| Show LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS sister annie K smoot president of the primary association of utah stake of zion to la lying at deaths door the enterprising people of tooele thoele have proven to themselves and the citizens of utah that great things ahinga can be accomplished even in hard times this demonstration consists in the erection of a handsome and thoroughly modern school building which Is ie rapidly nearing completion eastern green goods men are again flooding the territory and especially this city with their typewritten circulars in which they set forth the manner in which they would entrap their unwary victims have nothing to do with them unless you want to get bad money for good and go to the penitentiary in the bargain the committee on the joint city and county building build ing have sent to secretary C C richardp richard withdrawing the offer of the building for the next session of the utah legislature The There reason for this action is ie that the committee find that it will be impossible to complete the structure sufficiently to make it comfortable for table and convenient for the deliberations erat ions of the solons farmington FAB nov 27 word has been brought from Cent centerville erville that william B R smith president of the davis da vis stake of zion is still arious curiously variously ly ill for several days and up to three days day a ago very few had any hopes of nis his recovery but the last three days day a there seems to be a slight improvement which gives some slight t in n coura gement he is however still seriously ill S W sears bears republican publican Be represents tive elect to the next territorial login liegis lature who met with a painful accident at his home friday morning by falling failing about seven feet striking on his bin right shoulder and injuring the ligaments was about town the next day with his arm in bandages and is doing as well as an can be expected the lury injury caused him intense pain and it will be some weeks before he will be himself again toselo thoele the great sheep wintering county to is covered with hundreds of flocks whose owners are patiently waiting for a good fall of snow that they might more safely venture out on to the big desert there to spend the winter months the sooner the snow now flies bien the better they will be suited as the ranges close to even for miles from every stream and spring are pretty nearly cleared off the food feed on n the desert beyond water is said to be fairly good and when snow comes the sheep men will be happy says an exchange when nauvoo was the mormons cormons Mor mons center it had a population of people it hate has little than 1200 11 1 now only a more yes yen it is too bad that the mormons cormons were not permitted to remain in nauvoo in the today it would be the metropolis of the state the location to is such that the city would have drawn attention from the wide world and people would have flocked here to look at the mormon city A sad mad sad mis take was made by the people of hancock county when they drove the mor mons out nauvoo rustler hustler on saturday last mr jno eskelsen Eske Eskel leeo seD of richmond aid his 14 year old son eon were getting wood out of the canyon above that place while they were bringing a log down the drag road it caught on a stump and the boy took his axe to chop or drive it loose the first blow the axe glanced and out the boys foot very severely he was brought to logan immediately when dr snow found it necessary to amputate tate the great too toe alq and take a number of stitches in the gash in the foot montpelier idaho post just juet as aa we go to press word comes to ue from bern over the river that on thursday night while david kunz was away from home his barn corrals and stables and two sets ot of harness together with his cheese house and all the apparatus and about worth of cheese were destroyed by fire there is no clue to the origin of the fire but mr kunz thinks it must have been purposely set fire to by some one as it is said the fire broke out all around the building at once the loss lose will amount to 1200 we have not heard whether there is any insurance on the property or not A L Wh itean ogden railway man was startled on monday night by hear ing the cry of an infant at his front door on opening the door there lay a child of three or four weeks old carefully wrapped up no one was met who could inform almas to how the babe came there mr white tenderly took up the little waif and bore it into the house bouse where it will no doubt receive good attention later on going to the door a bundle of clothing suitable for the little one oae was discovered the mother had bad evide evidently soon seen the cordial reception tendered the babe and had returned with the clothing PLEASANT utah nov 22 1898 0 F herron killed a young cinnamon bear in grove creek canyon here on saturday last mr herron found the animal in a cave or hole i in the mountains mountain and by means of a fire near the mouth of the den succeeded in smoking bruin out when the bear emerged from his lair the hunter sent a bullet through his neck killing him instantly toe the animal is a fine specimen of his bin kind his carcass will adorn one of the butcher shops in salt lake city A huge bear was killed at this same dena den a number of years ago by some wood choppers one of whom sent the blade of his ax through its skull as it emerged from the hole elder ezra J howell of fish haven bear lake county has just returned from a mission to tho the northern states he left home on A august agust of the present year and during his brief absence labored in green and crawford counties indiana he had bad been very sick however the entire time and on that account was honorably released to return home being quite unable to endure the trying climate elder howell states stake that he regrets this exceedingly i and relinquishes the duty which ha had been assigned to him with great reluctance he Is suffering from am s of the kidneys and will remain in salt lake for medical treatment for a few weeks before proceeding 7 to fish haven john H bowman late contractor upon the joint city and county building has filed his bis suit against salt lake Laka city and county in the he third district court he alleges that he has done work upon the building in the amount ot at and has only received the sum of fr the county leaving a balance due or and has received from the city leaving a balance due of for a second cause of action mr bowman alleges that he bw was damaged in the sum of by the failure of the city and county to fireproof the building and by delays caused him while the matter was under consideration hence he ha demanda fr judgment for a total sum of the town of goshen in the south end of utah county had the sabbath day rudely disturbed by a disastrous fire the news was received by H J grant co today in a brief telegram which stated price Broth brothers erV store burnea to the ground yesterday no particulars as to the cause of the fire or the loss occasioned are given the damage however must have been heavy as the firm arm carried insurance pl elicus icus amounting to co whether there to is any insurance elsewhere to is not known the ier divided as follows home insurance raum company of utah 2000 liverpool london and globe company compa firemans foremans Fi remans fund company of california 1000 mr wm price one of the firm was in town on saturday Batur day purchasing a bill of goods it will be a matter of surprise to the many friends oy or edward H thorn apson the well known stockman that he be tied died suddenly nud denly at the residence resia enoe of haw hl brother in law matt cullen at east fifth south street at 4 sunday afternoon while under the I 1 influence of chloroform and while undergoing der going an operation for uret urethra hrat I 1 stricture by drs plummer and ewing early lick in the stage of goi aoi cording to dr ewing the patient sud denly stopped breathing and his heart ceased to best beat vigorous attempt were made to restore him to consciousness by the means of artificial respiration but he soon died without ree recovering over sensibility mr thompson levee leaves al a wife and four children who are living near ilear grand junction interment wilt take place at beaver messenger hallett sayers of the rio grande western express was found dead in the baggage car ol of the braim wo ion arrived at ogden at I 1 bolock oo lock am nov 21 As the train pulled ink IM to the depot the ear car in which messenger sayers performed his work was not open this was something unusual so officer and night clerk congdon broke in the door when a ghastly sight eight mot met their view sayers was lying dead upon the oar floor his body still warm investigation showed that he had bad been shot in the region of the heart and that deaths must have resulted almost instant ane anely his work had been completed and papers arranged so that to one sona mus tomed to the work it was waa evident that the terrible accident for such it appears to have been had bad not happened many miles out of ogden it is ie believed that while the unfortunate nate man luau was putting some papers in the safe his own pistol dropped from his hie pocket and caused the fatal wound A park city correspondent writes that merchants report a picking up of business a little in all lines of trade and nd with the approach of the holidays they anticipate a very good trade rhe fhe mines will pay off here in the camp in a few days and this alone trade to a remarkable extent there appears to be DO letting up in the ore shipments as most all the teams team are busy at rushing ire re to the sampling mill and the shipments are especially heavy from the silver king which is coming to the front very rapidly no doubt that belore before long we will hear that this mine has declared a nice dividend the diver ver king sent two lots lota of tons tone each to the mingo during the week and the mayflower also sent a lot jot to the same flame place anchor ore la is still in demand by the pueblo smelters shelters sm elters and regular agular shipments are being made to them the daly and ontario are reported as being in fine shape for winters winter s work and their shipments ol of ore and bullion are steady as usual mrs mary M jones of plymouth luzerne county pennsylvania writes to a gentleman in this city requesting ta information formation regarding the whereabouts of oue one captain william phillips and family apart a part of whom at least are ed to be living somewhere in thie ithie territory mr phillips she says is her uncle and that he be left merthyr tydvil south wales about forty years ago go she believes however that he is in dead and that his widow married a nan named john roberts her name was manna hanna and if still living will be 64 years of age she was a sister of the writ writers erPs mother whose name was martha davies their maiden names were henderson mrs phillips or roberts was the mother of four sons none james thomas willian and moroni and one daughter whose name to is not given any person having information concerning any member of this family will confer a favor not only on them but on the writer at the address above given with the addition of being sent ent in oars care of david B richards P 0 43 box mauro E T martin and J J williams a couple of well known local painters Vain and mechanics have just invented an exceedingly novel and ingenious newspaper box to the reading public who receive their newspapers through the regular delivery system the invention will be especially valuable and will protect many a apor from being made useless by rain and nd snow before it can be taken into the house the box is made of light pine wood and aad to is large enough to hold three or fear papers folded in the ordinary manner or it to is a very simple contrivance nd laid everybody will wonder why some one did not think of it beare it to is perfectly weather tight and has a small torm storm door which swings to the inside mat the top through which the paper Is inserted by the carrier at the bottom of the box is a spring door which is easily opened for the purpose of taking the paper out on the 27 dinst in the third district court a petition for foreclosure was filed by the central trust company of new york against the utah central railway company and judge zane appointed in accordance with the petition james McGreg orand clarence gary cary recto receivers ivers of the defendants 2 property as described in the bill of complaint viz the railroad of be said company and the branches thereof with all the equipments and machi machinery nerv all the real and personal moneys rights derdits its effects and assets it was further ordered that the defendants officers and agents assign and deliver over to the receivers all equitable interests ter te books vouchers and other pipers apers concerning the management of such railroad and the defendants their officers and agents are enjoined and restrained from interference with the receivers and the property under their control the holders of the first mortgage bonds and the holders of the trust deed have sued owing to default in payment of interest november let 1892 and since that date the road has been in financial difficulties for several years there was a shocking accident at the rio grande coal chutes on sixth wet street saturday morning a few minutes before six oP and one which r resulted 6 in the death of william J lucey a member of the fort douglas band he was up at the fort at 10 last night nigh and tand had bad been drinking to a considerable extent soon after he be made his way to the city and it is thought passed the night in having a merry time the first heard of him however after leaving the post poet was when he was struck by an engine at the ibe time and place indicated the engine was under the management of harry newcomer who says that be was pulling out onto the track when a young man cried out that some one was under the wheels of the locomotive the statement proved to be too true as a when the engine was stopped the body of a man was plainly seen beneath it though it was scarcely daylight assistance was summoned and the great engine by the skid aid of J jack aak screws lifted from his big body which was completely severed above the hips while his bis entrails were strung along the rails death of course was wag almost instantaneous tane ous there was a terrific locomotive and street railway car collision at the intersection ter of south temple and fifth west streets sunday morning at 10 o between a salt bait lake city street railway car and a rio grande wes tern switch engine the one under which lucy the unfortunate soldier musician met his death on saturday morning the victims in this instance were councilman rich bloh mr and mrs and albert wander it appears that oar car no 25 on the first south and agricultural park route was going on fifth west street on it were the persons as passengers whose names are riven given above with the addition of a child of mr and mrs the car was slowed up or stopped near south tempie temple to allow the conductor thomas davis davie to get off and look up and down the railroad track before attempting to cross it he saw that a rio bio grande switch engine was bowling along towards them at a lively rate and immediately signalled signal led to the be motorman warning him of the approach of the train the current was reversed a aid id every endeavor made to get out of the way but the rails were wet and the car remained almost stationary then an effort wase was made to cross the track ahead of the engine and the car was probably two thiron of the way over when it wass was struck by the locomotive when it was seen that a collision was inevitable there was a general scramble to get out of the oar car mr rich in attempting to assist mrs mm was caught himself and badly injured 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