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Show LOCAL CHRONOLOGY of the nost Important Events Recorded In the Home Paper for the Newspaper .' -. Year Ending June 16, 1900. s " ' s JTXE. 20. Home of Daniel Matthews, Sr., of Virgin destroyed by fire. 23. Orin N. Woodbury died. 27. Sterling Russsl of Grafton breaks his left arm by falling from an apple tree. 30. Hottest day of the year, 109 in the shade. JULY. 3. Kenneth Snow severly burned by the explosion of a toy cannon. 16. Willard Uttley Carter died. 25. Twin girls born to the wife of Francis Hartly at Harrisburg. 2S. John Mathis died. AUGUST. 1. Mary A. B. Larson died: 1. Joseph Hammond died. 5. John W. Isom died at Virgin. SEPTEMBER. 2. Fourth crop of lucern being harvested. har-vested. 9. Samuel Brocklebank Hardy died, aged 95 years, leaving 198 decendants. 18. Opening day of the initial Washington Wash-ington County Fair. 20. Closing day of the Washington County Fair, which proved an immense im-mense success. 21. The Grand Gulch Mining company com-pany started work on their mining property. 23. Twins born to the wife of Emil Barlocker at Pinto. OCTOBER. 23. Jerusha Cecelia Gray died. 28. Orin Leavittof Bunkervilledied. NOVEMBER. 1. Ivins Cottam died. 20. Work commenced on the Savanac mine. DECEMBER. 4. Forwarding business established at Modena. 14. Coldest day of the year; lowest temperature at night 5 degrees above zero. 16. The Dixie copper smelter blew in at its new location in this city. 19. Elizabeth Moore Bleak died. 20. Joseph Prince of Washington had a leg broken by a horse falling on it. 21. Joseph Crawford of Washington has one wrist broken and the other dislocated dis-located by a load of wood capsizing with him. 23. Berto Coates breaks his left arm by falling off a horse. 30. Ann Neaderer Sturzenegger died. JANUARY. 3. Twin girls born to the wife of Lyman Dodge of Toquerville. 4. Edwin Canfield of Gunlock died. 17. Julia Anna Ivins Pace died. 18. Mary Jane Oliver Barlow drowned drown-ed in an irrigating ditch. 24. Bishop Gottlieb Hirschi of Rock-ville Rock-ville died. 25. Fire does damage to the extent of $500 at the home of John Eardley, Jr. FEBRUARY. 10. Fire destroys the cabin and other property at the Copper Mountain mine. Charles Barnum of Bunkerville has an arm broken by being run over by a wagon. 11. Lamar Gray has his right arm broken by a fall. 14. Mrs. Sally Meeks, aged 37 years and Utah's oldest pioneer, leaves her home at Leeds to stay with relatives at Glendale. Berto Coates has his left arm broken. 22. Two mountain lions killed at Grafton. MARCH. 1. Work resumed on the Copper Mountain mine. 2. Work commenced on the State Southern Experiment Farm. 23. Twin boys born to the wife of Joseph S. Snow. 27. Mary, the eight-year-old daughter daugh-ter of Bishop Jeter and Mary Alice Snow died. 2. Mrs. Neilson of Rockville died. Twin boys born to the wige of Thomas Thom-as Adams of Bunkerville. 11. Mrs. Flora C. DunUip died. 25. St. George Cattle Co. incorporated. incorpor-ated. 28. Laura Ann Liston Lang died. MAY. 10. Fire destroyed the home of John Morse. IS. Don Smith Carter accidently shot in right leg 22. William Alkin died. 25. Twin bovs born to the wife of Wallace B Mathis. First early apples on the market. JUNE. 1. Savanac Copper Mining Co. incorporated. in-corporated. 2. First apricots and pears on the market. An Indiar meets death by accidental shooting at the Indian farm. 4. Peaches ripe. 5. Second crop of lucern being cut. IS. Wheal bring harvested. First crop of figs ri pe. |