Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-26
BRIG M.


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Aaron ROsBnbaum, young man o.
this city, died very suddenly Thursday
afternoon. lie was taken with violent
vomiting anu expired Tow hours
later, being unable 10 hold amy intelli
glble conversation from the moment
he vHs stricken down 10 the time OF
his death. some say II Ia "a casa Of sun.
stroke, others that he died In al epilop.
tic NJ. One week ago 10 the day,
Judge Hunsaker was prostrnted and
expired In almost ths same manner.
Last Week w. II. Booths captured
young lynx out near ConoI's SPRING..
The gentleman was riding along when
he suddenly came upon Rn old lynx
with her two cubs. The parent showed
signs Of fight and Mr.. Boothe was able
10 catch aud carry OIL but ono Of her
young.
Tuesday Mrs. John T. Calno and
Mrs. ZinA Young were In Brigham.
Their object was 10 secure the services
OF Mrs. Olivia Fosgren OF this city, for
the Utah building at Chicago. Mrs.
FOsgTen will take with her the loom,
spindle anu other apparatus which she
uses 10 her hand weaving OF silk.
WOOL BUSINESS.
Henry Marx, OF tho firm Of Sohutt
4 Marx, 81. Louis, has been In Brig.
ham CITY the past few days buying
wool. This gentleman has already
soooped In 100000 pounds OF wool
while here. Add this quarter Of a
million pounds 10 the big purchases
made at Soda SPRING., Mr.. Marx has
got hold OF half u million pounds Of
wool. This represents $50, OOn dropped
Into these two towns for wool alone by
one buyer.
The orchards In willard have passed
through n terrible ordeal''Rt the hands0
OF the greedy caterpillars. A reporter
passed through the town last week.
At first sight II looked as though
whole acres OF great apple, peach, plum
and cherry trees were leailess, dry
and dead. But on closer inspsction
one could detect life not only
In the skeleton OF the whole tree,
twigs, out 10 the skeletons OF the
thousands OF leaves. OF the leaves
only their threpd.like frame work
Was left, making the trees at dis.
lance look Ms dead as door nail.
foliage left upon great trees that were
wont 10 shadow tho greater part Of a
quarter OF AN acre. Entire orchards
In Willard covering acres are In this
same sad plight. Not only the fruit
for this year IL destroyed, hut 10 II
feared that many VI the trees are NJ
sorely stricken that they will die. so
fur some OF the orchards have not boeu
~ IA hes
fast moving 10 gTeener fields anu the
worst II feared, as the people seem
wholly powoTlcss 10 cope with the
millions Of ravonous worms that now
owArm In the town.
BITTEN DY A SNAKE.
Last week, several Itallans wer,
camping In tue canyon cast OF Brig,
ham. Ono OF them went down to the
creek to drink. On his way be cam,
10 large Tattlesnake. Not knowing
that the reptile was poisonous, lac
picked It up aud ran over 70 frighteu
| his cOmpaniOLs with IL. They us.,
celvod the danger at once and shouted
to him TO drop the snake, which 10y thi,
time was whiting with anger and
sou ding IT. awful warning. IL then
struck Mt him, burying liz sharp fAngl
deep In his arm. Iii. comrades
rushed the poisoned man down Ia
Brigham and literally soaked him IN
liquor. The arm swelieu up to almost
the slzo Of the mans body, but hy
skilllul treatment It Is thought II cal
he saved,
Large quantities OF luoern nay are
heing cut anu stacked ia tubs section
The tirst lucefn crop Is "a good one.
Rocks as big as men have heor
tuulled down into the canyon road o
late by trGnsitory locks OF sheep, ant
there they lay obttIucting the ROAD lik,
40 many petrifisd bodies.