Show NEWS NOTES items gathered irem from various sources the genoa nevada courier says a plute plate indian committed suicide in douglas county last week by eating A iid hd pars parsnip tie he married against the wishes of his parents who did all in their power to make his life miserable this so affected him that he be ended his life hie A dispatch from carlin nevada april 18 says richard shea employed as section foreman on the 0 P u R R at carlip was found dead in his bis bed there yesterday morning ile he slept alone in a cellar and built a coal fire fird on the floor before going to sleep As the cellar was air tight it is supposed that he be was asphyxiated asphyxia ted by gas from the tire fire it is said that he be has a family at sacramento oakdale nebraska april I 1 17 last Oakdale Il friday id y a 2 year old boy of a bohemian an larmer farmer living five miles south of here f ml 11 into an old well leventy feet deep he was not discovered u until atil yesterday when he was heard crying the well being very narrow it was possible to te reach the child only by widening the aperture ft beof amov from oakdale and the sui rounding country commenced the work of rescue and yesterday afternoon reached the boy and released him apparently but little the worse for his sixty hours fast and confinement la in his damp and narrow prison trinidad colo april 18 at all about 7 this evening at the county jail W W reynolds was waa shot aud and instantly killed by jailor johnson Job when the jai jailor or entered his cell witt his supper reynolds made an assault and struck the jailor twice on the head with a very heavy club knocking him film down and tb thu u made a rush for the door the jailor was knocked senseless for A time and seeing reynolds making for the door tired two shots at him without effect the jailor ran to the door and fired dred another him instantly oue one ball took effect in the breast and clean through bi his body the jailor is in a critical COL there has been no rain worth speaking indof 0 since ethe the middle of february march was a liitle blustering and generally frosty all this time has been good weather for plowing and sowing and as far as we can learn the usual amount of spring sprine grain has the trouble is the dry weather has kept the grain irom from sprouting and only about halt half the seed has come up of course farmers depend a great grea t deal on irrigation but they must have rain to insure a good crop thip has barnot not been the case and the season is getting well advanced and it makes farmers look blue tae ranges want rain to bring feed for stock horse men and cattle men are complaining and a continuous drouth such as we have had for the last two months will be a serious drawback to stock men it is the most remarkable dry season ever known in southern idaho idaho statesman pueblo colo april 18 last evening two double reader leader freight trains were coming north on the south branch of the denver and rio grande railroad scout thirty miles south ot of pueblo the first train stopped owing to some slight derangement of the machinery otone of one engine and before the train in in the rear could be notified it crashed into the caboose of the for ward train completely splintering the caboose but not materially damaging the othar cars several persons riding in the caboose were injured idaree george a civil engineer who as one of them had both legs and one arm broken and it is feared he be cannot recover he is in the com anys hospital in pue pueblo eblo two bridge banys uil ders also in the employ of the company were severely though not dangerously hurt none of the train men were injured except the conductor he jumped from the train while it was on a high trestle and was sli slightly ht bruised oe |