Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-06
NEWS OF The WEST.
Exciting Adventure Of a YOUng Lady
with a Panther
MAN wrn 100000 DISAPPEARS.
Fight Between Rcd aud a Spotted
Remarkable Escape
from a Wildcat Death.

The wasatch Ware is Informed that
the an W at the head Of Lake creek IL
from eirL. w tOuueeu iuchrs In dvptu,
the most OF which fell lass saturday
duflng the day auu night.
The baily decOmposed body Of
mau WIS found u0at Maticopn, Arik.,
on rhufsiuy. IL 10 supposed TO be Tue
remains OF u csrpuutuf uamcd Copy
who had been wording ut Mancopa
me tune THIS summer.
A small ily, which some call the
bufi DO Il has been bO'herlng cattle
aoutn vu-t Of Larnmic, Wy0, Tor
some timr. They do not live on me
blood Of tho cattle, tut extract NC
fr IA the akin. They are small with
bright wing.
There Ia ~ move on foot for "hsri
times bAll,D to DO given within tho
next two weeks, says tho Wa,sioh
Wave. A dance Of tuis kind viii be
quite u novelty here and reminder ul
early days, when gram, p1,Aiocs, car
t0ts, butter, ETC., were taken win
which 10 buy tickets.
II reported that the young women
II Giouw0Dd have organiz i Home
INDUSTRY club, and they have hshed
cut their motuefs' and grandmothefP
spinning wheels and pat them Va run.
ming order. The wool ia sVut 10 Mani
70 he carjcd. They Will spin nll the
stocking yarn necuel In tbs town anu
probably enough yarn 10 MAKE them
selves hnsey dresses for the winter
We wish them fuccols. We nope u
may provo the nucleus OF wooden mill
In me near future. This Is from the
RfotHtid ActOcdtc.
Mrs Cox, Ihe lady telegraph agent
Mt Cope Bsale Lighthouse on the west
coast, had an excited adventure IN
that Wild porliOn " the country one
evening, remarks the Victoria Thnis
She was oct tot walk, accompanied
by a couple OF dogs. Tue latter ststt,i
n large panther from ilH laif, The
panther, seeing MitB Cox, started iOr
her, evidently determined on an at
tick. She stood sim screaming for
assistance. Her cries brought one o.
the dogs to her side, ant alto stnrltd
her younger brother % her assistance
with "a rife. The panther came 30
close, Enarliug and whining all tho
time, that she was afraid 10 move lest
~ should spriug Oh hor. At last Hho
caught hold OF the dOg and threw n
squnftly ON top OF the big cat. A fierce
nght then began between the Two. At
this juncture Misl COX's brother AT.
fivcd with the gun, and selling II the
young lady soon put an end to the
duel aud thu life Of the savage panther
with well.difeoled shot.
A hunter who was looking for 4 ms
thus defcrilel n fight which he wit.
messed between red and spotted bull;
Gndunlly the iniuriatoi beasts mp.
Itoicneu tRch other with lOweie
h,ads and their eyes flashing fire.
When they got wlthin twenty yards
one from the other they Htealthily
moved forward step by stey, eviIenty
one trying 10 get an advantage over
tie other. Suddenly they Jumred,
licked horns Hnd the terrible conflict
bugBn. They struggled with nll their
might and main, hrst one gaining an
advantage and then tho other, ior
WIAt seemed TO the reporter a fall halt
hour, when the red hull, by a terrific
charge, tucs coded IN turning tho head
Of the spotted one, aud by quick
movement g0red him H. tho belly let
ting The cuttaila out. THIS believing
OF tho wounded and now ifenzied
beast could have been heard tor mi o..
Tho spotted bull, with eutrails hang
ing out, returned the charge, ana sue.
Cveded IN ripping open the stomach VI
his oOmhalaut, and again they came
together, but were 81 badly wounded
that funily one tOppled over, aud the
other alter one prolonged triumnhRul
bellow, Tell near by.-Esi Riusr RiHCg
Adpuace.
The peculiar action Of the electric
current " sometimes very Interesting
~ we'll us amusing. Mrs. NJ. L.,
thompson, VINO resides at Upper A l.
binn, says the Portland OytgOHiau,
went into hOr yard the oluef Jay u
gather some plums. The fifst ono she
touched gave her an electric shock,
Again she tried TO gather tnB plumH,
aud every time she touched ono she
received n strong shock. Unable u
account for the occurrence, she called
Ia ueighb0b Hud sue went through
the same experience, and not plum
could they get. Mr.. Muneiee was
called, anu he started toward the place
where the ladies were Standing, and
came In contact with clytuesline iull
OF clothes. Ia attempting 60 separate
the clothes, 10 he could pass, his hands
came iutO contact with the line, auu
he received shock that Knocked him
down. This led 10 investigation,
made with great caution, Hud IL wAf
discovered TINT the electric light wire
connected with the house was broken
ana had fallen across tue oloihusline,
one end OF which was attached 10 the
plum tree. Tho Hue anu clothes Wcre
damp mud formed u good conductor
Also when plum was touched oii.
cult was completed and u SHOOK re-
ceived.
To lall down a shaft nhy.seyen feet
anu live IL u most remarkable eXperI .
ence. Such, however, has been the
thrilling experience Of Frank Young,
says tue Los Angeles HcTdd MI.
Young is one Of the contractors on the
oulfall sswer. Thp shaft TO section 8 VI
tho big sewer IN flfiy'boven feet deep
and Is entered by means Ui an elevator
run by an engine. Mr.. Young stepped
on the cage 0l the elevator ana sig
nRlod the engineer 10 "let Per co."
Often when the signal OF deaceut was
given the engineer would open The
throttle and allow the elevator 10 de-
eoend for 10 or 20 feet at n lightning
speed, makirg simply drop, not
Glowing up uutil reaching the tunue
LelUw. But when the engineer attom pt
ed to follow his usual custom yeslerduy
II was attended with disastrous results
HoOponed the throttle aud tho cage sho
down the shat ut "A most lerriticspeed.
The engineer saw that his engine