Show SYRACUSE the masons commenced laying brick bafia on the syracuse meeting house the first of the week petroleum was recently discovered in the salt lake south of and near the promontory by george payne and some other moll men who were with him on their way over from gunnison island it is told that a heavy windstorm blew them out of their regular course and that when the ship struck tho the oil that it ceased to pitch and toss about as atilid it did whore where there was no oil on the surface of the water and this queer action of the boat caused them to notice the oil they saw what appeared to be a mound of rock that camo came within two feet of the surface of the water through which the oil appeared to be booz inge they put down a churn drill sixteen feet and got a flow of t oil and also found that what alp speared eared to be rock was merely and salt and petroleum patr oleum mixed oine thirty places in the lake we been found where that fluid 1 omes oies up covering 0 I 1 the lake for ditl distance ds tance nee of a quarter of a each way companies have been organized and tho the locality surveyed veye d and some eight eim I 1 0 lit claims recorded in boxelder Box elder county mrs george frary who has been residing with her husband over on church island for about five years died last friday night of nervous prostration and heart disease she had not enjoyed the best of health for some time past and about two weeks ago gave birth to a child since which she continued to grow worse up to her demise she leaves a husband and six children to mourn her loss the f funeral services were to be held at her home on tile the island on monday but the boat was lato late leaving syracuse and it is supposed it was not held until the next day bishop cook of syracuse and counselor jas G wood and joseph bodily and their wives vives went over to attend the funeral bishop cook took charge of the services by request ques t the remains were interred upon the island it being by the request of the deceased A day or two before her demise her husband crossed the lake in a boat twenty feet long L by twenty inches wide it being the only craft on the island to procure medicine in ogden and on his return trip about midnight a heavy wind came up filled the boat with water and capsized it it mr air frary held to the boat swimming and floating t along 0 until daylight appeared when lie ho reached the island where he was picked up half dead william walker of I 1 farmington armington Pl noticed the distress signal intended for the syracuse people ou on sunday evening but fearing that tile the Syra syracuse cuc boat might be out lie he and calvin foss immediately set sail for the other side for some years past there has been a code of signal fires established between the islands and the main land lorenzo king starts to the L D S college in salt lake on OB monday |