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Show Budge and Shepard in Accident Horses Run Away at Richmond; the City Council's Doings; Child's Death. RICHMOND, May 9.-Judge Hudge and J. I Shcphard hadjan rxuitlng experience ex-perience last week which they will not forget for so mo time, and wilt not want repeated soon. The two gentlemen gen-tlemen were up Muddy Cain on looking look-ing over the country fur a better pole route for their electric light system. On attempting to descend a very steep hill the brakes on their buggy failed to work properly, theteby causing the buggy to crowd on their horses. Tills filghtcned them and they ran away. Mr. Shcphard showed his usual grit and held onto the lines even after the outtlt had reached the bottom of the hilt and turned over, thiowlug both of them violently to the ground. Judge Hudge received a bruised and skinned leg, while Mr. Shcphard's chest, back and head suffered. The buggy received receiv-ed a broken tongue, the dashboard was kicked to pieces and theic were other minor breaks. The City Council. The city council met In their regular monthly meeting Monday night with MayorFunk presiding, and all coun-oilmen coun-oilmen present except Mr Robinson, wtio was at home 111. A lengthy session ses-sion was held, it being after midnight when adjournment was made. Hills to the amount of over $.100 were allowed. The petition of T. II. Merrill, Fred Chrlslensen, and Hobt Weob. asking for an extension of tho city water mains to their places, was granted, and thcv will get the water at once. The petition asking that the street south of Wm. Haln's be not widened was rejected nnd the council ordered fences to be moved back to the decided decid-ed line. P. N. Nelson brought the attention of the council to the necessity of repairing re-pairing Main street to tho depot The street supervisor was instructed to get out the street levelcr and tlx the street The cemeteiy lots adjustment and pirns was brought up again. Sexton Nelson showed where lots were that were not claimed and were unknown, Referred for further attention The committee appointed to investigate invest-igate tho propriety of the city buying up the three ptlvate water systems reported re-ported that the companies had not yet held a conjoint meeting and nothing no-thing could be done regarding this impoitaut matter just at present. The marshal was given instructions to keep cattle from pasturing on the streets -Tho cleaning of ditches was brought up and the council will instruct in-struct all property owners to clean their ditches Tho largo liberty polo which lias decorated the intersection of Main and State streets for so many years and which has paused many a runaway and told us of National events, etc., etc., will now be removed. The major was Instructed to have the pole removed from its present conspicuous site and to 11 nd a new one for it. On Investigation, the bridges near Win. Hope's and Tlios. Mooic's were found beyond repair, and new ones will, bo built there. The two new ones near Lewis's aic looking line and arc a credit to that part of the city. The question of llxlngup the deeds for tho new gravel pit was given considerable con-siderable discussion Sexton Tv'clson and the council could not agree on a price, hence tho matter was finally referred to the street committee, Adjournment was taken foi one month A Sad Death. Ononia, one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Will T. Lewis was burled In the cemetery here Sunday. The little one died in Preston last Wednesday.of pneumonia, at the home or her grandmother, Mis Whitehead, and was brought here for burial Tills case was made doubly sad oii account of tho little one's father not being present and not knowing anything about his little one's death Mr. Lewis Lew-is is a son of William II. Lewis, Is In San Francisco, and no word lias reached him. In fact, his mother has just received a letter today dated San Francisco, April 25, In answer to her letter to him of April 22nd, thus showing show-ing tho great delay of malls from that city since the earthquake The Old Story. A certain gentleman from this town was a passenger to Logan not long since. Ho had not been on the train long before a poor looking person sat down in the same seat with him and put up quite a talc about wanting to sell him a pair of spectacles, the prlco being $7. It would not work, however, how-ever, and the peddler got up and tried some ono else. He came back and offered of-fered tlio glasses for $5, but the Richmond Rich-mond man was wise and said "No". The peddler again went away but returned re-turned with -a still lower price, and this ho kept up until our friend, so he says, In order to get rid of the vendor, paid him 05 cents and took the glasses. Ho may have got a bargain, especially so If those spectacles were worth the original price asked. Six days after this purchase our Richmond friend had to buy a new frame, tils bargain having broken In two He ware of these kinds of peddlers, and if you are In need of glasses get your eyes properly tested and make jour purchase pur-chase from a reliable dealer who will always guarantee his word and goods General Items. According to a tolcgram received by (Continued on page 8) |