Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-16
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Pdebtiul Death Of -Four Men Through
a Battery Blast
RARE SURGICAL OPER AIlON.
lttempted Sulcide-Skflctou Of an
Indian Uurarthcd-A Honey.
moon soon Over.
A RARE SURGICAL OPERATION.

l.. T.. Gallagher, N. r. WAITE, WIN.
Augovs and JOhu heudrcks0n, e..
gagged In constructing a Dune Boo
tjfsuits canyon, on Tongue river,
Wvo.. were crushed T. Heath o. s
mas, Of rock after blast had tee
fired.
Eddie McNames, agei nine, ven.
uuf,I down tue Underway Ui M
abandoned shaft In the Moulton mine
al Butte, Mont, and was overcome by
foul air and fell 800 iect 10 tho bottom.
Several men had narrow utcafes
trying to recover the body.
A dispatch from Green River, wyo,
says II II currently reported inst pbitlss
are killlag Hah In the mountain
streams In the northwestofu part of
aweelwater county with giant pOwdCt
The game warden Will Investigate the
matter aud endeayur TO nave the guilty
PARTIES punished.
The board Of county commissiouers
Of sheridan county, WyU., have con.
tfacted with Mr. Cady, an Omaha cal d.
iiallst, for the erection Of u twu-siory
building, 6OHliJ feet, which will be
leased for county court HOUSE. The
county Hgr.rs 10 pay an anuusl rent OI
g2,OeJ for period VI n'o yeafs.
The Casper (wyo.) Tribune say,i A
band OF Afsphahoe lldisus arrived I
the CITY Tuesday Il. the Sbosn, ne
reservation. The putTofe Of their com.
ing WIS 10 receive three car loais OF
flour. The band consisted Of ATTY
Wagons aud about 200 Indians, all 0i
which were under escort Of lndiau
police.
Michael COnlnu, n soapmaker, took
n dose VI tulphufic acid on Tuesdsy
m1rrinR Ut his factory In Han Francis.
co. Fortunately Tor himself the acid
was a weak solution. Coulan had botn
drinking heavily anu could not tell
why he took tho poison, He was re-.
moved TO the hospital, where this
prompt treatment given him saved his
lie.
About 400 feet Of the roof Of the
Mulln tunnel, on the Northern Pacific
at Helena, Mont, cavcd In on Mon.
day night. Just before the accident
30 men left the tunnel TO let freight
train pass through, intending 10 return
after II ha passed. Just ~ the freight
was entering the cave.in occurred.
Trains will be- sent via Butte until the
break IL repaired, which will he several
weeks.
A couple Of men who twenty-five
years ago discovered rich gold Leads In
the SeminOc country, but were driven
out by Indians, returned 10 Rnwlins
the frst OF tho week, and, getting a
fig, went back 10 SEQ " they could IND
their old claims, says the kawlirs
twyoD Journal They were success.
iul, auu came In Tuesday with 100
pounds OF ore, and left for Denver TO
make n Thorough test. Their claims
are not near what IA known a. the
SeminOe claims, but are some distance
away. IL the ore proves ~ good as
they suspect, work on large scale will
ba commenced, As the gentlemen arc
both financially well fixed.
A most frighlful accident, resulting
IN the Instant death Ut four mcn and
woun ling two others, has occurred At
the McShnne tie camp In Granite
canyon on Tongue river, thlfty.fiye
miles northwest Of Sheridan, Wyo.
A new Hume TOT u batting ties IL being
built around an abrupt olil, rising
several hundred feet shove Tongue
river A party Of men had just tirrd =
battery blast NJ 100 10 200 pounds OF
powder and were clearing away the
lOusenod rock when mass, estimate !
nj from fifteen TO twenty tons, FELL
from fifteen feet above without n
momolt's warning, crushing tho life
from four Of them and seriously In.
lufing two other.
The Sheridan, (wyo.) POsi mentions
the following. "Conductor j. S.Smith
aud party OF railroad men were IN
bathing QUE day last week near the
mouth Of Goose creek aud after com,
pletiug their additions clime1 O. tue
top OF the rocky point on the east side
between Goose creek aud Tongue river
In search VI specimens, Here, bleach.
Ing In the sun they found the greater
portion " human skeleton, the skull
aud larger bones VI tho body being In
n fair state OF preservation. The re-.
mains arc undoubtedly those Of nn
Indian and probably a victim Of the
battle Of 1855 between Cjunot's oxps-
dition hud tue ludians, which was
fought on the Tongue river q few
miles above that point"
Mrs. Helene Meyer, became the wife
Of Carl Mayer, 0i San FAnclsc0, on
June D, 1894, aud two days after the
marriage hs deserted her. She believe,
that he married her with the intention
O' Immediately ABANDONING her. Sht
has brought suit for 5000 month
nlimony ana asks $1,000 10y counsel
itss. tie isa member Of the firm Of
hlsuiier 4 Co., pr0prletOfa OF the
chemical works At the corner OF Bay
anu Dupont streets, from which, sht
alleges, hB derives u large Gum. He
owns property on tbs corner oi
Nebraska anu Alameda streets, 30
South San Francisco, and 2j2 actes II
land In Lake county. lie also possesssi
100000 worth Of property In Germany,
she says, He has been uspOsing Vi
his properly lately, aud she wants MIN
restrained from further transferring
what he owns.
n. r.. Corthell has returned from
Denver, says the Laramie boomerang
where no accompanied Mis-. Cottuel
on 3 ndRy with their little fustt
months old son 10 hAveA button whicl
II had swallowed removed from iti
le'Ophagus, where II lOuRsd last Fri.
day. IL was taken to 81 Lulge's hos
pital anu two surgeons worked al
night SUNDAY In An attempt ~ fe
move the button without sur lea
operation. This effort wat uusuGcrus
iul anu Monday morning the operation
was decided upon. Such an operation
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