Burk the Central Pacific railroad detective detec-tive was in town a few days ago fcr the purpose of examining the six tramp prisoners pris-oners now incarcerated in our jail his object ob-ject being to ascertain if any of them were connected with a supposed organized clan of railroad robbers The detective had use for one of the prisoners who was taken to 2 Ogden Death has again visited our fair burg Cuts time confining itself to the little ones John Fosgreen was called to mourn the loss of his threeyearold boy while Peter Knudsen sorrows for his dear little ones forever gone he having lost two children within a few days of each other The proposition of fitting out our Box Elder flouring mills with a complete set of rollers has been strongly urged upon the officers of the institution its adoption would have a most important bearing on our flouring industry as a firstclass grade could then be placed upon the market and outside sales be greatly increased as well as supplying that portion of the trade Vhich demands a better quality of flour Tpan can be produced here at present aud consequently is forced to seek elsewhere There is some talk of the medicinal Curings twelve miles north of Brigham I Being utilized in the near future A capitalist capit-alist is giving the subject his attention and is now making negotiations with the present pres-ent owner Mr James Madson of Dewey ville for the possession of the springs Their location is an excellent one for securing secur-ing the patronage of northern Utah being on the line of the Utah Sr Northern railroad rail-road cheap communication could be had with Ogden Brigham and the Cache valley val-ley towns We have one famed watering place but do not object to another and still a third in due time There is plenty patronage pat-ronage for them all |