Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-11
NEWS OF The WEST.
Plan 10 IrrlSate a Lar6s Tract o.
Southern California Land.
A DIVE WAITRESS SUICIDES.
A Doctors Lively Experience. - hu'
morei Elopement.--A "Religicu"
Imp6slor.

The Cheyenne Leader for the iifst
time In years, has Issued paper on
Monday.
Tho common council has passed an
ordinance fixing the oily TAX iA'e w
So cents on the $lOO.
Lieutenant Parker q. Johnson y,
the Tenth United States c.valry, wno
shot Henry II. Barry, an Aflhohs er''
tlemau, 10 a dispute at Fort Ihonias ~
October, 1891, has just been aeq"'''e'
ut Solomonville, A. II.
r.. Burdet,e Of San Jose has brought
suit coutesting the election OF chai i,,
Doerr, Democrat, to the CITY couh ~.
Doerr was returned as clecteu IN uc
Third ward at the April election w
plurality OF three over Burie"'
Inquiries are now being made into
the iracticabllity OF chipping frozen
mutton by the Australian steamers TO
Vancouver. a company Will probably
be formed to build COLI storage wafe'
house and go into tho business.
A, w. Edwards Of Elk Greek, Wyo'
ming. who was scalped by the indians
near Fort Laramie when boy, VIII
be exhibited ut the Worlds Fair as
the only living man VINO was ever
scalpcd. He gets $4,000 Tor the sea-
sen.
Rev. Burchard Of Uklsh, the pioneer
Indian missionary of Mendocino
county, arrived Mt Covelo Saturday.
He will remain some time laOorlny
among the Round valley indiana, Dy
whom he IN held In high esteem. lie
was their agent come twenty years
ago.
William Honderson, who murdered
Cy Suter In Candy, Or, q few months
ago, and who was convicted OF MURDER
In the first degree In November, anu
tho verdict OF the lower court reversed,
has been permitted TO enter plea oil
guilty Of muir Ter In the second degree,
and sentenced to the penitcntiary Tor
life.
Redlands, Santa Barbara, Alameda,
Napa, Bakersfield, MERGED, Vallejo,
Grass valley, Auburn and Willows ge,
tho ten new companies OF the national
guard authorized by tho last leRisla.
ture. As appropriations were only
made for tho maintenance OF i've CONF
panies, tho companies will have TO
exist on half allowance until 1885.
William Rountree, the aeronnut,
who was injured while attempting nn
ascension near Golden Gate park, Cal,
last Sunday feels no serious Effects OF
his injury and expects TO be out In
few days. His only fear Is that he
will not secure part OF the 500 gate
money which Is now In the hands OF
his partner. He intends TO make
another ascension In two weeks.
Mr.. T. Now horty has been In Mont.
pelier for the past week on business
connected with Idaho's Worlds Fair
souvenir, entitled, "lda, this Gein OF
Tod. Tnis work 10 10 be 0H ny IL
inches, suporbly illustrated with cop
per hall tone engravings, and to con.
tain at least thirty pages OF reading
matter, showing up the advantages Of
Idaho for the home seeker aud the
tourist. This souvenir IL to be the only
Idaho literature allowed inside the
World's Fair grounds. IL In to be pub.
iiahed under the immediate direction
OF Captain Wells, ana will bo one OF
the finest advertisement, Idaho ever
had.
DIR. J. n. Baylis Of San Bsrnardino,
CAL, ha, had lively experience with
burglar. While walking past his
office on Fourth street with nis wife,
about o O'Clock. he saw peculiar liRhi
In his Office, which was closed fot tlc
evening. The doctor went In and
turned ON the electric lights, whom N
man who had been pIowling about in
the room rushed out. Baylis gave
chase for block or two, aud, being
something Of Splinter, was rapidly
gaining on the man when the latter
turned around and fired shot nj him,
causing the doctor to give up the chase.
A. p. Morse, y business man, showed a
disposition to intercept tho man, who
promptly fiourished his revolver In his
face, saying, "You DON'T want any OF
this," which was clearly the case. Up
to tue present time the burglar has not
been apprehonded.
During the pact few weeks there has
been formulated n plan 10 irrlgate tue
largest Tract OF land In one body 10 be-
found In Southern California. This
will DO done by dnmming the Nj Jaye
river at Victor, creating an artificial
lake nine miles long. three miles wide
and $50 feet In depth, wster euflic ient
TO irrigate zoo, 900 acres OF desert land.
Tho Victor Reservoir company has
been quietly at work for some weeks
securing options ON land and water
rights. Some wealthy Eastern men
have taken stock In the company, and
II ia announced that contracts may be
entered into at once for water rights.
The water will bs diverted upon gov
ernment land now unoccudied and
subject TO sett ement and reclamation. |
IL Is estimated that the entire cost OF
construction win be- less than m illion
dollars, and tho promoters OF the enter.
prise are sanguine Of success.
A dive waitress known as "rors"
attempted TO commit suicide on Satur.
day night at Sacramento. she was
drinking In dance hall ON Second
street and to male friend she stated
that she was tired OF living and In.
tended TO end ber miserable existence.
A few moments later she lett the hall
ana her friend, fearing TINT sho would
destroy herself, followed her. Tho
woman walked along lower X street
anu ms she reached the river bank she
Invested herself Of her outer garmonls
and prepared for the fatal plunge. Just |
rs she was about TO throw hetlelf into
the river her friend seized her aud pre-.
vented her from carrying her threat |
into execution. She was then Induced |
TO dress herself and was Sub tquently |
taken TO her room on X street. II Is
said that her reason for attempting ~ |
commit suicide was because her lover