Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-10
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
an Express Messenger Shoots
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hn bApiecO HtSStDSeF SHOOTS
ByStander.
r ASPHALT AND PgTROLEtw
e A Cabco'e on fire.-A Child Poi,
: oned, ETC.
WYOMING.
? Laramie B9omeruyloy: Ther. No
, an epicods st Granger last nigbttba
caused a very sensational report /
be flashed along the line IL IN,
Union Pacific. As the Oregon Shor
Line train No. sos was pulling ON
. OF Granger lastsnight several tranln
endeavoned to get on board. The
express messenger heard them an,
seems TO have speedily become i'm
btied Win The idea That the trsi,
was about TO be attacked by robbers
SIickIy opening the side door Il,
hred shot which hit a young mar
named r. +. Wheeler, VINO claim,
that ne was standing on an adioin.
ing track and had nothing 10 q,
with the tEamps. The shot TOOK ef
iect IN the leg midway between the
knee and ankle. He was taken u
rreen River on No. 2. All this is
the foundation for the report which
gained currency early this morning
20 the effect that the limited train
had beeh ''heid upland = brakeman
anu the express messenger killed.
The report is supposed to have orig
mated in the fertile Imagination OF
the operator.
On June l Vivian Edwards, q
cripple, started out from Denver on
a novel globe circling tour. de is
driving a team OF goats, his wife
and An attendant accompanying
/ him on foot and his two children IN
! burrOs. He expects to reach Lara
mic on June l0.-LdrGmie boomer
oHg.
COLORADO.
Several car loads Of ore. from
/ Utah, consigned TO the smeiters in
! Pueblo, are transferred here daily.
When the wonders Of the Coates
/ Creek riining district becomes fully
known, all Of these ores from Utah
will be smelted In Grand Junction.
-traHd Junction Star.
The reported discovery of asphalt
ami petroleum in tile vicinity OF
Price on the Rio GTande Western
Railway line will attract attention
20 the eastern part Of Utah. Price
i situated near the point where
the Rio Grand Western cr0-ses
the Green River. The west
ern part Of Colorado and the
eastern part OF Utah resemble
each other very closely. The UOun-
Diary line between Colorado and
Utah is near the centre 81 the
county referred 10. IL is high
mesa or plateau country broken
with narrow river valleys and deep
canOns. Il contains considerable
forest land and on the nlcsas there
Is great deal Of fine summer pas
ture. The agricultural land Is con-
fined almost entirely 10 tine valleys.
The climate Is miider than that on
this side Of the range in the same
latitude. In general the country
partases OF the characteristics Of the
great interiOr.region extending from
the Rocky Mountains to the Sierra
Nevada, OF which it forms 4 part The
wealth oT this country in the pre-
CiOus metals Is NOS great. But il
contains great deal o. coal, excel
lent building stone and some iron
Copper has also been found in the
vicinity Of Grand Junction. It is
possible that the most important Cf
all the mineral products viii tie
found 10 toe petroleum. There are
Indications Of the presence If oil m
various PARTS OF that region anu,
although very little mas bgen done /.
rs yet TO determine whether Ve-
trOleuTn exists there in .Vaying
quantities or not, it Is probable that !
experiments 10 determine this mat .
ter will bc made before a great .
while. The country along the Utah I
line has undoubtedly q great future. I
Its resources in coal alone are suih- /
Gent % maintain very large yoTu- I
latiou, and il contains agricultural |
land enough TO supply all the popu-
latiBn with foOd.-DeHrer ReDu5li- |
saa.
Monday afternoon about 4O'cluck.
Airs. Baumgauiner, who lives n mile
out, set a bottle Of corrosive sublim-
ate she was using on the table, and I
turned around to get the cork. As
she turned her little twO-yeIT-0li
seized the bottle and began to drink
its deadly contents. DIR. Williams /
was at once sent FOX aud amin
istereJ the usual antidctes, giving
the child temporary relief. The
resulting burns are still very sore.
but it is believed that there is no
danger of any fatal result. Il was
a narrow escape for the little one
aud shows how all important il i
TO use great care at all times in
handling dangerous cOmpouuds.-
Grand Junction Star.
Following is a special TO the Grand
Junction NClr, dated Cisco, Utah,
July S: /
\ cahosse on the construction
train Of the L. 6. W, running be-
tween this point and Crevasse,
caught on fire while in motion, COM
pletely destroying the caboose and
contents, this morning. The train
was in charge OF Conductor II. ID.
Aud.
Idaho Springs, Colo, July O.
Some time ago the wife Of Henry T.
Ellis secuted n divorce from her
which he underworld to
set aside by an appeal. His appeal
was granted and he was instructed
that when the court costs OF the
suit were paid he could Eve
with Mrs. Ellis again. Without
paying these costs lie took up his
abode with his wife and de-
tanned her from leaving. Yesterday
she had him arrested on a
kidnapping charge and at the
hearing Of the case to-day a nice
state OF affairs was exposed. In her
evidence Mrs. Ellis testified that
Ellis tried TO compel her TO cohabit
with his father, who made his home
with them and whose Ded was IN
the same room. Other evidence Of /
a similar sSiaciOUs nature was given .
in the presence Of a jam OF people, |
who crowded the hot court room 20 /
Ellis was placed under I
$500 bonds and falling 10 secure bail /
went to Jail to await trial at the next /
/ nm OF court.
NEVADA.
The Reno G,a-etts say: At an Z
early hour last evening the Price /