Show ireat and sickness good croin ac eident shooting OGDEN ouden CITY GITY aug 22 1875 1873 editor deseret news we have had no rain hero horo since since june no prospect of or any at present the mercury is still floating among the nineties although the early mornings and late evenings are a little cooler than they were the days are still intensely hot the land in many places is not only parched arched with fervent heat but it is railed baked and the people are nearly cooked fortunately there has been plenty of water for irrigation this season and crops of all kinds generally have done exceedingly well wo have had a great deal of sickness and many deaths in and around this place there is considerable sickness yet and ever and anon some family is bereaved of one of its loved members by the ruthless hand band of the fell destroyer accidents and fatalities are constantly stant lv occurring Yeste yesterday runy ruay mr john malan started with team to the kanyon he had gone but a short he be was thrown from the wagon run over and brul bruit v I 1 considerably another shooting case occurred here last night about 9 A man named wm C valentine who has for sometime pan been in the employ of veils wells fa fargo 0 co but who I 1 u understand uder stand has hns as been laid off for a while in consequence of indulging too freely in the use of intoxicating in company with another man into the saloon of goodfellow cook and called for drinks which were furnished them after disposing of the liquor the other man went out leaving valentine in the saloon when the bartender bar tender called for the pay valentine drew a couple of revolvers and began to flourish them in a threatening manner at the phe he tender mr nir cook came in from another room and seeing what valentine was doing requested him to put themus them up chedid he did boand so and left lert the she premises he then went towards the junction hotel where he found a number of men outside of the building among them was john roof alias calico jack it la Is said that valentine putting his ills hand on roofs boots shoulder shoulders said how are you I 1211 ull uil sli sil shoot you he thereupon drew his revolver and shot roof the ball entering h his a about three inches above the navel slanting upward breaking one of the breast bone sand thip th ball appears to have lodged somewhere in this region dr condon was called to attend the wounded man roan whom he pronounced r bounced to be lna ina in a critical anro anto and dangerous condition he probed the wound for some time but in vain endeavoring to extract therall the ball bail he dressed the wound and administered such medicines as he thought suitable but expressed his doubts as to the recovery of his patient to today to dardr day dr hamilton city was sent for he came and examined the patient dressed the wounds and expressed himself confident that with proper care and nursing the man will recover when the doctors disagree valentine was arrested by officers welch and child and lodged in jail to await an examination before the alderman or justice of the peace it is said that the shooting was done without any provocation whatever on the part of roof boot and arid no reason can be assigned for the assault except that it was done in a fit of temporary insanity while u under dl der the influence of intoxicating intoxication 0 drinks I 1 heard of two other parties being shot last night at corinne while stealing melons SrI sei SEMPER eer PEB |