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Show I STATE NEWS Gathered from Various Sources H and Condensed, B Cilizona of Morcur have organized a B 'brnss band which they intend to make H ono of tho finest in tlio stnte. , H The Sixteenth regiment, formerly H (Stationed at Salt Lake, hat) been tent to H Huntsville, Ala. H Fifteen now recruits arrived at Fort H 'Douglas ono day last week. They will H till up the ranks thinned out by tho H- -Spanish bullets hoforo Santiago. H Tho contract for haulinc the Twenty- H fourth infantry homo was awarded to H Die Vest Shorn, the Rock Island, the H .Union Fucific and tho Short Line. B Tho first presidency of the Mormon. H -church unless something now unforeseen H provonts, will visit the Omaha (xpoai- H lion about tho 18th or 20th of this H month, just as soon as tho business, B which will necessarily bo croated by the B assembling of tho conference, has been R -disposed of. H.; 0. II. Hewlett and Gus Anderson had H a thrilling oxporienco near tho Summit H on tho Utah Central. Thoy wero on H their way to Salt Lake, having driven H from Vernal, and when within 100 yards H of tho summit the train from Park City B rounded a curve just as they wero about B to cross tho track a short distance from B the approaching train. Anderson H jumped from the wagon, while Hewlett BB whipped tho team and got across just in B 4ime to escape being hit. 1 ( George L. Nye, of Halt Lake, has been H appointed supremo court reporter to All m $ tho vacancy caused by the resignation B of John M. Tanner. H Thoro are about 500 poll taxdelin- B quents in Salt Lake, and the clerk of the BBJ street department is preparing to sue BBJ them for tho amounts due. H Nephi Packard, the Springvllle nur- H seryman, is exhibiting a peach which BH measure! 11 inches in circumferonco H and weighs 11 onnces. it 1b a nw H variety wh'ioh he has originated alter H fleveral years of experimenting. Ho H iias given! it the name of "Utah B Quetn." BH A Provo lann haB received an aligator BBR from an admiring friend in Jackson- B Arille, Fla. , and will place the reptilo in BBB Utah lake, This may cause the yoong H boys of Prcjvo to steer clear of tho lake, BBb during tho .bathing season at least. H "Walter LAtt of Eureka, while working K on a well, fell u distance of 50 feet. He k , " "Wfis bi-oughtto the Burface in an un- BBB conscious condition and remained in B that stato for oyer an hour. Outside of B a few bruises tlio young man . was np- BBpB cjiftTontly uninjured. B The tunnel being driven in the de B - velopmont of the Aurora claim in tho BBVB . Horao Heaven country nbovo Marys vale, B is now in a distanco of 825 feet, and it is BBH -stated that tho formation is now very B . favorable for ore, as quartz and talc is BBVB coming in. Men of means are looking B ..at tho Eagle, in tho same locality, with B ktho view of buying, B Tho Horn Silver Mining company H haB paid its regular quarterly dividend B of $20 000. A new feature connected B with tho operation of the Horn Silver H 3b that it Ib now making occasional B carload shipments of oro which carries H copper values running 25 per cent and K over to the ton, whilo the minoral also B runB well in gold, silver and load. B Twenty bars of ore averaging -10 to 45 B per ce.it lead and 150 ounces silver, B arrived at the smelter in Salt Lake one H lay last weeK from the Utah mine. Tho B machinery lately ordered bar arrived, B and will be put up as soon us possible. B The Ophir, in Statcline district, is H being worked with nn increased force, B .and tho property is reported to be in a B moat promising condition. The last B -shipment of oro from tho Ophir brought H About $300 to tho ton in the Salt Lake |