| Show j UTAH NEV NEWS Fire destroyed the E. E N Jenkins piano factory at at Salt Lake City last week entailing a loss 1058 of 2000 As S the result of a fall from a 12 foot ladder on December bringing on brain fever John Burton Durton janitor of the Salt Lake herald is dead The Western Union Telegraph company company company com com- pany will establish a messenger service service service ser ser- ser ser- vice in Salt Lake City and may establish establish lish a telephone system later Carbon county's sheriff and county attorney fired a dozen shots at each other at close range rang without effect An Anold Anold Anold old grudge is responsible for it it A jury has awarded Mrs Stev Stevens ns of Sandy 2000 for the death of her husband husband husband hus hus- band who was killed by an Oregon I Short Line engine three years ago J p The Ogden Electric Street Railway 1 t company presented has a bid to the j i city of Ogden to light the streets of that city at per per la lamp mp per month I Senator Stewart of Nevada while in Salt Lake last week stated that bimetallists bimetallists bi bi- in the senate had ad no hope that anything for fur silver will be done by the administration Governor Wells has appointed Mau Maurice Maui rice King Parsons a delegate from the state of Utah to the National Stock- Stock growers growers' convention to be held in Denver on January 2527 27 1808 1898 There Ther are prospects of a very large yield of wheat this season in Davis county The is perhaps greater than ever before and farmers generally generally gener gener- ally are anticipating a prosperous season in 1898 William Lewis the deputy ex-deputy ex sheriff who shot and killed Jam James s A A. A Gier at Sandy in 1892 has been acquitted on a plea of insanity He lIe has been an inmate inmate inmate in in- mate of the State asylum almost ever since the killing was done Mayor Glendenning of Salt Lake and Mayor Spencer of Ogden were formal formally presented to Mayor Van Wyck of Greater New York on on New Years Year's day on which occasion they were afforded afforded afforded af af- af- af forded of seeing and hearing aring everything Manager Cutler of the Lehi Sugar factory David Eccles of Ogden and other Utah capitalists have decided to erect a sugar factory at L La Grande Oregon Mr Cutler has secured an anop- anop option op tion on a piece of land there and may take some experienced beet growers along with him An operation was successfully performed performed performed per per- formed at the Holy Cross hospital at Salt Lake Dec 29 of removing a 0 ladys lady's steel hair pin from the stomach of little Ida Wilcox who resides at Riverdale Riverdale Riverdale Riv- Riv near Preston Ida The operation operation operation opera opera- tion consisted in the opening of the stomach The pin had been in the stomach for some time as shown by bythe bythe bythe the fact that the steel was was corroded and was vas broken in three pieces Some Home months since the announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment was published that petroleum springs had been found in Great Salt Lake near Promontory several locations locations locations loca loca- were made and assessment work has been done on some of them Geor George e Payne of Syracuse was the discoverer discoverer dis dis- dis I coverer and has some of the best claims which be he intends to develop next nest spring The State Historical society of Utah has been organized and i its s first officers elected as follows Franklin D. D Richards Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards president Isabel Cameron Cameron- Brown Drown vice president Jerrold R. R Letcher Letcher Letcher Let- Let cher recording secretary James T. T Hammond corresponding secretary Lewis S. S Hills Dills treasurer Antoinette B. B Kinney librarian Geo W. W Tha Thatcher Thatch Thatch- h- h er for Joseph Geoghegan Lewis W W. Shurtliff Joseph T. T Kingsbury Electa Eleeta Bullock Dullock John T. T Caine Robert 0 O. Lund Charles C. C Goodwin and Henry W. W Lawrence ex executive committee While Claude Gulick the y 10 year 10 r old son of W. W D. D Gulick of the Provo Steam laundry and Frankie Frankle the year 8 old son of Dr McCurtain were playing at atthe atthe atthe the home on Dec 30 a Winchester Winches Winches- ter rifle which had stood in a cornet corned of the room was in some manner discharged discharged discharged dis dis- dis- dis charged the bullet entering the breast of Claude killing him almost instant instant- ly Frankie McCurtain says the gun fell from the washstand and went off though the position of the wound and range of the bullet make it to see how how the weapon was discharged from the floor A year 3 old brother of Frankie who was in the room said Frankie shot Clande Claude The verdict of the inquest was accidental death The parents of both boys are nearly distracted The Jordan River Electric company has has changed its its its- name i t to Salt Lake Lake City Water and Electric Power company com com- company pany and aurl increased its capital stock to This i is the company that proposes to transmit power ver to Din Bingham Binge Bing ham and U r ur |
