Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-01
NEWS OF THE WEST.
r,nrs,sIOn Of a Brutal Wife Murder,
For GaiB, In Oregon.
DEVASTATING ARMY OF cRIcKErs
proylding for the Wants " Putblo's
Poor.-Tliousands Of Acres Lying
Idle In Wyoming.

Quite y large number OF alfalfa fed
s,sefs have been shipped out Of Aflz)nn
during the past wetE, not o few OF
thrn having been finished ON the
newly cut crop
j. IL. Dodge, n pioneer farmer Of
st8rktou county, Cal, has Just died at
he age ~ "a yenfs. He was at one
uu.ea prosperous wheat shipper, Tut
lied poor, having lost his pr perry IN a
REGULATION. His failure, seven years
ago, precipitnied q local panic which
carried down q dozBn iarmcfs who naI
Endorsed notes.
A special meeting Of the Pueblo,
COL, city council has been called TO
r5naider the action necessary 10 be
taken 20 provide for the wants Ut the
moor people who have been rendered
destitute OF placed IN need by the Hood.
mo work OF placing the city la a
proper sanitary COndlti9u Will be CJi.
iidered nj the same time.
Cyrus Williams, wealthy bachelor
farmer living near Virginia, thirteen
miles east Of Beatrice, Neb., on tue
Rock Island, WINS found deRI In HE
house on Sunday night. Several days
alo Williams aud several companions
purchased a Reg Of burr ia Beatrice,
which furnished four days spree ana
which caused williams's death, accord.
ing 10 the verdict Of the rurOuUi'a jury.
HIS only known relative II " SISTER
who resides In Boise CITY, Idaho.
Adyices from Word & Courtncy's
grading camp az seven RIVER, Eldy
county, n. NJ, state that James Bar.
ret, native Uf Athens, o., IN "a crazy
a brought on by drink, took shotgun,
called ut two Of the camp tents anu
without warning fired upon james
BARNES and Jack Holohan, killing both
Instantly. Barnett gave himself up 10
the sheriff aud an attempt was made
to lynch him hut the sheriff sucretei
him In the mountains. lie adults the
crime anu Hbys he 10 ready to hang
Tor II.
An army Of crickols Of the genus
gfyliuH have Invaded tho vicinity Of
Lost Cabin, Wye, ami nrc devastating
the country Of all vegetation. The
cfiokets cover stripof country about
twelve TO fifteen miles wide, and are
travelling In a southeast direction at
the rate OF three miles day. The
army struck the ranch Of Enoch Cor
nell aud In less than four hours had
eaten up his potato crop. Before
night his alfalfa aud oats had the hp.
ptafango Of being ripe anu really TOT
harvest. The cfickets arc let black,
about one inch long, and are remark
able for the tact that they are about
one tlze.-IdiHt Rock Record.
Morrison, Colorado, was excited on
FRIDAY last over the appearance OF
lT.yeAr-oli girl, who had walked
from Golden ana wanted TO know the
nearest way to Denver. She snid she
had beeu driven from home lay the
cruelty Of stepfather ana wanted 10
reach friends at Durango. Citizens Of
Morrison kindly provided for her, and
ticket 10 Denver was given her. Her
home was said ~ be- on Golden avenue,
Coliax, and her story IL substantially
true, M the person supposed TO be her
Htepfathef was arrested at Highlands
not long since for threatening 10 kill
both the mother and the girl.
A colony Of one hundred families OF
thrifty Mormons have settled near
Otto, Wyo., says the Red Lodge
Ticket. They are at work on big
ditch taken out from the Grey Bull
river and are preparing 10 reclaim
100000 acres OF desert, The land lies
between Gray Bull and Dry creek.
These hardy people have made won.
defiul Improvements in Utah and
Idaho aud no doubt they will do the
same In northern Wyoming. DR..
Johnson who was down there last
week. asked them where they were
likely 10 do their trading, anu the
replied that they would come to Red
Lodge as this IL the nearest shipping
point and the roads are the best 10 this
place. Red Lodge also has fine
market for produce.
Thousands OF acres OF fertile agrl-
cultural land along the Platte river In
Wyoming now lie idle because OF the
expense Of irrigatlng the same, says an
exchange. +. IL. Harvey anu Albert
Clough, ranchmen near Douglas, have
Just invented plant for raieing the
water, which will reduce the cost
materially. An under.shot water.
wheel placed In the river Ia made 20
propel centrifugal pump which
eleVates the water over the banks OF
the river Mt the rate Of 1000 gallons a
minute. The cost OF the plant Ia less
than $500, Ranchmen In that section
believe these gentlemen have solved
tho question OF irrigation In the Platte
valley. Three or four OF these plants
would liz enough water over banks
twenty feet high TO irrlgste thousands
Of acres.
John Hansen has confessed TO the
murder Of his wife at Bear Creek, six
miles from Astoria, Oregon. He ac-
knoWledged that no committed the
crime In order 10 secure the money
which she had under lock ana key. He
tOOR the Keys from the pocket # the
ItAd woman and proceeded to rife the
bureau drawers. Not finding the
money ns no expected he called John
Nyland, n lgboTar on tho farm, ana
llld him his wife had been killed.
Hansen states that the weapon used by
nm IN committing the crime was a
club. His demeanOr was very cool,
and he betrayed no evidence OF being
etfaid except nc the intctmeuL The
Information was conveyed to Sheriff
smith, however, that u mob OF Firms
ana scandinaviRuH had gathered I'm
INC upper town anu only waited Il
leader to assRil the jail ana lynch Han.
SEN Every precautiOn has been taken
70 protect the prisoner, anu the shefin
declares that II Haueen n reached by
The mob II will be with the sacrifice II