Show territorial ITEMS CULLED FROM LATEST EXCHANGES rev kev father fitzgerald of the catholic church in evanston Evans toa too wyoming intends coming to salt lake city shortly to remain at the sisters hospital for a few weeks in the hope of improving his health on new years day four prisoners confined in the county jail at butte montana made a desperate attempt to escape they seized the jailor disarmed him and endeavored to get possession of the keys the jailor how bow ever held onto them shouting for lor leip belp help heip and though struck a very severe biow blew over the eye with a piece of iron succeeded in retaining his bis keys until assistance arrived the prisoners had sawn through a one inch iron bar with a case knife which had bad been used as a saw mr lir george southam who for many years has been a resident of uinta county wyoming met with a fatal accident near his residence on bear river last christmas day ile he went to evanston in the morning to transact some business and visit his family ills wife wished him to remain to eat dinner but owing to baa having stock shut up at home that needed needed feeding he decided to return to the ranch eight miles distant feed the animals liberally and then return to his wife bif e and children after which he intended to attend the christmas as tree at t the h e 11 1 bior mormon insull meeting house and then so go to the ranch next morning As he left he told his wife that if nothing happened he would be back by 2 ril fla in the afternoon the stated time came the fam family waited for an hour or so and the then coming to the conclusion that matters of importance had detained him they gave up seeing him for 10 r the day evening came on and the family were busily engaged in preparing to attend the christinas christmas tree when one of the daughters a young woman sang out i to her mother that she heard her father drive up to the stable and shout whoa to his team supper was made ready and as it was getting late the family left for church leaving as they supposed mr southam to partake of a warm meal and then follow them in the midst ot the evenings enjoyment they were bur tur t ur to hear that mr Sou thams teada had been seen struggling inthe in the river during the afternoon by passing railroad men nien parties immediately y started to the rescue and it was found that the team had broken through the ice over about eighteen eign teen inches of water and being unable to extricate themselves had bad perished diligent search was made at the ranch and on the river bank I 1 but no trace of mr southam was found it was at this juncture supposed he had gone under the ice and a number of citizens proceeded ta to cut tiie the ice from a shallow riffle below where it was known that the body could not pass and after three days hard bard work they found the corpse a short distance below where he went under the ice the remains were taken to evanston an inquest held and verdict rendered in accordance with the facts it was found upon examination that his neck was broken there were also some slight abrasions about the face As to just how the fatal accident occurred is all conjecture but it is supposed that the front wheels broke through the ice with such suddenness as to throw chrow southam from the wagon striking upon his bead with such force as to break his neck after which the horses in their floundering probably forced him under the ice the funeral services over the remains ot of the deceased who was a mormon was held in the meeting z house at evanston on wednesday evening last and tile the body was sent to randolph utah for interment in the cemetery there where seve his children are buried brother Sou southam thana was nifty fifty six years of age and leaves a wife and a large fam family ily lly of children to mourn his loss T the h bereaved family have the sympathy of a large circles of friends |