The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-08-04
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P0SY I.xpnfss An5express from ST. |
Joseph arrived in this city on Wednes.
day, TT. l,d0 pm; also, one from san
Francisco arrived here Oh Thursday, III III
j. IN. Nothing Of interest TO the public
was brought from either end Of the line.
ARIag4 ii. aIaipr Henry FIaWrence, IF
4 the firm &c u. B Kinhail III 60. of this
city, arrival on the evening Of the q lst
aIt. The tFaillof goods for The firm, con
.siistine Of RI wag .gohs; VIII arrive about
.the3 Isl oil September He reports The
.emigFatioRn moving along finely, and ex-
cellcnt health among them. Capt. .lo, Il
.binson,s hand.cart company may be rex.
Epscled about the Iitll inst, Capts, Ross,
Murphy and Smith, Will probably arrive
Ibctwcrn the lst and n 9th OF September,
A ecIbESr On last Sunday morning,
while tile thunder storm was raging near
this city, tIle wife and daughter of Bishop
Thos. GaiEister, Of the 18th Ward. re-
1eeiVed q smart lightning shock They
were at his farm west OF this city Mt the
time We arc happy, however, in stating
that they were not burned Q. otherwise
Idisiigurcd. The Bishop had an OK and a
teow killed the same morning. j: !.
SHOCKING a eeIpEar. On the same day
Ithat tho torrents Of water fell at Fort
Herman, d boy named John Clark, about
4 IL years old, was struck by lightning on
the Utah county side Of the point Of tht
4 mountain, south Of this city. Whet
!. found lie was dreadfulIy disfgured; bill
shoes were literally torn to pieces, and
horrible to relate, his heart was hanging
Iron his body. The boy had gone out Will
: his father from their residence at Ameri
!, eau Fork to hunt cattle. They had sepa
! rated but short time when the boy va
struck. . aEs: Z r. p.
= IScIDgSrs AT FoRF HERMAN. - l
s Sunday, July 22d, the settlers at For
|. Herman commenced an exterminatin,
war on their old enemies, the crickets
The sable enemy were in such counties
numbers that, in looking across the field
6 nothing but one dense black mass was t
g be seem; as many as three crickets i
q ESome Instances being ON q single head Z
,rEwheat The settlers saw that they ha
: Ito fight for bread, aud every man, Woma
and child that was capable, turned out
!. and forming line through the extent {
i the large field, the farms being in one Ell
a lcloSare, advanced upon their common 70,
!. 1 They were engaged all Sunday, but as til
: shades of night We're advancing, they ba
9 to suspend hostiHties. Monday, niorniu
If found them ION &c the charge again
They fought faithfplly-+,they struggle
i for bread, but they did not end tlIeconhi,
:: till Tuesday. This is the second cFickt
:. war the settlers of Fort Herman hat
j been engaged in this season The lir!
a one lasted eight days. On Thursday, Jul
y Goth, very heavy lad Of rain took plaC
: at Fort Herman. Tie Inhabitants wei
= observing the poftentons aspect Of a hrg
g black cloud that was slowly vending i
II way from the mountain towards the For
q when suddenly the cloud karst, eausin
=. water to fall In such abundance that il
:, Eiues, III some Instances more than x
!" feet deep, were flied to ogerftowng, Co
o. siderable Of the wheat belonging to- 4
y farmers ut tbs Fort was lodged, aud /
10 powerful Was the rush Of water. that
a, passage, four feet wide and six feet hig
: twas made in the Fort wall. The cha
IS ncy of Mr.. Thos. Brckstead's house WI
m thrown down through the violence Of Il
falling body Of water; and everything
his large and woll,cultiTated garden vi
covered with sand, gravel, ana .rubbis
to such an extent that nothing green WI
X. to be seen. Besides this, about au acl
de and a half of his finest wheat was lodge
Il. Mr.. Gordon had two full grown hogs ru
y ming at large at the time Of the storm; th,
We have not been seen since; il supposed thu
ar- were carried away by the food, Wht