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Show TERRITORIAL TALK. The opium dens of Salt Lake have been raided by the police, and some captures made. <br><br> IT APPEARS now that the account published last week in relation to the murder which recently occurred near Brigham city, was, according to the testimony of some of the eye-witnesses, incorrect. We clip the following from the Junction: W. H. Harsley, a member of the coroner's jury which held the inquest upon the body of Daniel Wight, lately murdered near Brigham City, states that our account of the circumstances which led to the shooting was not altogether correct, as it placed the burden of the blame upon the deceased, which, from the evidence of eye-witnesses to the affair, should not be the case. It seems that Wight and Bailey had both been paying their respects to a young lady by the name of Annie Bywater, of Brigham city, and on the evening of the occurrence, both desired her company to a panorama that was to occur at the aforementioned place. Wight succeeded in obtaining her permission to accompany him, and the rivals, after indulging in a game or two of billiards, and imbibing somewhat freely, started upon their journey from Corinne. Daniel Wight, Miss Bywater, Thadeus Wight and Miss Richards riding in a spring wagon, while Mr. Bailey followed on horseback. During the journey Baily [Bailey] was very insulting in his demeanor toward Daniel Wight, swearing at and deriding and, intimating, among other things, that Wight could not obtain the company of Miss Bywater without his (Bailey's) intercession. Angry words and bitter oaths ensued, when Bailey rode alongside of Wight's team and began spurring his near horse in the side, causing him to kick and run, thereby frightening the ladies and creating a general indignation. Wight bore this treatment for some little time when he called upon Bailey to desist. Bailey thereupon challenged him for a fight, and pulled off his coat. The team was stopped, and a rough and tumble skirmish ensued, during which Wight fastened his teeth in Bailey's cheek. Bailey then drew his revolver and fired three shots into Wight. Wight was taken home as speedily as possible while Bailey followed close behind and upon reaching Brigham City gave himself up. Wight died at ?:15 a. m. next morning. Next day when the circumstances of the affray were made known, great indignation prevailed among the people and there was loud talk of lynching, so much so that the sheriff procured assistance and removed the prisoner to a place of safety, some miles south of Brigham City. From this point he proceeded to Salt Lake by rail and placed his prisoner in charge of the U. S. Marshal. <br><br> FROM THE SILVER REEF MINER: Black Rock, where it is expected the U. S. R. R. extension will have its winter terminus, is about 25 miles from Frisco. The worst part of the road (63 miles) is now built, and the remainder only needs iron, unavoidably delayed, to push it to completion at a very early day. <br><br> FROM THE ENQUIRER: On Tuesday night last, the Co-op. store at Cedar Fort was burglarized, and $800.00 in cash carried away. No clue to the robbers has yet been obtained. The price of lead has now gone up to $69 a ton. Eight months ago it was worth only $30 and $35 a ton. This liberal advance should be encouraging to owners of lead mines, and no doubt is. <br><br> LAST WEEK, Ben Minchy was shot and killed by a party who were after him, in the mountains east of Panguitch. He was driving off a band of horses, when he was overtaken and the matter settled right on the spot, without troubling a judge or jury. Minchy was a disreputable character and was under bench to appear at the last September term of court for perjury, but he had forfeited his bonds and was keeping out of the reach of the sureties. <br><br> FROM THE BEAVER WATCHMAN: On last Wednesday evening Samuel Jackson, Jr., was reported to be in a dying condition from the swallowing of an ounce of laudanum. Subsequently it was learned that he went home in an intoxicated condition and emptied an ounce bottle of laudanum in a glass, pouring a little liquor on it and swallowed the contents. Diuretics were administered and a partial evacuation of the stomach produced. Dr. Christian was soon called and rendered the patient such assistance as doubtless saved his life. After the return to consciousness, Jackson stated that he had been in the habit of taking the drug to quiet his nerves and the usual amount failing to bring about the desired effect, he took the whole amount on hand. <br><br> FROM THE NEWS: We learn of a sad accident that occurred at Ephraim, Sanpete county, on the 15th inst., by which a young boy named James Beal met with an untimely death. A boy mentioned a "Erastus," whom we suppose to be a son of Elder Christiansen, went into the granary near the house and picking up an old musket began examining it to see, as he says, "if there was any cap on it." While holding it on a level in the direction of the door, it was accidentally discharged, and the entire lead entered the face of young Beal, who at that moment appeared in the doorway. He fell to the ground, and was taken to the residence of Bishop Dorius where he expired, after 18 hours of suffering. Some of the shot had penetrated to the brain. A coroner's inquest rendered a verdict of accidental death from the careless use of firearms. The boys were good friends and had played together just prior to the fatal event. <br><br> SUNDAY evening, a miner named John Creed was killed while at work in the Ontario mine. He had been drilling at the bottom of a shaft, and started to go up to the level above to obtain some powder. This was the last he was seen alive. Shortly afterward, the engineer at the top started the engine, to bring up the cage from where it was resting, a short distance below, when he noticed that something was obstructing its ascent. Some of the men climbed down; found the body of the unfortunate Creed, half inside the cage, lodged between it and the timbers on the side, and quite dead. |