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Show TERRITORIAL, ETC. NEWS FROM VARIOUS POINTS IN UTAH VERY MUCH CONDENSED. Some Notes from Our Neighbors Note oflutoreat from Nevada, Colorado, ltfaUo aud Wyoming All Brief ami Condensed. Nephi wants electric lights. Diphtheria is prevalent at Mt. Pleasant. hie ken thieves are at work at Farming -tou. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens of Fairvicw left yesterday yes-terday for Samoa. The Epbralm city council has lowered the poll tax to $'.2 cash. Spanish Fork has a new eurfew bell. It io of brass, weighs lot pounds and cost eloO. Diphtheria has claimed for its rictimi fcur of the children of Poatmaater Roberts ol KiBgham. Tho c ity council of Spanish Fork has rated $400 for the purchase of a set of the sutlutes of L'tah for its own use. Thomas (i. Steele, who has for the past eiirht years been city treusuaer of American Fork, died at that place on the 12th. American Fork has commenced breaking the ground '"r a" extensive park to be lo-fated lo-fated about half a mile north of the city. Mrs. Marion Dallon Wheelock died at Mt. Pleasant on the 12th Inst. She was born in England in 1831, and came to L'tah in 18S&L Gustave lversou of Epliraim, has recently been called on a mission to Scandinavia, for which place he will start some time iu May. The girls of Mantj are becoming much interested in baseball, and ere long will be issuing a challenge to the fair sex of the neighboring towns. Antono Lund, jr., of Epliraim, leaves for Germany in a day oi so to pursue a thorough musical course iu one of tljo famous conser- l vatories of that country. I A new mineral discovery has been made by Harrison Edwards at Nine-mile creek, near Manti, which' is causing considerable excitement at present. The latest assay shows f40 in gold, 2'j ounces of silver, and 4.0;! per cent lead. Tne water has raised high enough in the Gunnison, l'tah, reservoir to How wuter through the Hood gates. The water is now tw o feet higher than when the dun went out last year. The parties in charge of the construction arc content Willi the results, ami state no efforts will bo made to hold bncK more water. Motli-r Unrdiner, an oetoirenurian, died i March 11 at f igilen. She was l orn iu North Carolina in 181 1, and came to l'tah in 1S40. She was the mother ol' twelve children, eight son.s and four daughters, till of whom are living and have families. She hail ninety-two ninety-two grandchildren and eighty-four great grandchildren, 188 In nil; and her posterity-is posterity-is still increasing. NEVADA NOTES. .lolin S. Clark, an old miner and a war veteran met his death by falling down a shaft at the Oeit mine ar Silver Gity. The HftWthOrne Bulletin says: Chinatown is now iu a Hotter of excitement over the advent of a little brown son into the family ot Chung Kee, the wull-knswn vegetable magnate. The youngster made his entree on the 1 1 til iust. amid the clang of tom-toms, the screech of fiddles and the popping of firecracker. The mother (nee Miss All Cum) and tin be are doing well The Carson river dredge at Dayton is rapidly approaching completion. Day before be-fore yesterday all the machinery was set in motion, und everything worked smoothly. There is a demy in receiving pipe to con. nect th pump with tts smalgatnator Tins is expected to arrive In a few tleys. Pontoons Pon-toons have, been butlt upon which to lay the pipe that is to connect the How frimi the amalgamator and the sluices. Four carpenters ore now busily at work on the eluiccs. Several cnrloads ol lumber urc upon the ground for the mill. Never before were there such busy times about the dredge, and it looks like business. SV WYOMING NOTES. The I nion raclflola constructing a small park at their depot in Cheyenne. There is now ample capital secured to fully test the value of the soda lakes in central V tuning. Tho M. K. church at Lander is ncaring completion. It is the intention to have it dedicated in April. But It is uncertain whether it will lie finished that soon as there is likely lo be a shortage of brick. The Cheyenne .S says United States Marshal Rankin left yesterday for Hig I'iney, an Isolated precinct in I'inta county, to arrest the postmaster. The office holder has been swapping stumps for merchandise und otherwise monkeyiug with Uncle Sam's funds. Mrs. Frank Shutter of Green River was ttiilc seriously burned on WetlnuMlay evening even-ing by falling against the heating slove w ni!e in a fainting condition. It wasatllrst feared that Iter eyesight was affected, but later developments show that her eyes were not Injured, but her face was badly burned. A number of shop men at Green River vere laid off the flrat of the week, there not being a sufficient amount of work to keep the full force busy. There arc so few freight crews on the road now that nearly ail the farakeraen employed are former conductors. Where a year ago List December then were .thirty live crews running on the Seventh ilistrict, there are now only thirteen. |