Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-17
NEWS OF THE WEST.
/ Young Lady Struck by Lightning
at BytrS, Colo.
SALT WATER FOR STREET
sPRINKLING.



Santaquln was playing the other uAy
with a scythc and had the misfortune
TO cut the tendon Of his right leg
grAsshoppera are hstching out by
the millions ON the Sand hluge anu
Art working their way TO tne touvn'
1t IL feared that they VIII g'e"'S
damage the second crop Of lueetn'
The corn orop in the valley of Mexico
and throuvh the southern states OF the
renubIIc is the moot abundant known
for s.yeral years anu the price OF the
grain has already taken biz decline
m. ,,apg,r beef cattle shipments
,,on, sheridan, WyO., to Chicago " III
bsgln in n snort time, AMI the Estimated
smoInt of money 10 DO derived II, IN
Sal,H during the next two months Il
almething over saOu,OOO.
while endoAvoring to stop run
away team In u bayfield, Vt kaysville,
Davis county, flank Barton was
knocked down by one Of the horses
nnd the wagon went over him. No
bones were broken and the injuries
were not serious.
Three thieves entered the magnlf Il.
cent cathedral Mt QueretarO, Mexico,
and carried away with them the
sacred vessels aud great many orna'
menta Of solid gold. The total value
Vt the articles taken IL about slO,UOO.
The robbery caused much Excitement
The Payeon Canning Factory, under
the management Of Mr.. Hemiow, WAS
moved this week 30 the farm Of Orson
Hush, about two miles east Of payson,
where there 10 an abundauce VI all
kinds OF fTuit. The management eH-
pvct to bo able 10 run steadily until the
olosc Of the season, and to place on the
market goods which will bea credit to
the firm and Payson.-lGyson Giooe.
a dispatch from Casper, wyo., says
that NJ. n. Hin, n sheep shearer, has
died from the effects Of dose Of poison
administered by one OF his fellow
wurkmen by mistake. The men we're
camping out. Hin was taken sick Ia
the night and asked for dose OF salts,
tut the attendant got hold Of n bottle
containing the polson used In preparing
the sheep dip.
The young son Of Mr.. Stayner Of
roCAtellO, Idaho, came very nearly
being drowned Ia the pOrlnsuf on
t0AAhAhhl NNahAhks ~ NAH lNe- Ahk va
fome wooden steps which ran into the
water anu In capering about he Slipped
and fell into the stream. lie went
down the stream oome distance before
help could reach him aud ~ he came 10
the surface the second time he was res
cued by his father.
Nearly two months ago man
named j. Stone was swindled out OF
$1,000 In oakland, Cal, by the gold
brick scheme. Tho officers Mt that
time were unable TO locate tho swinJ-
Ter, bat they have been working
steadily ON the case ever since. Chioi
Schaner has now received Information
that the swindler was known ns Rus
sell, alias Callnghan, and he has
secured n photograph OF the man.
stone, who IN now living ut Penryn,
Cal, Identified the picture n that Of
the man who robbed him. The police
are making a search for Russell.
The smallpox scare In AnacondA,
Mont, II rapidly uubslding, ia fact
there has not been at any time fes.
Ing Of anxiety among the people Of
the city. There Rru seven people at
the pesthuusr, but several Of them arc
convalesornI. Two houses In town
nto unueT quarantine. No new cases
hnve developed Ia tire past two days
aud the patienta who are sunerlug
have an extremely mild type Oi the
scourge. The reports sent out 9b u
mn intention to quarantine the town
Hfe false and the business OF the place
10 not disturbed.
There seems To DO diversity OF
opinion among physiclans as to
whether Mrs. Arrietta In In danger
from the bite received on the cheek by
the little child IN the last stRgea Of
rabies, says the Phoenix Republican.
Some claim the malay Is trantmhs III
tie only from animals OF the cauine or
feline tribes, while others think the
danger, though not 40 great from
human beings or herbivOrous aniuialv,
n nevertheless great, and every
restraining pTecaution should be- placed
around the unfortunate mother who
endangered her own life IN her Efforts
to save that Of her child.
A board composed OF seven m Ger
OF the pension department from Masn.
ington In la session ut Albuquerque,
n. NJ, aud making n systematic ex-
animation OF all persons drawing PEN
EiOua on account Of service In New
Mexico regiments. Toe muster rolls Of
the regiments raised here were stolen
Just after thu war hud have never since
been In the possession OF the territory.
The records have always been ia a
very dlforderly condition, HuG Rs a
consequence the facilities Tor tho COM
mission OF ifauJs In the tension bush
ness have been greatly enlarged,
rlere are over 1900 cases to be iuvesti-
ated aud the board Is disposing OF
about twenty a day.
Salt water for sprlnkliny streets has
ieeu tried In Alamodr. Cal, tor tOmu
time and seems to work well. The
dust Ia kept down with much less
water. An experimental plant was
erected at tho olty'e electrical worhs,
whore power to pump was supplied by
the engines that dive the dynamos.
All the streets aud avenues within
easy reach have been sprinkled, with
Tie best apparent relults. IL IA claimed
by some that dust from streets eprlnkleu
with SILT water will prove very in.
furious to lawns and shTubbefy rs well
hs u paint und vRTnish VI carriages
This fact US yet has not NJ all 10 borne
out. A much more extensive salt
water plant for street sprinkling IL be-
Ing put In ut lhs west. The water VIII
be pumped by an electric motor at the
Terrace baths.
An army OF cricbets Of tho genus
gIyllus have invaded tne vicinity Of
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