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Show several terms. A young wife survives sur-vives him. The heaviest snow fall known in years is reported from all parts of the state. Mercur is "short" a police justice and the funds of his office., amounting amount-ing to over 200 . The sugar factory at Lehi has made contracts for 3,000 acres of beets for next season. The employees of the Provo Woolen Mills, numbering about 150, went out on a strike a few days since. They had been receiving one-fourth of their wages in ca..h and the remainder in "trade", but. becoming dissatisfied, demanded one-half cash. The company offer-: ed to compromise on one-third cash, and threatened to let the mills lay idle. The employees, after lengthy consideration, accepted the terms offered. The married men with large families to support brought about the adjustment. We are informed that an Eastern young man went into Pleasant Grove last month, got acquainted with a young lady on Monday. He proceeded to Salt Lakethe next day. On Wednesday he wrote the girl to have him, she writing back her acceptance, and on Thursday they were married and went to housekeeping on Friday.. Strange to say, the young husband skipped the gutter on Saturday and the poor girl wept on Sunday. The romance is incomplete, however, for "the old 1 man" didn't get out with the shot gun. Utah Rural Press. Not for ten years have the wagon roads leading from Milford been in the condition they now are. Between here and De La Mar, Nev., all heavily-loaded wagons have been swamped swamp-ed for a week. Those who have kept at it have been compelled to hire other teams to bring food and water to them . As many as eight' een horses have been used on one vehicle, and not more than three miles made in a day. A vehicle carrying four passengers was two whole days coming to Milford from fifty miles out. Some freighters abandon their loads and escape with their teams to feeding places. Judge McKeno left today for the field of action, prepared to raise freight rates until the goods start. The St. George road is very bad, many places it is impossible to pass loaded teams. The stages are delayed de-layed badly. The United States, mail is frequently late, and connections connec-tions are missed. Milford Cor. Tribune. SWEPT 3Y A SNOW SUDS . Four Man Buried and One Killed Near Bingham. From Tlic S;i!t L ike Tribune. Cottonwood canyon near Bingham Bing-ham was swept by a snow slide at an early hour Friday . night, which resulted re-sulted in the killing of Andrew Anderson and the entombing for six hours of John Anderson and Andrew Miller. The horror occurred about tl o'clock, the avalanche starting above the mouth of the Petro tunnel, which has now been driven into the heart of the hill for a distance of 1000 feet. At the time the Anderson Ander-son boys and Miller were the occupants occu-pants of the cabin on the property. Miller and John Anderson were stretched upon abed, while Andrew Anderson was seated upon a chair, when they were startled by the roar of the approaching mass of snow, that seized the cabin in its desolating desolat-ing embrace and left it a total ' ;Ayreck, with the occupants , buried - - ? --yerieath. " A miner employed in the tunnel who had heard the noise of the avalanche started to make his way out, but found, the mouth of the tunnel covered and was compelled com-pelled to tunnel his way through the stubborn heap of snow. Hastening into Bingham, he notified the inhabitants inhab-itants of what had occurred. An expedition was quickly organized, and a' few minutes later the work of rescuing the men was in progress. Men never dug with more energy, and six hours later the unconscious formsof John Anderson and Andrew Miller were taken out. They were revived, and then the search for Andrew Anderson Ander-son was continued. About an hour later the body was encountered. All efforts to put life into it were vain. He had succumbed to his injuries. in-juries. The body was removed to Bingham and notice sent to the officers offi-cers of the Petro Mining company in this city. A cabin on the adjoining property was wiped out, as was also a blacksmith black-smith shop, while work on the Petro has been temporarily suspended. The property is one of the best known in Bingham, and has been productive of a fine class of silver-3ead silver-3ead ore, the lead averaging, said Mr. Bothwell yesterday, about 50 percent. Some time ago it was determined to establish a more economical eco-nomical outlet for ores, and the tunnel, tun-nel, which promises to break into the vein in a short time, commenced. It was upon this that the Anderson boys and Miller were employed when the calamity overtook them. Carl G. Loveland, a prominent citizen ot Ogden, died at that place last Saturday night of heart disease. He was 56 years of age, and had been sheriff of Box Elder county for |