Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-11
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
4 LYNX in q Dwelling House 10
Idaho.
AZ ENGINEER sAyp.gAGGED.
uuri Her shouldcr.--Sensaiional Cas'
at brigham Clly.--ilied From
Exposure.

robn Connors, the man found wand
ling over the mountains between
usayer park AMI Cripple creek, several
as ago, with nothing on but his un.
dsyclolhrs, has died IA a result OF the
exposure
At the Relief Society dance given
4, Inc second ward hall, Brigham City,
isst Thursday pight, says the report,
~. Hannah Valentine met with n
,,.ruuat and painful accident. she
80 dancing, anu accidentally tell ON
,hs smooth floor, severely spTaininV
~, right shoulder. For u time 1t was
,rought her shoulder was broken, but
n proyed TO be only n bad spIain. Ihe
,,5y still suffers from the fall, and
although not yet able TO use her arm,
/. progressing nicely.
News comes from weiser Idaho,
that John Patterson, an engineer IN
The employ Of the Weleer Milling
company, was sandbsgged on Tuesday
evening when on his way home aus
near the postoilice, by parties un'
known. He was found by his irlendh
wandering near the bank Of the Snake
river in dEzed condition, aud was
taken home aud cared for. At last
accounts he had recovered sufficiently
10 shy that there were two or three
PERSONS In the party who assaulted
him hut he was unable TO Identity
them. IL Ia not yet known whether
the assault was made by tramps for the
purupss Of robbery, several OF that
maternity having been seen In this
city the last day ~ two, or by perr0nal
enemiet.
A highly interesting and rather sen
aatiOnal case was tried beio.e u. ;.
Commissioner johnson, Friday lRst,
says the Brigham Cry Report. IL
was the United states vs.. Lars Andef.
SOP, OF Bear River CITY. The charge
was that OF adultery, alleged to have
been committed with ons Mrs. Sina
johnson, OF the same place. Judge
Hunsaker appeared for the plalnuH
mud Attorney CoOmhs for the dofend-
ant. Quite number Of witnesses
were examined, aud after hearlug AL
the evidence, the commissioner us-
clded there WAS not sufficient evidence
10 bind the defendant over to await the
action Of the grand Jury, AMI he was
c0u,equeutly discharged. Mr.. Amber.
ron confessed to being on familiar
terms with Mrs. johnson, also said that
lie loved her. She admitted the same
thing. Mrs. Anderson Ia now suing
for divorce from her husband.
A letter fro u VIM. II. Parke, dated
Malta. Cassia county, Idaho, Feb. ~
sayf: We mad quite an exciting time
VI my hOute night before last. About
Twelve O'Clock We were awakened by
haa
thing around the house, when all ut
front window into the dining room.
We thought 1t WIS the cat. My wife
rot up aud went lotto the dining room
To shut the door, which sue thought
was open, when she saw something
she supposed was one OF the dogs anu
which ran from the dining room
thTou IA our bedroom into tins children's
bedroom. got up and called the dog,
but II did not come, 10 | went Into the
room, when saw the strange animal
slanuin g on trunk with lis fore ieet
IN the window. | walked up to 1t 20
being dark 1 could NOT sse very wril)
and thought would carry It out Ia my
arms. | reached out 10 take nOld Of H.,
when | concluded II was big wildcat.
My wife, VINO was standing beside me,
scttAme / 10 get the children cut VI the
room. We got them out In hurry
and shut the uoor. then holloaeJ 10
my brOIher-in-iaw ana another man
tlteping In an adjoining room 10 come,
sud while they were doing go | iit the
lamp aud got the gun. We then en-
tered the room where the animal was,
but In the meantime II had got under
the bed behind some boxes. We scared
1t out and shot II through the head,
killing II. Ga boxing at 1t next morn
ing, We found II 10 be- large lyux,
measuring three feet anu Blk h. c1es
from tip TO tip.