, 1874-09-13

last night 1t 10 o'clock III the Armory. spare
framed young woman and q llttlo girl and boy
were brought into the station By hnd-hearte ed
colored nlaa named Emmanuel Nixon. who hao
found tho wanderers ar the corner Of Taylor aud
Clark streets, looking for shelter through the
right The little boy was not nble to 'Sala, and
Nixon carried him to tue Armory, where station
| Keeper Beujamia made them as com Portable as
circumstances would permit. The woman q
name il Phebees, and she is the wife OF 4
| man who abandoned her three months ago
| She stated that her husband vas At Buckrck
| Station, on the line Of the Toledo, Wabash d.
Western Railway, when she last heard Of him.
| She had applied at numerous places for WorS,
| but her children and her condition were 3 bar
rer to hor success in that direction, and, after
seeking shelter at thu Home for the Friendless,
and failiug in that. she went to the police citation
| as lust resort. Sho has friends IN Losansport,
| Ind, and says thoy viii! assist her if she can
! reach them. She WAS advised to call on tho
County Agent Monday morning aud obtain
worthy object Of charity. and it is great pity
that the WraIch who has thus burdened her can
not be brought to justice and made to suffer for
lis gross ulsdoings.
4 boy named Lineus P. French, IS years Of
age was shot in tue loft hip by some person on
o passing frosght-train Of tho Chicago i Alton
Railway yesterday forenooo. while he was on
gagged in playing ua!l at the intersection Of Lock-
Btroet and the railway track He was takcn to
his home on Area street, near Archer avenue,
and attended to by physician. The wound, is
not Berioux-
Albert kubick WAS thrown from buggy at tle
corner Of Washington and Clinton streets, last
evoning. By collision witha q wagon, and had his
right leg and lett arm broken. He xas removed
to his homo, No. 424 South Jefferson street.
THE UTAH COLONY.
Mention Tas made in yesterdays paper OF 3
proposed colony to be established in Southwest
ern Utah, by Mr. Peter Shirts. This gentleman.
who is an enthusiast On the subject Of the
colony. to establish which lie has BEEN laborins
for the last nine months, is thoroughly acqualnt-
ed with the country where the settlement is to
be made, and giyeH glowing description OF its
agricultural resources, He says thnt it is large
valley, 25 miles by 75 near where tho Grand
River enapties into the Co1orado. The streams,
he says, arc full Of fsh. tue mountains Of game,
easily raised to the acre. There is
no necessity for irrigation. and an abund- |
anco OF hardwood timber is at hand.
While the proposed ste is 800 miles from Salt
Like City aud ESQ miles from Denver, it is but |
50 niles from the San Juan mines, where it is |
expected that market will be found for all the |
produce chat The colonists eau raise |
The colonists will leave this city on the 18th Of
October. They number LOGO families, 100 of 7
them belonging to Chicago Arrangements
have been made BY Mr. Shirts with the Burling-
ton l. Quincy Railroad, by which transportation
has been obtained to Denver for $3.50 car for !
freight, and 5600 car for PASSENGERS, the fare
being thus reduced to about S12 per head. From
Douver the travellers will have to team it to
their destination.
According to Mr.. shi1ts, the Thermometer
never falls below Is, and never goes above 80,
aad the snow mover falls to stay. He ii in favor
of perfect religious independence among his
co!ouists and is eyid7stty very contidont that
the proposed scheme will prove perfect SUCCESS.