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Show WS 0FJ1E WEST. terni of Interest Gatharsd from Evil? Point in tiie- Great Iutermouut-ftin Iutermouut-ftin Country. . UTAH AND HF.R NEAR NEIGHBORS- iti of Interesting Information and Cor rsut Comments Condensed for Hasty Readers. There ha never been a tax doed recorded re-corded in Weber county . A rolony of thirty people arrived in PaVson from Nebraska Saturday night. The estimated expense of running the territorial asylum for the next three months is $7ut, John W. Young has succeeded in placing about $100,000 worth of I'rovo street railroad bonds in New York. l'resident Harrison passes througii I'rovo at o'clock in the morning, on the !h of May This i.s too early to make much of a demonstration. John McNultv fell down a twenty-foot twenty-foot (.baft at the Kurcka Hill mine a few (lavs ago and escAd almost without with-out a 'scratch. Wu are born (lucky. tJP- '. r, Last Saturday HiTcTTiioiiipsou s lit-tlc lit-tlc three year old noil, of (iuuuisou was kicked on the forehead by a colt, out- ting a deep gash. There is hopes of his recovery. - Sentinel. Castiliii Springs, in Spanish Fork canvon, is talked of as the place ot meeting for the next I'tah County Teachers' Summer institute. No more enticing location exists in the county. The death of James Wood of Ogden whilo on a business trip to San rran-rUco rran-rUco is a particularly sad afTair. Ho , to OL'den from Nebraska a short time ago and had been married but about two months. The spring session of the I'tah County Sunday-school association will be held in the' Methodist Episcopal church at I'rovo, beginning Friday evening, May 1st, at T 4'i p. m ajid continuing till 4 y. in. of tho following day. - A child of James Dowinan of Hich-mond, Hich-mond, two years old, while playing with matches, set its clothes on lire, badlv burning its body and legs '1 ho child is in. a critical condition. It received re-ceived immediate surgical attention. Logan Nation. Hrooks, well known in this place, who stole his own child from its mother while in I'rovo last fall, nas been released re-leased from tire penitentiary where he has been confined for some time, and the charges ignored. I'.rooks is dying from consumption. Eogau Journal. The Park City Record is in favor of an ordinance that will give tho mayor and city cLuneilmen a per diem ol "i for every meeting attended, and impose a tax of 10 on each alderman who is absent from a regular meeting without an excuse that will stand public cnti cism. , Aaron Hardv. sen . arrived on the San Pete Valiey railway today after having served a second term for unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation. He is looking pretty well alter his confinement. He can now breathe the freh air and enjoy bis liberty. Maroni Letter in Manti Sentinel. Sen-tinel. Worn is now being actively prosecuted prosecut-ed on the new county bridge, w inch is to soan I'rovo river at the old ford. Thirty-five Thirty-five piles have been driven, and the Oregon pine covering will be. laid as soon as the timber arrives, which will probably be in a few Hays. It is esti-. esti-. mated tlia' the cost of the bridgo will ib about !200. John E Worsiey of I'rovo and Miss Minnie White of' Salt Lake City ob-tained ob-tained a license to get married on Monday, Mon-day, 9i)8 the Provo Dispatch. The couple wero in Manti a few days ago. but the gent says he got the license only to fool his mother. How the lady explains ex-plains it. we have not learned, but they went back single. Manti Sentinel. On Thursday the nth inst. the Spring-ville Spring-ville ritle team and the Mill Creek rifle team met witn the rille team of Anieri- can Fork al the last named place to de- icide as to which has tho best team Springville scored Hi'2, Mill Creek :i37 and American Fork Boo. There was eight men on a side each having ten shots. At the close of the shooting match the American Fork captain and Springville captain had a slugging match, resulting in a tie, Mill Creek sit-ting sit-ting on the fence enjoying the sport. |