| Show UTAH NEWS aran frank k pett of brigham city sheared tol head of 0 sheep in one day recently and nd lars larsen Lars cn also of brigham city sheared sheep in one day the union pacific coal company has bar made a cut of 50 cents per ton on lump coal which was promptly met by the diamond coal and coke company the sego lillY utah a state flower Is very much in evidence naw now there never has been a year in the history of tile state when they were so plentiful or beautiful george murphy one of the old oldest est citizens of round bound valley rich county died last week ile he was 56 years of ape age and settled in round valley twenty year cars ago the state lard board has approved some selections of lands the board has decided that hereafter land worth less than per acre will not be selected as it would be of practically n no 0 benefit to the state special master loomis of tile the utah central railway and the purchasers of the road have reached an agreement as to the amount of cash which is required to meet the purchase price the amount agreed upon is william hobbs the young man who was accused of trying to td extort money from hon thomas kearns tho the well known park city mining man has hai been acquitted of the charge in the criminal division of the third district court strawberries in clinton last week brought albo per box the crop is large this year the lucern crop looks well but the grain is very poor a great deal of it wont pay to cut some of it is not more than three or four inches high and all headed out it is said that it rain does not soon come there will not be more than be hh it a grain crop in C ache valley this thi se aaa a son the dry farms in box elder county are badly in need of rain the recent showers hardly reached some of the dry aarm farm regions karen A jensen a danish woman of salt lake 77 years of age has been adjured insane mrs jensen is a believer in the presence of evil spirits ana and declared declared during the examination that the physicians were imps she as s been taken to the asylum the eldest son of A J mccuistion of provo a lad about 13 15 years of age undertook to scrutinize the biting apparatus of a rattlesnake his curiosity was rewarded reward edwith with a sting on the third finger of the right hand he be has been nursing a badly swollen and very painful hand but is ii recovering the railroad line to deep beep creek proposed by george Q cannon and his asso associate clates is by far the best deep creek proposition yet made public should negotiations now pending be successfully carried out the railroad situation would be considerably changed and the short line would gain two important feeders henry johns of salt lake city took tok a lot of chloroform with suicidal in tent which only made him side sick and lie he begged the attending physician to let him down to earth once more with an appetite and lie he would not attempt suicide I 1 again allen alien russell of 0 loa was nas caught while patching cat shing fish for a sick wife finfish in fish lake upon examination the officer discovered that he be had enough for ien ten sick hick women and took the fish and disposed of them according to law and placed russell under arrest provo has a a perpetual motion philosopher lo who declares that he has shattered all theories that friction is antagonistic to continuity of motion and V 1 P cey rey lie ho can produce a machine simple in construction hut but the paragon of perfection which will when once set to work continue on im until the crack of doom without the aid of team steam electricity or any other force the machine f I 1 constructed on n plane slightly elevated in the center upon which are et rolling balls which evolve power by their increased tl distance istance from the center and are regulated by a pendulum axenty six att frum from ill lime haie come to utah for tile the purpose of s settling in its fertile valleys and establishing their homes for the future some of them will enter business in salt hit lake city while others will go 90 to mount nebo to take up residence all of these persons ure tire in comfortable eircil mp tall ces who have brought with them adequate bank ae accounts for investment in this mate I 1 the brigham young monument association petitioned the salt lake city eo council uncil asking that they ther be given give a site kite 5 afeei feet at the in intersection ter section of main and south temple streets for the erection at a 11 monument and nd the council not only granted the petitioners petition ers the site applied tor for but ot of thern them a site on oil the joint building ground pro gron und rids the work vork of erecting the will begin at aunce on the main end and south temple street alts alto |