Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-11
NEWS rs 4 Nutshell.

rue roman author Salluat had two
policemen for his gardens, each meas.
ufed o feet o inches.
Annie Bcsani, the well known Eng.
llsh feiormer arrived In New York ON
the 10Th inst. She will lecture here.
The Greek historians aay that the
body Of Orestes measured eleven feet
when being prepared for burial.
In the reign Of Claudius Cesar n
giant named Galbarn was exhibited In
Rome. He was over ten feet In height.
Great excitement prevails Mt Ash.
land, Wis, over the forfeited lnnds.
The land office Ia besciged by furious
claimants for homesteads.
Good temper- the wind to the siiorn
lamb, Il not n biblical expression. IL
was fret used by Lawrence Sterne, an
Irish Protestant preacher.
A flock of wild geese, attracted by
the electric lights, NJ In the main
street Of Canon, New, ON the night OF
the 9th Inst.
A train IA 10 run between Boston and
Chicago hereafter In thirty hOur-.
Several other fast trains ARE soon ~ be
put on, aud ere long forty miles au
hour over one thousand miles stretches
will he quite common.
During February there were ninety.
three railroad collisions, ninety y. three
detallments, aud ten other accidents
In which sixty .one persons were killed
aud two hundred and seventy.nvc
were Injured.
In India there are 5000 children
learning the English Language, became
u 10 found that II IL far easier & reach
these children through the Influence "
English literature than 10 attempt TO
translate our works into Hindu.
A Philadelphia paper states that In
The last four months there have been
brought 10 New York FROM Glasgow
wee seven thousand tons Of potatoes,
which are called Scotch, but a. a mat.
ter u fact, arr grown Ia Ireland.
Usually three Black Fridays" are
mentioned by historians. One, Dee. .,
lii5. the day the Pretender arrived In
Dsiby, England, was denominnlcd
"Black Frlday". Another. May n,
Gurnsy 4 Co., Il called "Black Fri.
htN Ah' ~ lNNIlAa - AHNff NNAt
day OF madness In Wall Street, New
York.
Worlds Fair matters are not pro.
crossing smoothly. The ladies bran ch
Of II Il engaged In a beautiful Donny.
brook scrimmagc. Miss Couzins VI II.
Louis the secretary aud Miss Palmer OF
Chicago, the president, have their
rabrvs drawn aud blood will How. MIR.
Scott, the man elected 20 succeed Ly.
man Gage, would not accept the prcsl.
drncy of the local board.
There h more snow between Evan.
ston and Wasatch, Utah, than at any
other point on the Union Pacific be.
tween Cheyenne aud Ogden. The
snow In some places Ia yellow Creek
Valley IA ten feet deep aud the snow
fences arr entirely covered la many
places. Excellent crops win grow IN
yellow Creek Valley this year. N theru
T. snow enough 10 furnish first class IT.
figntlon.
senator Daniel, OF Virginia, Ia
March, 1890, introduced u bill la tho
United States Senate providing for
WORLDS Fair In Chicago In 1902. That
year will he the four hundrcdih ami.
ver.sry Of the discovery Of this cont.
neut. In order 10 give moro time a.
prepare the fair, II was postponed until
1874. The dedication Of the buildings,
however, will take place on October
l2ih, lsH2. The expedition will open
on May lat, 1893, and close on October
aOth, lsna.
In New Orleans the grand Jury In.
vestigntion IL still going on, over tue
lyncblpg " II Italians. A reporter
named William r. Little, who was
present nj the time Of the killing, re-
fused TO testify. His refusal was hiHsi
on the fnct, that his future usefulness
would bo destroyed II he did 10. The
men who were engaged In the lynch
lug were those from whom he usually
got his news; II h. testified against
them, they would In future boycott
him.
The ocean postal service IL In process
of reform. The German ship Hard,
arrived In New York, ON the 10th Inst.
She had $1,000 pieces Of mail matter
aboard. Daring the voyage this had
been sorted according 20 States and
oities, aud tied up In packages. TWAS
transferred directly to IL proper routes.
The mail for New York, was placed In
the carriers hands u few minutes afler
the arrival OF the ship. THIS IN . say.
Ing Of ono day In mall delivery.
The Boise Statesman says that Geo.
Hardin, OF Rocky Bar, had his right
hand accidentally scraped with rusty
nall about n month ago. He was
treated for II Mt home, but II became ~
iniiamed that he came 10 this city for
treatment. DR.. Collistcr attended tho
case. On Sunday last II became eyl.
dent that amputati0n could not lie
avoided and accordingly Mr.. Hardln's
attending physician, with tho assist.
ance OF DR.. ball, post surgeon, per.
formed the operation. The arm was
cut about half way between tho wrist
and elbow, and Mr.. Hardin has since
been doing finely.
IN, Minnesota Senate passed the |
McIIale pe,icoat bill by vote Of ~ to
~, on the 10Th Inst. Thi. blu pro.
hibits the wearing VI tights ON the J
stage, or Of any costume that viii show \
the shape Of the female leg. 10 make |
the bill ridiculous, amendments were |
tackled TO II. TL.y read IN follows. !
BE II further enacted, that no female
person or persons shall he allowed 10 |
assemble In any theatre, public hall,
banquet.rOOm, or at any dinner party |
or any gathering whatsoever, wearing
what Il knows n "lOw-necked dresses" |
with short . eeves, exposing thereby