Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-04
NEWS OF The WEST.
Suicide Of a Prisoner who was Sup
posed 10 DO Insane
A SENSATION ~ CHURCH CIRCLES.


A fine new race aud driving track /,
To ing built at Santa Fs, N. N.
The work Of building the new depot
Vt LIZ Junla, Colo, Will be begun at
once.
The New Mexico pouitsntIary l.
being improved by tue plastoring Of
the cell rooms.
Edward Drew, Of Walker Valley,
ELK ern miles north Of Ukmh, Cal.
was 20 badly burned on Friday thai he
will lote both feet. He was ctmI
in Round Valley, and while asleep
rolled 10 the camp Gre. His lower
extemilies were terribly charred.
Tho wheat crop Of 1894 In tho Cache
Ia poudre valley west OF Win lsnr. says
the Fort Collins (CpIo) Courier, IL
estimated ~ 32j, 900 bushels, AZ at ous.
hsi Of which 10 still IN grOwers' ha d..
OF the quantity sold the mills have
iakou about 10000 bushels, and the
hoep feeders nearly 100000 bushels.
r pin Minnohau, young man
abJut twenty-five years of uge CONF
united suicide at Alma, Colo,
NhAN VI AAANNN NAAA lAh vs. ~ NNh no."
mIfphtue. No cause IL known for
lac rash deed, He Attended thu
Thnnk.yivinR bail the previous night
ana appeared In biz usual good spirits.
o. Friday afternoon company was
or nu zeJ AZ Florence, Colo, for the
purpose Of building aud operating q
canal x factory With capacity Of
10000 cans day. Onc.thlrd Of the
amount Of money necessary Tor the
eutetpfis- WIS subscribed inside Of ten
minutes. Local capitalists are subsCrib.
iug literally toward u.
The stables on II. n. Rand's milk
ranch, ta.l Of Butte, Mont, In Park
canyOu, burned 10 the ground on Fri
day night, with eignty.iour head VI
cnws ami rther stock, creating a lu-H OF
over 10000 with no insurance. The
HtciRH.Iu 20 be undoubtedly Of In.
crndinry nTigin,ss the house was bheJ
while Rand anu uis family were fight.
ing the hfe.
Herman r. N wac working NJ the
bottom OF shalt In Pennsylvania
guloh VI Faitplhy, Colo, when n large
rock fell out Oi tue bucket he mad Just
loaled aud sent up anu struck him on
thr head, He died Htet u few hours
Of uucousci0usntss. he was huri
Workin. German, came 10 tnis country
twelve years AGO and leavta n vile
ana seven children.
A. A. Mcdonald, proprietor OF the
Bol4en mine at Red chr, Colo, has
returned from the oil hrlds ~ Rlutt
county, NJ states a lisputch. He Gays
there are from s 1000 TO 10000 acres NJ
r0Ou Oh land Ia one bouy near Steam.
boat Springs and II VI the opinion that
n.wing ~ wells can be secured NJ a
depth OF go 10 100 feet, Fourteen oil
tprings were found In one place.
The Grant Junction (Colo.) Star.
Tunes states that tue Colorado GiisOu.
ilr aud Asphaltum oompa y now mas
10000 pounds Of that mineral stacked
upat the freight depot ready for chip.
ment to 81. Louis. There Is enough
additional In tfansit from the mines to
make the total shipment 100000
pound. Manager lie Sieur iniufmz
ibe Star. lunss that be has 6OJ, 900
pound, ON the dump Ut tho mines In
Rio BIAnoO county.
Benjamin Meacham committed sui.
eide la the count, jail NJ PlaceTvillc,
Cal, on Friday night. He applied for
anighps lOdgit & and played game Of
IeIrO with the inmates, lie com.
planned Of not feeling well and said
some one was trying 10 shoot him from
the window. They thought nothing
Of his surmlses. Next morning he
was found uead, with his throat cut
with a razor. He was evidently Ia.
sane. lie was a native OF New York,
80 years old.
A genuine sensation was caused In
Tacoma (Waah.) church circles on
ThursuGy by the nature and result of
the union Thanksgiving services held
by the Protestant congregation NJ the
First Methodist church. Rev. A. n.
X Kirkpatrick h said 20 have preach Il a
vigorous sermon, which Wis In way
declaration Of war against gambling,
tue Sunday saloons and prostitution.
His remarks we're frequently aud Wig.
orOusly ApplRudrd, a dem .nstratiOn
seldom seen In church.
The Greeley (Colo.) Tribune tells OF
tho excellent crop OF E.W. johnson on
100 acres near Orr station, iron old hand
which has not been kept up with for.
tiliLeIa. For this years crop Mr.. JONI.
sou dug 1850 sacks OF potatoes from %
acres, nm average Of nearly 10 snckr, ur
about 1850 bushels TO the acre; rom 20
acres he thtesned 1850 bufhtls VI
wheat, avtraRing.37 80! bushelsto tbs acre;
from 10 acres In barley he harvested
$50 bushels, averaging 30 bushels 20 the
acre, And from 20 acres IA alfalfa, la
two cuttings he gathered 80 ions Of that
hay.
William J. Brown, a bookkeepor at
Santa Cruz, Cal, has been left leg
Rcy, consisting of OuV-thifd OF a sbuO,-
600 estate, by a bachelor uncle H.
Philadelphia. Brown was blrn NJ sea
between Portland and san Francisco.
When year aud half ola his father
died ANA he wGs adopted by John H..
Btown, who was n pioneer IN Bau
francisco. His brother and sister " no
Rro let one.thiTd each OF tho estate,
were ado ted by rich uncle Ia Gin.
oinnati. The lucky young man has
lived In Santa Cruz Tor some time, He
frequently sang In amateur concerts
here and In church Ch0irs.
Jefus Tradoya, n Mexican, was ser.
ously cut In The back AZ an early hour
ON Saturday morning by Walter DA-
vie, n cOlored man. A card party was
given tie previous night nc the rest
denne Of Gus Charles Stabbed, ut
which tho players imOiOeu quite freely.
AbOut 3 n, m, Davis upd TTanoyA
became Involved IN drunken row and
suddenly the former drew u knife and