Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-25
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.
A Carson, N0Y., Editor HOTsoVhIppsd
by a YOuns Woman.
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS.


Judge Cheney Of Reno, NEVADA,
has declared the new grand jury law,
passed by the last Nevada legislature,
which reduced the number OF grand
Jurors to ten and provided that eight OF
them could md true bill, unconsu'
tutional.
Startling developments are expected
soon IA a result Of the investigation
by the Aha county, Idaho, grand Jury
OF The charges OF legislative bribery.
What was nj bret considered huge
ioke. which would send In anoke,"
seems likely to terminate in terrIDv
,ober reality which will sweep the
aolitical field like n tornado.
rhe Indians are catching large NUM-
hers of salmon trout. one "uutky son
OF the foresrv iamiiiarly known as
Tommy brought IN eight shinihy
beauties this week rs n proof oil ms sklli
In the piscatorial art. Tue lo' averaged
from eight to sixteen pounda esch.
Our wnito fishermen are catchlhg
many brook trout ani whllc nsh'-'9AI-
mon city tIdhho), Recorder.
Cheyenne S,1G IL has been decided
by the commi, biOnets OF johnson
county, Wyoming, 10 withdraw the
prosecution Of the Canton murder case,
nn they Rrs unable 10 find material
vitne.s.a, aud they do not care To have
tho county bear the great expense
incident 10 tue trial with no prospect
of conviction. The case Is TO be called
at Evanston April 3, ona change oil
venue, 30 miles from Buffalo, and TIC
,stim ted expense OF trial ~ figured
by the commissioners would be 500
A epecial dispatch from Welle,
N.vadn, says definite reports from u.
snake river ranges are that tie snow
has gone of AMI that the stock had
be.n wIntered without loss. The
Humboldt ranges have from one To
two feet Of snow anu ice yet, without
nny immediate prospect Of thaw, bnt
ns the winter started III late there VIII
be but little loss ui range stock. winter
was never known before 10 mold out as
late NJ this without u break. Ihere
are reports Of some l0ss OF sheep IL me
southern ranges On the edge OF White
Pine county, Utah.
A. L.. Rice has just closed n contract
for the construction OF canal anu
rcseryUir at or near Lima, Montana,
The main canal will be Thirty miles
long and twelve ieet wide, anu win
Iaterais will make over n hundred miles
ditchlng. The reservoir will nectusitale
the builIing OF Jam ninrly feet
nigh, when will back tue wato' up 20
M to make lnke about elgni miles
long aud three miles wide. MI hice
says II will take ABOUT sev"nty.nVe
teams all summer to 10 the WORK, anu
n, will be obliged to hire additional
nrl tsHNI La a IA "a naI
pg soon as ths weather VIII permit.
e. Parkinson, editor Of the Carson
IVeniH1 Tribune, was hOrsewbipped or
Main street on Thursday evening by
Young woman whose character lie had
assaulted 10 the previOus nighpa iesne OF
the TitJusc. IL appears that two .m-
ploye. OF the Arlington House were
discharged several days before, and
Parkinson wrDto very sugg cstive
paragraph as to the cause. lie was
met this evening In front OF
Sw.eney's saloon by young woman,
who approached i'm Will IRE Ia
hor eye. Rsi,ing her whip, she struck
him across the face, aud was preparing
to follow her lead when lie raised his
cane, exclaiminR, "SOu shall not
coyhlde me-" She then lost heart
md censed delivering blows. A crowd
OF men, all In sympathy with the girl,
gathered, ami gOou Samaritan IN the
shape of Tribune compositor came 10
pArklnson's assistance and escorted
him home. The young woman'sanger
then Increased and she started after
Parkinson again, vowing to thrash
him within an inch Of his life, repeat
odly saying, "I'll whip that cur Park.
inson aud mark him." An expectant
throng gathered u the foot OF the street
10 see the war, and although the girl
walked rapidly the oil Get OF her wrath
reached his house before she caught
him,