The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-19
PROVO POINTS.
News Paragraphs from the Utah
County Capital


Our THEArREis still progressing favor
ably.
C. R. SAVAGE was among our arrivals
on Friday. ~ n y
THE D. & R. G. trains are now run.
ming on time again. q
JOHN H. GoRMLY goes via the De
R. G. to Ogden to-day Is - =
DR.. F.S. BAscoM, of Salt Lake, So
journs among us. He returns home,
to-day. ai.5 - 1904
JUDGE FOREMAN. G. S. Varian, and A.
H. VIM, will return. home this after
noon. -.
SHADE TREES are rapidly leafing out.
which gives our streets a verdant and
pleasant appearance. ~ +
r. HILLAM AND Albert Brown are with
US. They leave to-day, to proceed on
their drumming tour.
j. NJ. EAsToN representing Tootle
Hosea d Co., of St. Joe, Mo-, and John
Beatty. Jun, travelling agent for Reed,
Jones & Co.. Omaha, are registered at
the Excelsior. ~ -
Our Provo Wooden mills are running
in full blast A full number of employ
ees are at work Instead of the orders
formerly used Superintendent Reed
Smoot has devised the use of scrip,
ranging from 10 cent pieces to 50 bills.
MERCHANTS ARE rustling around in
high spirits; as court opens, and the
many witnesses come 10 our burg:
business brightens up. and Provo in
variably presents more salubrious and
prosperous aspect. So, s.4..il
In LAST Saturdays ball game, be-
tween the Payson nine and the Aierts
of this city, the score stood: Provo
p, Payson "a. A game is now in pro-
gress between the Anchor club, of
Provo. and the Springville nine.
REV. E. SMITH, pastor of the NJ. E.
Church, in this city, leaves in few days
for Nebraska, where he will engage IN the
same labor as has occupied his time and
attention here. During his residence
here, by his affable, polite and kind
manner he has made host of friends,
who regret his departure We. with
the rest of his many friends, wish him
happiness and success in his new field
of labor.
In OUR last we made mention of
George Shurtiff being arrested for selling
liquor contrary to the city ordinance,
and in his trial before the Justices court.
he was found guilty, and fine of $500
was imposed. He then took an appeal
to the District Court, where his case
was heard on Monday, and the
jury brought III verdict of
guilty. He was sentenced yesterday to
pay fine of $50 and costs of court,
amounting to $45 and fifteen days i'm
prisenment. He will take an appeal to |
the Supreme Court of the Territory.
IT Is with deep regret that we are |
called upon to chronicle the death of |
Thomas Fem, who died at his residence |
yesterday morning. He has been con-
fined to his bed the past three weeks, |
suffering with inflammation of the |
bowels. He bore his intense suffering |
with all patience, and although his
death was not unexpected, 1T has cast
gloom over the entire community. He |
was a kind father and an affectionate
husband, upright, honest and con-
scientious in all his dealings. He leaves
a wife and seven children. who are grief
stricken with their loss, as are also his
numerous friends and relatives to the
family in this the hour of their sad be-
We extend our deep and /
heartfelt sympathies. ''
: THE MASTI murder case is now in
and is creating considerable
Farmer and Follett, the two
boys charged with the murder, when first
by Marshal Lowry, of Mantl,
were searched and on removing
their clothing, found stains of
blood on the inside of their vests. |
Farmer claims that those stains were
made by red undershirts. On removing
their socks, they were found to be we'll
on the soles and covered with red
stains. On the floor of the house where
the man Ottenson was murdered, tracks
made in the blood were discovered, ap-
ing feet. These tracks we're measured
and found to be identically the same
size as the feet of the two boys, A
search of an adjoining corral was made,
and there were found two pistols, COW
cred with red stains. Follett, in his ex-
animation before the Justices court, at
Mantl, claims that those stains were
blood, but that they had come from a !
luck killed by him the day previous toll
the murder. DR.. Bascom, of Salt
Lake, an expert, who made an
analysis of the blood found on the vests
vas put on the stand yesterday, and
gave it as his opinion. that the blood
vas that cf.a human. There are a great ,
number of witnesses on both sides, and
t is thought that the trial viii consume
most of next week, it is a very peculiar
Ease. and the outcome viii be looked
to with greatinterest. ~ 50 -
v, ARA. /
Provo. April 18th, 1885. 1