Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-14
NEWS OF THE WEST.
That Trouble Among ShSeDmsn in The
Plateau Country, Colorado.
A ROMANCE on rag OCEAN.
Accidentally Shot with R'h''-An
Interesting Legal Fight
"Ergotlzed Grass"

Brakeman JOhn Wv was ut w 49,
the Rio Grande vi San Marcihl, N'hl.i
while bathing with twenty cum
panions. His mother and two sisters
i've at Silver CITY.
The big irrigation wheel 70 be use'l
by the Snake River (ldAho) fFhh
Gfouers, association n reported a.
nearing completion. IL Will be twelve
feet high anu twenty feet IN preadth,
and will operate two contnIugh
pumps. which will force about thlfiy
minsrs' inches Of water from tue HNeI
10 Inc reservoir, which N eighty ittt
above the land 10 DO irrigsteH.
Thomas Hodges, tweniy.four years
OF age, employed ~ a n0stier al John'
sons livery sable at stockton, Oali
Eat In au omen window Ia tho secohu
story o. the building on Monghy
After DON and went " sleep. DuflhB
his -iuuivur be tell to the stone payS5'
ment and was Instantly KILLED. MS
tarenis reside 10 Gsate Valley Where
his falner Is a large brewer
Fish Commissioner Mills has re-
csived information from the California
fish commis,ion, remarks the Chih0n
(Nevadal Tribune, that they have eIn-
ployod o special attorney to prosecute
rerions dumping sgwdust IN the
Tfuekse river, and that they intetd TO
stop this violation Of the law N vigor'
Gus prosecution will do u. Commits
sioner Mills will, az soon ~ the waters
In the rivers reccde, truusplRnt some
1850. 900 Eastern trout aud 100000 rain
bow trout IN the several rivers In TINS
state.
One hundred and fifty men are nj
work on the water ovlnpnny's new
reservoir vt Bnsin, Gays the BuVo
Mont Inter Mountain. One hundred
barrels Of cement ATE daily consumed
Ia the work Of building the lsu-ioot
wall to retain ths water. This wall
Ia composed Of granite, set with &C.
ment, and IL 50 ieet wide at the base
and will taper 10 IL feet VI the top. IL
" estimated that Two years. time VIII
be require 10 complete ~. The ttser.
voir viii have n capacity OF blllloh
gallons Of wator
DeLamar (Idabo) NuOOeh Woo
King, an industrious ChiuAmhr, has
nnd some men near tue head oil Succor
creek cutting wood. A. soon M hey
had gotten fairly located In their camp
and had cut six or seven cords Of wool,
a half dozen white men came TO their
tent last Sunday and drove the
ChinAmen away, firing guns over
their camp aud threatening 10 klll
them. The Cinnamon left and came
to town, and on Thursday Woo King
went out TO look after their tent ami
Its contents. He found Il had been
burned with about $50 worth Of grub.
The tent, clothes, blankets and grub
were worth ut least 500.
The steamer Los Angeles, which has
been making uneveutiul trips down
the coast for many Year,, brl ught the
news OF little romance when II at
lived In port yesterday afternoon from
San Diego, says the Ban Francisco
Chronicle Of Monday. At San Pedro,
Harry l.. Bleecher and Miss Grace
johnson, botn OF Los Angeles, came
ahoA,d tho steamer and lust no time In
informing Captain Leland that they
had run away from their folks and
desired TO get married. They were
young, hut knew they could denon-
ttTRte that marriage IL not a failure,
and 10 on June Bth tho young couple
were made one. They had not much
ute for the high sea though, ailerit had
served their purpose, and they left tho
tie met Rt Port Hartford with the
Intention Of returning home TO seek
forgiveness.
A gang Of Migrants with keg Of
Losr and tomato cans for cups, made
the day hidsOus for a short time In the
bottoms at the foot Of Twentieth street
Yesterday, says the Denver NcDs Of
a..
vas insulted, notified tue police aud
Lieutenant Clay sont officers Alexan.
der and Tsrb0x 10 run them In. The
wage we're holding their Sunday orRie
In a stone quarry and when the OIL
GERS appeared they felt In no humor 10
leave their ksg. For Il few minutes a
pitched battle was fought. The vAgs
used stones aud In seltdslense the
officers had TO finally draw their guns
and threaten to shoot. The vRgs then
surrendered. They were yillalnous
looking set Of men and they made the
Jail ring with their ribald language
All were charged with being drunk
and creating disturbance.
Lacy Nichols, aged IL, living at
South Sixth street, Denver, accident.
ally shot himself with a 22.cslbrr
gallery ride while playing upon the
banks OF Lake Archer on Sunday
evening. Hs was taken to his home
In a buggy and Police Surgeon John.
son called to attend hin. Tue smsll
pellet Of lead entered the b0y'a right
side Just below the eighth rib aud took
an upward course, lodging In his back.
Early on Sunday morning Nichols,
accompanied by several boys Of bis
own age, went out with his gallery
rife 10 shoot. When tue accident 90,
Cured, Nichols, who was holding the !
cun In his right hand, Jumped upon a |
little bank near the edge Of the lake. |
Tho butt VI tho gun slipped 10 one sid, |
and the hammer struck n protecting |
stone, and as the meohauism OF The |
weapon was poor, the hammer fell and |
The cartridge was exploited. The |
boy'a wound N n very serious one, tu |
the physicians have hopes u his re.
covery.
Veterinary surgeons OF Sau Fran. |
cisco are on tho lookout for the an. |
peaTRnce Of Whist In technically known |
a. ergotlzed grass. Ii Ia dangerous
disease which occasionally poisuns the |
cereals VI the cuuntry ana kills or greal |
numbers OF valuAhle cattle aud horses.
IL appears without Rny apparent |
cause or reason and spreads with |
fnghtiul rapidity all over the cnuntTy.
Within few months after IL hah been
discovered in any locality il will |
destroy animals hundreds OF miles |
away. Veterinary surgeons In conss.
quence arc only too Eager 10 receive |
UarnlnO NJ the fact that 10 10. 49,. |