Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-06
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Great Damage Done By a CIOutburSl
in Arizona.
a
A BILL AGAINST A CORPSE
Peachday Celebration in ColoradO-A
Daring aud Successful
Robbery.


The Salmon City Idaho RccOrder
says Albert Smith, VI Ieeeburg, had
his skull crushed by stranger who
was going to Yellow jacket ~ silTt
saloon. Smith was struck with rock.
There seemed ~ be little chance for biz
recovery at Last accounts.
Two hundred ana hry carloads OF
Arizona sands rnr have bceu ordered
fot Claus 5prrckle's palatial residence
aud barn on Van Ness avenue, the
fashionable thOroughfnfe In San FT,t.
cisco, says the Albuquerque CitiscH
Orders Tor the Topeka hospital, are "a
peoted. Qlarfymen to the number vi
forty are now required, II being ueces-
cary 10 advertise for them.
TO realize the damage done ut Fair.
bank last week by the oloudburst, shys
the Sulphur Valley (Arz.l AoUs, II IL
really necessary 10 view sue scene ui
destruction. The devastating torrent
swept through the town, iilliug cellar
and lower q jors Of tue buildings with
muddy wA1er, damaging merchandise,
household goods, etc., beyond cAlula.
ton. The railroad tracks were covered
with mud, Ia many Instances to n depth
Of two feet or more.
For some time past letters have
been missed from combination bOxes
w the poslofiico AT Greeley, Colo, aud
tillcers have been on the lookout Tot
the guilty party, On Tu,sday Ofiicer
Camp saw n young man named &. n.
DuyAl opening several Of the boxes.
The officer Mt once arrested him anu
lodged him In the county lail. Upon
tho peuon Of the ACCUSED were found
two letters addressed 10 District Attor.
ney Gafrigues. Duvai confessed that
ho had been eutsugled la the Practice
Tor several months past.
II. Is. "shorlyp Allen IA again In
Boise, says the Statesman. "shofly"
has hed some exciting experiences
during his absence from the city. He
was an active participant in the
Colorado mining war, serving M q
deputy sheriff. During tho initial en-.
gsgemcnt At Altman no was shot AMI
seriously wounded. He was one OF
those VINO was taken In In the drag net
when the officials were euduavOting 10
IND somebody n prosecute 10. the
Tarsnoy affair. lie was promptly dis
charged.
The committee In charge Of the
Peach day celebration, which takes
place ut Grand Junction, Colo, on the
18th Of this month, are busily At work
periecllng arrangements for the public
exercises and the entertainment Of the
thousands Of visitors who are expected.
Cottonwood park, beautiful plot OF
several nofes la the heart lOi the city,
IN being utilized AZ site for the
paviliona In which the guests will pst.
lake Of the county's hospitality. One
immense aTbor IL being built In the
midst Of the trees alone which will
have u seating capacity Of nearly
1900.
One OF the most daring and SUGGEST
ful robbeties ever perpettsted In Como
county, Colo, took place about l
o'clock ON Monday morning at King.
Three men entered the saloon VI 4.
Marinelh and held him up Jr about
500 In cash and u gold watch. There
we're likewise four other men engaged
In a game Of cards nj tbs time In thu
saloon and they were relieved Of their
cash aud other valuable, including
two gold and two silver watches. Mr..
MAtinell also Lost two valuable 81.
beTiAn bloodhOuuds, which were shot
by the robbers, who made good their
N1NAFN aNe wv" hHa ~ VIVA ANhAA
Of the men.
Mrs. Margaret Mcnamara attended
the wake OF her bIothet-iu-law, james
OiMara, with tue result that next
morning she occupied prominent
position In the San Francisco police
court, charged with disturbing the
Ieace. According TO the statement Of
the officer who made Ihe arrest, the
wake was exceedingly lively fora time,
and II was only with difficulty auu tue
combined endtayors Of moutnsru prog-
ent that Mrs. Mcnamara was IRE.
vented from dragging the corpse out Of
the coflln aud hauling II through the
streets. Mrs. Mcnamara had n bill
sgalnst the corpse and she gave forth n
loud proclamation that uuless II wac
paid ahe would pull the corpse out Ia
the street and ut omit.
The new railroad TO 20 through NJ.
vadn, says tho Carson (Neyadu) Up.
peal, N nm extension Of the Santa he.
II goes through Lincoln county, lhU
state Of Nevada owns the public lands
In Lincoln county, anu has recently
developed large trade In them. They
are being bought by eastern capital /
anu others aud the Nevada Southern
company has been buying quantity
on ila own account, TO sell 10 settler.
This land the Nevada Southern ia L. =
Angeles are selling In forty anu eighty
acre tracts almost wholly 10 eastern
INVESTOR. Toe company has already
disposed OF nearly 5000 acres In this
way. thas no leud grant OF la own,
tut IL simply buy ny anu selling lanIs
slong It's route or placing settlers on
ttste lauds.
An old man named Hogan WAS
robbed VI Lradviilo, Colo, on Monday
night Of so by a couple OF toughe, one
Atiu.hofn gambler named Amy Con,
don and Charles Edwards, a scrub
prize fighter. The three men went
Into saloon on state street, where
they called for beer. The beer wRi
placed on the bar, the men chatting
Ileasanily the while, when ono OF the
men, II 10 alleged, stepped around and
reaching over dropped n powder into
heglass iu front " Hogan. la come
untXplAinRble manner Hogan dil moi
t0uoh the beer, but startled Tor the
door, closely followed by tue two men
also unawuea to any OF tho party BY
Olllcpr CTstuey, who has witnessed
ths proceeding, They took the old
man down To Pine street and were g.
the act VI going through him when
CTetney slepIed up nnd gsked VIVA
was wrong. The men said thoiT. friend
was drunk anu they were taking him
home; that he had just faintud. tn,