Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-11
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS,
A Deputy U. S. KaFsharS Encounter
with a Cowboy IN Idaho
WIDESPREAD EPIDEMIC OF ~
PHUS FEVER.
Chinese swindlers nj Work on the
CoaSt.-shocking Accident while
Exeavallug in Colorado.


d.1 Tolo.. from the effects OF pouuu-
,ny he vol last Thursday evening ny
ETnest Hammer, u gnmbler. MANNER
ms beep arrt eted and placed ia Ihi'
A bloody encounter IL reported 70
have occurred ut Besseincr, Colo'sso,
sn,n,, inc Indians employed at That
uIncr, one was seriously hutt Whln
sryeral arc injured. Tue hualr grew
out oil a quarrel which occurred seVefHl
uayr before.
wullsms and Clifford OF Republican
city, NeurasKa, inst week purchnseu
one hundred aud fifty head OF cattle OF
George futile OF AKr0n, Washington
cuuDty, TO be delivered in February.
Tbs price paid was two and one'baii
cents per pound.
Never before In the history Of the
Besemer Steel works has the output
for n single week equalled the one just
ended. Dur N, the pnst seven uaye
me works have averaged 1900 steel
rails-alxty.six pou ldUrs. There are
al present over 1900 men on the pay
roll.
A. Gee, the English civil engineer
who, while at work on the Siberian
railway, assisted two American sealers
who had been sent TO the mines 10 get
on. OF tho country, has just arrived a.
H.i Francisco, on the steamer liio 20
.ni Giro from Yokohama on his way to
Loi don, England.
The skeleton OF John Waters, q well
known Arizona bear hunter, has been
found In the rocks just below town by
James Lamb. The remains were
Identified by sons Of the deceased.
Waters Disappeared about the 9th OF
November. He Ia supposed to have
tecn insane NJ the time Of his DEATH
Tombstone (A't;ona) Proprietor.
owing 10 the late cold snaps, says
the Nogales (N.M.l Advertiser, lack OF
rrass where there In water and the
great distances between grnss and
water, many cattle IRE dying In south
trn Pima county. The greatest MOI.
taiity IL among tue old cows aud very
young calves. Stock gtowo'9 VIII he
very fortunate II they do not expert.
euce loss OF ut least fifty per cent VI
their cattle this winter.
Quite sensation wns created In Il .
United Brethren church at Nj WOt,
COO, on Sunday last, by the choir
eaying their seats In body a. the
IN lon Of the Sunday soto i exer.
,ises and taking seats with the congre.
L.AOn. They took otiense nj some
causlic remarks Of the pastor, tne Rev.
Crawford, directed to them las. Ban
day, End say they will not furnish any
more music until apologies are made.
a special 10 the Los Angeles Express
from Flagstaff, Arizona, states: Gold
hunters In this locality are still rs M.
merous MS flies In June. The recent
exciting stories from the territory q
the San Juan, stories OF the finding OF
huge nuggets OF the precious metal,
varying In weight from one ounce 10
four, have had their effect, and many
miners have packed their burros aud
hied themselves away to the promised
land.
Good farming land IN Colorado sub.
ieot TO irrigation eau be bought Mt $40
10 5000 an acre, but averaging s25 10
$50 an acre. The same land, under
cultivation, TO grain aud other farm
crops, viii pny the interest on $500 nm
acre, and II given TO vegetables ami
fruits will net twelve per cent. n year
nm $500 an acre. No comment II ne.
ONnNANJ bh ANiNATs 4 ttAA ofh q fNa
makes these statements.
Nearly all the towns and cities OF
Northern Mexico except Monterey and
Durango are afflicted with an epidemic
OF typhus fever, ami the rates OF NOR
tality from the d sease are alarming.
The epidemic has even reached Eagle
Pass, Tex, where the brother Of the
Mexican consul Is sick with It. The
health authorities OF the government,
aided by these OF the different cities,
are using every means 10 control anu
stamp out the disease.
TIE report OF the mining inspector
for 1892 shows that during the year
there were forty.three fatal accid, nts
IN the mines OF Montana and twenty
four non.fatal. There waa but one
fatal accident in the coal m mes, which
employ 1900 men. TIL others DC.
cured In quartz mines, which employ
$500 men. The mining Inspector sa 8
the NUM- or of accident IL mall ga
the percentage much bllow tha which
obtained in other mining states.
A New York syndicate IN now max.
Ing a aul vey for reservoir anu dam on
the Big andy, near Signal, In MOhave
county, Arizona. The irrigntlo on
40 ieme Is an extensive one, ana the
Intention In to cover with bitches about
l2j miles square. The soil isrich, aud
every known fruit and vegetable cnn
be successfully raised on these lands
There are also rich mines adjacent.
The proposed scheme OF Irrigation T.
tbs most extensive yet undertaken ia
Arizona.
News has been received here, snys
The MOhave (Arizona) Miner, that a
strike had been made In the bottom Of
the deepeat shaft on tho Blind Godd ~
at White Hill. The strike was made
by Robinson and Lutkovitch on "A
portion OF the Goddess claim leased by
them. The ore Ia foil Of horn silver
ana Is said TO be ~ line a showing Ms
ls to be seen In the camp. These men
nave worked faithfully and persever.
ingly and are deserving OF their good
: fortune.
IL. NJ. Thatcher met with u heavy
liss last week. A valuable COW while
Tylng for drink on the river proved
700 navy for the icp, which gave way
NM iet her into the water to drown,
Aolut hily.seven hogs then proceeded
ourNour the cow, which wna prOj ct 3.
~. 1hlough IN, Ice, aud they too m {
,MStn the sanu late. Tho loss M.
thatcher will foot up n, least SION, ns
some OF the nogs were imporie IN
talueu ut $50 zach. --Sh9sh0ne (IiahO)
rim, Inc Demlng New Mexlco) Head
H8W THUS hopeflllly anenka, 1iha gu,.