Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-12
NEWS OF THE WEST.
The Sunday CLOSING Law in Los
Angeles, CAL, RIgidly Observed.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE IN NEVADA.
A Railroad Journey Against limo
A Giant Tree fog the WorlPs
Pair, Etc.

advocating the bonding Of the iowa
for the purpose Of purchasing anu
building wateTworks'
Perry lSnighton Of Albany, Or, was
thrown from a load OF hay last wees,
striking on his head, since Whleh ne
has been totally deaf.
smclt are reported 20 plentiful IN
the Colombia river al NHhoou'V.i
Wash, that they eau DO taken OUT III
large quantities In scoop nets
G.orge silveria Of Redland, Cal, has
nm acre and one-hali IN strhwbeffles on
which hia profits last year were over
$500, He produced berries for the
market over eight months OF tho year.
Tho work Of quarrying rock from the
canals for the Cascade locks On tue
Columbia river has been commenced
md will be pushed q. apluly hh the
stage OF the water will permit.
The Southern California bOy'a band
Of Cotton, composed ui twelve lads
whose ages range from 70 IL yenrs,
are endcavorlng TO secure the ncces-
hafy support 10 attend tho World'e
Far.
A depoaite Of ine building stone Of y
pale green color has been discovered siA
milea northeast Of fehachapi, Gallon
MIA. Tue stone takes on high polish,
ami whether polished or In the rough
IN said 10 present beautiful appear
AT Cc.
Robert Crave Of Santa Rosa, Cali.
ioTnin has n hive OF bees that he uOin'
icilui thlrty.eight yeure ago In home
made redwood box hive. They have
sent out many swaIm. which were
invariably young bees, and he Is
anxious to know now u the original
swarm is still living.
Ed l.. Jones, the Fort Russell, wy.
oming, soldier who, about three Wtehh
ago, killed guard aud then sent
bullet Into his own brain, after beint
wounded by pursuefs. was, u d"Vcl1 =,
from a good family " West virginia.
He was a runaway boy aud his remains
Will be shipped home.
Articles Of incorporation Of the San
Diego and Phoenix Railroad company
have been filed. The company w in-
rorporatsd TO build u standard gauge
railroad and telegraph line from the
bay OF San Diego 10 the boundary lint
OF CAL ornia ut or near Fort Yuma.
The estimated length Ia lI5 miles.
The San FTancisco police mnde n
raid on Tuesday night on girls who
were violating the onrfcw otdit ance
Mary Foley. aged thirteen yeRrs, AMI
Mary Donuelly, aged fourteen Year,,
were arrested iOf violating the cutisw
ord ance. They are ruf aw ,ys. n
girls had their pictures taken during
ihe day showing themselves In the
net OF smoking IA cil arctic.
Rawlins, Wyoming Republicans:
At n depth OF go feet In the city well
now being drilled, the thinner got fast
Mt the bottom and man was lot down
who tore II irom It's fastening, came
up, got hammer, went down again
r' Il pounded the edge Of the casing
back, which had got dsnted In anu
cAused the trouble. II Ii often that Il
man gots down In an artesiau well, hut
this h eighteen inches In diameter for
the first eighty feet, and sixteen inches
the rest Of the distance to the bottom.
Miss Edith Day Of the Rdiitg0y and
Marine Gazette Blatf returned 10 lort.
land, Oregon, over the Southern Pacific
on luesiRy morning, having com
pl, oil her ten.ihoutand.mi,e railroad
uTury through tho United States anu
Mexico ia seventeen days aud ious,een
nnJ one.half hours. Mise Duoliltlc leit
ChlcauO at the same time that MIS-
Day lett Portland aud Travelled In the
al. al Ia. 80 pal. "A
the entire distance according IL
schedule time.
The Newcastle (Wyo.) NepS say
There liz considerable activity Ia oil,
circles this week. About forty locat on
have been filed with the county clerk,
oomprlsing about 1000 acres OF oil
land. This confidence Ia our oil pros.
uects In shown by some Of tho Oldesi
cltizens here who have watched tht
course Of events since the first loca.
tions were made In this vicinity. The
universal feeling here Ia one OF oonii'
uencu that the near future VIII show
Important developments IN our Oil
INDUSTRY.
q W. stewart, who was occupy s
n cabin with James Poor, a pioneer %
Reno, Nevada, has been found deal ~
his bunk with q large Colps revo'vrl
clasped In his hand and bullet hol
under his chm. Although Poor ocCu
pied bunk few ieti away he did no
near the shot. Stewart was injured by
the pommel Of his saddle while work
ing Tor q w. Mapes last summe'
Having suent the winter aud oil b
money In vain endeavOr 10 get cured
he became desuOnisnt. THIS Ia sup
posed to have been the cnuge OF the act
For the flrsi time in many months
tho Los Angelica looms were ri
closed last Sunday, even back door-
heiug barred. For some time past TIA,
sunday.closlng law has boon pfacll
cally u dead letter anu the authorities
thinking that the sal0ou-keepcr' w,r,
getting to bold, made u number %
arrests. The liz or dealers are muri
disgueted ut the turn affairs hav,
taken, having been under he imprts
hion that the present council wOul,
interpret tho law after very lcnien
fashion.
There has arrived In San Frnncisc
assertion OF giant redwood from the
forests OF Humboldt urty, whici
will be sent 10 the Worlds Fair
The tree from which It was cut wa
one Of the largest ever elled. II wn
selected frm a number ~ Others %
great size 0n Eel river, about ten milrl
from Scotia. rhe trunk was seventy.
seven lett in clrtumfrncs at the has,
and Az Get In length. At the hrirLl
OF 2J7 eet II was nine feet In diameter
The section cut our for exhibition D,