Show UTAH STATE NEWS the recent storm in utah equalled equal led one fourth the annual precipitation there was in the state treasury on may 1 03 87 against 03 april 1 after being clear of the disease for several weeks cpr naville has another case of smallpox since the heavy rain two weeks ago great salt lake has been rising at the rate of about an inch a day edward F munn is suing the short line at salt lake for for the loss of a finger while work ng for defend ant in salt lake county alone more than head of sheep perished in the storm which began may i they had recently been sheared and chilled easily the salt lake tabernacle organ has been completed and turned over to the church authorities its builders un hesitatingly pronounce it the finest in existence E J charged with attempt ing to blackmail benator kearns has filed a plea in abatement at omaha that the indictment gives the name of wolters instead of wolter the gardo house built by bangham young and one of salt lake a points of interest to tourists has been sold to mrs susan emery the con elde ration being near the state encampment of the G A R was held at salt lake tuesday in stal lation of officers a musical and el program a nice lunch and reminiscences were interesting fa tures charles brown member of the twenty second ward choir of sail lake recently arrested charged with obscene conduct toward little girls was convicted and sentenced to sixty days on the rock pile prank W hills has res ened as au aitor of the short line railroad to ac capt the position of comptroller of the american smelting refining corn pany otherwise the smelting trust with headquarters at new york utah will have an exhibit at the boise mining congress it will be collected by the salt lake mining ex change inal will be as creditable and representative a collection as it Is pos sible for that body to get together the 50 damage suit of charles A mace against jesse knight son for damages sustained in the humbug mine which has been tried twice with a verdict for each side has been corn promised the plaintiff receiving martin Whip fler met with an acci dent at the annie laurie mill gold mountain district his foot slipped into the cogs of the gear and he was drawn in and his legs crushed up to his thighs he died after three hours suffering the mater al to be used in the oak land cal public building is utah gray sandstone the building will be a handsome one and a permanent testimonial to the excellence of utah s building stone and may result in its use in other structures herbert L swift of the chicago packing firm says packing houses will be established in utah to supply the mountain country so soon as rail roads are built to assure equitable freight rates there is not sufficient competition at present A park city train crashed into a team on eleventh east street salt lake city thursday of last week the team being killed and the occupants ot the vehicle a couple of boys being bt d shaken their escape from death beang a very narrow one at the recent meeting of the genera board of the deseret bunday achoo association president snow was made president to succeed george Q cannon and george reynolds was made first assistant general superintendent to succeed the late karl G maeser the assessment for salt lake counte for the current year shows a total ol 01 39 against 36 for last year a gain of 3 this does not include railroads telegraphs tele phones streetcars transportation corn daniea and net proceeds of mines the state board of corrections has advanced the salaries of the state prison officers the warden will re ceide per month deputy warden and clerk guards 65 and new guards 55 for first half year 60 for following half then to receive full pay the will of the late geo Q cannon has been filed for probate and greater accumulations than estimated after making provisions for his wivel and other email bequests it is esti mated there will be near to bt turned over to the cannon association secretary of the state board of horticulture warns that the tent caterpillar has reappeared in beveral sections of the state they may be killed by spraying with pana green until they are four days old they multiply rapidly william tippetts a resident of richmond cache county employed as foreman of the grading outfit of W hunt who has a contract on the sal mon river road WAS knocked down by an engine in the pocatello yards the ath sustaining ver serious injuries work on the gar factory at logan is progressing rap adly the greater part of the foundation having been corn plated the steel superstructure it ie expected will be in place by the end of the week cars are being run on the new track to the factory SUA |