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Show H STATE -HEWS' m Gathered from Various Sources m and Condensed, H Tho Provo city council has passed an H ordinance providing for tho collection of H poll tax from residents within tho B corporrto limits by tho street supervisor. H This lux lina heretofore been fcolleeted B by tho county road supervisor , H A fino looking sample of leaf tobacco H grown by Sernino Oonrnd in on exbi- H bitfon at Scutt's barber shop. Tho B chtaracter of tho sample demonstrate8 H tho favorable character of the soil hrsre- H abouta for tobacco culture and should H open a new field of industry in Utah H county. Utah County Democrat. B Tho following from the Sanpete Dera- B -ocrat is evidence of the scarcity ami H consequent high price of sheep in the B county: A gentleman from Montrone, B Colorado, lies been in tho city this week B for tho purpose of purchasing 500 ewes. B Ha informs us that after looking the B whole county over he will return villi- B out making a purchase. Tho stock is B held at too high a price. B Denver dealers in sheep supplies are B now handling Utah sulphur for sheep dip and buyers like it very much. Tho B war cut ofFtho import ol Italian sulphur B which was classed as contrabrand of K war, and this made an opening for tho H Mormon goods. B There was a shocking accident which B resulted in a. fatality ut the Manning H switch on tho, Salt Lake & Mercur rail- H' road Thursday night, when Alfred Clau- K- sen, in employ of the Mercur mill was WWw' run over and mangled to death. His H body waa horribly mutilated and was H picked up and removed to Mercur pre- H paratory to the holding of an inquest B .Jind. preparation for burial beloro being K ' forwarded to Alma, Nebraska, former H home of tho deceased. Clauson was LW recently married and was a b"rother-in- H Jaw of Philip Dern of Manning, B It is announced that a road from Ce- B lar City to Sulphur Springs 35 or 40 B inilea in length, is in course of con- B Icuiplation, will be built soon. B Salt Lake papers report that Con- B- ferqneo aild Eisteddfod visitors from B outside' towns spent $100,000 in the W capltarcity during last week. What a kkkkV yfa B commentary on tho boasted Utah K principle of "patronizing home and t home industry!" If Provo's proportion m of that amount wero spent with'our B local Merchants, what a change it l would make in tho character of local merchants! We are constrained to H believe that there is very little real H meaning in the oft-repeated phrase in B regard to Utah towns and their home H industries, or else tho people of Utah H use a peculiarly colored species of H spectacles. Provo Democrat. H Thomas P. Page's store at Riverton H was broken into about 12 o'clock on H Tuesday night and $5 in cash and some H cartridges stolon. Tlie thieves entered H through the rear door and after looking H over the establishment went upstairs B and entered the sleeping apartment of B Mr. Pago's boy. One of the burglars B struck a match, which awakened young B .Pago, and then they fled. The burglary R was reported to Sheriff Lewis of Salt B Luke Wednesday evening, and he went H lorvn and arrested two suspects. As the, boy could not identify either of H them, they were turned 'loose. No B t further arrests have beon made. |