Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-19
NEWS OF THE WEST.
In Unpleasant Close Contact With a
Huge Mountain Lion.
MONTANA rAnAgRs IupgouSious.


Stewart Menzies, representing aScoich
Ayndioats, and the oW uer Of the CHOW
emilia ranch, MERGED county, Is AZ
Fresno. Cal, negotiating with inc
Fresno Canal aud Irrigation company
for 1000 ioet Of water 10 be dellNefel
some forty miles to the above ranch
for confederation lutp0rtru 70 U
5000, 900 OF 100000. Considefanlo IN
uignation Il expressed by number 9i
Fresno citizens who lear the deal VIII
be- Contaminated.
On Monday the dwelling house, cor
rails and about forty tons 81 hay belong
inc 10 David BIS OF Mill ward were
DESTROYED by fire. The cuntenta OF the
house, with the exceptions Of n sewing
machine and few other thingp, were
also destroyed by the flames. MI. biiis
and wife were at Salt Lake cry, ani
two children, n son anu daughter,were
taking care Of the place. IL y no,
Known how the iiro started. lorHat
Egpress.
Another batch OF forty or hily
"hobosO arrived In Ashland, oregon
on "A freight tfsin from the noith ON
Mondny evening. This gang auempt-
ed 20 take possestion Of the day ojnch
on the overland train at Granps parH
that morning but were beaten on ny
the tTainmen with clubs and revolN,'e
after numer. us window lights IN we
car had been broken, The itclght
trains lays la Ashland over night ot-
fore going south, and the town y IN
Tested with "hob0H" each nlghl,
though, aalde from the Chiuusr Out
rage Last "Wednesday night, pAillcu-
lar dtpredntione have been o1mmlt'e''
The lsnd department Of the Great
Northern finds thatit IL impossible the
pfcgeut season {, make collections from
the farmers, remarks the Helena, Mon
tana, IndopsndeHt. rhu I'M Guilty Hes
In the low pIice OF the grain product.
With wheat AT fitty cents bushol the
producer cannot find money 10 pay
bills. The indemnify lauds OF tue
Great Northern are pretty vol settled
anu cult waited, aud under more favor
aule conditions would prove goodly
source VI revenue 10 the road, hut the
corporation has decided Ia tue eKlgcn'
cy 10 carry the farmers over another
year, az II " not the policy OF the CONE
pany to visit avoidable hnfdships upon
any one.
A bold robbery was perpotreted al
Midnight on Monday In Dickey y
Becklef'a ganbling.hOuse nj CmIr ~
Alene, Idaho. The game had Just
closed ior the night whom the door
opened and three masked men sprang
IN, covering the crowd with n Win.
chester and two siX'shootots nnd
ordering "hands up, quick" The
leader covered Becker with his re-
H.a.. u 10 h.. NaW NaNaN
Jerking opened the drawer anu took out
5000 ia silver with his lett hand. lie
crossed 10 another faro table aud took
cut $500, showed II into his pocket hud
all three backed out Of the room. As
the leader crossed the threshold he
said, "The first man that follows W
will get his hide full OF Lead" ahc
slammed the door. A posse at once
tt,rted TO ranch seven miles west Of
town, and ON searching the premises
iouud Edward Havetly, "a man who
has been loRfiugl around town several
days. He was arrested AMI bought %
town, but had none Of the misalng
money. He protests his innocence.
Jack Dillon au eN.cOnviOt, II suspected
~ being One OF the men, IL IL be.
loved that two OF the men have started
a. Spokane on foot, following tie "a |
Tuad track. A dozen men have started
~ pursuit, all well armed and deter
mined. The robbers are well armed
aud are not expected to SURRENDER
without light.
Lewis Sweat, OF Center ward, while
hunting deer In the mountains near
The head VI Center creek, says the
MRsatch Wave, came across u track la
the snow which he ut tlTsi took 10 be-
that " "a bear. lie took up the trail,
aud had not followed II far when he
came 10 the conclusion that he wns
trading a mountain lion instead Of
tear, and that the lion was track.
ing him rs we'll, for he had made
n complete circle and was bach
on the trail again, which he ana
the lion had made nut a low moments
before. While walking along Hs
wAtchful as possible, MrSweat stopped
TO look around "A little, for ienE that tnt
cunning beast might be- lying IN wait
for him. His imag nations were only
too true, for Just lew steps Ahta :, on
the limb OF a large pine tree, anu
directly over the trail, he spied Mt.
Lion, ready TO pouuue down upon him
wnen he came along underneath. Mir.
Sweat drew from his belt a cartridge,
la CASE tho one ho was about 10 hrv
IRON HE gun should not prove iatal,
when hs took good aim anu firrd, the
hall striking the terror Of mankind
directly between the eyes, killing bin
instantly. tbs lion proved 10 DO mon.
stTous male. He measured 8 feet from
tip TO III, weighed 100 pounds, had u
forearm that measured III inches
around, ami hia tu,hes ana tOenails
each measuted D. inches la length.
We consider Mr.. Sweat hal very mar
row escape rom struggle win the
brute whose life no % suddenly put 10
an end.
w. Il. wrlsley ON Tuesday afternoon
visited the cottage occup OF b. his
wife, Estalla Whsloy, at Riverside,
Cal, anu killed her In most blThAr.
Gus manner, crushing In her heal with
an iron weight aud Then repeatedly
driving "A dirk into her face anu throat,
cutting the arteries aud wlnGpipe.
The murderer left tho knife driven
into the woman's body up the hilt,
aud going 10 the Park note close by,
where he hRd u room, nicw OIL tue
whole top u his head with a Shotgun,
the mu11le Of which he Is supposed ,O
have placed In his mouth when d.
fired. Wfisley, who was Rtlu. "a
years old, married his wife yrrr Or
two ugU. She was san Frau
cisco gir, Rnd % years old VI the time
OF her death. The marriage was
brought about through au Riytt-
tisement and resulted most uullAl-