Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-04

inc greatest agony when out OF Mi
huge tub.
Mayor Shakespeare has received .
number Of Threatening letters Since The
Parish prison affair, aud on the 8rl
inst. he got letter intended 10 be M
explosive one. 10 contained gun pow.
der and a fuse arranged 10 explode
when the letter was opened. The con,
trvancc was Of clumsy character and
failed 10 explode.
In Ashley o., a white family aud :
colored fomily have bcun living In the
same house for some time. Their con.
duct gave oieuse. Tho house was
also resort for tad characters. Al
midnight ON the ard inst, about forty
masked citizens seized the Ere engine
aud drawing !. up IN front OF ia,
house OF III r.putc, turned on the hose,
and literally washed the Inmates
along with their furniture, out 81 TIA,
| place. The Misunderstanding Of the
old house was wtll.nlgh demolished l,y
the force Of the stream.
A disease which IA a mystery 10 the
meilcos OF Kentucky, has manifested
Itself ia TINT Slate. Lizzie Brent, the
woman whose thigh bones were broken
by muscular contraction, lmt Dccem'
her, at her home In rarls, died on the
afd Inst. The disease j. known as
"mollitleA osseum"and u very rare. lior
sutfcringg have bccu indefcrlbable, ard
they were 40 great that opiates had but
little effect on her. She was formerly
Miss Chambers, daughter u tho late
Governor Chambers. Her husband,
Judge Harry Brent, Il one Of Central
kcntuuhy's leading lawyers.
The Massachusetts house iasscd a
public bar bill on the 9nd Inst. which
prohibits fFcquonters Of saloons 20 At
while drinking. Formerly the law
compelled people 10 vi while quailing
their lager beer. For n year evofy
man Ia Boe,on has had 10 ait down NJ
n table 10 drink. There was ut once n
large increase IN the amount Of drunk
cnncse aud the temperance people
Joined with the saloon men In securing
the passage Of the act, which now
lacks only the signature Of Governor
Russell 10 be effective. Chain aud
tables can be- purchased In Boston
wonderfully cheap today.
Commissioner Mason A. Shufcldi
arrived In familiar, Africa, ON the 2nd
Inst. on q search for plgnic, for the
Worlds fair, who arc 10 10 forthwith
transported 20 Chicago, whore they
VIII have an opportunity Of witnessing
the blesingz Of Christian civilization.
The commissioner reports the weather
Just now very hot ana the niny season
much delayed. A terrible fever cri.
demic very rocruily swept through the
smgll European colony, carrying Of
eight Europeans In the space ola fort.
night; many OF these were new afri-
walls. The fever was entirely OF q now
form, aud bhfilud the skin Of the oldest
doctors, patients dying within three
days after attack.
Four Russian Immigrants landed In
New York on the ad Inst, from kiuv
In Russia. They tell fearful story of
persecution. They formerly belonged
10 the Greek Church. A prnteriant
missionary visited the town Of KnrHoon
In tho Province " kiuv converted
them and persuaded them 70 rcnouuco
the faith Of their fathers. II was some
time before their neighbour discovered
thoif hofusy. When they did they be-
gan 10 make II very warm for the pruse-
lytc-. Ono % them was thrown Into
jail and given 200 lashc-, his wllu re-
ceiviny 100. The other converts wcfu
no, whipped but their houses were de-
mollthed and their children wrru bca.
ton Trey were finally compelled 20
leave. This SHOVE that common people
are lust a. iniolcfant ~ the Czar,
The climate Of Iilndcostan goes n
long way toward explaining tho 70.
llgiuus scuplcs which would make
millions Of lirnhmius staryc rather
than eat meat stcwp, but lcss intoiligi-
bio Il the prejudice of Jaianese peas.
ants, who can not he persuaded 20 drink
cows milk. The Ahysssnlan high.
lnudou would shrink from neither al.
tentative, but would promptly cut tho
acquaintance Of a uclghhor who should
dehlo himself by hf0illng "A rabbit.
MOArs, too, iuterdicia Tabbitsi ilysh,
which constitutes the only luxury II
the snow.bound Jakools, who would
fcorn 10 waste copper coin on
Chinese tea, bat are apt 10 iuddlu with
detection 81 iy tDadil0ol. The Tartar
emlfH scandaliku Ameficau missiOnar.
isa by their fondncss for milk brandy
tkouminh but are, In their turn,
Amafod NJ the caprice that makes
their plous guests prefer pork ~ horse.
flesh. After all, there Il no disputing
about tastes.
Harry Doxie, aged 10, has proved
himself hero. His father kept u
hotel at Galloway, Neb. la conao-
quonco " a boarler who became ind.
mate with Mp. Doxlc, tho boys
mother, Mt. noVie left the State. TIC
hoarder left also aud went 10 l.aamie.
From there he wrote TO Mrs. D1xle,
asking her 10 come on, aud bring her
" year old daughter with her. Harry
Intercepted the letter and opened II.
liu then decided 10 keep II from his
mother. Hut Il was found aud there
upon complaint was lodged against The
boy charging him with interfering with
the mails. The boy told hls story ia u
simple, straightforward way, which
excited tho most lively sympathy In
tho minds u tho grand Jury. lie sald
lac kept the letter because no was
afraid his mother would take his sister
with her and lac did not want tho little
girl 10 be subjected 10 such evil iniiu.
cnces ~ would surely surround her
under such circumstances. There was
no Indictment returned and one of the
grand Jufors, n banker from McCook,
decided N adopt tho boy forthwith.
Tho disposition 10 DO made " tho glrl
has not yet been settled.