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Show OTA It NEWS. .'"heepmcn in the southern part of the state report the sheep to be in excellent condition. A party of Brigham Young academy students attended the session of the legislature Saturday. P. .1. Hansen, a Salt I, alee milk man, lias been fined 10 for selling milk from cows he had fed on brewers' grains. The people in the vicinity of Deseret are enjoying ideal weather, and the farmers are preparing ground for sowing sow-ing new crops. A twenty-five fnot vein of coal has been discovered in Garfield county, and the owners claim they have enough coal to supply the world. Architect Kletting of Salt Lake has V been engaged to draw a prospective ,view of the proposed salt palace, which cppil.iilists of Salt Lake are figuring on ei'.eLing. Salt Lake City has a "Jack the Poisoner." He makes a specialty of i poisoning dogs and during the past week lias poisoned more than a dozen valuable dogs. Agents of the different lines of railroads rail-roads running into Utah will organize and maintain a union among them-1 them-1 selves, for the purposo of promoting good fellowship among the members. The injury to cattle and sheep by reason of the cold weather of tho past week is liable to be great in some portions por-tions of the state, llay is becoming boarce, and live-stock men are hoping - for an early winter. The Union Pacific is considering the ' purchase of forty-live new locomotives, while the Oregon Short Line will add thirty, necessitating a cash outlay of ; 6000,000. This is the largest order for I locomotives ever placed. President Melvinley has announced his intontion of making Major Young, i now in Manila, a brevet llcutenant- colonel, in recognition of his gallant services in the battle of Manila on the night of July 31st, last. State Treasurer Chipman's report for the month of January shows that the receipts during the month reached a jf lotal of S.V.I, 340. 13, while the disbursements disburse-ments were 8301,092.82. The balance t on hand January 31 was 8243,271.89. Leading citizens of Circlcville are ngitating the erection of a new school building, and if the proposition to is-- mie bonds for that purpose is defeated, a building will be erected by private donations, so the success of the venture is assured. 1 Advices have been received at the church office that President Joseph F. Smith and party reached Honolulu on "January IS. They are now at the church plantation at Laie. They were I given a hearty greeting by the Mormon residents of the islaud. Counterfeit dollars are afloat in the ! southern part of the state. They are n very poor imitation and are of light , weight, but some have been successfully success-fully passed upon unsuspecting people.. I Efforts are being made to capture tho guilty parties. Recent heavy snowfalls, followed by thaws, have made several of the canyons can-yons near Salt Lake City almost impassable. im-passable. The water running down the hillsides, has been caught in the roads and frozen into ice, making traveling hazardous. A letter received from Dr. George H. Penrose, major and brigade surgeon at Manila, states that the Utah batteries are in excellent health, their discipline first class, and their standing among their comrades of the highest order, but the boys are anxious to get home. Secretary liliss will in the near 'n tu re sigu the papers setting aside Fish lake and adjoining lands in Sevier-county Sevier-county for use as a public park. This matter has been favorably acted upon by the commissioner of the general land oftiee, but have never been signed by Secretary Bliss. August Enquist was killed by a train at Murray on the tth inst. He was an employe at the Germania smelter and had started across the track with a wheelbarrow full of ashes from the furnace when the engine struck him, iurlictiug injuries which resulted in his death a few hours later. The Short Line has purchased anew and improved wrecking train and a new steam pile driver, entirely different differ-ent from any heretofore used in the west. Each piece is constructed on a car by itself. The order has been placed vlh a Milwaukee house, and will be ready for March delivery. Milton Tuttle, son of Sergeant-at-arms Tuttle of the house of representatives, representa-tives, was shot through the forearm on the 2nd inst. by the accidental discharge dis-charge of a gun which he was carrying, although the wound is a painful one, imputation will not be necessary. M. J. Keely, a mining man, attempted iuicide near Provo on the 3rd inst. by utting his throat, after which he set is cabin on fire and attempted to cre-nate cre-nate himself. He was discovered in ,ime to prevent the execution of his lans and will probably recover. |