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Show UTAH NEWS. f There has been nn epidemic, of bron- Jchltls at Oasis, occasioned by the recent re-cent severe weather. J Thoclllz-nsof Spring City have de- i elded to build n new school house which will cost, when completed, 810,000. I Tho appointment of II. I. My ton, I Indian agent of the Uintah and Ouray J agency In Utah, has lvcn conQrmod by the senate. S Frank Hurt, a railroad contractor of Sprlngvllle, has secured the contract . . ; for making a chango of roadbed for the ' Illo Grando Western at the mouth of , Spanish fork canyon. i i A largo number of cattlo ore being j. shipped out from Gunnison now. Ono man sent out twenty cars last week, ! . and during tho past ten days has pur-i pur-i chased 1,500 head for shipment. 1 The Chinese of Salt Lake celebrated Chinese new year last week In their own peculiar fashion, much to tho en--,, Joyment of the small boys. Ono Arm J burned 5300 worth of Are works. Agents of the Ilio Grande Western ) Hallway company nre at work trying j f to get options for a right of way -3V" through tho land of tho formers be- i tween Provo and tho mouth of Provo j 'I canyon. $j 1 Thcro is a greater quantity of snow 1 In the mountains at present than has jj,jl been known for years past. This , 4 means an unlimited supply of water , , next summer and bounteous crops for "9 this season. i: , Stato Superintendent l'arkissondlng px to county superintendents throughout the state, blanks for principals' annual reports, recently printed. The county superintendents will distribute these among the schools. Governor Wells is In receipt of a lottcr from Quartermaster -General Ludlngton of tho war department, in ' which he states that tho bodies of tho ! i Utah soldiers who lost their lives in i . ; Manila will be brought to Utah for Interment. f 5 llennor X. Smith, late first lieutenant :' ' in the Utah cavalry, has rcturnod from p -- a trip to Honolulu, wheroho went after l' t his troop was mustered out. lie states I; that company K, of tho engineers, at j, Honolulu, is in good condition, very ji ' little sickness prevailing. 1 1 James Campbell and Joseph Fergu-1 . f son came near losing their lives at' tho Eurcka-HIll mine last week. They . r - " "liad come up to tho 400-foot level and f requested to bo lowered to the 1,300- ' foot level, lly some misunderstanding ', tho chairs were left out on tho 300-foot level, and tho cage was dropped on ' . them. A monument to tho memory of John Morgan, who was for so long president j of tho .southern states mission, will Boon bo erected In Salt Lake City. , Those having the work in haud aro T , II. H. Itobcrts, Joseph O. Kimball, Wll- Ham Spry, Eltas S. Kimball and Hen 1 E. Rich, all of whom at one tlmo labored la-bored under Mr. Morgan. ! '' Several more canvassers will bo put aii to work by the Salt Lako City salt palace promoters tho present week. ; Illustrated prospectuses will soon bo ,',' ready for distribution, aud attractive , cards will ulbo be sent out in a fow tj'i days. Interest in tho success of tho "rt palaca is growing dally, and tho ereo- 1 tlon of the pnlaco is now an assured &1 fact. IS ' There Is In tho Salt Lake county jail f.-jj a very peculiar prisoner. His namo is 1 Joseph Shannon, and ho weighs S00 0 pounds. While ho cats as much as four ordinary men, he constantly declares de-clares ho Is starving, and declares ho will suo the jailor for damages for attempting at-tempting to starve him to death. He also accuses tho United States government govern-ment of being responsible for his condition. con-dition. I Edwin M. East, who formerly lived ' In Salt Lake, and who will be remera- i bcrcd as tho man who slept In n Main street window under hypnotlo tnflu- f ence, has sued a Chicago Arm, by whom ho was formerly employed, for 325,000 ' damages. East was engaged to make a mid-air Blhle on a wire, holding a I suspended strap in his teeth. Tho L , wire broke and East foil to tho ground g knocking out nearly all his teeth. lie r claims by tho accident his occupation fe,' is gono, and ho demands payment for k his loss. Tj C. L. Hawloy, formerly a member of If flattery C, Utah volunteers, was picked Si. upon the streets of San Francisco in an Ik unconscious condition, he having been IE beaten aud robbed by footpads. He 15 will in all probability recover from his B ; n juries. The near approach of tho gladsome 0 spring time is causing tho baso ball a i enthusiasts to bti heard from. In all 1 probability a stato league will bo j formed this season in which Salt Lako, I Ogdcn, 1'rovo, Pork City and other I i towns will participate. i Attorney-General lllshop has ren- 1 dcred a decision that It is necessary J ; for county ofllccrs to placo revenue 1 Btamps on their ofllolal bonds, as a falluro to do so might render the parties liable to tho penalty imposed , by tho terms of tho rovenuo law. Ii Etnor Hucterstrotn, a janitor at tho university, Salt Lako City, while cleaning clean-ing windows on the third floor of the building, fell to the ground, a distance i J. of thirty feet, breaking a leg and wrist and receiving other severe, though not necessarily fatal injuries. f t |