Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-10
A Wyoming Man Bitten by a Rattle
snake While lrrigating.
Az EscArED toSylCr CAPTURED,
Cloudbnrst IN New NIX co Death Of n
California Pioneer.-A Flood In
Cottonwood Canyon.

fornia anu resident vi San Jose siuce
1879, died Of Sunday aitern lingering
illness Caustd by cancer OF the stom-
ach.
Carmenoiia SalcidO, yOuug woman
OF twenty-iour years, "A native ui Mex
ico, died suddenly at her parents
residence Ina San FfauCisco ON Monday
night ina IT.
The Southern Pnotic company has
sent OUT the order to cut down ex'
prnses IN money Of ila De pattments la
OAKLAND, Cal. The latest move is 10
mako reduction In the expense OF
operating stfoot railroads In Oakland.
MIR. Denton, au cmployc OF the an
ranch was bitten by hugo rattleanbkv
Tow days uRj while engaged ia irri-
eating, Gays tho Buffalo Bnh. lie WA,
brought h. Buffalo the tame night anu
isunIor thu doCtot's care. Though the
bite Is extremely painful, he expecla to
be out again IN a snort time.
Frank Mailer, the German who os.
capcd from the penit,ntiary at Canon
CITY, Col, Saturday morning, was
caught ut silver Chn Monday morn.
lug ny tie marshal OF that place aud Ia
now occupying one o. the dungeons.
When captured he had On suit Oi
uuuking aud was almost exhausted
from lack VI food, sleep and from cuL-
tinuod walking and exposure.
A tragedy occurred ut the May flower
mine, near Forest Hill, Cali.ornin, last
Sunday, VA which Barney MuManA.
mhn WIS shot anu Instantly KILLED by
Henry PHILIPPE, cook nt the mine.
William BOwiing, n friend OF PHILIPPE,
was accidentally shot through the
right breast, but II IL thought he will
recover. The shooting was the culmi.
nation uf dispute over a dinner pail.
pbillipe claims 10 have killed his man
IN self.deiohse.
On Saturday tremendous cloud.
burst coming on after ton days heavy
rain, extending up tue Pccos valley
one hundred miles, destroyed the great
dam six miles above Eddy, Mexico, u
part Of the Hume, aud part Of the
Hngcrman power dam. Two wagon
bridges across the river were also car-
ried out. No livss were lost and no
private property damaged. The water
did not come into the town. The en-
tire less II about $4,000.
w. II. Moshor, who had been IN
Rock Syringe, wyo., for over "a year,
him about $3.50 belonging to those who
were trying to organize an order OF
the Patriotic Sons OF America. Mr..
MOsher took great interest In form
ing this society aud was appointed 10
collect the initiative fee, which lie DID
to the amount named above, aud then
left. There Ia talk OF bringing him
back TO answer for his crime.
A prominent eastern naturalist In n
letter 10 the editor OF the Tucson Tan.
Eona) Ottsea several years ago, In view
olsome exceedingly curious habits OF
bird ana mammal life In Arizona,
saldi thereafter nothing from An.
Eona will surprise me. The unexpected
Ia always TO be expected" Apropos
Of the foregoing II may not he known
that the native tisn Ia the Santa Ctuz
river bring forth their young alive. A
more remarkable freak Of nature can.
not be found. The propagation OF all
true fish In supposed TO bo by the female
deposlting her eggs In the water where
thNy hatch aud come forth, but the
young OF the fsh In the Santa Cruz
are nearly an inch long at tho time Of
their birth. Each female brings forth
about twelve to fifteen young statimo.
The male adult fish reaches from three
TO tive iuohes In Hize, but tho adult
female IL scarcely half NJ large. In
color they are greyish brown on the
back with bright silvery sides. AZ the
present time the females are big with
young, aud strange appearing. We
desire 10 call the attention Of scientists
aud naturallsts to this interesting and
curious form Of fish life.
The Hood which came tearing down
the Cottonwood canyon, northwest OF
town, on Monday, says the Rich
field advocate, created quite sensa.
ton Tor time; II took "a diagonal
couTsa across the northern hall Of
Riehneld. No material damage was
dlne, though 1t LEFT oceans OF
mud, mixed up with brush,
driit wool, rocks, etc, aud
making gullies aud breaks In the
uitches along II, courts. IL made
rush nj John Gafduer's residence, but
bya vigorous effort by the women
folks, the only people at home at the
time, the current was turned away
from the house. Mr. HaleP Residences
WAS completely surrounded with tho
drlft but no serious injury resulted.
The canal east Of tOwH, II II hnil, 10
fill Of mud and brush where the nJOd
struck It, II II reported that some little
damage was done IN the north Held,
to the grain, In few places. A heavy
black cloud stood ON the mountains
west, attended by thunder and light
ming, and 1t lie supposed there was
cloud.burst.
A passenger on the belated Midland
train, due tO arrive In Denver 5atur-
day night, says the Denver NeWs'
reached the city over the Denver n
Rio GrAndo last Sunday evening the
accident which caused tho delay took
place about fifteen miles above
Buena Vista. The engine struck
pile Of SAM and rocks, throwing
It from the track aud killing En-
gineer Bates, one VI the most efficient
and popular engineers on the road
The h.eman mifaeuOusly escaped,
Engineer Bates was buried In the SAND
and horribly sonldsd, 40 that death
eIsuad a few miDutes after he was jug
out. "rell my vile, said he, "that
have always loved her. God bless my
children" He begged the aymphthlE'
Ing trainmen and passengers 10 pul
him out Of his misery. The lshlh oI
the brave man is described by the
passengers as intensely pathetic ITO
applied the air bfakep anu reversed the
engine before striking tue distractions
A travelling auditor OF tue Wells Fargo
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