Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-19
TERRITORIAL NEWS.


Tho Ogden Standard says; Between
o md A O'clock ON Monday morning tue
70 ~ stone Bros, at 1866 Washington
sv.nue. was blown open and the I'll
nnd.r the counter pried open by rob.
Ia The cash In the TIL was not
,auch Of a haul for there were only 50.
An iron box was taken from the safe
Ly the thieves with the Imposition
,S.t n contained money; but In this
rev were disagointed, a. there was
naibing In II hat paper. These latter,
howeyer, were valuable TO the owners,
hit 10 no one else.
yyhile two ladies were driving mule
,,sr, down the little hill behind the
Ws,J hotel yesterday afternoon, one Of
,hs straps holding the neck yoke broke
snd allowed the tongue 10 fall and the
WAGON 70 run up ON 10 the animals.
irhs mules started TO run aud the
,one,,e was broken, and when the
WAGON turned sharply around the
corner behind the hotel Il ran Into
same posts, throwing the ladies out.
They were considerably shaken up
but received no very severe injuries.
sheriff Fellows arrested n man nam.
ed John Rathry At Battle Mountain,
Nevada, Friday, who Ia wanted Mt
kelton, Utah, for robbery. IL apn,rrs
that Rathry II stage driver nnu =
man entrusted him with $500 10 deposit
with Wells, Fargo & Go. The tenipta-
tlon 10 get away with the money was
more than he could Withstand, asd he
hoaricd n train and started west.
l... al NAs. -
nut 90 In his possession. Utah officers
will be nj Battle Mountain today 10
take him back for trial.
BunghaK Buiietin. - Tho hcavictt
rain that has fallen In Bingham fot
years, visited tho upper end Of the
canyon this afternoon, and II II WINS
not a cloud burst, Il certainly was n
near relative ~ one. About 9 y. m.
The citizens Of central Bingham heard
a roaring noise, aud, rushing 10 tie
street 10 learn the cause, saw coming
dswn from the Highland country,
with terrible force, a volume OF water
about four feet deep and twelve feet
wide, aud bringing with II
lfush, logs, stumps, picks, shovcla,
wheelhafTOws aud camping out
fits; and boulders weighing from
nhy 10 one thousand pounds each.
BY $3.50 the water bad about oil gone
down, leaving the street IN the main
uart Of the town looking like rough
creek bed, large bouldcrr, logs, trash,
etc, being scsitered from one side 10
the other. In several places whore
the nOod washed over the sidewalks
and porches were left quite large de-
poailr Of gold dust aud Other rich min.
,mls, which came down with the
totrcnt from above. Up 10 the tlme
u going 10 prcss % O'Clock y. M we
have heard Of no serious damage being
done 10 property. The roads are badly
cd, Of Ok.
brigham Bugior 90. Last Sunday a
BLAIR, caused by dying sparks from n
passenger locomotive, set fire 10 Joseph
Meftilp- stack yards south Of town.
over my tons Of hay and considerable
farming machinery were literally
destroyed. The total amount OF the
los has not been asceftained, yet IL IL
understood II runs pretty far up Into
the hundreds.
Brigham Bupier-I.nst Saturday n
party OF pleasure seekers, two ladies
aud Onc gentleman, had nm exciting
time Ia the mountains southeast Of
brigham City with large rattle
snake. They were tOiliug single nle
up a sunny side Of rocky ravlne. All
At once that terrible rattle, which once
heard In never 10 he forgotten, was
heard In n dry bush ahead, and before
they could tenso or appreciate
theis danger, long, ugly rat.
tlesnake came darling down
toward them. The gentleman gave a
cry Of alarm IN the deadly RATHER shot
between his feet. TIE ladies, fright.
,ncd nearly 10 death, turned and He'd
down the hill with the snake close at
their heels. As soon Ms their escort
could collect his wits, he overlook the
fleeing party aud cut oil the snakes
tail with n pistol shot. IL then took TO
n bush, where, winding itself Into IT,
defensive coil, II was blown 10 atoms
with SURF load from trusty shot
gun.
beaver UtoHidn-Therc Il some talk
Of u protest being filed before the
Utah commissioner, against the ISL
hnco Of certificate OF election OF
Walter =. Tolt0n m recorder for
Beaver county. The ground 10 be
hktnt We unucfstnnu, VIII no tnht
Robl. Fotheringham was appointed by
the county court 10 MI tho unexpired
term OF q. q. H"trls, deceased. Mr..
Harris was elect, =. In August, 1890, for
q two years' term. Mr.. Fotheringhom
was appointed during 1890, soon after
the election Of Mr.. Harris, and claims,
we are told that he has not yet filled
the unexpirec torn. Without entering
into details, we will Just say II the
rumor Is true, II will be the raising OF