Show SANPETE VALLEY ITEMS MANTI april 29 1896 two very sad ead deaths have occurred here in abts last week one was the abe wife or of brother person an old rest deot deat of anis city the gentleman left home borne to go up town for or a short abort time lime leaving his wife in apparently her usual health on his bis return two hours liter iter he be found her stiff and abia cold between the barn and the house bouse where she ebe had bad evidently gone to io leed lead the chickens chicK eua friey have had a family of beven children all of whom they have lual lost except one on brother is bowed down with grief over this his last affa affliction jbv tb other ca case is that ot 0 peter atris sov who some time ago had his leg broken through hla his team running away at first it was waa hoped his leg could be saved but cateron it was decided to amputate it while lying sick his bis little girl was carried of by an attack of 0 pneumonia and last saturday death put an end to his bis sufferings suffering mr Chri has oot been a resident ol of this country many years and bo be leaves a large family to mourn their sad ad bereavement bishop lund of mt pleasant has baa been paying his ble many friends a fare are well visit preparatory to his leaving for europe to take charge of the scandinavian mission A party of home seekers left here on sunday and others are preparing to follow them their destination Is alberta canade canada which they have vis atod and think they have fourd found a better location than they could here in utah A great deal of work has been f furnished ur by the railroad companies and aad with the sheep shearing in full blast there are few idle men in jannete just now As an soon as the S P V is ie we are promised an improvement pro th ih traio train service whereby people can go from monti manti to salt lake city and return the same day litigation 1 in relation to water rights to Is becoming common although most of it to is somewhat in the nature of suits to quiet title at the same i lime me interest is growing in the selection of sites for reservoirs and efforts to increase the available water for irrigation are being made by nearly every settlement in the country the recent storms have been a little severe on the sheep that have been sheared although the losses nave have not been so heavy as feared but they have not killed ane fruit blossoms the supply of snow was so slight that fears of a scarcity were entertained since me storms however there is a better feeling among the farmere farm erf the shipment of cuttle has about reached an end for or the present but the wool season is here with all its rush and bustle prices are about the same as last year and most of the houses are doing a great deal of their business on commission an old man living in gunnison was taken to the county poorhouse poor houie at fairview this week he has been insane for some time or rather he has become like a baby some time ago be wandered off and was lost tor for two days when found he was waft lying on the hillside almost dead from thirst since that time he has needed careful watching every time he could do so he be ran away with no apparent idea as to where he was going it is thought he can be taken better care of at the poorhouse than elsewhere RICARDO |