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Show PARK CITT ITEMS. Accidents acid Incidents ITIIniitir and Theatrical Notes. Patrick Tracy, one of the oldest miners of Park City, died at Heber City a week ago. He came to the camp in August 1871, and was engaged in mining from that time until a couple of years azo. -lienf left to make his home Heber City. Tracy's friends were legion; he had no enemies. The new scenery in Society Hall will consist of five complete changes, which SSin ?M8he-naf rapidly Possible. Swiety Hali will be-the best equiped theatre in Utah, outside of Salt Lake when all the improvements are completed. com-pleted. The Park City branch of the Union Pacific have been making a kick about the assessment levied on that part of their property in this school district ,It was levied at the ratio of $10,000 a mile. Iheir school tax amounted to about $120 f mPny said they would stand $40 and thought that enough, but they wui have to "dig up" the $120" all the same. An accident happened at the Daly mine Friday afternoon by which Mr. Joseph Cummings lost his right foot. He was working in a raise when he slipped and fell to the bottom, sustaining a bad fracture of the right leg. just above the ankle. It was found necessary to amputate ampu-tate his foot last evening, and'the operation opera-tion was performed by Drs. Mantor and Gregor. " . ' It can be put down as a , miracle that the entire force of men fromi the Crescent and Apex mines were not called to the assistance of the buried men ten minutes before they were, for had they been they would have been buried in a slide many hundred times as large as the one that did the damage. Three slides occurred within a short distance of each other on the fateful evening, and all within half an hour. The Park is apparently becoming as ill-fated as Alta, and it begins to look j as if it was dangerous to be anywhere in j these mountains. Record, 80th ultt i |