Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-06
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Terrific Fight with a Wild Cat Hear
Terra Gotta, Cal,
A MOST coin FLOODED MURDER



Malicious persons are poisoning
sheep on tue ranges In Lauder county,
pccordiug to tho Austin, (Nev,) hcu
cite.
W. n. Gould, owner Of the Reno,
Nrvadu, Creamery aud an early pip-
neer ~ Nevada, has just died from
bls0d poisoning.
says tho Logan Nation, The enroll
ment at the AgrlcuiluiA, ana Brigham
Young coiltgrs lie very lair aud CON
tidcfing thu tunes N about ~ large ~
could have been vSp,C tcd. The mum.
Der will be greatly increased IN the
rear futuru,as sores viii attend astoJ
IN harvest IL over anu matter can u
arranged.
The Denver HcTubhtdH says The
completion OF the bAute re tunnel
Wett OF Lradvillc, Cole, viii mark AZ
epoch iu Colorado al rOading. IL IL
ono Of the most rtmafkahle pieces OF
engineering Ia the country, eating
Oh, a. Il dors, i've Rnd one.halt milur
Of heavy ~ and down grade. which IN
nelght trains means Ru enormous *
Ieuse, anu IN passenger traffic means
great saving Of time and as well ~
expense.
STATE Coal Mine Inspector Kotd
says tue Denver Tmss. 10 uoiug All ~
his power 0 nelp the unemployed coal
mhcu iu the slate. lie estimates
uulut twO.thitds aTe out Of wurd, nnd
iully out hall viii be idle this winter.
lie hns brut o. man 20 Lexington, Mo-
in nyCs gue the G millions tutf,,suu
II hib tvp II he favored - he VIII rhiI
IA. \ a
hr ask Is that the city, county anu
sta,e atti IN getting transportation ior
the men.
Warrants have been Issued out o.
tho Justics's urt Of NavApai county,
a. r., for tue arrest OF Judge l. W.
French, probate Judge ana rX.otllgio
county school upCfinteudont, cuprs-
iuv MIN with forgery, ombUzliemtni
and obtaining money undcr iaiso pre-
tsutCs. lie 10 now IN iaii IN default Of
giving 5000 bail. TIE charge consists
OF iOr.lng the name OF Mics Kate l..
Hytrr aud two " tue board Of trusteru
Of tcheat c!suict 10 to "a voucher and
issuiug school 2aTrant f0f SO, cAil.
Tug the same aud approprinuug It to
bis own use. There are fumorB NJ utucr
ctookedupsa 10 the standardization Of
the dual ilicts illlod by him. French
young man, ans has been very
popular, aud leader OF the Demo.
cratic rarity la ffescolt county. He
has served two tctml. anu was elected
last Fall again on the Democratic ticket
Tor a third term a. probate judge, al.
though during the cimpaisu fumors
Of cfookedness were circulated Rgaiust
HIN.
News has reached Seattle, Wash,
OF Il brutal murder az Chico, little
town IN lSitssp county. William 5.
Fletcher slc ,inb0at man, was shot
twice anu instantly killed by 5ttvius
Nutiub runcher. Rutter hAd shot
Fviuhvt'a uog anJ tho latter went 10
the cabin where he was anu demanded
$40. Alter angry words Rutter ilrrd
bsth barrels OF a shOtgun into Flctcu.
otis head aud neck, tearing away the
tide 0t his head aud alm0st covering it
nom his body. Rultut then fau along
TIE leach about q hundred yards, whom
Captain W. - Seymour, master Of the
tics myr Grace, On which Fletcher hud
teen mate, ral out ana stopped him
with "a revolver. lie Jut him aboard
tue boat aud lasheI him 10 the mAst
until the ehrrin, who was cent for
utlvei, All the people IN town gath.
Ului or uud the boat and Threatened 10
tn lynch Ruttcr. kultVr was brought
Seattle nud lodged la jail. Fletcher
wa hslt.brceu, but very popular,
A slick young man has bsen ptac.
tlclug very smooth trick on unsus.
pfctiug icmnltB with rooms 10 ltI, IN
rhu FTancisco. HH does not tIy his
llttlo game on the regular lodging
house ktepefu, snys tho Chronicle, lul
operates On houses In the Icsiduf CO
portion Of the city Ia which there are
one, two Or three rooms TenlOi 10 tko
out incomes OF make up this font Of an
unnecessarily large house. His plan
h ~ seltctb room which he says suits
hini 10 "a nicely on account OF Certain
pcculihriiies that no finds ready I
maud Ia every place. After makli y
his bargain he tsys bis baggage W |
NOT arrive I'll next day, nut that o
Will sleep In the room thnt night. He
tenders half u dollar in payment, say
rug lac VIII pay the remainder VI thr
week or m0nth's rent when hls ba.
gage arrives next Jay. As be h ~
certain what hour he will come In, be
asks Tor latch Key. lfhe go II kul-
thing VI value lying around loose Ia
that house n likely 90 be- missing from
That time. ihb whole thing 10 merely
Tie play Of sneak thitf 10 gain
entrance without suspicion. Several
houses have been ! lunderod of late IN
this way, and all evidently by the
same lcTsoD. The police have the
case In hand.
a few days ago George Ross, u
EtinOre, California, was laughed at
by hiB friends when he told them OF
monster wild eat he had seen near
Terra Gotta. He male up his mind TO
secure the cat NJ all hazards, and,
armed with a mugzlc.lOudin shotgun,
started out 10 fiud the anlmaps lair.
After great deal OF labor he was sue
crssiul In locating it In IA snug hole la
Hcllil not far from where he had hrst
seen Il. AZ Ross was carefully picking
hls way among tho rocks no louud
himeelf suddenly face to face with the
ca, which crauuhed with ilamlng eye
halls only ten feet from the hunter,
Quick a. u dash Rosa threw his gun
i0fwatd Euu flrgd, the charge striking
Tue cat IN the shoulder. Tho mad
urntd animal, acic canning with rage ana
lhlni spraig Into the air anu landed on
ss, almost knOckug him down.
linen ontuei q most desperate struggle,
i0sa 10 a Why, muscular man, anu o.
~ the RulmDl WIS disabled by ths
charge IT Luckshot In the shoulder,
was able 10 prevent II lfom tearing him,
oy chohiug lt with ono hand ana holt
ing liz untniufeu nav last with the