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Show UTAH NEWS. More than 1 ,2'j0 men are employed by tho railroads of Ogden. A number of coal mines have been opened tip this winter near Vernal. The new opera house at Park City will be formally opened during the week. The Utah Pioneer Jubilee commission has presented to the salt palace project all the jubilee floats on hand, valued at S'.i.ooo. The Utah Sugar factory has been closed down for the .season. The past season lias been a very satisfactory one to all eonci-rncd. The gross receipts of the Rio Grande Western for the calendar year ending December 31, will be approximately $;!,:ino,0O0, a good showing for the 1' tab system. The Honolulu Reveille of December 20th, says Lieutenant Mills, company K, Young's engineers, after a close battle with typhoid fever, is convalescent convales-cent and gaining rapidly. During the year l.S'.itf there were 007 deaths in Salt Lake City, 331 males and "7ii females. On a basis of 7U,000 population, pop-ulation, ; tho iinnual death rate was 8.071 per cent of the population. The Rio Grande Western's new depot de-pot at Springville is now complete and the station employees have moved in. The building is said to be one of the llnest on tho line of the Rio Grande Western . On the 2nd inst. the people of Auora formally dedicated their new school building-, which was erected at a cost of $1,000. The building is a stone structure and is one of which the people peo-ple aru justly proud. Swasey & Martin, bankers of Provo, have decided to go out of business, and their bank will be closed at the end of the year. This move was brought about by the death of one of the largest larg-est stockholders, it being thought a prudent move in the interest of the deceased man's estate. Governor Wells has received the following fol-lowing from Adjutant-General Ward regarding tho Utah boys in Manila: "Think discharge of individual members mem-bers of U tab artilleries would not be expedited by immediate action. Batteries Bat-teries will be returned as soon as can be relieved l3' regular troops." Box Elder county has filed with Auditor Richards a claim against the state for S2,3SS.21, the state's share of bounties paid for the killing of 79,007 jack-rabbits since April 10th. The largest individual haul of the pests was made by B. Dial, who bagged 2,172, with II. L. Uigley a close second with 2,108. One morning last week the police of Salt Lake discovered some small boys playing with a large box of giant powder, which they claim they had fouud on the street. It seems little less than a miracle that tho bo3rs did not succeed in blowing themselves and a goodly portion of the neighborhood into eternity. August Larson, who, while in the employ of the Grow Mining- company on Golconda mountain, had one hand blown off while digging out a missed shot, is still in a critical condition at St. Mark's hospital in Salt Lake. One hand and a part of the other has been amputated, and it is feared that he may lose, both eyes. Dan Morgan, the mail driver between be-tween Vernal and Port Duchense, was injured in a rminvay a few days ago. The stage horses took fright and ran away, turuiug the coach upside -down and landing Morgan beneath several hundred pounds of freight. Luckily assistance came in a short time, and Morgan escaped with several severe bruises. Last week the state land board offered offer-ed for sale 32.G.V.1 acres of arid agricultural agricul-tural land, and for lease 0,123 acres of grazing lands belougiug to the state in Juab county. Of the amount offered 940 acres of school and S-0 acres of university lauds were sold at prices ranging from 25 cents to SI. 25 per acre, the university lauds selling at $2.50 per acre. Freedom, one of the American papers at Manila, in its issue of November l'Jth, contains an account of a wrestling wrest-ling match between Sergeant Peterson of Montana and Private Wycherly, battery A, Utah volunteers. The con test took place in the Philipino theater, -the stake being for SI 10 a side and the championship of the Eighth army corps. Wycherly was defeated in the third round. A man named Monter, who, up to a short time ago, was secoud cook at Ford's hotel, Salt. Lake, attempted suicide recently by means of some hair dye, or a solution of ether. A doctor was at once summoned, and Monter wi'l recover. The best location for the salt palace in Salt Lake City is agitating the minds of the committee appointed to arrange matters generally. Some are in favor of Pioneer square, while others namo Liberty park. Thu former will probably be selected. llepresentiitive Dinley 111. Washington, Jan. 2. Bepresentative Xelson Dingley of Maine is critically ill at his apartments at the Hamilton house in this city, with an attack of pneumonia. pneu-monia. Because f his age, much con. corn is felt over his condition. His illness ill-ness dates from Wednesday of last week, when he had an attack of the grippe. He grew rapidly worse, and pneumonia set in. It was todav stated t'jt there had been a slight change for the better, which has continued through the evening. |