| Show STATE NEWS A SAD CASE junction feb e t funeral sen ices over alio remains of F 0 sprague held today in the meetinghouse mid tho remains interred in alic cemetery deceased TOI a well known and respected young man being but 34 years of age wag deputy ehens of this county and leavea a wife who ha been a bride but six months she came here from mie and is now left alone without blood relatives in this state the sincere sympathy of the populace is extended to her and to the other mourn era JUDGE COURT junction feb 6 judge mccarty opened the february term of the district court here today and found upon the calendar more cases than diute piute county lias ever heretofore presented for his honors attention and consideration at one term the baies are nearly all mining suits and will be taken up for trial beginning next monday today demurrers etc were disposed of and the only two criminal cases one against diaries whitlock now serving days in the county jail for gambling accused in nis court of grand larceny and one against joseph 11 kowes accused of fornication went over for the term CONFESSED TO ROBBERY ait pleasant feb 6 charles larson a young man of this 1 was lodged in tile city jail last night for robbery sometime saturday night the drug store was entered by some one removing part of a window light and a purse which contained several dollars worth of old coin was taken several parties were under suspicion but no tangible evidence could be aa 3 until yesterday larson was put in the sweat box and soon confessed he says he was drunk saturday night and remembers being around the broken window but remembers nothing more until he got up on sunday morning and found that he had more money alian he had saturday night he been around the drug store considerably sider ably and no doubt knew of the existence of the purse and its whereabouts his trial atvill come up today when he will plead guilty andaas the leniency of the court u i a democratic negligence glogau feb 6 A long and tedious session of alic city council was held last evening owing to th defunct condition of the city treasury 1 money had to be raised to pay bills many of which should have been settled by the former council people would move the fences and build the road the citizens committee agreed to titis the board instructed the clerk to give notice to E 11 sons that the county was ready to redeem of its bonds on july ast 1st baker called tie commissioners attention to a peculiar danger in clear creek canyon whore the earthquake am loosened several crags of rocks that might fall at any time the board asked the stale supervisor to remove the eible dangerous dead falls as soon as WILL TUNNEL FOR vater feb 5 jacob M is intending to tunnel into the mountains northwest of Rich fidd for water tho tunnel site vi fourtha of a mile from the city spring following a vein of peculiar iron stained rock down the mountainside arc a number of springs from which damp warm draughts come in very cold weather forming col of etcar it is mr lauritzen cn s idea that a subterranean stream to the richfield city spring exists there his will bo run to tap miream |
