Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-22
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Suicide By Swallowing CarOOlic Acid
at PhGnlT, Arizona.
CHEYENNE HAS A WATER FAMINE.
Mountain F.rcs.-A German Shoots
Himself.-A County In a
Dilemma.

The machinery for the new Queen
City Roller mill at Mount Pleasant has
arrived, also the machinist, who viii
soon have II In position, aud another
enterprise will he operating In Mount
Pleasant
Rock Springs, (wyo. has two dainty
female tonsoriali-ts. The HdcIendent
OF that place sayt: "rhc deica,e touch
Of the fair artists has captivAted the
boys Rnd they all go there 10 get
fcfapcd,' lust for the novelty Of the
thing"
Fires In the mountains ore become
ing common In tho northern part Of
tue state nowadays, says the Laramie,
(WyO.) boomerang, aud u II reported
that much valuable timber In being
destroyed. IL In supposed that they
are caused by the struggling hands Of
Indians from the reservations who
take this method Of driving out the
game.
Casper Derrick (wyo.) The county
Of NatTOna and city " Casper have
epont several thousand dollRfa In the
erection ota substantial Jail and resi-.
dence for the sheriff, and now II Gomez
has n shadow OF title 10 the land upon
which said buildings stand. Some.
thing ought 10 DO done Immediately
by Mr.. Caroy In iuliilment OF HE
promise to MIR. Brooke.
The fret mountain fire OF the season
started last Tuesday In the mountain
about Fifteen miles southeast Of this
city, In n very valuable body Of timber.
Thee fires are annually destroying
millions dollars worth OF timber, anu
causing heavy losses otherwise. They
are the result Of carelessness or deliber.
ate mHliciOuanCss, and II Ia too bad the
offenders cannot be- apprehendel anu
punishei.-AOunt Pleasant IyTdm'd
A tragedy occurred at RexbuTg
uuAho) In which Frank Sullivan,
widely known thfougbout.l Idaho, was
killed. The trouble arose over "A foot
race, and Sullivan threatened 10 kill
one VI the parties. He was known 10
be dangerous man and Deputy
Sheriff Hopf undertook 10 dinsfm
him. Sullivan resisted and reached
tor his revolver, whereupon Hopi shot
him dead. Sullivan had a pistol
grasped In each hand.
Says the Grangevllle (tdaho) Free
Frees. A very large acreage Of tOd
has been broken this year, but the
amount seeded 10 grain is but little, II
any, larger than previous years. Fail
sown wheat hast an unoOmmonly thick
stand, but the greater portion OF spring
wheat was sOwn too late TO get the
benotit OF the moisture In the ground,
and II IL not going to be very healthy
crop.
Cheyenne was threatened Thursday
with "A water famine. At o O'Clock in
the morning there was only two feet OF
water In the reservoir. At that time
q. w. Riner, chairman OF the city
council committee on water aud sew.
erage, was mott fed OF the sudden fall.
ing OIL In tho supply. After some
investigation II was found that lrs
hydrant at the Union Pacific yards
had been kept running all the morning.
Thursday was registered the low water
mark, the supply never becoming 80
small before when the reservoir was IN
use.
The prosecuting attorney was notl-
ned the other day that there was case
at Wallsburg that needed investigat.
Ing and went over there. 1t was
reported that "A Mr.. Harper mad BE-
vefely whipped his twelve ysar-old
daughter anu that n crowd OF citizens
came very nearly lynching him. The
attorney found that the man had
whipped his daughter but the girl re-
fused 10 testify against him. He also
found that h gang Of young fellows
assembled at the Harper residence the
following evening and that Mr.. Harp
~ said their business was TO lynch him
but for some unknown reason he
would not teAtify against them. Such
cases rs that should be Investigated by
the officers and such heathenish doings
on both sides stopped Wdsdioh Wave.
A German ranoher named Fritz Au.
gust fatally shot himself at Livlnt- =
stone, Montana, few evenings since.
Some nine months ago he came with
his family, from Dakota and settled on
ranch near the city. A bout the LIST
OF June he left his fatally ia this city
ana went 10 Cinnibar, where hr found
employment In the miues. Several
days ago his wife applied 10 the county
for transportation back 70 her former
home IN Dakota, which she obtained.
FfitE upon earring this came down
from Clnnibar anu endeav0red to per-
suade her to remain. This She refused
10 DO, anu departed with her children
Fritz then began driuking, and to sew
eral OF his companions declared MS
Intention OF committing suicide. Erly
next evening he wandered about twO
miles from the city and shot himself
by the roadside.
Harry NJ. Blssell, aged thlrty.two
yeRrs, committed suicide at Phmnix,
A. T., on Wednesday morning by
swallowing carbOlio aciI. He was one
nI the leading young men Of PEunix,
both socially and Ia business, having
been connected with the sewer ana
elecric light c0mpanits and with the
Hartford bank, holding tho position OF
business manager In the first, aud that
u director and secretary In the latter