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Show UTAH STATE NEWS, j Abe Majurs is again occupying his ;eel 1 at the state prison, to await, his 1 'execution next mouth. ! "The earning of the Oregon Short : Linn for the past ten mouths show an i increase of S'.ils, ::7. I The fanners of I'iutu county are putting put-ting up a hay crop which I hey claim is j the heaviest, harvested for w-ars. Spi ingv i I le is e xperienri n g thti worst drought iu years. The loss lo crops is estimated to he not. less than ": .' .". .01 H ). , !y an explosion of easolinu used for furnishing motive power at. the Albion mine, at All a. fou r mi iters w ere si igh - ! ly injuerd. j The. assessment total for ( ache conn- j ly reaches the magnificent figure of j .K.2.'2,0'."i. Thf average assessment per acre is -Vi. 12. ( loan ty Su perin tenden t J. 1.. lirou u of Utah county estimates the sum needed for thu public schools of that county the ensuing year at 20, 0H0. '. The farmers of Junction arc putting jiip their first cutting of lucern, which is about twenty days earlier than usual, and they report the. heaviest crop for years. Provo's commit tee on en ler I ainmeut for the old folks, has decided to five the old people an outing to Wasatch county over the Uio Grande Western at. an early dale. Tho county commissioners of Sevier have awarded a contract lo James Hansen of Klsiuore for the construction construc-tion of a bridge over the Sevier river south of Joseph City. While F. P.. Kldredge, of Granger, was staking out a cow, the animal rau after a dog, the rope catching on his thumb no tight as to pull his thumb off, pulling out the cords. It is reported that many cattle lire 'dying in the mountains east of Manti this summer, they being poisoned by a certain weed which grows in profusion profus-ion and which the stock eat. The Democratic committee of tho Sixth judicial district has decided lliat the judicial convention for thatdistrict hall be held at Circleville, Piute county, on the isthday of August. A bicycle ordinance has been passed by tho Salt Lake City council which prohibits wheelmen from using the sidewalks, and the wheelmen are making mak-ing a vigorous kick for "good roads." Alvin Anderbon of Moroui, while engaged en-gaged in cutting timber, was caught underneath a falling tree aud instantly |