Show coalville Co alville news of thirty years ago from the files of the Co coalville alville Coa KlIle times hy C R JONES ISSUE of JANUARY 3rd ard 1902 the preliminary examination of william wililam H of woodland charged with assault with a deadly weapon was held at park city last friday county attorney calus prosecuted and the defendant was represented by judge wilson of salt lake city defendant was held to answer to the district court and his bis bond fixed at W af word was received here this week that elder amos dearden ot of henefer laboring as a missionary in oklahoma had the misfortune to lose his clothing books etc he and hla his companion were sleeping in a tent which caught on fire and before the boys could recover their belongings all were destroyed 40 A pleasant surprise party was given last saturday evening at the home oft ot miss llie lizzie allen alien in honor ot of her nelce neice miss nellie olson oison 0 48 the wife of a larmer farmer has a liniment that she uses tor for everything the tha other night she took sick and her husband got up in the dark got the liniment and rubbed it over her body she was given instant relief the next morning it was discovered that the husband had got hold ot of a bottle ot of bluing instead ot of the liniment how Is that for or faith cure the following officers have been elected tor for the ensuing term by the summit lodge no 20 K of P 0 C M A wright V C A C warner prel J W lee M of W samuel dark clark K of R S W M boyden M of F ben birch M of E L E eldredge M at A 0 W french 1 I G william salmon 0 0 ray brim W W P F phillips of park city who was laboring as a missionary in the sandwich islands died there last week from pneumonia his wife was there with him 1000 1 0 0 A buchanan sr met with quite a painful accident last friday while working on the trestles at the grass creek mine mice he slipped and tell fell about feet to the ground badly bruising his foot leg hip and head W 0 ed gem garn and peart pearl spriggs returned home yesterday from lona iona idaho where t they hey had been visiting relatives 0 1010 eugene allen alien and lady miss inez knight came u up p from provo tuesday for a short visit with relatives aw W 40 the outgoing city council met last monday evening and cleaned up their work tor for the past year the first meeting of the new council will be held hela next monday night 46 aw C 1 I wheadon Wb eadon depot agent reported that there bad been 1990 cars of freight shipped from Co alvIlle during the year 1901 of which 1900 were coal our henefer correspondent records the death at that place on january of the death of george T beard who had been sick tor for some time he leaves a widow one child father and two brothed brothers brothe 6 0 A big holiday carnival was held wednesday and thursday of last week and was a real success one of the main features was the kangaroo court which proved to be a source of excellent entertainment tain ment hon alma eldredge presided as judge W G fisher acted as prosecutor and C A callia kept the records here are a few of the cases handled by the court president taylor for leaving salt lake lak without a permit C A callis fined 50 cents tor for not being married mrs 0 W french tor for being a doctors wife and coming to the carnival with an escort other than her husband joe clark tor for being a flirt and breaking a girls heart C R jones tor for running a paper tour four years with nothing in it and having the devil in hl his 5 office W M boyden tor for entering the hall late with his wife and wearing an overcoat W L hansen tor for presiding over children and having none of 0 his own T ii allen alien for killing a Chin amans dog richard wude wilde tor for being rich and wilde miss maggie carruth Carru tb tor for washing dishes with a wet rag mrs hansen for trying to bribe clerk ceata ceuta w with ith a peanut misses mattle salmon and mary williams for entertaining and flirting with a chinaman josh davis ot of salt lake impersonated the chinaman and did his part well the carnival closed with a big dance in the opera house on sunday night |