Show UTAH STATE NEWS utah has one of the most cons ous exhibits at the louisiana pur chase exposition at st louis joseph boane who has seen on trial at manti for the murder of M empey at moab was acquitted by a mt pleasant is threatened with an epidemic of smallpox numerous basea being reported and exposures without number having been made danny davis an ogden boy was thrown from a horse under a street car and his arm was so badly crushed that amputation will be necessary company A utah national guard Is to erect an armory at nephi which will cost 6 tl e structure will be feet and constructed afi brick As a result of the reckless handling of a loaded p stol in the hands of jo seph andersen peter andersen of spring city was accidentally shot in the foot it Is reported that a number of counterfeit 10 bills have been cincu about ogden A certain shover of the queer from california is sus pecked of the work ogden merchants have signed an agreement to do away with trading stamps which have been a feature to be reckoned with in the retail trade of the city for more than a year while the mineral exhibits at the st louis exposition of other states in the west may have a greater in value utah leads them all in the character and extent of her ex hibit about 40 sheep have been shorn in sanpete county the estimated weight of the clip is placed at six and one half to seven pounds per head with prices ranging from 13 centa to 14 cents per pound mrs may burns of salt lake city becoming despondent ovet business reverses attempted su cide tal ing about fifty grains of morphine but the prompt arrival of medical assistance saved the woman s life the body of richard bassett who was drowned at hami ton bridge near collingston collinston Col linston may 9 was ered at deweyville Dewe his depnew victor bassett drowned at ane same time Is still in bear river mrs al blood who lived on lost creek is dead under circumstances that would indicate suicide mrs blood had threatened to end her life and it Is believed she took a dose of strychnine with that intent counting some straggling herds from the carowan parowan country which were shorn at allford in beaver county it Is safe to say that the number of sheep from iron county shorn this season will approximate head what seems to be an epidemic Is prevalent among the children of spring city some older persons are also astaci ed with the disease the symptoms of the disease are attended with a high fever and severe cough ing tho coal display made by utah at the st louis exposition contains a single piece of coal which weighs many hundred pounds its size is what attracts attention the same bolds true relative to utah s marble stone and granite exhibits one dollar silver certificates raised to 10 by means cf a paster bearing the figures 10 are said to be in cir cul atlon in salt lake they are a poor imitation of the genuine but it is be lieveld a number ot them have been passed amasa M chayton the cache county deputy treasurer who was convicted of embezzlement has been sentenced to eighteen months in the ithary chayton was convicted ot em bezz ling moneys cf the county to the amount of crop conditions are favorable in sanpete this season the recent etoris and cold weather have held the snow back in the mountains thereby insuring a good supply of water for irrigation later in the season grain never looked better at this time of tho year nephi was by one of the worst electrical storms on the that has ever been experienced in this locality thomas bowles with his horse and buggy was and the horse instantly killed mr bowles luckily was only stunned and will re cover state superintendent of public in nelson Is sending out notices to all school trustees through out the state to the effect that they can attend the annual state normal summer institute at the university for nothing it opens june 6 and con finues until june 18 garland is growing rapidly and new families are moving in dally the sugar company has built twenty cot which it is selling to its em at but a little above cost on longtime installments around each cottage the company has also planted a small orchard and shade trees A peculiar mineral has been dincov ered near modena which exhibits a va of colors it has the appearance of being a blending of rare metals As sayers are unable to decide just what to term it as it carries a little of everything apparently but not enough of anything to be of value the tent caterpillar cater piller has again become a serious pest in sevier county already the fruit trees are loaded with bunches of the insects in some places they are more numerous than they were last year in monroe and glenwood especially the caterpillars did considerable harm to fruit trees |