Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS A man named spencer at liow howland land plat who was wai working in a hydraulic mine was waa caught by a boulder falling or rolling upon him and crushed to te death on tuesday houry henry Bo So bloMer blosser a member of the san ban rafael california board of city trustees was kicked by a bores wed night and aad badly injured he will not be able to resume his bia duties for at as loans least a month three fatalities occurred in the mountains eat east of Oro oroville cal 0 on 13 tuesday Tue aday the details detail are so BO meager that the names of two of the men man could no not be learned they were blown up by giant powder and killed there are no details obtainable concerning the accident sacramento t dUnion april 27 F B choate who has baa been the local agent of the union pacific rill nil road lo in thin city tor for sometime bome time past left for bait lake city last jait night having been beell pc PtA to the position oj of general agent for that line for the main 01 utah leporta resolved received from all the he fruit growing sections of california by general freight agent sproule of th the e Bout southern bern pacific are all to the effect that fruit prospects proe peor were never better the season has hai been exceedingly exceeding favorable the indications are lot for both a large yield and a fine quality james jamec McGl mcgilivray ivray a minor miner was wae track struck by train on OB the midland railway at colorado city colo on thursday Th and instantly killed he was wai sitting bitting on the end of a us tie when the he train came suddenly aud denly around a curve and the she cylinder box of the engine struck him mn M C hinney a ban francisco schoolteacher has baa been arrested arre eted ou on a charge of cruelty to animals anibale ani male neigh bea enio kena keng kept coming into the ine yard of her resi devois and annoying her so 10 she be throw threw a at ok at them bit oue one picked it up and wrung KB its neck deck then throw threw it into the owners owner is yard joseph a minor miner in the union consolidated gold mine situated near jackson Jao kion cal was waa killed on wednesday while coming up in ID the same skip with bohns bohna foreman of the mine and another minor miner the eye to the she accident elate atutis that thai s death we waa due doia to his bla own san ban jose joe cal mercury the or of santa barbara are rejoicing in a war dance they snort amen that the linnet and the abe perea pewees were kind enough not mot to eat all the apricot buus this hla spring prang and the lady bug has baa anc knocked eked the tuffing nil out of the black eale in the olive orchards it la only a low few months agol when lady bug oc colon lonies lei were ridiculed alber W holcomb one of the oldest of sheridan county wyo wyom m lair impi has bai suddenly Rud denly become insane and will be removed to she state hate at as Et evanston Itao anston eton his hii mania seems beems to be that thai be has baa a large amount ot money in the eat east and it to with difficulty from away from his bis home in search of it mr hoi comb combis to 70 years year of age and lin bla recovery to la doubtful doubt lul boise idaho statesman april 28 the river yesterday morning ws was nearly up to the highest point of the beasom As large an amount of water was flowing lo in the channel but the force of the current has out now new oban us nea in some ome places and this thia has hai relieved the main channel at the ninth street bridge B B R ii poston Po stori completed driving the plies piles necessary or the replacing of the bridge that wae wab washed out james mccann a sheepherder war wap shot at rawlins wyo wednesday night the bullet going through his hie shoulder he had come in from his hie sheep camp and going to the former residence of mr macor Mait tor entered the occupant mr turpin took look him for a burglar and fired mr magor to whose house mccann had a key had bad forgotten to tell the lie latter that he be had bad moved so ao rot got into the wrong house bym by mistake intake he will recover robert snowden blowden a reporter on the th los LOB adgelee Ac Ari gelee gelet Coli fornis evening record was arrested wed wednesday morning and charged with making away with a portion of the county grand jurys report according city justices morrison Morr lson and boulter Bos Rou lter judge judae emith announce in court the loss 1009 ol of the papers and said that if the culprit was caught he be would be severely dealt with snowdon has been in serious trouble before in ban francisco anti and denver he was arraigned belore before justice young yon og and his ball bail was fineu at 1000 which he be was unable to procure james quinn convicted of petit larceny aud abud supposed to be doing time in the city prison at oakland cal it missing and the he police authorities are at a loss jon to account for his escape tb jailor jailers were surprised a few days ago to receive a telephone communication from the county jail stating that a vagrant who was imprisoned there had told a story to the t fleet that thai qulin quinn had succeeded in passing out ot the prison while the lodgers were beta being g let out the city jailers chars were not lo in dined to believe the story but checked up their heir prisoners only to find it Is was wa true rue they have no clue as to f whereabouts the experiment of growing oysters in humboldt bay cal has proved very satisfactory several months ago a lumber of barrels of oysters oyster were planted in the he bay opposite the city those these have multiplied at a very rapid rate and at low tide large quantities ol of good sized oysters can be seen and they are so BO plentiful that poachers po achere have taken them away by the boat load the rapid growth proves proven that bat the buy bay in ia especially adapted to tho th oyster another lot will be planted this fall and it to Is expected that chat humboldt bay will soon supply the coast demand the santa ynez ranch of acres near santa barbara Cal owned by this the catholic church according to a statement ol of nick langs lang a real estate mao man of ban francisco has baa juga aaa been purchased by a representative of a german colony who will use it tot for the culture of the beet beef the th mis ale includes include the entire fierge and the price it Is said bald la is 30 per sore acre which would make the comfortable urn sum of lung stated elated that tow tho DOW dew owners intended to construct a ugar sugar factory and establish a number of at improvements Ino including luding a colony of newcomers who are represented as being the very best beat class of german germ agriculturists A frightful accident occurred at ensenada Eo En Benada senada lower reBul ti q in the death of miss mine am brosia Vor verdugo dugo agen 22 yearn yeara dalith ter of don soledad verdugo her brother jose joae maria aged 16 y je ears woo playing with a shotgun snapping blank cartridges he had snapped several everal at his sister in tun on and she h was laughing at him when by aicala dent a cartridge loaded with buckshot was included with the IDI blanks Anks the boy fired the whole charge into h hl slater slaters s body she lived until the next morning the lad was waa frant frantic lic andi was wag prevented from committing sul BUI olde only by constant watching monday morning august keeffer let left la ija honda cal cala for san ban with a four tour horse team intending to rot ret urn with a load of barley A As even ing 1119 came on his hia brother AV geifler Kei Koif fler tor formerly postmaster at lei la honda started in search of august and nw awe the sweeney places place some few mil distant found the team and load of barley several hundred yards away be found his brother by the she roadside he was still alive but on the way home thia the unfortunate man mai expired the place where the cwm was waa lound 0 o and is very rough and it is in supposed that the sudden jolt of abw th wagon threw the driver to the ground in such it a manner that the whelk passed over bis big body the deceased was a native dative of prance france aged 29 aoam the oakland california cannonball oan non galipp freight due from livermore at 5 wednesday evening was waa p par bially wrecked the which resul resulted result tid dd irom from a broken switch was waa a most peculiar one the rho train wm waa moving quite rapidly and abe be engine engin and oar cars passed the point te rk safety then the rear truck of 9 0 freight oar slid upon the while the trout froot truck remained on the rig track and in an instant three OW oaf had been whipped off the track alaio oember two of the oara care were throda off aud were badly smashed and splintered the third ear car was sim ala badly damaged none ol of the train trail oraw were near the oars ears that wee wea derailed or of they could not have hav escaped serious injury As it Is WOO w every one on the train was wag given a jolting it took an hour to clear the she wreckage away but the delay ta traffic was waa not serious OBITUARY WAG STAy samuel wagstaff the subject of athla sketch ketch died of dropsy at his home in american fork city april 18 1897 after a protracted illness and considerable suffering and was waa burled buried the follow following hW day at 2 p m hia His remains were aske house about noon where to the meeting a large assembly had gatherl gathered gather 2 to pay their asir last respects to him and to hear his funeral sermon preached the speakers kere wm bramhall of springville spring vilie ville wm wen president of juab stake wm ia M bromiley BrOZ bromley iley wm R webb thomas barrett barratt and bishop wm D robinson ILU 11 of whom spoke in the highest terms of the deceased and his many admirable qualities samuel wagstaff was born october 20 1820 in the village of Caldi oot parish ot of bonnill Son nill county of Bedford shire england 3 me was one of a family of eleven even of abom the gospel and and SIX tx of them emigrated to utah his mother also came to this country and med died in 1856 at lehi utah county he married lucy maria webb in england on december 25 1840 she bore him 1 nine children all ali of whom survives ex embraced the gospel in ee 00 otone one he and immigrated to utah in 1862 on oki his bis arrival he came direct to ameria amena nt pork fork and stayed there continually tin his hig death deceased married four them dead and the wives WV two of are ejI survive him one of the other two tetter is blind and was in this sad state brhen married he served a term of im so in the utah penitentiary in for conscience sake and it to i from a sketch of his 11 life written while there that this sn an m is prepared he leaves teary in ila part swe aleven im chil children dreng fifteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren brother wagstaff tf was wa a prominent and otlee worker in the church of jesus barint christ of latter day saints irom from the of his ail conver conversion and baptism up W the day of his deaia and thought no BO orifice too great in the discharge of his duties he presided for a good many years over Is a branch of the church in am native land and through his un agith and add kin kindness aness won the laverine wa verine and confidence of all its members soon after he be settled in american fork bishop L E hariington h 9 ewas was appointed by 1 1 to sot as aa one of 0 the pre P effig teachers of the ward which men he has filled with marked success over or since he was an active sunday school chool worker up to a lew few years ago ewh etien the bishop released him from that so that he might have more hie to lend his bis energies in other feces CT dire cireo ions in his position as pre aung g ward teacher he was eminently and was a great help to the bishopric ho rio ot of tile the ward as an he be seldom to satisfactorily adjust difficulties between discordant and refractory member baci within the purview of his j U alion an for the last few years of his life be two it his bis especial business to visit tho homes of the afflicted and downcast md to administer words of cheer ana and to them he would arrange to soto CO co the homes of the old and feeble od admonis er the sacrament to them on the sabbath day and when he bould gets get a few of them together at their ahmes bo meshe he would hold a short shore meeting with them and give them a chance to peak of gods goodness if they felt so eo inclined thus than many a poor old soul waa WA made to rejoice who was unable to CO 90 to the public meetings like many more of the latter day saints who have gathered from the old world brother wags wage aff waa entirely out of taste with the prevailing dogmas of sectarianism and was anxiously look inc and waiting for something better and higher to appease his soul which he found to his great ja joy lm in the gospel mes on ease delivered to him through the in of joseph smith the great Piro prophet phet of the nineteenth century in IW 1849 the year in which the deceased obeyed the gospel the tide lido of prejudice rm high hiah in england against the letter latter day saints blants and their missionaries and it was hard for them to get places in which to hold their meetings brother wagstaff Waga wagstaff taff opened his house to them for this purpose and as he lived in a rented house was threatened with expulsion there for so doing on one occasion the lord of the manor served notice on brother wagstaff to leave his home within a specified time or he would have him ejected by force but through a lucky coincidence unknown to the dignitary brother samuel had just settled his rent rent for another year with an agent who had authority to receive it and wils was thus legally justified in bidding defiance to his would be persecutors the parish parson was the chief instigator of this intended trouble and was very when he found that his schemes were foiled so another of natures staunch noblemen a true faithful tested servant ot god has lived and departed and goes down to the grave ripe in years honored and respected by all who know knew him to await the benefits ot of the first resurrection and the happy welcome plaudit come my faithful faith lul servant enter into the joys of thy lord J C ISRAEL IVINS ST GEORGE april 20 1897 israel ivins was born at toms river new jersey on the of may 1815 joined the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and went to nauvoo in an early day was a true friend to the prophet joseph smith wee was married to anne anna lowrie ivins on the of march 1844 by jedediah M grant came to utah in ISM 1868 was married to julia hill feb lath 1857 he surveyed quite a large portion of the northern part ol of utah and ana some of idaho as also the greater part of lincoln county nevada he moved to st george in the year 1861 and surveyed sur surveyed veRed the city of st george as also the rio io virgen and other fields and ditches although not a diplo maed physician he has ban performed a great amount of successful medical practice among the people of this southern country and he was never known to ask the question have you any money but tendered tender dd his services to both rich and poor and thus made many friends in very deed among the many sets acts that he has performed among the people for the defense of zions cause may be mentioned the winter wimer spent in and around vrho canyon during daring the BUo buchanan hanan crusade he was the father of eleven children six of whom and his wives have preceded him to the spirit world he leaves five children and a number ol of grandchildren to lo honor his name and a host of friends who will his memory while life shall last he died on the of april 1897 in his own peaceful home with very little pain he had been confined to his home for a number of years havin having been blind about six years an and 21 thus having to be oared cared for by his family who performed this duty cheerfully he having taught them by his affection lor for them all their lives |