Show LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS utah nov 8 A fire broke out in a barn b longinia longi nir to wm hunt of Parag oonah last night destroying the barn hay bay harness ana grain to the value of no clue as to how bow the ore started the claim of contractor J H bowman in the sum eum of for breach of contract extrac etc on the joint city and county building has been thrown out by the county court the next thing will it is believed be the filing of a suit against the city and county the legal arguments by counsel on the demurrer to indictment charging private edward 0 sheffield a soldier stationed at port fort douglas buck auck and sergeant letize with murder in the second degree namely the killing of joe leonard were made before J adge zane this week A letter from the latter day european I 1 ng office 42 islina ton liverpool addressed to mr matthew bey reynolds izolde hooper weber co utah has been forwarded tor warded to this office for the owner who is not knori at hooper does anybody annb dy know where the letter will find him thursday sheriff loveland of box elder county brought to ogden a ma man n named william Brown who is charged with the very serious offense of rub rob biag the united states mail at brig ham city the prisoner was arraigned arraign ou before com ni bissio tier coombs where he be waived examination he was turned over to Mar marshal elial exum and was next taken to the bontol pen tal biary where he will await the action of 01 the grand jury the people of huntsville and eden have lately missed a number of cattle which they could not account for last wednesday sheriff burnap set out for tatt locality with a view of determining the cause suspicion had rested on one byrum farrell and the ibe sheriff be rift accompanied by the 0 bitable Wi table of eden went to parrell farrell iii ranch where they ditico discovered vered in the brush near by over twenty hides with the brands out CUL out farrell was immediately arrested arre sied and will probably have a hearing bearing today annie E evans some few years since was waa granted a divorce from her husband howell evans by the probate court of weber county alimony to be paid paia monthly was wag also allowed mr evada continued paying the stipulated alimony until about two months ago when he married again and the inome income to the lady stopped she has now petitioned the probate court tor for an order requiring her bar former husban i to show cause why he should not b punished lied for contempt in refusing tu to pay the money too toe bearing of the petition was set for nov 28 when the question will probably be raised as to whether the probate court has jurisdiction in divorce proceedings the r register ZI tar and receiver of the local land 0 office ce have received ed rm the general land office at washington news of an interesting and important il d nature to settlers in the neighborhood neighbor rho hoog e of rush bueb like valley southwest of th oquirrh range the acting commie says bays the rush bueb lake valley military reservation utah has baa been relinquished by the war department and transferred to the interior department for d disposal is pasal u u der the act of july 6 5 1884 under the instructions instruct iona given all settlers who occupied any portion of the reservation prior to january 1 1884 now have the he opportunity of making homestead entries thereon at goshen utah yesterday nov 13 ti ft ere occurred the tu 19 ferdl era services over the remains of the late eleazar edwards Ea wards who died on saturday of pneumonia after a few days illness rhe fhe remarks ot of the speakers were of a nature very consoling tu to the relatives of the deceased from the tact fact that bo much that w s good could be said ot of him elder ELI edwards wards was an unas lumang map man yet one who was poll of great earnestness arn estness and energy in whatever he be undertook he was waa one 0 the early missionaries to walt and wile there labored with great and untiring zeal to spread a knowledge of too toe gospel Gos liel he was in we year of his age at the time of his bis death mrs william N byers president of the working buys home at denver makes a strong appeal tu to the charitable people keople ot of that city anu and vi inley to assist in maintaining the home by bial gilts gifts here is a sample paragraph reproduce j for the reason it shows that some good samaritan i rom irom utah is not forgetful ot of the institution will not our friends in greeley send us some potatoes potato eb we see su ca one fine ones from there in the markets market and cannot some large hearted farmer bring us a load of alfalfa for our cow all these theme things wo are 0 of great help to us we regard very highly the gentleman in utah a stranger to up who menus bends us uis 6 5 a mouth month tor for use in buying bread for our buys there is but little money subscribe a and it is difficult tu to collect even that times are so hard tut lut we dare make this appeal leeling that it would be a crime indeed to close this home borne and return these helpless lids into misery want and crime from which they were rescued wm win W wilson was ir J u in an altercation with james 0 jack and his death occurred about 4 week ago in dalt dah Lake City from inflammation of the bowels caused by a dislocation of the abe intestines resulting from a kick or fall while in a row say says the manti messenger dr W H 0 asten ot of Bp braim was called and apparently had bad the he patient in a fair way toward rec very when a relapse necessitated a dur surgical tica operation being performed dr W J hosford hooford took him to salt bait lake city on saturday where the operation was performed he continued to get worse till saturday morning when he died james 0 jack had a hearing bearing before justice joseph judd on thursday on bo ibe che charge of voluntary manslaughter rho fhe charge was made because of the unfortunate trouble that occasioned the death of wallace wilson after an examination of a few witnesses she che justice held jack in 1600 bonds for h blk appearance before the grand jury the bonds were furnished J W hog an 0 F coolidge and johni beld being the bondsmen bon damen jack was waft set nt ht liberty pending the action of the grand jury no cross examination of witnesses was made by the defense in the case ut ot oscar E hill indicted for embezzlement bezz lement when the prosecution rested the defendants attorneys we have no evidence to put the case cage was thereupon submitted to the jury after the charge bad bebik made by judge miner an agreement was wag entered into that a verdict oft oa each of f the two indictments should aft brought in and the jury ury retired in fifteen minutes they returned with the verdict according to the instruction atter after this announcement bad beeda made judge judd who had appeared in the case cage in connection with assistant prosecuting attorney maginnis recommended the do de enfant to tho the mercy of the court and suggested teu that five yeam the lowest possible punish feut on each count be give the statutory eta time for sentence was waft waived and the judgment of five years in the territorial penitentiary on each of the two counts was rendered the to run conces concurrently mrs MM hail wito nad bad been by her s side aide during the trying ordeal now completely broke dowa and was waa led to the marshal marshala mara hala lb office hill was taken to the penitentiary there was a terrific explosion at the ele electric C arc light works on saturday evening a tew few minutes after the lask edition of the ibe NEWS went want to pres cressand sand as aa a result the entire city was in dark ness until an early hour yesterday morning mor the explosion wati was baus caused by the bursting ot of a defective boiler con action something that surprised and mystified the chief engineer who says there was only the ordinary amount of steam of on when the acci accident deaL occurred for a time the greatest excitement prevailed as there were many who feared that some of the other boilers might burst the fire department was waa called out aud and soun soon bal bad several stream playing on the furnace fires after they were extinguished it was discovered wat that an immense hole had been blown in the root roof great volumes of steam rushed through the op euing and drops of water in the form of ik ai miniature rainstorm were precipitate ed ad on persons a block away these were ait beyond measure until the cause was learned the damage to the works will reach several hundreds hund hun redL drock dollars that the engineers and machinists escaped unhurt is marvel on us deputy marshal fowler of provo strived arrived in the oily city saturday nov he having in his sate safe keeping pail foot footer the notorious gambler and holdup hold bold up whose achievements in that direction direct ioni are doubtless still fresh in the minda of the public among nis acts while in salt dalt lake it will be remembered that he one night some two apara ago stole quietly into a gambling room over an east temple street saloon andl ancl while the company 12 were around the table crept up hold held them hem all off at the point of a revolver cleared the table of a very large sum of money backed out and got away he was arrested but jumped his bonds he was waa subsequently heard board of at grand river officers were in search of him at length they came up with him in that vicinity and a terrific struggle ensued will goo asell who was then a deputy marshal and a man named adam paul who was at that time engaged in detective work were among those who engaged in the tussle with the despe desperado but foote min aged to escape on that occasion this occurred some time last winter since which time the prisoner hag managed to beep out of the reach of the law officers until a few days ago when he was captured in the neighborhood of grand river occasionally this su summer aimer a very thin pair of mules with dro ping I 1 heads and careworn countenances driven by a much thinner individual whose appearance suggested that the sunny slue of life he had bad not always ev enjoyed Joyed have appe appeared arbil upon our streets from the direction ot of daniels canyon vie te mutes mules were so suggestive of better times and ana the MUD man so peculiar that the outfit was sure to attract attention wherever seen the man was known us as mr blacketer according to repart he be became in solved iv io debt to F 0 buell to such an extent that be was obliged to mortgage bis big mules harness and wagon as security last w ek buell learned that blackter black ter bad left and went t the latter cattero lat tero ld ranch to investigate ane merchant informed that them the mm in had driven his wife out I 1 or of the h huse ube and after liadi g the movable property of the family Ina in eluding luding his bis eifes clothing into the wagon hitched up the audd cud buddies cuddies dies ies and struck tor for parts u li known in the house was found a barr barrel elof of spoiled beef and the merchant thinking he auld 0 uld make out a criminal case against the man invited sheriff fraughton to rile out with him to the deserted ranch they went out monday and discovered several beef hides and heads beads secreted about the ibe place which mr F believes is positive roof that mr blacketer has been tilling alling cattle that did nut not belong to wm h aw wave |