Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-27
NEWS OF The WEST.
Servant Girl AsphyIIalsd by Gas
While Asleep.
CONTRACT FOR A NEw RAILROAD.
Tho Slot Machine Condemned as II.
l,gal-indians on tile
March. Etc.

According to the Potalump, Cal
min CDtuisr, tie winc.gfapu grower
a'-suta CARA are well pleased with
i6c prospect OF forming syndicate Il
d'trese Of theif crop. They boliev,
,gsre will be few acres unfepfescntol
In Inc organization In short time.
Tina ,lotmauhints have bcenso mum
.,1ns In Oakland, Cal, that CON.
,'i,irt has been entered against thuli
,,ss where money 10 the stake. The
S,s,ter was called 10 tins attention Of
,as city coancii nud.thc chief Of police
win probably be Instructed 10 stop tue
gambling
Hon. Chas. s. Hamlln, assistant
secretary of the treasury department,
4, In San Francisco on a tour Oi IN.
,pscti0n Vt the cust0ms districts Of the
Wpst. He will next 10 TO Portland,
SAYS tho Chronicle, In order 10 Jo
rfrsent ut the trial Of the ring Of
snusglefs, whose uopfoiations have
drawn 90 much attention to the
northern district o. late. Mt. Hamliu
viii alo visit Ban Diego, Alaska aud
the Pribyloy Islands.
A baud Of foriy.soven Indians and
their families under the leadership Of
Red Cloud, passed through Casper,
Wyo,, recently on their way from
Pine Ridge agency 10 visit their "Tela,
vesD At the AfrspAhoo agency. The
Dsyrick says II was soon learned thRl
they were killing antelope by the
wholesale near OIL mountain, anu Rod
Cloud was arrested nud fined, the nut
being suspended on his promise 10 Dc
better.
A sad accident occurred during
Saturday night through which Julit
Conway, "a 10 year old nurse girl, lOH
her life. She had retired TO her room
90 usual on Saturday evening. Mex
morning her employer discovered tn,
UIOF OF escaping gas In the house an
his investigation OF the cause led him
10 the nurse girl'e room. The dOOl
was broken Ia Aud the dead BODY Of tn,
girl was found la her bed, Sho had
lrit the key Of the gas jet In the room
turned on and had been nsphyHlAtol
while asleep. The key was somewhat
loose and II istuppused she accidentally
moved II alter shutting oil the Hight.
Gras,hoppers have appeared iu lsrg,
numbers to the south anu East vi
Granadn, Csl. RcpOrta from Bacu
county say that the hoppors are destroy
ing everything In that county, eHpt Ci
nly Ia the north. Southern Proven
and a strip about i've miles southeast
Of here are thiogly covered with young
huppefs. Those who have bron neal
Wilde, Granada county, report outir,
dsttfuctlon OF crUrH aud range, but thii
occurs only In Btfvaks. Outside thes,
places there Ia not n hopper 10 be seen
4 N thought that they Will not roach
Granada valley until too late 10 dc
much damage.
The contract for the construction Of
the first iOrty-'ix miles Ui the Monte
reg ald Fresno, (Cal.l railroad hsi
boen lot Tor ST52,OO rhts VIII build
the road 10 HOllisler, from which
point II will be- run across the noun
taiu into the valley beyond. The San
Francisco Chronic Q says that tue con.
tractor agTcos to build ana complete
the rlad 81 ten months from the tim,
u breaking ground, which important
event will occur July iIh, aud viii be
celebrated by the people Of csntral
California with appropriate exefCisti
Ia conjunction win Independence day
festivities In San Francisco. rho pro.
iuctOrs OF the road have tlDated $4,000,
900 bonds In New York city witt
which 10 build and equip the new
tuaI.