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Show S. L. Herald While driving from Lehi to this city, James Fox met with a peculiar accident near the point of the mountain. He was bringing a load of bay for Bar'ow Ferguson and the continued rubbing of one ot the wheels on the hay caused a blaza which consumed con-sumed the entire load and the wagon as well. Mr. Fox cut the horses loose as Boon as he discovered the fire, but saved nothing else of the outfit. It seems that Sheriff Brown has been in possession for several days of a sackful of counterfeit coins found concealed con-cealed near Provo. Pursuing his usual us-ual course, he has refused to give the news item to the local papers and now it is all published by the Salt Lake Herald and the local papers are once again "scooped." The sheriff's idea in keeping the find quiet was that he hoped to catch the counterfeiters whom he expected would come after their com; he Das had the places where it was cached carefully watched. They have not shown up and he expects that now the papers have it they will not show up and will never be caught. Each and every merchant in the city was notified by the sheriff and cautioned cau-tioned to be on the lookout tor the Spurious stuff and asked to keep quiet about it until after the men passing it had been arrested. The staff waa first found near Spriogville on Monday. On Tuesday another lot was found near Proyo, tie whole amounting to about $00 00 in half dollars and five dollar pieces. Certain Salt Lake officials were spoken to by Sheriff Brown about tne find. Some of them undoubtedly have been guilty of breaking confidence with Brown and he says he will be more mum hereafter with Salt Lake's open-mouthed officials. A transcient was seen this afternoon after-noon emerging from the cellar of the Co-op. carrying in a sack a caddie of Horse Shoe tobacco that he had Stolen Clerk Gee yelled at the fellow and he dropped his wad and run. He was not captured. A muskrat which found his way this afternoon into the water ditch at the bank corner on J street and was there caught by a dog, furnished considerable con-siderable amusement for the people on the street. The animal was captured and deposed of his skin. |