Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-24
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Destructive Forest Fires Reported 10
Be Raging Around Beulah. Colo.
4 TRANrDEALr WIN sUNMAmLY
Mattress Factory Burncd. -Rlsnll OF Los.
Ing Confidence In a Bank.-Stage
Robbery In Idahr.

/ Nl""H W hliohlanco pronounced 10 u
case OF itlchinOsie. Mrs. Dynk was
eating some bacon, whsn she fell from
hor ohair lt required nearly three
hours 10 restore hotto consciousness.
The crlckets that cover the country
between ShoshOne and Mountain
Home, Idaho, Hte saii 10 be- AZ tbick as
/ nc gfassh0ppers were IN Kansas and
/ Nebroskn Ia 1907. Considerable
damage DO being done TO crops. The
| pests are migrating southwark, and
Wide
The plant Of the Silver Star Mattress
factory was burned at Pueblo, Colo, at
noon on Wednesday, ami the building,
machinery ani large quantity 0f
material was entirely consumed. Only
one man was at toe plant, ~ II was
not IN operation, and the FIRE started
| on the inside, wnefc he was working,
hecaunot tel how. rhc loss is estimated
nj 100000. No insurance.
Manual ami Richard strybc, the
/ Two brothers who were Jointly con.
] vlcted OF murder la the second degree
/ az sacramento, Cal, Tor causing the
] uthth OF a. j. Damon, ave years ago,
by dragging him Tor tue purpose II
| robbery in the Mobile house, have
| been sentenced TO thirty years each In
the Folsom sialoprison.
Alex Lemon, Jr.. Of Avon, a small
town aoOut three miles south VI Para.
| uisu was iu the city Tuesday, says the
Logan Nation. Mr.. Lemon Informed
US that at present the inhabitants OF
that town, FULLY 100 In number, were
Obliged 70 80 70 Parable for thrir
mall ~ that was the nearest p1stoiilce.
A petition was recently sent 70 the
department Of Washington, asking
that a po,tOillce be established at
Avon.
As Charlcs Blgue and Bert Cafrlck
wcEn riding "a the hills, says the
salubfia .idahl) CO -3n, they noticed
an old wagon end gate lying on tho
| ground, Examining II they found
that 10 mgtaoi the grave NJ Miss
Martha Roberts who wa buried there
August -, 1862. She was ! s years,
month ans 10 days Old. As Ia thlsr
early days that portion Of Idaho was
entirely unsettled, II Il evident she
must have buun buried there by parties
who were passing through the country.
a tramp painter came to grief
at De Brque, Colo, Wednesday after
noon. lie had been occupying his
time In pilforIng aud caching the
golde stolen. lie hnally broke into an
old wnshCrwOmag's house and stllr
quite an amount ~ clothing anu other
articles, which he proceeded TO cache,
when ne was discovered IN tho act. a
number Of ci,izens took him Ia charge
ant compelled him 10 carry the stolen
articles hack aud then gave him
good duCking IA the city hitch aud
whipped him out OF town. He headed
towards New York.
S. l.. Miller. l,ailnt merchant Of
Mink Greek, Idaho, called on us Wed.
nv'dny morning. He informs w every.
one Ia very busy Ia that "uerk o. the
woods" aud that crops are doing nice
~. A number ~ progressive young
men OF the town are Just starting
up fine lumber, shlngle anu latin
steam mill which IL located on the
divide between Mick Creek and Bear
Lake. The company h known az the
Mink Creek Aiill com any, and intend
furnishing steady employ meut 10 many
hands and doing a rushing business IN
their line. They already have more
than iOl. 900 feet Of logs on the ground,
aud viii make the lumber ily ina few
days.-LoyaH Nation
Mrs. John Harrls had $1,000 in
bank ~ LvAdvlllc, Colo, aud, hrc0m.
ing uneasy NJ the reports uf bank
failures M the East, persuaded hur
husband 10 withdraw II. They drew
the money from the bank, spwcd II up
Ia an old coat Sieve and put behind u
picture. Here IL was looked after by
Mrs, Harris many times day. A son
had $500 concealed behind another
picture In similar manner. After
some time Mrs. Harris rolaxed her
vigilance anu two days passed with
out looking At the money. The third
day, on looking at the hiding place,
the MONEY was gone. The sons $500
remained untouched. A thorough
search was made, but no olue whatever
has been found. The loss falls very
heavy on the old people, as they intend.
cd leaving soon on visit 70 their old
home In England.
II. +. wild, who has Just returned
from tripin Custer county, Idaho,
has given details Of stage robbery
that occurred near Houston. The |
mail H. carried from Arco to Houston |
ia One.hOrse cart. The night OF the |
ith inst, about IL O'Clock, two men |
Jumped out from the side Of the rOnd |
and covered the driver, Charley |
Thompson. The latter was compelled |
10 alight aud go down the road piece, |
while the robbers Jumped into the rig |
aud drove ON towards Houston, They /
drove IN IN front NJ the pOstuilius Ia |
that place and hitchoi the horse. They |
then cut open the mail sacks aud riilud |
the contents. The letters aud reg. |
isteTed packages were opened and |
whatever Of value was ia them
was taken. Replacing the mail |
into the mutllated pouches the
robbers took the latter nnd laii them
in front Of the oil q OF the justioD Of
the peace. They then quietly lnit the
tlwn, 10 10 not known how much
booty the auIaclous pair secured but
10 Ia thought 10 be OF little value.
Driver Thompson went 10 farm
house after hB had been 90 rudely de-
prlved OF his venicle, secured a gun
and walkul into Houston. When he
arrived there he found the horse anu
cart aud the mall sacks. No clue has
been obtaiued rs to tho identity OF the
robbers.
A stage coach from Beulau, thirty
miles west OF Pueblo, Colo, reached
Pueblo on Wtdlesday afternoon AMI
brought dehuite Information OF an ex.
forest fire prevailing In that
Tho fife started near Middle
creek about six miles west OF Beulah
some timo Monday aud has bsen