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Show WE AND OURNEIGlIBOliS Nuggots of News From Various Points in Utah and the Neighboring States. CLIPPED, REWRITTEN, CONDENSED Important Happenings Gathered From the . Exchanges That Come to the Times Office. American Fork Independent: Wo understand that there is a petition to be presented to the city council at their regular tomorrow evening meeting, asking for a franchise for a street railway rail-way in American Fork. Twenty gasoline lamps have beeu been placed on the streets of Lehi. Tho much talked of road over the mountains connecting Alpine and Draper, Dra-per, is at last receiving some attention, A number of men and teams have been grading tip at the divide. At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the l'rovo City Lumber company, it was decided to pay a cash dividend on January 1st next of WOOD on the capital stock of the institution. The Iron County News, published at Cedar City by li- Maesor, is the latest newspaper for public favors in the Utah field of journalism. Ogden Lnion: A petition to the county court for tho appointment of A. M. Fleming ns county clerk, to fill tho vacancy in that otlice causod by the death of the late C. L. Holligsworth, is being circulated. One of the most bloody affairs that has ever occurred in fair Utah happened hap-pened in Terrace. Nie Smith, tircman on a Southern Pacific engine, and an employe in the repair shops at that place, became entangled in a difficulty. Master Mechanic Dunlap stepped bo-tween bo-tween the men to separate them. While doing this Smith pounced on Dunlap and stabbed him in the loins with a large knife, the end of the blade piercing pierc-ing tho liver. Smith tied to Ogdcn and gave himself up. (The case of F'd Dayton, the outlaw charged with tho altempted murder of Wm. Fields, and highway robbery by holding up Tom Deuuison and relieving him of about $300 in money, was con-1 eluded in the F'irst District court. Judge Miner sentenced Dayton to serve a term of teu years in tho penitentiary. This, added to the senteneo previously imposed for robbing a Denver & Kin (irande passenger train, will compel him to spend a greator share of his natural days behind the bars. Ogden is still infested with a gang of thieves, thugs and holdups. |