Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-22
NEWS OF The WEST.
Wool Growing, SheaTlng aud SCour
Ing Ia Wyoming.
SPECIAL RArE on POTATOES.
Narrow Escape From Lishinlng-Bu'l'
mes, Revival In Mex'co-truiJ
Farm aud stock Notes.
Steer, are selling in Arizona a, si2 a

Steers are selling Ia Arizona al sl2 a
heat.
Forty thousand sheep, Il 10 said, will
bs sheared this spring al Medicine
Bow, Wyo.
A drive Of $50, 1000 tics Ia being made
5,vp the Medicine Bow rivef IN
Wyoming.
Arrivals at san Diego, Cal, from
Juar mining camp, Lower Gallon
pln. reports unusual activity IN oil
camps.
Cheyenne, WyO., ice dealers are
fgeIii 4 To furnish families with twenty
p1unds OF ice a day from May Let ~
October Let TOT 81 q month.
Charles Phelps, who attacked Editor
Walton, of tho POput9 Educator, 10
ystin jail at Pocateilo, idaho. Bond
Wa Fixed ut 5000, which he failed 10
procure.
Mr. Curfle, the Utah sheepman who
visited HALEY Lass week, lays tie
HALEY Times. took such a iancy 10 this
fesion that he INTENDS TO return soon,
~ make his home hero.
Owing 10 the great amount Of
moisture which has IRllun this spring,
says the Lander tWyo.) Clipper, the
range ia looking better tuAu ~ has at
this season Tor the pact i've yeafs.
The California branch Of the Sons Of
the Revelation offers TWO medals, one
III silver ana the other OF bronze, 10
tho pupils VI the various high schools
In the state Tor the best essay on Pat.
uck Henry.
Miss kit,io wilkins, the "horso
queen Of Idaho" has lett for Omaha,
says tho Mountain Home (ldano) 10.
publican. where eho went TO afiGnge
ivf thu delivery OF 100 head " hoisus
that che recently sold Ia the eastern
market.
CHINESE aud japanese are largely
employed by tho fruit growers IN
California. The ituit growers Of
Nevada will disduin 10 employ help Of
uny kind this season, says tue Virginia
cry (Nevada) hlitoTprisc.
silver Cllh, Colo, has tclosraphic
communication with the world, after "a
stiffness VI tiE yearr. Tho liuc was
completed some days since, but the
wires were only connected on Saturday
last.
Recent evidences OF business rc.
yivai ia Mexico, remarks the San
Francisco ChrOEioie, are attracting con.
siderable attention among local capital
istB And exporters anu they are watch.
ing the course Of events aud develop.
meniH with unusual interest.
Large consignmenis Of wool are
being received 10y tue Forwarding
company for shipment 10 tue East.
fematks the Caldwell (idaho) ArOus.
The recent reduction OF freight rates
has induced tho wool men 10 bring
their wool ia large quantities. There
Il something near 3O0,0OO pounds Ia
the company's warehouse.
The frost aud cold Of last week, says
the Carson New AoWS, destroyed all
tho ifuit tnat escaped the blight Of a
few weeks ago. Even the vegetables
barely above the ground were frozen
10 the roots. Potato patches resemble
pfafies that have been swept by fire,
anu tho loss IL very heavy.
4. +. Johnson, Of Globevillo, Colo,
had n very close call for his life during
sunday evenings thunder storm. Ho
hal gone 10 his pasture 10 take 10 a
horse aud had almost reached the
animal when II was struck by light.
ming aud instantly allied. johnson
was knocked inseusiblo anu IL was
some time before he recovered sufii.
oien,ly to make his way back 10 the
house,
The Rawllns (wyo.) Repu5foaH
learns that COsgrin bros., OF FOrt
Steele, who are among the moot ex.
irnsive wool growers OF the Rocky
mountain country, intend 20 invest.
gate tue wool securing business with
n view OF putting IN u plant, n ptac.
ucnble, on the Platte. These gentle.
men are In positiou TO take holu of
the matter anu push II to a successful
issue II they see AZ. They have about
70 coo head Of sheep at present., 1900
OF which are breeding ewes, which will
give them close 10 10000 head alter
Landing.
The Cheyenne (wyo.) Bee prints the
following information regarding the
wool olipin Wyoming THIS year! Gov.
tfnur Osborne has lust returned from
bic sheep ranch IN Carbon county,
where he has spent tho best part Of two
weeks upefintrnding the shearing VI
his Hook. His clip will amount 90 be-
tween 100000 aud 900, 900 pounds. The
1878 clip, IN cOnHt qlence VI being froor
from dirt, will Le much lighter than
last year, and the shrlnkaRe from ncuur.
Ing viii not be- No great lie estimates
tom the best information he eau OBJ
tain, that the clip this year will amount
to 100000 In Wyoming.
a deputy sheriff from Monterey
county, Cal, has had forced upon him
novel plan 10 take prisoner from
Salinas to san Quentin without danger
OF the man escaping. A "iag" In
stead Of handouts was the method.
When the sheriff and his prisoner
reached the city the latter was 10
drunk he had 10 bp hauled from tho
railroad depot TO the ferry In the patrol
wagon. He was entirely too drunk 10
escape. The sherin's story Ia that
some friends OF the prisoner slipped
him pini-bottle Of whisky at Watson.
vile, ana the prisoner drank the entire
contents Of the bottle at one gulp when
The sheriff was looking out OF the car
window at the scenery.
Yesterday (MondRy) a special rate
on roialO,s, carload lots Of $4,000
POUNDS 10 the car, went into effect
observes the San Fraucis Chronicle.
Ihe rate VIII ho 20 cents hundred
pounds from CALIFORNIA; points TO Mis-.
sour river points, ana 10 Texas points