Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-16
ALL OYER The WEST.
4 Trainman Murdered in Cold Blood
BY a Tramp,
WHO IL SHOT DOWN ny A FELLOW
BRAKEMAN.
Trade Troubles In Bntte.-wonderfu
Frog shower siory.-Ilright
Prospects In CassIa County.

Trades aud Labor assembly last Satur.
day night q committee was appointed
10 walt upon the city council aud de.
mand that hereafter vags and other
prisoners be not allowed 10 work on
the streets. Their ostensible reason
for this singular action II that some of
the "profcsslonal" vorklngmcn who
run the organization are anxious 10 vet
the job OF cleaning the crossings and
CUTTERS, In order that PEOPLE may see
them nj work, hoping thereby 10 gain
n reputation Ne real workers, and thus
retain their hold on tho fat offices OF
the labor organizations.
s. r. Chronioie-Johu r. Sterling,
who committed suicide by taking
chloral bydraio on THURSDAY, came 10
this country from Mississippi In 1879.
Ho was n Methodist preacher by prUfcs.
sion, but after his arrival on this coast
he engaged In various rurults. lie
was n manager Of the San FrsnclgcO
Hcruh In 1860, when II was crushed
by the vigilance committee, afterwnfd
bccame ateacher In the public schools
and In ls5T.5s taught night school In
the basement Of ~. Mary's cathedral.
Then he obtained position In the
United States mint In The accounting
department. Mt. Sterling was Of
hcotoh descent, and. though n South.
.rncr by birth, wa, an uncompIomis-
Ing unionist aud Republican. lie
was n man OF great llbefaiity and
profund scholar, and Of late year, had
become n strong believer Ia spiritual.
Ism. Ho often gave way 10 fits Of
dependency and hlnted of his gtca,
inclination 10 commit suicide, paT.
ticularly when under the iniu,ncr q
drink, In which he occasionally In.
dulgcd 10 excess.
IDAHO fHdepcHdoHt.- Another dar.
Ing attempt 10 Escape was made on
Tuesday night by II. G.. West lie
burned = hole In the door Of his cell In
the court house hut bsoomlng scarcd
extingulHhod the Gre aud Wa found
next morning by Deputy Davis. lie
l. now chained with Rivers In the
Jail.
Rsr6urgh lfen.-All settlers on un.
surveyed land. In Idaho can now
have them surveyed II once, without
other charge 81 trouble than by writ.
ing 10 Colonel Petit, tho Surveyor
general Of Idaho, nj Boise, for blank
requests for survey.
Cheyenne LSadsr-The passengers
aud trainmen u tho Denver train
reaching here nj sil0 yesterday after.
noon. brought news Of a double killing
at Eaton, Colombo, n station few
miles this side Of Oreeley. John Dil.
lon, n brakeman coming 10 Cheyenne
on III, second section Of freight trnin
No. ~, was murdered In cold blood BY
trump who Vic trying " steal ride.
Dillonr death was avenged In tho
course OF thor while by fellow
brakeman on the train who killed the
tramp who committed tho oowarily
murder.
B,liio Journai-On Monday burly
hnil. walked Into tho NimEg Journal
ofiioc and asked fof 80 cents 10 ret
.omething 10 cat. II was not his nfst
visit Of tho kind by any means, and
n he IL n member u tho Butte Work.
ingmcn's union We thought he nigh,
prefer 10 earn his bread rather than beg
Tor Il. 70, In tho most philan,hropic
spirit imaginable. We offered him 90
cent? Tor m hours work. He cheer.
fully accepted our Offer, aud was sct 10
work kicking tho tradlc Of n job
pres. Stepping Into tho editorial
room Tor Few minutes, Ne lmmssll.
ately heari a shout Of dcrisive laugh.
ter Ia the Pres room, and tuck our
head out jufi In time TO get glimpse
Of his coat tall A. tho honest working
man made n hurried escape through
the front door.
Idaho FdRs Rsgsr. ION Friday
evening lat sneAk thieves broke into
Anderson Bfotherr' storu by breaking
the window nj tho fcar Of the store,
aud carried or the cash register. TAX
ing Il down on IA. rocks by tn. river,
they broke II open and sccufrd about
SO. The cash register was damaged
more than that amount however.
There was no evidence Of their having
taken anything else. No elu. 10 tho
perpetrators has been discovered.
idaho Horaid-Slnoc the wonderful
phenomenon, a shower OF turtles In
Indiana, lately, wonderful Improve
ments In the shower line have
taken place, The Malad Enter
yrlae, OF last week, describes n shower
of frogs, ~ witnessed by q party OF
young men while out rusiicating In
The vicinity, the story Of which has
caused the fish shower man 70 40 on
and hide aud the Indiana areel TURTLES
TO Hop their wings aud crow However
a certain young man OF this city, VINO
cannot tell q lie, was recently nshing
Al m oint 1bOut seven miles below town,
pls.fyod a dark cloud approaching,
which, when directly over him, seemed
10 literally burt aud discharge n mass
of srfpenis, which came wfoathing and
lwlsting about him, until the ground
was covered 10 the depth ofahout eleven
inches, II seems that the young man
dodged beneath projecting fimroek
and thereby saved himself from the
whiting, allmy mass, and by n literal
drenehiug OF his lower -xtfenitirs with
A certain snake.hlte remedy with which
he was supplied, passed out through
them unscathcd.
Cas,ia County 7imss-rbe general
outlook for Cassls county Is better TOT
ensulng year than TOT many years past.
An Immense crop Of farm produce u
ANTICIPATED, aud II the proposed rail-
road II under construction good prices
will he realized. Major Stokes viii cut
over 1000 tons " hay this year, nnd
many ranchers win out way ~ Ia The
hupdrede. We would advise outside
cgttlemen 10 bring their steers into TINS
county In the hll, and We chn iuFn
Thousands " them out before epiing,
prime beef, aud this can DO uono NJ
very moderate prices.