Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-17

July 10th aud in less than four hour
had eaten up his potato crop aud he
fore night bic alfalfa and Oate lad the
appe arance OF being ripe and ready TOT
harvest. The crickets are jet black
and about one inch long aud are re-.
variable for the fact that they are
about one size. IL IL supposed that
they Matched In the Big Horn
mountains, and, taking sdvantsge Of
the eirong northwest winds that nave
prevailed IN that section Of country u
late, are travelling southeast. At the
int they are now travelling they will
pasa Casper about A ngust lst aud be in
Western Nebraska about roafting ear
time. The army Is about three.uuar.
the Immense horde can be heard for
miles
During severe thunder storm
which prevailed ut Byofs, Colo, on
Friday afternoon NJ "a Nellie Duucau
was citing at n sewing machine close
TO the opeu window when suddenly
there was vivid fash u lightning,
followed Immediately bya loud crash,
ami the room shn was IN was entered
by the electric fluiI, making dense
amoke. The young lady was thrown
violently from her chRir by the force
OF the electricity ami felt sharp pain
In her left arm. At first she did not
realize that she had been iuiufed and
ran to the font door to see II the house
had been struck by the flash, but the
next moment staggered and would
have ALLEN N sne had not been caught
by her mother. On examination IL
was FUND that her lett side WAS partly
parall zed, ard a blue scar on her lott
arm showed where this electric huiu
had struck her. Happily after an hour
or 10 thu numhness paced away, l,nv.
lug her with n few sharp pains and
considerable ptOstratiOu of nerves M
f1rcible reminders that she had hal
remarkable escape from violent
death. At last accounts Miss Duncan
was proer0sslng lavoraUly, but Is stlll
confined 10 her bed.
Lee Sing, the Chiuaman who WIS
| convicted Of murder ia April las. 10y "A
| Jury ia Judge DaHgernvld'a cUurt 1T
San Francisco and wne hubst qucntly
sentenced % be- Hanged Uu july IAN,
did not mount the gallDws prepared
Tor him on Friday. Hia attorneys
managed a, the last moment 10 inter.
/ pose n notice Of appeal 20 thu Supreme
Court aud Leu Sings neck Will to
saved from strangulotiOn for good
many months to CONF. Tue crime
Tor which the condemned man was
doomed to the ghll0wa was committed
on March 9th Of this year. A fierce
waf among the VARIOUS factions oi
hlghhiudors was In pf0gfuss at that
time Ia ChluGtown. All koe, who
Tesemblol YlrK kee, Chinese
merchant hated by the mutdefous
tongf, was shot down on - cktOn
street, near Washington, by n crowd
composed Of i've or six hghblniers.
The only man the police were aulo 10
capture after the murder was Lcu
Sing. lie was arrested, and during
his trial 1t was found that he had not "A
friend among all the Chiuese In
tho city except his bfothNr, whO
was working Ms domestic In u
| private family on Taylor street.
The trial lasted sixteen days, anu 500
Jurors had to be examined before
Twelve men were finally selected to
pass Judgment. After the decision
was rendered and Lee Sing had been
adjuiged guilty VI murder In tho first
degree he wAr, ~ stated, sentenced 20
be hanged at SAT Quentin on July IAN.
About ten days ago Lee Sing was re-
moved from the county jail 10 this state
prison, and ever since that time he has
been tue occupant Ut what ~ known As
the death cell" Slug never for "a
moment rebelled against the fate lac
considered was awaiting him. dc
WAS n quiet aud patient prlso rr, ap.
pateutiy resigned 70 meet his svsni.
When the prison officials commenced
On Ftiday 10 prepare the scatiold,
stretched the ropes anu adjusted the
weights, Slug watched them uncon'
cernedly from his cell.