Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-23

the Lamartine niue. Shortly after !
the accident he went east, where he |
learned the broom making trade. He |
has worked steadily al his trade for the |
past year and half and has made n
comfortable living.
A few mornings since the bridge
builders started ~ work ms usual IN
their Terry barge AZ Folsom. California.
When midway across the nver the
cable drawing tbs ferry snapped In
tgo. aud the large barge started ~ n
MAJ ugce do IN the iicrCv current. SIX
OF the men jumped from the barge aud
managed to reach the shore IN safely.
Two remaining were unable u leave
the barge mud nOated down with II t..
ward the high rocks nnd breakers TO
what might mean death. Chris Lau'
NO who Is .mp'oyeI 10 running u
lerty across the river pending tho com.
plo,ion OF the steel bridge, saw tho
periloue plight Of the men,and by dint
OF hpri wotk managed ~ reach ard
rescue them before the dangerous rocks
were encountered. The river had
risen greatly In the past twenty.four
h0urs.
Professor &. l.. Ingorsoll OF the Ne
brnska experiment stat has bveu
couductIug .xprfitneu Il on ietnsse.ing
corn. He planted LeDming cora with
a chrck.roweruu May 21th last. The
work OF dvtnss,liug was PERFORMED on
july 2srd hy removing al Tie tassels
rom every other row Ia han tue field.
In crop was husked October l3.h and
the corn IN each row carefully
weighed. Tho total number OF pounds
OF corn fram ten deiasseled rows was
52s; rom tru alternate rows 1870, anu
from twenty, all Of which were leit IN
nUInai condition, 1859 pounds. These
results coinc de with those obtained Ut
The ratne station the previous year, IN.
dicatlng considerable loss un account
VI dclnsseling. This experiment VIII
lie repeated this wear Un Hiill larger
tc,lr and with different varieties Of
corn, 10 determine definitely, II possi.
siOlc, wheincr or not u pays TO dotasstl
corn.-ficid aud Fum.
Judge w. II. Hepburn arrived from
the north yesterday, rays the luaho
DdHy MItesDidn o. the .Oth inst, TO
l0O1 ai,er miscellaneous business, not
tbs least important feature OF winch ~
IN connection with the legislature. The
judge 10 deeply interested In the
problem OF making Bachelors useful IN
eooiety. lie mas n plan which ho thinks
| viii contribute to tuis fctult and THIS
plan Is 10 DO presented TO the legis.
E'ufo Ia the form OF a hii. rms
baohelor's bill viii provide that NIL un'
| married men over twenty-iour years Oi
! age shall pay n tax, tnc amount OF the
lax increasing anaualIy until the axe
1 e. d. Of b ts.h
| there will be- corresponding annual
| decline. The money raised by the lax
is 10 be applied 10 thp support u I'M
married women who wouiu otherwite
| De Obliged 10 work for their mninien-
ance, ana the rate Will be made high
enough u provide every comfort for all
the spinstcrs In the state who shall need
support
lsaac w. Wright, iorger, blgamlst
and emhczzler, has been allied al IteR'
trice, Nebras,n, after u two years
search by thc detectives. a history Of
his financial dealing ana periidious
transactions disclose one OF the most
accomplished villains ever known to "a
| community. About tho year 1857,
| Wright came 10 Beatrice from New
York md engaged AS a school teacher.
soon after he married Misa Dobbs,
| u daughter Of ono Of the county's esu.
mable families. To them several child
rem were born. Having completely
gained the confidence " his wife's
relatives and through them securing a
big financial standing. he forged notes
to the amou Mt OF nearly $1,000. Through
his wife's relatives, who paid the
amount, their influence secured light
sentence and Wright was sent to The
| reL itentiary for one year. His wife
remained true to him anu ON compile.
ton OF his sentence the family was
reunited and Installed on "a farm be-
longing TO her brother. A lew months
thereafter Wright sold several thou.
sand buhhols OF corn, which he did not
own, securing u considerable eum Ia
advance Of delivery, auu he sold mort.
gagged property anu ALTO property be-
longing 10 his wife. Win the pro-
ceeds Of his work he deserted his
family aud lett tho country. Vhts Nns
IN 1880. The matter wns ut once given
10 tbs detectives, who began a search
for him, ending only n lew days
ego In getting their man 1t Hollen.
hOrg, Kas., where he was living uu.
der the assumed name OF +. Ii. D0bOs,
and where he nau again married. Here
he was acting AZ principal VI the city
schools, with his wife rs assistant.
His accomplishments have scrveu him
well, for he was regarded M the soul OF
honor anu "a man Of Influence. His
last marriage occurred Christmas day
last, the unsuspecting bride being The
daughter VI u leading family OI the
town, and but 20 years old. 1t has
also been learned that when he lett
New YORK he deserted u wife anu Elk
chiluIen. When tbs arrest was maue
10y deputy sheriff on u requisltion
from the governor Of Nebraska, school
hau Just opened. Wright WAS called
to The door ana was addressed by his
right name by 0na OF his victims. lie
made no denial auu asked that the
warrant he mot read. Permission was
granted 10 dismiss the school, when,
without bidding his wife farewell, hu
was escorted la carriage over tie
state line, where train was boarded
for Beatrice. IL is thought that upuu
the r,qutst Of his second wife's family,
who wish to avoid the Publicity vt a
trial, he will plead guilty anu throw
himself on the merry OF the court.
The prisoner 10 45 years old, accom-.
plished and good looking.