Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-16
news OF TIE WEST.
,,,,Ip, Death by the Explosion Of a
Soda Water Tank.
cgt,Esg yIcf-cOSsuL Ousrrp.
...,.,ole Pardon, to "Lif,-term' Con
,iet,.-Wyom ny Pro,ptc,ors.
Other Items.

plant 10 10 % pu''' !" N"'f''' "'"'
a,v.,nor Pennoycr OF Oregon, has
t,nsI i've prisoners serving HE.
,,a sgntrncts In the state peniten-
uary.
The Sheridan (wyo.l county agrl.
.,itnrnl far viii be hold this year On
sspttmber 10 ~ - inclusive.
The strengthening season about
RswIius, Wyo., is over, aud most Ui
IN, a8css nave been driven 10 the
,s5uptnins for the summer About
isj.O0u we're shearod this upnnE.
The cattle aud sheep men about
Saratoga. Wyo., are ~ hold uouyeu-
top ON June o TO arrange the lines Of
tbrlf respective gfAzing grounds and
,oiile all differences amicauly.
pnspeciors continue 10 locate placer
claims ON the BiE Laramie river 10
Albany county. The Cheyenne Gun
,,,a that several hundred act,s wofv
iaisn up by Cheyenne aud Denver
parties last week.
The Idaho nary Statesman, pub.
lshsd OF BJlse, Idaho, Reports that
almost all tue faspbetflss anu blgct.
hrffles have Ueon killuJ by t-s frost.
There afu some lett Ia sheltered places,
lut the great bulk OF the crop h
ruined.
The faculty Of the Nevada state uni
vsfsity have taken hold Of the matter
VI saloon men selling intoxioanta 10
students, anu propose 20 vigorously
prosecute every such ease. Onc siu.
Dent has been already suspended Tor
conduct unbecoming a young man
wearing tue uniycrelty uniform.
The 100000 In bonds Issued by the
state OF California fIf the erection o. a
union depot IN San Ffanoisc3 were
sold on Wounutdny afternoon by the
state treasurer There were numtcr
" bidders far tue bonds. FamDu,
Leach q Co, bankers Of Chicago anu
Nuw York, were TIE highest. Their
accepted bid wa slOl.3lB Tor each slJU
bonn.
The mandate Of the United States
supreme Court, tetilng aside tho 90.
cIaIUu Of the lower court iu tue BIOL
tuit Of the government against tue
Haytian Republic, whs hird Va the
UnUoi States Dlsifict court % pur..
land, o., on "Wednesday, with
notice 10 the claimants OF tue snip that
an application would be male Uu the
Fart Vi the government lor a sale Oi tbs
vessel.
william T.. Norton was instantly
billed on Wednesday afternoon az
FiUsnO, Ia the rear VI a candy store by
the explosion Of n sOdawAter IanM He
aud another empl0yc named Shade
were preparing saltwater. Shade was
charging the tank, while Norton was
rocking u. suddenly there came an
explosion. A piece Of the tank s,ruck
Norton In the stomach, almost uisvm.
bowling him. Tne yiscera prOtrudcd,
aud the liver was torn into shrt w.
There was also big bfuisv over tue
heart, whore tho BODY of tho tank
struck him, and most Of his ribs were
crushed.
Work on the great Rio Verde resor-
yOir snd canal enterprise In AfzIua
will begin shoTtly, A contract for
nearly $1,000, 900 has been lot that r.
quifuH the storage ana diversion dams
anu 100 miles OF canal completed hy
January /, lsD6. Horseshoe reservoir,
which viii 10 created by the storage
dam, occupies tho geographical center
Of ArizDua anu will cover B,4UO acres
This dam site " sixty miles northeast
OF PImliK, The dam will fal,o the
water 100 feet aud Will extend 26l 1T
MP anu down stream anu 800 feet
bct1,s. Its 10 bn built Of baud laid
rock with an imperyiOus layer Of ha-
phalt on the water side. A lake ok
and Uut.half miles long aud thTcu anu
unt.hAlf miles scfoie will be- formed
thereby.
The salmon CITY Giahol Repu5io
snyit "PoOplc coming down iiOm tho
Vicinity OF Bircn creek inform u that
that creek is row Bwafming with
tout, ana thnta great many arc be-
ing caught ff0m II, some Weighing ~
much hs four Or i've POUNDS. Birch
CO ok " Que OF the numerous streams
" this state that disappear from sight.
II sinks into tho earth and 30 ons
trems TO know where Ito mouth IL.
Ihis creek never contained any hsh
until within the last four years. About
the last Of May, 1880, NJ. Hrwitsou,
now VI this place, joe Liltlunrld anu
Andrew Langley, OF Junction, caught
some seventy five or moro trout Ia leu
Nils creek snd Clear creek above
Junction, carried them Ia oil cas-
thirty miles 10 Birch creek anu turned
them loose. These have increasHl Ia
numbers and slzs until the creek 10
now one VI the best stocked trout
streams In the state"
The high line ditch broke through its
banks nesF WoolhuTst early ON Thurs.
DAY morning, says tho Denver AfW6,
anu WISHED away nearly "a quarter OF D
mile Of tho tracks Of tho Denver aud
Riu Ggaudu aud Santa Fe roads. lraiu6
irUm points south were delayed all Gay
whiic construction gangs repaired the
damage. Passengers were Transferred
anu brought 10 the city Eud s0ulhbound
trains went out ovei INT CUR road. IL
Wps iuund necessary to shut down the
heaigatts VI the canal al Pate canyon
before repairs could be- made, Acct.
dents were happily ayerl,d by n Santa
tclrtight engineer, whose train passed
the point about 3 D. m. Too engineer
itlt somfthing wrong In tue motion oi
lhb ltuin AMI stopped 10 in that the
Track was disnpI caring. A hegman
war; cd the delayed Sauta fe and liu
Sfande passenger trains.
Oayaug King Is NO longer vlcs-oon'
tul Tor the Cnlnesu government nj this
pot remarks tho san FWncisco
throWce. A letter Of dismissal was
received by him ON Wednesday from
Tie Chinese minister iung fuo, VIII
lat Washington. KlnR was iistruC
Ell 10 turn over the fairs " his Cillrs
To Wong Set, who Will be- appointed
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