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Show BRIEF UTAH NEWS 1 I CONDENSEO FROM THE COLUMNS OF THE EXCHANGES. Willi Sent Notes from Som of Our N IrIi-bor IrIi-bor Done 1p in the Smite Style of Breiit.v (IihI He Whu Runs .May Kt'iid. The Kirst National bank of Logan, opened January 4th. A belftvy has been added to the old r;eet-ing r;eet-ing Louse at Mi. Pleasant and a bi ll put in it. Joseph Blackrtt of Ptoto, has recorded sly-WphaJt sly-WphaJt claims in cpanish Fork nun,:: and the locations have been made on the mty records. The annual report of the supcrintenda, of school of Cache county places the uttt. mates for the ensuing year al .V;.ii5U. A tax of two mills is recommended. The tannery established in J.ie..,n na imall way about two j cars ago by Mr. Hob. ert Jenka is beginning to develop into a much more satisfactory business. The Logan reading room is to be again opened under more favorablo condition. The managing committee are out with a subscription list to raise $175 to meet ill running expenses. the assessment in Wellsviile in 1890 "'as 114,097 in 1891 it waa $93,000. n liyrumt, for 1890 it was $181,M7, in 1891 only $24,000,, according to the governor's report. Logan City in 1S90 was assessed at $1,647,878 and in 1881 at $1,S.VI,(KKJ. The. wife of Bishop Bennet or Meadow Creek, is a full cousin to Joseph Smith the prophet. She Is a daughter of Aziel Smith, uncle to the prophet she, was remarkably bright and active for her age, I), log nearly eighty years old. W. Silver of Salt Lake, has assumed cnn. trol of the mechanical department of the Sun foundry at Provo. He now occupies the position of superintendent. Colonel Moore, the former superintendent, will be general manager of the institution. COLORADO NOTES. The Debcque hotel at Dillon was totally destroyed by tire. Ihirango was the scene of another destructive destruc-tive fire; property worth f'.io.ooo was destroyed. de-stroyed. Lewis Hoffman of Leadvillc was run over by an engine at Ouray and it is thought fatally fa-tally injured. The pcstofflee at Brighton was robbed of 8900 3-cent stamps, 3000 1-cent stamps and o00 iu cash. Benjamin C. Hcnsley, ono of Colorado's oldest pioneers and known all over the state, died in Denver on the 5th. Billy St. Clair of Ouray was accidentally shot, and is seriously wounded by his partner while examining a revolver. W. F. Lldell was awarded the contract for building the road between Canon City and Cripple creek, and will be open for travel by February 15, IDAHO NOTES. The grip has got the grip on Piker City. George A. Kohcthan has severed his connection con-nection with the 1'oeatello Tribunt. Twenty-eight liars of bullion wen- Shipped from DoLamar during December, the average aver-age value of the bars being $2000. Stephen Kinsie, a miner employed at Flint, became violently insane and was taken to Silver City, He claims to hail Horn Des Moines, Iowa. t.has. Stevenson, a young Swede, was brought iulo Shoshone having both feet frozen his right leg will be amputated below be-low the knee and the left will be saved probably with the loss of several toes. Baptiste. the Boss Fork butcher, who killed the Indian answering to the name of PagWhite, will he tried at the next term of the Bingham county court. The Shoshone, Journal, has reached the correct conclusion thai thievos, prostitutes' ami pimps are not beneficial and do not add anything to the prosperity of u town, The assertion thai they do is about as absurd as to claim that poll evil improves Ihe health of a horse. NEVADA NOTES, Colonel T. R. Wood-, a I'ai ilie coast pio-necr, pio-necr, died in Virginia City on Baturday, Chinatown is said to be the liveliest part of Virginia City. It bus two faro games w hich are well patronised by both white and yellow suckers. Mrs. L. Daniher of Car tin has been appointed ap-pointed adjuster of the Carson mint to till the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Kate Fellow -. The state board of trade will hold a meeting meet-ing in Reno next Saturday. The object of the meeting is to make known the i , of the state with a view Iq inducing the Immigration Im-migration of desirable settlers, Two hundred and three application for th.: purchase of state lauds, embracing :U. -"TO.trj acre-, situated :ti the several counties of the state, were Bled In the Nevada state land office during the year 1801. Of this amount there waa selected, out of the 9,000,-OHO 9,000,-OHO acre grant, 83,648.97 acres. One thou and and eight contracts were i-suct and completed In duplicate, covering 114,210 88 acres at 11.28 per acre, represi tiling I 134, 'JlO.ss drawing interest at 0 per cent per annum. One hundred and fifty state land patents were issued, embracing acres. The net cash paid into the treasury for account of state lands sold in IS'.ll was tert,2Si.s3. MONTANA NOTES. Every patriotic Montaaian sports sapphire Jewelry. The Helens J. mn.nl has introduced type, setting machines. Despite severe winter weather, there i-iio i-iio diminution m the various mining cantos. The war against the Chinese iu Kutte was Booked for a fresh start on the Brat of the year. A large number of miners from the C. cur d'Alcnes are Hocking into Butts and other camps. Tom Leary, Hutte's champion sleeper, awoke after six days and nights of continu. ous slumber. Horse thieves have been operating' In the Yellowstone country on a gigantic scale for the last month. Ranchers and rangers along the Wyoming line estimate their losses at 500 head. A reward of :.'.VX) is ottered for the arrest and conviction of the thieves. It is thought that the rustlers are a part of the gang that is causing so much trouble in Wyoming. WYOMING NOTES. Laramie's street railway system will be in operation next .June. The Union Pacific Coal company has six teeu men mining coal at Dana anil will gel out twenty cars to test It again. Iu a fight at the W arren Live Stock com. pany's I'ole creek ranch a lew days ago Burt Hubbard stabbed Hob Muldroom in the right breast, it is feared fatally. Mrs. Jessie Brooks, who was shot at Raw. lius some ten (lays ago by Al. ( lark, a bar-kecptr, bar-kecptr, died from the wounds Inflicted. Pauline Rozinski, a crazy n , was taken from Fort Steele to I'.nwlius (lie olher d.u , He claim that they tried to arrest him In Chicago for nihilism, but he escaped. He refused to fake auy medicine from physl eisns, Baying they wore trjing to poisjn 3im. After rescuing to the condition of the Yellowstone Xational park and the large la-crease la-crease of game there, Secretary Noble, in his recent report, expresses the opinion that a railroad would be detrimental to all iho purposes for which the park was set a Ids, If ouec allowed, it would result in the pr i . tlcal abandonment of that region as a forest and game preserve. The Co-operative Sheep company, it seems, is not to have the range ail to in Carbon county. A gentleman acquaii with the particulars informs the li.. JimrnnJ that an eastern syndicate will place 40.000 sheep iu this county early in the spring, to be purchased in Idaho, Nevada, l iali and Oregon, and that for ihi ir reel, dent niunager they will have one ol lie , sheep men In this section. Already fei i grounds have been secured iu Nebraska, ami it is expected that these parties will i:, cst in the neighborhood of $150,000 in Ihe county. |