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Show WESTERN WHISPERS. The sale of Salt Lake City ?[bands, bonds] is soon to take place. Bee keepers are making a strong war against "foul ?[brood]." Salt Lake suffers from the ?[influx] of bogus picture sellers. Young Dalton, who is now in jail in southern Utah, has confessed to the Parker murder and outrage. He named George Jennings as his accomplice. The News says: We understand that Mr. P. Margetts is endeavoring to secure some of the best dramatic talent in the Territory, to assist him in the production of two pieces at the Salt Lake Theatre on the evening of Monday, June 21st. Should his efforts to enter for the amusement of the public meet with the patronage it deserves, and satisfactory arrangements can be made with the management, a performance will be given at least once a week on from that date. The Junction says: We have been informed that Mr. Hall, connected with the construction train of the Utah & Northern railroad, met with an accident at Red Rock Montana, on Sunday last, sustaining injuries which caused his death. It seems that the unfortunate gentleman was riding a horse, when by some means he lost his seat in the saddle, and was precipitated over a ?[cliff], some twenty-five feet, striking his temple on a rock. The concussion was so great as to cause his death in a few hours after the fall. From the News we learn that a fatal accident occurred last Friday evening, on the Utah Southern Extension, at the mouth of the Sevier Canyon. A little seven year old son of section boss Graham was playing on the track, as the ?[rio] train, which had just been loaded, was backing up to the water tank, previous to leaving for a point further south. The locomotive, No. 125, passed over the child's breast, from left to right, almost dividing the body. It was packed in ice, by order of Superintendent Sharp, and brought to Salt Lake Saturday night, where it was placed in a coffin, and on Sunday morning conveyed to Kaysville, the former home of the parents, who accompanied the corpse, where it was buried after appropriate ceremonies. The building of the Utah Eastern railway is exciting considerable interest in Salt Lake. At the last Bishops meeting there, the News states that Bishop Hunter said he desired to explain one of the reasons why he felt to encourage the building of the Utah Eastern. The poor suffered severely, last winter, on account of the high price of food, which they could only obtain in small quantities, if at all, and he often thought while sitting at his fire, of the poor children who were even then suffering from cold and privation. These things were upon his mind with so much force that he seized the first chance that afforded itself to relieve his mind, by doing his little toward the amelioration of the lot of the unfortunate victims of poverty. He knew the building of the road meant help for the poor, and he would not excuse himself if he did not do something to further such a commendable work. Says the Junction: The board of Territorial asylum commissioners met in Salt Lake City recently, to reconsider their recent decision concerning the ?[location][unreadable line], as we informed our readers a few days ago, a place at the mouth of Shepherd's canyon, in Davis county, had been selected. The special committee appointed to ascertain whether there was clear title and water right to the land offered by Davis county reported that the land offered was a homestead entry, the title to which had not yet been ?[perfected], but would be at an early day, while the owners of their right for this purpose, whereby twenty acres would be supplied with water, leaving twenty acres unsupplied. On the acceptance of this report, a motion was made to reconsider the vote for the location of the asylum at the mouth of Shepherd's canyon, which, as the News says, ultimately prevailed. A committee to make further inquiries concerning a site was appointed, consisting of ?[Measrs.] Dusenberry of Utah county, Smith of Davis, Burton of Weber and Winder of Salt Lake. Wyoming. A recent number of the Cheyenne Leader published the military order for the re-occupation of Fort Bridger. Companies "E," "H," "K" and "I" of the Fourteenth Infantry are to be stationed there. Arizona. Tombstone town in Arizona had a ?cly little paper called the Epitoph. Montana. Recently two men at Red Rock names unknown, engaged in an altercation over a matter of drinks, and one of the shot the other in the groin. The next day at the same place, an individual who has become enraged at another, grasped him and in the scuffle bit of his opponents nether ?[lip, bp]. Mayhem is a serious offence. |