Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-07
Ds,usratc and Fatal Fight With a
Mountain Lion.
AMlS AND HIS WIFE DROWNED
Railway Construction Commenced. =
Alleged Forgery by Sienhouse y
Co.'S "Gazrttcer" Meu.

cease "a til yuma ~ tthoutut 49,
the pnmuix gradera will meet th,m'
Engineer Sanford Ia at work or W.
necessary maps anu Will hnlsh lheh
soon.
James NJ. Reed, ~ yeats Of age,
aud rts wife Miry, aged BY yenf-i
were drowned on 3 inlay Ia an ifflgn'
lion cnnsl Ut Bakersfield, Cal the
weather wa very hot anu Mis-. h'o
went In the canal 20 battle. she got
into a deep place aud disappeared Ia
lew minutrs. The children noticed
her actions and ran 60 tell their Ia her
who was ia tort near by. lie
Iumpsd ia 10 save her, but both were
drowned. They leave four liltit
children, the oldeit eight yeafs oi age
and the youngest s months.
Saturday morning Niu. james VIII
liam on, Of Wellsviile, Cache cot MY
met with an accident That will g. u'c
her much pain aud inconvenience iOr
ono time. She was holding ropt,
tied 10 not over gentle COW, which
her son was milking. This animal
suddenly took fright aud started 10 run,
caused the rope 10 tighten on Mrs.
Wlllamson's left hand. Apparent y
the f0pe got wrapped around the lady's
hand, ~ tue iiesh was torn OIL her
four finrers, anu tue index finger was
cut Oh at this FIRST joi 1. The lazy wts
Immediately taken u Logan and Dr.
Ormsby dressed the wound, suwei u1
her finger aud made her a. comfortable
as p0tfiblo.
The Logan Nation OF June o says: A
ease when NAV prove Of considerable
interest was tiird in u. \. Commits.
Hioner Fletchof's court at Logan,
Friday morning. IL was that OF S,en.
house & Company vs. ID. R1senbaum
Some time last summer parties repre-.
Henting Stenhouse & Co., Salt Lake,
were In the city soliciting ads. for the
Utah Guf5fecr, a publication Issued
annually, aud containing advertise.
ments from nearly every town In
Utah. From all appearances they
nave not conducted business ON the
"fquafe," as many Of i.Ogau's bust.
uoss men will testify. The gentlemen
Ia question solicited ads. Tor their pub
LEGATION, from nearly every business
heuse In the city. In many cases they
were SUCCESSFUL, while ia Others
they were not. Hut Il appoars they
have the signature Of many parties 70
noteG, IN payment for ads. appearing ia
their book, and the parties often claim.
Ing they never signed the notes Ia
queatioD. There II probably twenty
Of such cases In Logan. The sigma
lures 10 the notes are very similar 20
the various hand wtiunga Of the diiiel-
ent business men. Several parties
who were satisfied they did not sign,
compromised with the company IN
order 10 avoid trouble. This, Mr.
RosenbRum would not do, ~ he
remembered positively that he did not
sign the note, no stood suit on II. He
won the case aud now intends ~ pro.
secute the company for forgery. IL
will undoubtedly prove an interesting
case as several Of the leading business
men Of this city positively assert, anu
will testify that the signatures were
forged.
News has been received at San
Diego Of n fearful fight with u noun
tain lion In Lower Calif0rnia,in which
al old man was 10 severely wounded
that no died. Jose Lopez, with his
wife aud children, sat before their little
adobe house, one Of the ordinary lnui.
au or Mexican d0mioiles, picturesque
among the hills with ils covering OF
tules and little square open windows.
No glass IL used Ia that remote part OF
the world. In little room on the
main part OF the house, anu with the
door wide open to admit the
warm rays u the sun, lay
Jose's father, elghly-eight years old.
The OLD man had been feeble for
months, and lay on his rude bed Of
curn husks ana blankets, awaiting
death with n stOicism peculiar 10 his
race. As Jose and his wife talked, and
the children played about the spring
near the door, siiiled cry was heard
from the old mans room, and joe nj
once ran In 10 Asct ftaiu the cause. The
sight that met his eyeAas he stepped
through tho low door rivetoi him 10
the spot for an instant. CFOuched
across the body Of his aged father and
with his eyes blazing with rage at the
Intrusion OF the younger man, wa.
stretched n !ull-gr0wn mountain lion,
lean with hunger and apparently
ready 10 hacfitice it, life rather than b.
driven from the old mans bed. After
making the FIRST pite1us cry the old
man had elapsed into unconsciousnuss
and lay beneath the beast bleeding in
full sight Of his son. The latter In
Voluntarily started forward 90 aid his
father, but "A savage gr0wl from the
lion brought him 10 "A realization OF his
danger, and with sinking heart he
withdrew anu ran into the other room
for his rifle. Returning Ia moment
no called 10 his family TO kecpat "A safe
distance, ana coming u the door cav
Tue BODY Of his father beiug bragg I'd
from the low bed. Tho lion again
stopped as jose appeared, and this
l'mo In more rage than before.
Nfouchiug for spring no re.
,ulVed n bullet In his lower Jaw.
Jose hastily threw another cartii ige
INTO The barrel, aud no, an Instant too
soon, ior tie beast, with blood squirting
from me wound, threw his weight upon
Nun am Then began u terrific battle.
9ehorh Lopez saw the peril of her nus.
pahu ana lett her children, paralyzed
Win lear aud dashed into the n4ht
win an ar The time seemed long 10
jose as he 0iterward said, but Il could
nave been but n few inornents when A
Weh-ulIeotsu blow from this "a killed
,ne non ihe N0man was uuiuiuTei,
nut lose was bauly lacrraled about the
shouldtrs anu brrR,t, and deep
NOunu extended II m Que side Of the
heau TO the other but none of his in.
Jufles are dangerous. The old mau
was put back on his bed anu The OIL,
woman made preparations for dresalng
ma wounds, but 81 .ar examination by
lhe son showed that the old man was
uy'hgi hnd before night had fallen be
utthlhed his lati. The lion was an old
one, meuHuTiuu over ttit,. tn.t 80, "a