| Show THE STATE NEWS burglars at work in n ifft pleasant hii AT FILLMORE pai house wrecked and baby buried in the alic debris ashley water vater ease case enquirer correspondence MT PLEASANT utah oct 1 1897 it was rumored here some time aro ago that mt pleasant would be the next placa to receive consideration from the robbers roost and for a time it created a little precaution insomuch that a night enard was stationed at the bank and extra precautions prec antiona were taken in various directions but like most moat rumors this was w as hoori forgotten and the public drifted back into their old ways but on the night of the of september whether Rob robbers bors roost or transient tramp or by what name known knowli some gang proved that the threat was not all rumor daring the silent watched cf that night entrance en traces was effected into the R G W depot and the great safe braked open and relieved of its contents which wai 50 belou belonging ging to the agent webster green and about abt ut 30 belonging to the R G W and western union telegraph vo there must have been three or more two standing guard and one or more to do the work A hole was drilled above tile the lock in ID the door and an explosive exposi ve put pat in and the safe eafe door was bown blown wide open the agent had some peaches sed grapes in the office and from the looks of things the sentinels senti nals one north nort hand and one south of the bi b i 5 1 a ln de their watches pleas feasting feas tins tinz upon these thesa as evidenced by their disappearance and the number of peach pits and grape coverings at the places th these ese were evidently stationed the tha work showed evidence of experience experienc a but no clue has bas been found to justify even a suspicion we have bad a very severe and protracted rain which is doing mush much damage to tamers some sama of whom have grain still in the field end and stacks open and unless J it i soon abates much grain will grow in stack and shock the yield is an average one ona and with the present price prica the loss will be considerable should the stormy weather continue there to is no citizen ticket in cur campaign pai agn the republicans have our city finances in such excellent cellest ex condition and our taxes so low that most people are agreed that their record could not be beat even by a citizen administration ed |
