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Show UTAH STATE NEWS. The oily of Vernal will shortly begin tin: work- of lay i up asphalt pavements, which will provide work for a number of men. Thomas Wright, a pioneer of Nephi, is dead. I le came to .Nephi in I - V!, and brought, the lirst threshing machine to ibis slat.-. James W. Clove has been appointed ! post mast er a t I'rovo, to succeed hisco- laborer on flu: Kn.j uirer, John C. Graham, Gra-ham, removed. J Machinery and material for a brush j factory have been ordered for the state j penitentiary, and a number of the con- j vieis will ne taught the art of making brushes. Siil Potter, employed in the H.-ofield coal mines, had h is head bad ly crushed by a horse ru lining away in the main tunnel, pinning him against the wall of the tunnel. A contract has been let for the construction con-struction of asphalt, pavements at Fort Duchesne, and government teams are now engaged in hauling the raw material ma-terial from the lulls south of Vernal. Miss A.l.lie Taylor, of Moab, is dead, her last illness being brought on by over-study and anxiety to pass her school examination that she might advanced ad-vanced to the stale university this fall. I.'cporls from Clarkston, in Cache valley, indicate that the wheat yield .in that vicinity this season will amount to more than 250,000 bushels. Fall wheat is now in the boot in that sec tion . There aro indications that the Rio Urande estern may build a branch dine from Colton this summer to the Bsphaltum beds lying along the Green river and on the other side of the Colorado Colo-rado line. Mt. Pleasant people who are interested inter-ested in buying the coal mines east of town have raised enough money by subscription, and the property will soou pass into the hands of the citizens' committee. Wool-growers of the southern part of the state are storing their wool rather tbau part with it at the prevailing -price, and declare they will hold it forever for-ever and a day but that they will get their price. L. U. Keavis, a horse dealer, has been arrested and lodged iu the Davis county jail, charged with complicity iu the murder of Thomas Saudall at Laytou, March 2S, 1SUS. Ueavis denies all knowledge of the crime. A Japanese section man had both legs cut oil by falling between the cars while attempting to board a train in i motion, near Seotield on the 25th, sue- ! ouinbiug to his injuries before medical attendance could be secured. Mrs. Gardner, of Aunabclla, while temporarily insane, jumped into a well, holding to a rope. The friction of the rope burned both her hands aud she was badly bruised, but was rescued in time to save her from drowning. Iu an interesting debate between students of the University of Utah and representatives from the University of Nevada, held iu Salt Lake last week, the Utah boys were declared the winners win-ners of the contest. A Japanese section hand was killed near Echo a few days ago by a passenger passen-ger train striking a dog which was on the track and u urling the dog violently against the Jap's stomach. After suffering suf-fering several hours tho unfortunate man died. The state fish hatchery is running at full capacity iu getting out trout fry for the different streams of the state. Over 800,000 eggs have already been hatched and most of them distributed over the state, mostly brook trout being- handled. The Japanese coolies being imported by the railroad company for duty on the section in the desert district aro not meeting with a cordial reception, a number of the foremen having resigned their positions rather thau work with the Japanese. I Samuel Moser, who. ou Mav 4, mur- dered his wife aud three children iu i Tazewell county, 111., and who sur- i rendered to Salt Lake officers, has been taken back to the scene of his crime to stand trial. It is the geueral opinion j that Moser is insane. ! i Judge lliles. of Salt Lake, one day j last week broke the record iu point of j the number of divorces granted in one I day. Out of thirty-two cases on the I docket, tweuty-seven were allowed, two were referred, two were continued and one was dismissed. Charles Mauion. a young man from I .Mountain Home, Idaho, died last week ; in a Sajt Lake hospital from a gunshot wound accidentally inflicted bv a com- I panion. Manion was shot with a paper wad, which penetrated the hip, gangrene gan-grene resulting. Dr. 11. P. Morrey, one of the most prominent physicians of Sanpete county, coun-ty, has been arrested ou a charge of criminal intimacy with a woman who was formerly employed as a nurse. The doctor brands the whole matter as & .blackmailing scheme. |