Show 0 THURSDAYS DAILY teb TEE 28 A blow farmington had one of her old fashioned blows on tuesday evening there was no particular damage to buildings but truit fruit trees were broken down tipped over and knocked about promiscuously our informant is brother jacob miller arrested for extortion the grand jury last week brought in an indictment against P J gorman german and 0 B whiting charged with the crime of extorting money the indictment is as follows the said P J gorman german and C B whiting on november 1881 1883 unlawfully and feloniously did make threats to accuse one simon grieve jr of the crime of larcen yand did then and there by bv fear and threats extort and obtain from said simon grieve money to the amount of both gorman and whiting were arraigned yesterday and plead not guilty they were vere held for trial in bonds of each artesian well company we learn from apostle george teasdale that the good people of nephi have organized the nephi artesian well weli company I 1 and have just received from the peirce peirce well excavation company a goo foot artesian well drillen dr drilling illin rig it arrived last week and the OF officers of the company with their superintendent in immediately set it up and commenced working to give elve it a trial and get acquainted with its powers of labor it was their first trial yet in one hour they drilled ten feet which considering si the they were all inexperienced erien erlen ced hands certa certainly ti speaks well f for or their future labors it is an excellent machine and they are all sanguine that a corresponding result will follow their efforts the company have secured the agency for the territory of the pierce fierce well excavator company for their excellent machinery and they hope in the near future to have to ecord ecord the suc sue cess eess ot oi their work in juab county or wherever their ladata ny mad bu necked acted the officers of the company are president wm directors charles charies S sperry erry and david broadhead treasurer e r langley A bailey secretary alma hague john kinkie is the superintendent |