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Show brigham city notes Special to The Tribune. BRIGHAM CITY. July 2. A young woman wo-man traveling through Brigham City tho other night on tho Cache Valley exprc&s, had a very narrow cscapo from being ground under the wheels of the moving train. The woman had left tho coaches during the wait here and was In the waiting room. The train pulled out before be-fore she expected It to. In trying to catch tho train she grabbed the handrail hand-rail by the steps, but her foot slipped off. The train was gaining speed while she was dangling In that manner, and sho was carried some distance out Into tho yard, when a brnkeman saw her. He Immediately Immedi-ately signaled the engineer and thon gathered gath-ered the woman up in one arm. taking her lo the platform on the vestibule. She was slightly bruised, but more frightened than injured. Russell, a little son of Mr; and Mrs. David Evans, of the Third ward, has been suffering for several days with a case of blood poisoning in the leg. Tho boy, with some comrades, went to a nearby swimming pond and. while playing in tho shallow water, stepped on an old rusty tin can. which cut his foot quite badly. Blood poison resulted from the cut and the boy is now in quite a serious stage. Doctors, however, are maintaining hopes that he will soon recover. Tho fore part of the week, while he was riding a pony down Forest street on a gallop. Vord. little son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Art Boothe, mot with a serious accident. ac-cident. When near tho depot, a dog ran out In front of the pony, causing it lo stumble and throw tho boy. Tho little bov had his arm crushed and badly lacerated lacer-ated from the wrist to the shoulder. Tho animal fell so heavily that It received a bad tear In tho shoulder. The buy was placed under a doctor s care and is recovering. While working in an eight-foot trench on the properly of Jonathan N. Anderson, M. C. Steenhouse had a very narrow escape es-cape from being killed. Ho was working in loose gravel and noticed it beginning lo cave. He ran to one. end of the trench and missed the worst, but was bruls.;d over his waist line. He was assisted out of the predicament by other workmen. work-men. He was slightly bruised about the head. July 1 marked the closing down of or.o of Brigham City's saloons that of the Wilson brothers, who have been In the liquor business hero for many years. Yesterday Yes-terday the' new ordinance went into effect, ef-fect, and their business having been slack, were unable to pay the increased license, and Ihey closed at 7 p. m. Joe Zimmerman, the other dealer. Is still in business, and entered Into an agreement Wednesday night with tho city council whereby he paid $500 for six months, with a promise of 52S0 more. Mr. Zimmerman Zim-merman will contest the action of tho city officers within the next live days, as ho claims he has a bond granted him by the city, which does not expire until un-til December 31, 1003. and If he wins the case ho will continue lo run this year with a 51000 license, closing, however, at " p. m. He 1b represented by two attorneys from Ogden. B. P. Newman, proprietor of the County Coun-ty Tin and Plumbing company, of this city, has closed up his business here and moved lo Salt Lake City. Mr. Newman New-man has purchased an Interest in the business or W S. Carver In the "Liberty Sheet Mclal works in Salt Lake Citv. and left for that olty this week. He will leave his family here for some time. Jesse W. Hoopes returned Wednesday evening from an extended visit through Arizona, on a strictly pleasure trip. Mr. Hoopes visited principally at Thatcher, where he has relatives, Ho will leave in a day or two for Sail Lake City, whero he Is employed by the Beneficial Life Insurance company. |