| Show PLUVIAL the lato heavy rains that have fallen have scarcely a parallel for the tile tune time of year iu in the history of utah throughout the tile greater portion of the southern part odthe of the territory soaking showers have fallen within tho tile last few days on monday the downpour was so dense between provo and pleasant grove that a person could scarcely see illan hirough it for a greater distance than a few rods so we leam from I a gentleman who traveled through that locality on the train on that day on monday blonda y night the downfall extended to frisco but how dow far f ar beyond we are not informed yesterday there was an extraordinary rain at salt lake it continued most of odthe the day and probably extended more or less over nearly th tha whole of the territory being probably as its light m in ogden as any where within the tile compass of the tile storm it prevailed all over cache ays valley in fact our town and vici vicinity rity it arrears were tho the driest part p of a large area of country yesterday in some respects the result of this unprecedented moisture forthe season will be somewhat damaging ing i imperfectly stacked hay bay will be saturated by the water running down through the heaps in which mould will bo be generated vested grain will also suffer to some degree but not the extent that some people suppose as the moisture will evaporate rapidly under tho the action of the rays of bf an august sun which again shows liis his radiant face in customary splendor after a brief obscurity ity there is a better side to every situation aa As the almost phenomenal showers have done some damage so have they brought much benefit it growing corn sugar cane and lucern will be improved by the advent of so much humidity but the most welcome ear effect act of all ia is tho the subjugation of tho the intense heat which had bad prevailed so long that largo large numbers of people w were ere being brought down by prostrating pro ailments common to the heated term today to day the air especially in the fore forepart part has been mild balmy and grateful to the senses such a pleasant spell gives semi exI exhausted lAusted human physical nature an opportunity to recuperate and refresh doubtless many invalids feel revived and encouraged there are few things if any that are more eagerly Z welcomed by a comm community unity than an increase of the general health with a corresponding diminution of mortality if thia this bean be an effect of the raina rains what material damage may have been done must sink to insignificance comp compared ared with so great a blessing HAS iras adopted the chicago al system of telephonic sentry boxes for the police department r the boxes are connected by vires wires with the station houses and the patrolmen are required to communicate with the captain or sergeant at brief intervals from different boxes thus the supervision usually performed by rounds men becomes a matter of mechanical certainty and there is little chance for shirking the wires are also of great utility in sending out hurried orders and in calling for assistance r I lw vw tion to convey officers quickly in answer to a summons A WOMAN who had bad passed middle dle age of manchester E england lately committed suicide with a singular disregard for physical suffering she poured pa oil over her head and when it had run down upon and saturated her clothing she set fire to it the injuries she sustained resulted in her death ea th in a very few minutes this case lias has only been equalled equal led lea in recent times by a gloucester gentleman who built a funeral pyre in the yard of his aliouse louse and having set fire to it mounted to the tile top and a nd there awaited his end which soon came THE tun BATHING business at lake point received a sudden check yesterday on tuesday evening it took five cars to take the amphibious phi bious crowd homo home to salt lake city yesterday the visitors to the saline deep numbered ten individuals shower baths were the order odthe of the day and could be had by visiting a neighbor a few rods away without taking an umbrella |
