Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-28
OGDEN ITEMS.
A Natural Gas Reyital.-In Court aud
Haudcuif Circles. Notes.


AFTER THE GAS.
Work nj the gns folds of the Ohie 4
Utah Natural Gfs company which are
located seven miles due west u Ogden
will commence In about two weeks Or
a. soon ~ the machinery, While was
ordered Immediately aitor the fran.
chise was grantei by the city council,
arrives from Findlay, Ohio. On Wed.
nesday Metsrs. stephens aud Wayne,
the agents Of eastern capitalists and
promoters Of the enterprise, escorted
large party Of prominent business men,
among whom were Mcssfs. Kiosel,
Sidney Stevens, j. NJ. Armstrong, II.
w. Shurillfi, Matt Browning, Patton,
Boyle and Fitzgerald, out TO the pro.
posed location OF the first well 10 be
auuk. The surface Indications are splen.
did, aud 60 those who have been on
the ground 10 doubts remain m 10 the
close proximity Of gas In unlimited
qusutities. For several yeara the farm.
rrs In the vicldity have been using gas
obtained from wells, III some eases not
over 100 feet deep, and one well when
lighted throw iiAme six feet high.
rhe water OF numerous springs In the
vic nifty are highly charged with gub
aud II anne several feet high results
when n match is applied to the streams.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Anna Chrlstena 5kanchy brought
suit yesterday In the Fourih district
court for divorce against her husband,
Anthon l.. Skanchy, ON the grounls VI
deseriion ana failure IN provide. Tbs
interested parties were married m ioD5
In Norway anu about twenty ytars
ago removed to Cache county whtfe
they sill live.
fhe Spanish Fork Grading company,
which har r.ed n big canal
In Idahr, o. sued w Y.Corey nndThe-
odoro Rot "a other wOrds, the
Cache Valley Construction company,
for S5,56T.l3, alleged 10 De due ON tue
contract. fhc complaint alleges that
on April ~, 1892, the plaintiff entered
Into u contract with tue defendants
whereby II agreed 10 olssiiucl canal
from Soda Springs, Idaho, niieen miles
ia westerly direction, to DO kn wn
as the Cache Valley canal, the cin'
tract price TO be, according % the foot
ingp, l5,602i2. OF this amount " IL
claimed only sl2, 1913 had becn paid,
and Judgment for tho balance IN asked.
A verdiot OF $50 was rendered by
the Jury In the damage case Of Rose
Duriee ct nj. w. Union Pacific railway.
This WINS an action comm ince1 60 re-
cover S3T5 damages, alleged 10 have
been CAUSED to the plaintiffs by their
being put OIL the train near willard
city.
The talk OF forming baseball league
with the Ogden, Snlt Lake, Idaho and
Montana teams still continues, aud ar
r.ngemen,s may be perfected within a
few weeks.
Uncle John Chambers, whose death
occurred Mt 1905 O'Clock yesterday
morning, will be tenderly laid away
on Sunday. The funeral services Will
be hold In the Fourth ward meeting
house, commencing ut IL O'Clock noon
The members Of Ogden Typographical
union, OF which the deceased was AT
honored member, will attend In =
body.
Sergeant Smith yesterday srresie,
| Louie TellesOn, n swedish labOrer, witt
IL accused Of stealing n watch, suit o
clothes and sundry articles from Pete
Pierson, ut whose house lao was lOdg
lug.
Sheriff Belnnp last evening arrested
n young man vino II ID alleged was ont
VI the participants In tho robbery O
Joseph Arvey's store Mt Hooper, lat
Wednesday night. lie refused 10 Civ
his name, hut The officers arr contdsn
they have the right man. The HheTli
has full description OF the other rob
Der and may get his man nj any time
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