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Show Western Whispers. Utah. Emery County is being surveyed. Grand horse races and shooting matches are to be held in Ogden on Decoration Day. A new post office has been established at La?gton Millard County, Utah, with Richard Day as postmaster. The Herald says: At 11o'clock a.m. Friday, a man name Joseph ?onme fell dead with apoplexy at the Emma Henning house, ? He was speaking when suddenly he felt faint and dropped dead. He was a native of Cornwall, England. The Junction gives and account of a row which occurred in Ogden between ? ? and Ida Ables, two families (unreadable) On Tuesday evening the two were arraigned before the justice for disturbing the peace, and were fined $30 and costs each. The Provo Enquirer thinks it proba? that shows the suit now pending against the Internal revenue collector for assessing co operative institutions in this territory term? favorably for the ?, there will be several other companies-mercantile and manufacturing who were similarly ? that will also commence suits against the collector. A telegram to the News from Kanab says: On Thursday at 3 p.m. George Francis Stillson, aged ? years, son of Wm. Lacy Stillson, ? accidentally fell into ? vat of hot water and emerging the entire body except the head and one shoulder. He was pulled out by an older brother, and ran home, a distance of thirty ?. He apparently did not suffer much during the afternoon and night, but expired at 8:30 this morning. The Deseret News learns by private letter from Grouse creek that coal has been discovered in the vicinity of that place, making quite a stir among the settlers. Grouse Creek is in Box Elder County, Utah, and lies to the north of the Central Pacific Railroad. It is pleasantly situated and in addition to a fine range for stock ? excellent farming land, on which a number of "Mormon" families have been for two or three years past making themselves substantial homesteads. Mr. B. F. Cooke, states that one vein of coal has been opened 3 feet in thickness. The coal looks well and burns briskly. The distance from the mine in Lucine, on the Central Pacific, is about 35 miles. If this discovery turns out to be as represented it will make ? change in the prospects of the Grouse creek people, and prove a great boon to the Central Pacific Company and the settlers along the line of the railroad. Prospectors have sought diligently for coal through the state of Nevada but in vain. The Central Pacific people have to a very large extent dependent upon the Union Pacific mines for fuel for their locomotive, particularly on the eastern portion of their line, and have offered a heavy bonus for the discovery of coal within any distance ?. The parties who have opened this coal load are very fortunate, and unless ? ? by the company are entitled to the bonus. |