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Show UTAH NEWS. Tha priae of coal has been advanced fifty ce nU a ton all over the state. There are seventy-six iuniat ln the county inlrmary of Salt Lake county. During the month of October the fctate auditor drew on the state treasurer treas-urer 18". warrants, aggregating St-.-402. M A carload of almanacs whs received in Salt Lake City last week, the books being destined for various parts of the state. The bank clearance, of Salt Lake for the month were 8 1 -,0T 1 , 173, compared with $7,N77,U0! for the same month in 1 H0H. A number of Salt Lake dairymen are to be prosecuted on the charge of put-thing put-thing formaldehyde in the milk which ' they are selling. The new five-room cottages belonging belong-ing to tha Rio Grande Western Railway at flelper are rented to the men at 8") per month, including water and electric light. The advance in the price of iron is destined to aid in the opening up o the immense iron fields in Southern Utah. Already a number of capitalists are looking into the matter. The two local railway systems, the Western and Short Line, show actual gross receipts for September of 81,127,-3ro.84, 81,127,-3ro.84, nearly all of which passed through the Salt Lake clearing-house. Klglily haad of horses were shipped from Richfield to St. Louis last week. The transportation will cost from SJ0 to 812 per head, and the shippers expect ex-pect to receive good prices for the animala. The Indian school at White Rocks has received a few new recruits during the past week. Fifty-five have been Drolled so far, and thirty-five more re needed to fill theoschool up to its full capacity. A number of Richfield people have begun driving artesian wells on their premises. Last week water was struck at a depth of ninety-six feet, just east of town, the flow being more than 120 gallons per minute. The teachers of the public schools of Richfield have decided to visit the chools of Salt Lake City this week and spend the entire week visiting. The object is said to be for the general improvement of the schools there. The director of the census has notified noti-fied Senator Rawlins that the following follow-ing Utah applicants for appointments In the bureau have passed: John A. Roshard, Provo; Mark E. Bezzant, Pleasant Grove: Daniel A. Dunning, Provo; Walter C. Hurd, Salt Lak City. Three boys held upaChinese gardener garden-er at his home in tha suburbs of Salt Lake one night last week, relieving him of 832 in cash, after which they smashed up the furniture, overturned the lamp, and almost scared the Celestial Celes-tial to death. The boys are under arrest. ar-rest. Sowawiek, the Indian chief, who has made so many unreasonable demands aud threatened to leave the reerva-tion reerva-tion if those demands were refused, has evidently changed his mind. He now says that he is going to stay at the White Rocks reservation and quit his talk. J. E. Brennan, pretending to be a revenue officer and getting saloon men to cash cheeks for him, has been sentenced to seven months confinement confine-ment in the Salt Lake jail. When he is released he will be prosecuted by the government for impersonating an officer. The prospect of the building of the new road into Marysvale is causing increased activity iu business circle! in that town. If -Marysvale is mads the terminus of the railroad it will b the shipping point for Garfield, Kane and Piute counties, and will be a good location for business. Two contractors were in Belknap last week looking over the Rio Grande Wei tern Railroad company's grade from Belknap to Marysvale, for the purpose of putting in their bid for the completion comple-tion of the road to Marysvale by April 1, 1900. Latest advices from Higbee, tha promoter pro-moter of the Tabernacle choir's trip to Naw York, is that, he is progressing j with his negotiation with the commissioners com-missioners of the Paris exposition looking to the taking of the singers to France. Florist who have ben experimenting experiment-ing with the soil and water, declare it it possible to grow roses in Utah equal to those imported from California and other states. This will mean a saving of many thousands of dollars to lovers of the rose. Jim Lee, a Chinese resident of Mill Creek, has been sentenced to pay a fine ot 820 and serve fifty days in the county jail for stealing nine bushels of potatoes from a neighboring farmer. Jim declares he w ill buy h's potatoes in the future. |