Show farmington republican county convention tomorrow w nellit blaming a interval wed more criminals caught the county convention will lie he lidil beh here loni tolu orrow august 23 1805 1895 nl it 11 I 1 I 1 ft a in the lociel lias has appointed a commit tee lee consisting of E PI Ni izabeth zabeth cottrell mary baury millard clara stayner stayne r G IV palmer na nathan titan clark joseph AM ler anti and some others whose names the writer failed to ret get to make arrangements for it a free lunch for tile nel gates from other parts to see aee donkeys of the iho quadruped type tylle in any number is something rare rara in ili una this locality but bill on wednes day eight of these creatures passe through town upon three of winch which were seated indies one of whom who was wa riding squaw equaw fashion upon another there was a small boy and a small girt girl one or two of the beasts of burden w were re packed with bedding provisions etc two men on horse back accompanied the number the party was traveling toward the north A number of tramps have been making farmington their headquarters of late and from all appearances have been living after the llie manner of the guests at the knutsford Knut ford for after they had eaten supper and breakfast they had bad more than llian tile the equivalent of five loaves and two fishes left only in this case caie it happened to be in the form of ten aried chickens ickens cli saturday morning joseph walker missed a bucket of home made lard a can of honey some cream a pan of milk and an empty milk pan he was away from home the preceding 1 evening and lii his daughter thought thong I she heard some ome one about the llie nw sies on being informed of this suspicion uncle joe sit sini specter acted kamp aal biever let lei lip 1 I lie had captured ilium in tile llie willow patch neurath U I 1 P I 1 water I 1 lank ank lie found four of them taking breakfast saw his hill lost anti and returned getting gelling the marst garstial ial they toon soon had bad the quartette of tran iran scents rea q y tor for city justice walsh who gave them a good talking boand to and upon promising to leave the town inside of nn an hour and a half let them go prior to 10 bringing tile the thieves before tile the justice they were put in the jug for a while and while they were in there a fifth man supposed to be of the same gang came along by the court house walker was working at the lawn and to see eee the fel asked for permission iowa who were imprisoned tile the janitor toll told him he would lava have to wait until tile llie jailor com come a which the did not want to do presently county clerk phillips came along and mr walker were and while 11 he into the sneaked talking this tramp court house and in some way sneaked thin things that mr ott off the pan pails and gs walker had intended to use as a eyl evi deuce dence in t the he trial how he mating manag ed to get those did behind a fence a them where lie he from tile back considerable distance without t being seen court house bouse of the later in the day seems it a mystery was espied coming fellow the same whipple known as the is out of what for mccaig rented by mrs house boarders derst with of her summer boar some bome under his film aim of clothes suit a it placed the part of a uncle joe lii ill well mail iliin seated atler after floried 10 lo run wise tile little beside he boila dropping drong afler afier louse house the llie boards near ollier ill will ders Stirl aid rom lag ink lengthy and after a ew lint 0 ers lie he had a itu was captured chaice justice I 1 walba on li faring before coria convicted acted of aind I 1 WB was finell ICA li ollars and an pent clit larceny little over to it boling cott cost aall anti to tu ike worked of which i it all in ull tine fille it if lie fal amli I 1 1111 to lie boy ilia hig ont alii he pil jul it juare stoe aliu I 1 ile exi ellse it tt it road conversing org or wasi was seen be en trying to get gel him a jub g supervisor mohtar on a new aud ud rock I 1 carryer carry ic bridge being built by the tha county Menn hile hili lie is in the county jail keeping compi iny lie he gie lii ili nacin us koss rivers awl claus claims 11 unit t lie citina from pennsyl villain ll it ix is 1 paid ile hii quite drunk when lie in lilt tile cli thes and liu lie told tile hie justive lie did not know what ike he was doing said that lint lie hall been aek ick a id d was taking medef tine eine that a doctor hall prescribed which contained a large percentage of 0 alcohol and that it made him drunk jesse smith the jailor kindly permitted the hie writer to converse a leoil time with nellei Blai alo laiti been con confined in the county jail about five weeks on wednesday last ne phi is looking well says he be linn tax plenty to pat pal rests well nights and still holds that ile he was justified in committing the deed believes lie w 11 II tit lir acquitted slid and that when tills this has occurred lie will probably go back b ick to his old home however lie he said he had bad not thought much about this lie spends considerable of his time lime sleeping and when awake sits on ilia his bed will with his feet feel upon the floor of his cell says that some time ago prior to the murder he began to grow weak and that this thi had continued up to tile the present time ile he does not seem to inake his bed and it is i a question whether he ever takes lakes off his hia clothing when blieu lie he retires for the night his mind seems perfectly at ret sy says he would be willing to work but links lin not the strength to do so water is n very scarce here anil and has to be bonded in order that the people can realize any benefit from it A man offers offer to build a resor reservoir voir in the canyon that will hold bold en enough 0 ugh water to supply the town fors for a m month on t h in the ibe summer for wit why it not 0 t let him go to work and do it jed abbott Ab liott minnie jones of salt lake henry mansell of Kay aville sTille I 1 jesse jeise abbott nathan clar nellie bupivi hinl anti akra sunder took luok i 1 lri into inlo the hie s taking lauch 1 it l tile nottie fiura aring lr ing at a few feet eft from frimi tile the of farmington cuu can you yon with ouie hospitable miners by the nome of L 1 E H abbott am jiuu bohuk wandlas Waud las the guests were served with wild honey mountain moun lin pou poultry try and such other luxuries as ai miners usually raise the rho horse horseshoe hoe prospect gets more and more promising as the work progresses J C manning of our local utah national guard got the silver picher and cup valued at 55 at saltair on monday last for the scores made while target shooting he made twenty y three points out of a possible twenty five the prize will be on exhibition at the coop co op store in a few days rhe lie sixteenth infantry at ft douglas will soon take lake their annual march and it is expected that they will pass through our county II 11 W haight J C cottrell J bl M W IV richards G W palmer lucy A dark clark mrs C stayner stapler mrs E cottrell miss mary millard a and dd an equal number of alternates were e elected as republican delegates to tile the county con convention yen A meeting tor for the primary officers of davis county will be held on friday the bollt of 0 tills this it in farm ingwoll ILL at the residence of thomas rogers coulum commencing enciu ts a at 2 1 p tit in aurelin S rovers rogers president |