The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-20
WAS CERTAIN DEATH.
Ed. COrdOn's Rescue Of a Cranky
Stranger.
HE WAS TWICE NEAR DEATH
Sanke Peterson Falls From train Neal
Corinne, and is Pulled From the Track
Near Brigham City.

BRIGHAM CITY, Nov IS Special CORES
pondence of The HERALD. Ed. Gordon,
Of Willard, brought young man to town
last Saturday that appeared to be another
Central Pacific Railroad. Last Monday
when Mr.. Gordon came near the Central
Pacific Railroad track, he noticed a man
running around between the track and
fence without hat, and acting more like
crazy man than anything else. When he
saw Mr. Gordon he raised his hand above
his head. and when spoken to, he said he
was sick. He was told TO lay down while
Gordon went to get a team. When he re
turned with the team, he saw the stranger
laying across the track. He also saw an
other sight which caused him to shudder.
1t was the west bound freight train which
was coming at full speed, not more than
eight or ten rods away. 1t also caused him
to try a race with the iron horse. He
gained the victory and pulled the unfortu-
nate man off the track Just in time to see
his terrible opponent rush by. The young
man, who afterwards gave his name as
SankC Peterson, and a native OF Germany,
was taken to Willard and tenderly cared
for: the first day or two it looked as though
all his senses were entirely knocked out.
Thursday and Friday he commenced to
gither MS thoughts. His hat was found
near the track where hole in the ground
shows plainly where he had struck when
he fell or was pushed off the train. He has
ticket from Healy, Neb, to Sacramento
Cal. and twenty cents. When he COM
menced to talk, he said that he had a check
for 500 and SO in cash, which he claims
two or three men on the train wanted TO
take away from him, so he threw the
money out Of the car window, but cannot
tell where. He can not remember that he
fell of the train. MIR. Gordon went to
Ogden and enquired at the railroad office II
they had missed Il man on the train Mon
day, or If any baggage had been found be
longing to him. He was told that the con-
ductor on the train had reported that they
had missed d man when near Corinne and
had stated that if he had fallen off, he
must be dead, as they were going at the
rate of fifty miles an hour; satchel had
also been found and was then at Corinne
The man was placed in charge of the county
and is recovering slowly. This is the sec
Ond person within couple of weeks that
has been found near the Central Pacific
track in this county; the first died about
week ago from the effect Of his wounds.
Whether there has been foul play or not is
yet to be learned.
OTHER NEWS FROM BRIGHAM.
The street lamps having been placed in
order, will hereafter give US Light on the
subject"
All the tabernacle yesterday, Elders J. J.
Nielsen and w. L. Watkins occupied the
time The former has just returned from
a mission to Scandinavia.
John johnson, who has been very sick
fer long time, died Saturday morning and
will be buried to-day, His daughter was
buried about week ago.
A company of canal surveyors are busy
around town. and have run half dozen
lines already, and how many more they
will run before they select one of them as
a permanent line is hard to tell. One line
comes between the Third ward meeting
house. and goes through several dwelling
houses in the north west part of town. 1t
is ANYTHING but agreeable 10 have a canal of
that size running right through town. 1t
might be considered a first class nuisance,
unless that portion that comes inside the
CITY limits is bridged over and entirely
covered up.
A special term of the county court was
held Saturday, and it was busy day at the
court house. Among the most prominent
cases that came up, was that of a number
of saloon men at the canal camps, who pro
tested against the county court raising the
Iiouor license Some lively talking was
heard. r. A Jones, the prosecuting attor-
ney. appeared in behalf OF the county, and
J. NJ. Coombs for and in behalf of the sa-
loon men. The case was finally laid over
until Tuesday next, when a special term
for that special purpose of hearing both
sides of the whisky question will be held.
George Davis, of Three Mile Greek, has
been visited by the dreaded typhoid fever
which carried away two Of his sons, which
were buried Sunday
Lew Johrson's and another show are
advertised to appear in the Opera house.
AS we have no such building in Brigham
city il might be well for them to explain
and say what they mean.