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Show Shooting at Mona. Nephi Ensign. Last Thursday was pay day for the Union Pacific tie choppers anil haulers at Mona, and as a consequence the office of-fice of the company, which is situated one block south aud one west of Ellison's Ellis-on's new store, was a lively scene. All tho hands, probably forty in all. had come down from the canyon, and were eagerly waiting their pay. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Steve Moss of Levan, went into the office to settle up for his contract. The amount due Moss is estimated by him to be $4o0, orsomo-where orsomo-where in that neighborhood. The paymaster, pay-master, J. F. Perkins, made some kick about the contract, that it had not been filled, or something of that nature, and the two soon got into a heated discussion. discus-sion. The men on the outside heard the quarreling, and the next thing they saw was the door of the otlieo opeii hurriedly and Moss jump out and start on a dead run in the direction of a hav stack in the middle of tho block. Almost Al-most instantly Perkins appeared on the threshold and fired at him with a revolver. re-volver. The ball went through his overalls, drawers and socks, and grazed the calf of his leg. The men say thev looked for Moss to drop at every bound. Perkins aimed at him again and fired a second shot, but this time the ball missed him completely, and Moss cot " of range." |