Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-15

titled TO sixiy.hvo appointments cut
side OF the civil service, which l1olud.
ei all tho clerks In the money nnd
registry departments, the euretintend'
euts of diviaionA, the approximations
and clerks At stations aud all tue Cx.
ecutlve oficers. rhe postmaster gen.
efal aud civil service commifsion have
determined. however, that he is en-
titled n only thirty.two places and,
upon examination ~ his roster they
have decided that sixteen NJ tue "a.
maini z thirty.thtec must sep down
and aus and their places filed from the
| ust OF eligibles. Most pi tins CLERKS who
will bu displaced are women.
Tho Sheridan Eatsrpriss gives the
FLOWING account Ol the uT0wniug VI
Mfs. riilic Bloom aud child IN the
| Sunkiugwatet river In the Big Horn
baslu. Wesley Bloom With liz wife
aud three children LETT their h me on
| the evening OF June 27ih for q visit 10
| Mrs. BloJm's father aud mother, Mr..
and Mrs. 5. : Thompson, VINO iefidu
near MRrquttte. When crossing the
north iorN Of toe 5hukingwHtar the
| horses refused 10 take to the water, the
| leaders turning back on the wheel
team anu throwing them down. The
| current, which h. very strong, caught
the wagon aud partly turned Ii over
Mfr. Bloom loft the wagon with oue
! child In hia arms, while Mrs. Bloom
| lvft with her hRhy. Tire eldest
child, little boy was left on
the wagon, which was wash
| lug down stream. Mr8. Bloom
saw tho wagon with her child going
. I'd. o.
| boy with her babe 10 hrf arms, but the
wagon hal got into the current by this
/ time aud she could only MANAGE 10 GET
| hUli Vt tbs wagon. She got on 60 tnc
wheel, bat the current kept the wagon
rolling 50 she could not hpii on, with
her babe In hcr ARM, Aud she was
washed Oh aud drowned. The little
boy was still Ia the wagon box. The
wagon struck a big rock, which scpa.
ratci he running gear from the box,
the child saying with the box, luI he
/ was huAlly rescuoI by his father two
miles from where the accident &C.
CURED.
A hundred wolnsh faces were
Jr,ssed ngaiubt the bans OF the cells iu
the corridor Of the prison at the old
"ity hail last night, tayN the San
/ Francisco Chronicle, oil gazing a. two
men r0iliu. over On tue rrHuud, kick.
nv, biting AMI s,nbniag each other.
fhr TRUSTEES surrounded the combat.
auu apparently tying " separate
/ them bat really hlliing down tho
man they uisliked. Tbs noise 81 the
c3uliict brought Prls n.EoUpCr Shields
20 the scene. But the men wluld not
obey his order g. dralst fighting. Ia
RcJ thry gougod anu Kicked ut ca b
otucr As II lac had not spoken 10 tuUm.
AZ iasi they were pulloi apart aul 10
was then found that II was "Blg
ID ok" and "5hOrty,N two trustiCe,
who were causing al the trouble. They
stood glafiug at eAcl others blood
covered faces Tor an instant, then
"BiE Dick" broke away from those
who we're holding him aut dashed at
"ShOry0 He ha1 only timt 10 Kick
him once " twice before he was over
powered aud rushed iutO the hospital,
Here 10 was found tlAi he hal been
stabbed ~ the face, the knife going en-.
tircy through the check. Hts Oppo.
ncnt Wns cut ~ a dULsu places AMI was
very severely bruised. "Blg Dlckn 10
booked as Richard McGWtn, and IL
doing xix months for ietit larceny.
"5hDrty's" NAME IA Thomas BOuricau,
aud lac IL la prison on charge OF NE
sault to murder. Each man ACCUSES
the other Of beginning tnu fight, which
CONNIE ced In a row over thr distribut.
ing Of the blankets. Vie worde wvrr
exchanged. Aud McGmth claims
that Shorty assaulted him with knife
aud he then fought IA fuli. usc.
Shorty says McGmth picked the quarrel
aud attacked him with his knife. That
MoGnth cut sim about tue head
several times before he could catch
hold Of his hand, which he thea ~.
III McGraih df0ppei hts knife. He
claims that ho then pulled his knife
Rom his pocket, opened II with his
teeth aud bcgRn cutting. The knife
USED by shorty was little wooden.
handled affair which he At once sur
rendered o. Sergeant Steel Vlat oil
McGrltn was large anu sharp. II was
missing Tor some time, but 1t was at
last fouuu under bench. SlOttly
alter MuGruth's wounds were dressed
10 was founu that some one had
given him hnlths, knife. A general
call Tor weapons was then maize and
the TRUSTEES were relieved o, quite u
collection Of knives II raz1rs, Upon
the orders NJ Captain ntJnu charge OF
assault with deadly weapon was
placed against Shorty. MoGratn was
booklet on n charge Of battery. There
has been bad blood batwven the two
men Tor some time, and It was learned
that only the night before they had
had a light, IA which McGtath drew u
knife Ou BJrdeau.