Show UTAH NEWS A new bridge is to be constructed across provo river at the hie mouth of tho the canyon near alint is known as sharps iut ebhraim blackburn a graduato graduates of the alie latter day saints college charged with steal stealing ng cattle at lo 10 loa has bis been acquitted tile tb farmers in thorle thoele county are reaping fairly good crops tills this year hut but no nothing thing to compare with last years production one cylc is wanted hauled at Eph ralin for issuing worthless checks the manti coop was caught for 40 aud and luther T tuttle for 30 50 sevier kenier county parties lire are also sufferers I 1 attorney general bishop lias has rendered an opinion to tile the effect under the law the compensation of the secretary of the state hoard board of horticulture should be GOO a year governor wells passed his thirty eighth milestone on the alth dinst and was the recipient of congratulations con and well wis bills at his residence in salt salar lake ake the governor was born in salt lake city 11 1859 just a little over twelve years from tho the time of the founding of bait lake mr russell fired ali eil a charge of small shot at some birds that were destroying his fruit at tooele and two of tile tho shot were by some means deflected and struck a little child of a neighbor and was cI nickly knocked down by the father mr russell felt very sorry over the affair and for that reason he refused to prosecute the father A meteor which bellat fell at morgan attracted the attention of those who were fortunate enough to be up not until midnight one night last week the meteor fell from south to north describing an arching curve of much beauty some of the observers said that a sharp buzzing like that of a sky rocket accompanied the night flight of the tar star great interest is being shown antho in tha eisteddfod to be held in st george in october next and already secretary alfred M durham has received a large number of letters of inquiry bearing upon the subject the prizes offered tor for the rendition of the various lions eions are liberal it is announced by the secretary and those in charge that all those wishing to complete for the different prizes should hand in their names not later than september 1 and at the same time ghe gh e the selection on which they will compete mrs albina N williams of soda springs idaho one of the twenty seven survivors of the original band of pioneers who came to the great salt lake valley in 1817 has just proved up on a homestead near that place her husband was a member of the famous mormon battalion that took part in the mexican war and she accompanied him on the campag campaigns ansof of eliat force after the battalion was disbanded she and her husband spent the winter 0 it 1846 47 near where pueblo colo now stands and one of her children was as born there in the spring of 1847 they set out to join the advance guard of the mormon pioneers and came up with them near where is now granger wyo and accompanied them into the salt lako lake valley mrs williams Is 71 years old the state board of equalization has completed n fi mg ing valuations ous upon the properties of the various railto raila ay telegraph and telephone companies of the state the valuations a eions are as follows union pacific railway SOU echo Ech park city oregon short line rio grande western central pacific utah central salt lake los angeles valley salt lake hakea rort fort douglas salt lakee lake ogden salt lake mercur ogden utah bot ot springs Bp rings 1000 00 ogden union railway depot company pullman palace car company goa 78 S salt lake lak city railroad company salt lake rapid transit company ogden street railway company west side rapid transit company rocky mountain bell telephone company new east gintic tintic railway company vernal verdal telephone company whitmore eros bros ballinger telephone company 1119 big springs ranch telephone company western union telegraph company 6 deseret telegraph company esloa total this makes the total valuation less lessin in 1897 than in 1896 axle peterson fred and abe webb were arrested for participating in a prize fight at eureka peterson was given ten days iu in jail five days or sa and webb was discharged the park city and the jubilee bast base ball teams the latter of salt lake have disbanded and a new ne v team lias has been formed from the strongest players of both the defunct organizations making a very strong aggregation with mr wilson as captain |