The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-23
EVANSTON EVENTS.
The Echo of a Murder Com
mitted in January.
Flash Lights From the Daily Life OF q Busy
and Promising City-News and Gossip
Of all Descriptions.

Persons in Evanston who desire to hear
the latest local news, read The HERALD.
1t will be delivered in any part of Evans
ton by the carrier. Call ON the newsboy IN
your neigh5orhood.
Colonel George Woodford. who has been
in Evanston under the auspices Of Temper
ance union, closed q series of successful
services Thursday evening.
1t will be remembered that during Jsnu-
airy this community was thrown into a
paroxysm of excitement by the news that
loot Hereford had shot and instantly xii led
James Mas, the only son OF Phil Mas, a
wealthy and respected stockman OF this
county. The shooting occurred at ranch
not far from the abandoned United States
post OF Bridger. 1t was after pleasant
social dinner that the two young men went
from the house; moment more and jim
Mas was sent into eter nifty.
Hereford claimed that the shooting was
iustifiable On the ground that Mas had Sc
duced the formers sister and then refused
to honor her as his wife. The slayer OF
the youns man was taken to Green River
and placed in Jail. Mas was buried on
the hillside and the betrayed girl remained
at her home, enduring ali the shame OF a
blghted existence.
Time passed, and Kate Hereford, about
whom the killing occurred, gave birth to q
child, and died. 1t is now asserted that
she was the victim of an abortion by a
near relation of the murdered man. This,
it is alleged, was the girls dying declara-
ton. 1t is very hard to obtain facts re-
garding the affair, ugly a. it is.
DR.. Blackburn, who has been suffering
from a stiff leg. caused by blood poisoning.
Is able to be out OF doors.
Frank Allard, John Wilkinson, Will
belong. Tom Blackham, Harry Hamilton
and Frank Bourk, are the boys VINO carry
The HERALD. They will put the latest
news under the door, on the counter, In the
office, at the homo. just tell the boys.
They mean business.
being awakened. The HERALD is just the
sound TO call them into line. The club is
well organized and is ready for business at
any time. The meetings might be Oflener.
Let the Evanston Democratic club face
about.
Times are unusually dull In Evanston, as
they are everywhere in the country just
now. The effect Of closing the Union
Pacific mines at Almy is very seriously felt
here. The pay roll OF the miners was some
thing like fifteen thousand dollars = month
and much Of that was circulated in Evans
ton. Not only miners, but ranchers and
merchants as we'll are anxious TO have the
Union Pacific mines resume operations.
A. +. Leach, special land agent, visited
Evanston recently. 1t is bis duty to see
that citizens generally do the square thing
by Uncle Sam. He finds the present local
land Office management in excellent condi-
ton. Mr.. Leach has jurisdiction of this
Office and the one at Lander. lie Ii TO in
vestigate the timber fiends within his iuris-
diction.
DIR. William Hooker, superintendent Of
the state insane asylum at Evanston, has
received instructions from the state board
of charities, not 70 receive any insane per-
sons from Carbon county, until all the
money due the state board Of charities by
thet county has been paid. Such instruc-
tion will OF course iniure Carbon county's
but it Is safe 70 predict the result
They will pay up.
The Rev. John S. Corrhick. who recently
passed beyond at Cheyenne, was a pioneer
preacher Of this state. He
was highly respected at this place and his
death is regretted. He was q
warm personal friend Of Richard 4. Field,
the Presbyterian preacher who died at the
state capital last month and like him he
was an important fsctor in state affairs.
j. T. Coolidge, f. c. Scram, A. II. Course
H. Il. Stone and the Rev. S. Unsworth. of
Ogden, recently visited Evanston and as
sisted local Masons in giving q number of
Evspston's citizens advanced degrees in
the my site regions Of the Masonic frater-
nifty. Among them were Hon. c. ID. Clark,
+. Bradbury, w. F. Dowpey, c. II.
Priest Geo. T. Courtney, William Hinton,
John Stone, +. II. Harrison, George A.
Solomon and Charles S. Baker. The local
odge have secured additional quarters, and
will make improvements until theirs are
he prettiest rooms in Wyoming.
Miss Nj. Solomon 10 on q visit to Miss
Embree at Osal.
Mrs. G. Z. White, Of Cokeville, is visiting
,er son, Earl White, OF Evanston.
Mrs. Lester, nee Miss Osborne, and baby,
ire visiting the mother Of the former here.
they are from Brooklyn, N. Y. MARC.
EVANSTON, Wro., June %.