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Show , UTAH NEWS. P The prosldcnthas tissued a proela- B matlon setting asido the Fish lalco Hj forestry reserve, consisting of 109,020 He acres. HI The soldiers at Fort Duchesno aro HJ being paid this month with checks sent H out by the quartermaster's depart- H ment. H The Utah volunteers In Manila arc H not so anxious to bo discharged now H that nctlvo operations against the Fll- plnos hare begun, The city council of Salt Lako Is con- stdcrlng tho proposition of compelling H fortune-tellers and clairvoyants to pay H a license of 8100 a year. B Ellas II. Parsons of Salt Lake has B been appointed a special army Inspcc- tor and will proceed to Inspect unscr-H unscr-H vlcoable quartermasters' properly. m Cattlemen aro busily buying up all IB looso stock around Clrclcvlllc, nnd ono wonders what will bo loft aftor they get through. Cattlo are not so high as a year ago. B Senator Rawlins' bill providing an I appropriation for a public building at 1 Salt Lako City will probably receive I tho favorable attention of tho national houso of representatives In a fow days. I The secretary of war has discharged "n Second Lieutenant Orrtn IC Grow, j Utah volunteers, light artlllory, from 'jj tho service of tho United States, to tako effect March IS, tho data of the expiration of his sick leave of absence. Judge Hlles has overruled tho motion of Addison II. Jones to quash the In-formation In-formation charging him with attempting attempt-ing to murder Joseph M. Stoutt on December 0, 1808, at Salt Lake City, and Mr. Jones will be tried In the near future. A salt bed has bcon discovered near " Gunnison, and tho owner will com mence at once to develop his tlnd. Tho find Is along tho same belt as tho Sallna and Willow creek salt beds, but is tho nearest to tho railroad of any salt In Utah. Senator Rawlins has presented in tho senate tho memorials of tho Utah statu legislature favoring tho passago of tho Wolcott bill, creating a new i judicial district of tho states of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and Montana. Mon-tana. r President McKlnley has granted a commutation of two years- of tho sentence, of Richard II. Cabell, who was convicted In Utah in 1808 of embezzling em-bezzling nearly 310,000 of government I money and sentenced to four years imprisonment. Hank clearings In Salt Lake during tho week ending Thurday February 23, as reported to llradstroct's, show an Increase, In-crease, as compared with tho corresponding corres-ponding week last j ear, of 35. 1 per cent. Hut six cities In the United States exceed ex-ceed this gain. The farmers of Clrclevlllo aro becoming becom-ing approhenslvo of a dry season for futuro crops, that section having had no snow thus far this season. Tho temperature has bcon so pleasant for some time that many havo commenced I spring ploughing. Tho city council of Sprlngvlllo has declined a franchlso to a local elcetrlo light company, declaring that thoy bellove In the mnnlcipal ownership of an electric power plant, and will endeavor to havo tho city put in an electric light plant. The Utah & Paclfla Is now about forty-Qvo miles out from Mllford. This leaves but thirty miles tq be constructed to reach tho proposed terminus at the atato line. At tho slow rato of one-half one-half mile a day the road could be completed com-pleted by May 1st easily. Frank Mcllrldc, ox-asslstnnt postmaster post-master at Salt Lako City, who was convicted several months ago of embezzling em-bezzling government funds from tho poslollice and sentenced to eight years In tho penitentiary has been granted his freedom pending tho decision on .l.V, Ills appeal. , Klwlnllorcn,nnlnmatoof tho county x Jail at Pro'vo, camo near losing his llfo last week by ptomaine poisoning, he having eaten some meat that had been cooked for some time and that had evidently evi-dently become decomposed. Prompt notion upon tho part of the attending physician saved his life. The countj attorney of Rich county addressed tho attorney-general asking if ordinances passed by the county oourt of Rich county prior to statehood , licensing merchant, aro still valid. Tho answer was, that it properly passed in tho first instanco and not alnco repealed, thoy aro still binding. The Mt. Nebo Creamery company lias been incorporated with a capital stock of 82,500 In shares of 85 each. Tho objeet of the company is to carry on u general manufacture of butter and cheese. Tho principal place of business Is Mona, In Juab county. Leandor Amlcrbon, who was serving a sentenco in tho Moab jail, succeeded In regaining his liberty last week by the judicious use of a hammer, a case knlfo and a tstove poker. After he made his escapo ho stole a horso and has not slnco been heard from. It is reported that a number of cattle, principally young stock, have recently v died at Vernal from vyliut Is supposed to be blackleg. Ono prominent stock- man is said to have lost twenty-live head In the last few vvecks and many others have lost heavily. |