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Show Utah County Notes. A young man, while cutting a piece of wood on tho brake of ills wagon yesterday, In Spanish Folk Canyon, accidentally let the sharp ax slip and cut his left thumb off at the first Joint. Ho came to Provo on tho R. G. W. passenger last night, and went to Pyuo & Mal-ben's Mal-ben's drug store, where he was directed di-rected to Dr. Simmons, w ho dressed the wounded member. The doctor says he never saw a more complete cut, It was douo so smcothly, not even leaving a ligament. Some timo ago Anderton's store, Monroe, wasattached fordebtaud the proprietors began selling thogoeds at very low rate. l.at week the creditors came and took issesslon aud commenced selling the remaining remain-ing goods off at auction. Mrs. An-dcrton An-dcrton lived In part of the store and tho door leading from the room into tho store was mado secure, as also were all the other doors. Tho back door was locked and then a spike was driven iuthe wall, so If the lock were broken bro-ken or picked the door would still be safe, but It was not safe. Notwithstanding Notwith-standing till precaution the store was entered from the back way. Tho lock was broken aud the spike so lient that it would allow the door to swing back upon its hinge. Mrs. Auderton heard the noise and gave tbo alarm, which was taken alike by the burglars and by the police. The Intruders fled, carrying with them some small articles, such as shoes, tobacco, to-bacco, etc, without leaving behind them any traceor dueforthcir Identification. Iden-tification. Oce of the loys was arrested ar-rested and his houso searched, in It were found a suit of clothes aud a dress pattern, tut ho was enabled to provo that the clothes were the ones be wore to be married in and the dress pattxrn had been laid for. So he was released without bail. I Pnro Enquirer, ' |