Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-13
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Desperate Character Dies In The San
Francisco County Jail.
A FISHERMAN TERRIBLY INJURED.
Death OF Female Baloonls'.-Sad End
Of an Old Man.--Mouni Pleasant
Forging Ahead.

The assessed valuation OF the city o
Lander, wyo., according TO the return
OF the bonrd Of equalization, hmouhl
u $40, 900. Only u few dollar. oil ias
years taxes remain delinquent
Mr.. Thomas Altman OF Provo Is thu
posssssor Of n magnificent specimen Q
onyx Of cream color, anu very uhns
parent. He claims that large SLABS o
IL can be easily obtained. IL IL ioca'eO
north OF Lehi.
A snow stirm worth fl,OOOa min
ute to this section says the Donglas
(wyo.,l Budget, occurred inst week
For i've days "the besutilur' ,eII
most OF II melting Ms soon hs " reacne
the ground, and nil OF II "soaking ln''
instead Of running oil. n goou fangs
is now assured. All We neeu isa rev
days Of warm weather.
The grand jury at San Francisco hn'
opened the investigation regarding
the county ipflTmsfy scandal. SOME
twenty Witnesses have been sum
moned 10 appear and tive tcsiimony
IL IL said that some very unpleasant
things were charged against Superin
tendent Shifk. Ono Of the cooks aays
that he bad been offered 1000 to watch
things at the infirmary, but he de-
Glued to accept the bribe.
Green River Adu,rtser: The camp.
Ing outfit, wagons, scrappere and
ether tools belonging to the ditch out
1T that has been operating on the Big
Sandy, were sold at sherlil's sale In
Green River on Thursday. They
were sold very cheap and the men
who expected to realize a part OF their
back salary from the funds obtained In
this manner, will only get meagre
part OF the amount due them.
Robert Footc OF Buffalo was indict.
ed on Thursday eve ling at Cheyenne
by the Federal grand jury with two
soldiers mt Fort Mckinney charged
with deirauuing the government in a
grain deal. Mr. FoOie supplied the
post with grain ami it's charged that
with these two soldiers the government
was given short weight. The transac.
ton, II II claimed, occurred about Two
years ago.
A dispatch from Denver says that
Mary Christensen OF Akron, ColOfauo,
arrived at the union depot one day this
b marry Thor mas WEIGH. She was TO
have met her uncle, James johnson,
In Denver, who was to assist her TO
Wyoming. He did not meet her, and
since then she has been kindly cared
for by the depot officials ut Denver.
Her case has been presented TO the
county commissioners here and au
effort is being made to communicate
with her friends here.
A remarkable catch was made by an
amateur fisherman ut Powell-street
wharf at San Francisco on Thursday.
Ed Sennett, boatmsn for the Mer-
chnnps Exchange, saw n peculiar
object floating out In the bay. lie
rowed out to 1t and found TINT II was
green turtle, such as are Imported here
iIom Central Africa. After several
attempts Sennelt got hold OF the
turtles fliprers, and after u lively
struggle landed fine l00-pounu turtle
In his boat. He nflerward sold It for
$500 to a Bay street fishmonger. Whers
the turtle came from Ia mystery. No
vessel has arrived with any lately, aud
the toothsome shclIbaek IL never seen
In these waters.
When the business mon OF Mount
Pleasant make up their minus TO do
anything, says the pyramid, there In
no halfway method OF going about 1t
with them. Two weeks ago com.
lany was formed here for the purpose
OF putting in and operating an electric
light plant. Last Monday the contract
was signed with the Ellison company
u furnish the machinery and have II
ready for running by the 18th OF July.
THIS means that In two months Mount
Pleasant eau lay aside her dangerous
and inc0nvenient coal oil lamps and
substitute therefor the much safer and
handler electric lights. It means that
Mount Pleasant Ia 10 keep her rank
among the leading and progressive
cities Of the Territory. 1t means that
We are fast dropping ofl our primitive
modes and keeping up with the or
ward march OF civilization. Ur-
our people will flnd IL 30
much more advantageous to Use cleo.
trio lights that IL viii not be long he
lore they viii be In every business
house nnd most OF our homes. They
viii be full as economical as kerosene |
lamps. The busy hand OF the me.
chanic and laborer Ia heard on every |
eide, land the work of building and In. |
provement shows no sigrs OF lcsaouing.
On Wednesday night Dan Gagnop,
n halfbreed fisherman, was brought |
drown from Pillar Rock cannery TO |
Oregon, In a email steamer,
with the upper portion Of hts legs ter.
ribly wounded and all tho muscles
above the knee horribly torn by
charge OF buekshot He was taken to
81. Vincenps hospital. On Wednesday
afternoon Gagnon and Nathan Pick, r
nell were disputing on a whisky scow
anchored of Pillar Rock about their
relative merits ~ oartmen. One word
led to another and Gagnon slappei
Pickerncll In tho face. The latter
Jumped Into "A skiff and went TO his
lnother's house on the beach anu 10.
'lrned with u loaded shotgun. Several
onioOkers who eaw his intention got
uaRnon into the Interior OF the scOw,
out Instead OF staying there he ran out
ana attempted to SEIZE tho gun. Pick.
erneil waited until he was within two
I.t OF the muzzle aud then discharged
ooth barrels, burning the flosh oil his
leRs win the powder, inilioting hJr.
Iloie injuries. Gagnon fell and Pick
hfneii At once loaded the gun 10 com.
piete MS work, when the wounded man
was hauien over tue Hids into q fiih
DVht anu tnken away Ivy his friends.
5heiin Smith has a warrant out for
Pickernell's arrest. Gagnon Ia ia n
'efious condition ihu there L. every
Probability Of his dying Of blood npis.
ming, Az several fish-stainod remnants
u Ills rubber boots, ho,lde waddiuv
md shot, entered his legs.