Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-22
NEWS OF The WEST.
Wool Growing, ShtarIng and Scour-
Ing 10 Wyoming.
SPECIAL RArE Of POTATOES.
Narrow Escape From Lightning -Busl'
mes, Revival In Ne1'eo-iruiJ
Farm and stock Notes.
40. nle .eIIIng 10 ArIlanA q sla a

s,osts are selling In Arizona at Sl2 a
huad.
F,,tv thousand sheep, Il 10 said, viii
ba shearud this spring AZ Medicine
Bow, Wyo'
J,lve OF $50, 900 ties Ia being made
down tho Medicine Bow nVot IN
Wyoming.
Arrivals nj san Diego, Cal, from
JIaf,z mining camp, Lower Gallon.
pin. reports unusual activity IN all
camps.
Cheyenne, wyo., ice dealers IRE
,nrfi K 20 furnish families with twenty
pgunis OF ice a day from May Let 10
October lot iOf 81 q month.
Charles Phelps, who attacked Editor
Walton, of tho P0pufa Educator, 10
victim jail At PooatellO, idaho. Bond
was Fixed at $1,000, which no Jailed to
procure.
Mf. Carrie, the Utah shoepman who
yisIted HALEY last week, lays TIC
HALEY Times, took such innoy TO this
fesion that he INTENDS TO return soon.
% mako bis homo here.
owing to the great amount Of
mgisIuto which has fallen THE spring,
says tho Lander (Wyo.) Clipper, the
range IL LOOKING better tuau II has ut
this season for the pact five years.
Tho California branch Of the Sons Of
the Revolution oticra Two medals, ono
Of silver ami the other Ot bronze, 10
tue pupils VI tho various high schools
ln the state for the bost essay Oh Pat.
itch Henry.
Miss Kittio wilkins, the "horse
queen OF Idaho" has lett for OmAha,
tays tho Mountain Home lldanO) ne.
publican, where eho went 10 arrange
lUr Tue delivery Of 100 head " hoiaes
that she recently sold Ia the eastern
MARKET
CHINESE aad Japauese arc largely
employed by tue fruit gTowera IN
California. The ituit growers u
Nevada will disdHin 10 employ help OF
any kind this season, says tue Virginia
cry (Nevada) Enterprise
silver Cufl, Colo, has tclographic
communication with the world, after
stiffness Of siK yeHrr. The liuv was
completed some days siuov, but the
wires were only connected on Saturday
last.
Recent evidences OF business re.
ylvai Ia Mexico, remarks thu San
FrancltcO Chr0Hicio, are attracting con.
siderable attention among local capital
isiH aud exporters anu they arc watch
ing tue course Of events aud develop.
mcnts with unusual interest
Large consignmenis Of wool are
being received Ivy tue Forwarding
company Tor shipment 10 tue East.
remarks the Caldwell (ldaho) argus,
The recent reduction OF freight rates
has induced tho wool men 10 bring
their wool ia large quantities. There
" something near 100000 pounds In
the company's warehouse.
The frost aud cold Of last week, says
thr Canon New Acjps, destroy cd all
tho ifuit tnat escaped the blight Of
few weeks ago. Even the vegetables
barely above tho ground were frozen
10 the roots. Potato patches resemble
pfafios that have been swept by hre,
anu tho lOsa Ia very heavy.
K. r. johnson, Of Globeville, Colo,
had n very close call TOT his life during
sunday evenings thunder storm. He
hal gone TO his pasture ~ take ia a
horse aud had almost reached the
animal when it was struck by light.
ming and instantly allied, Johnson
was Knocked insensiblo and IL was
some time before he recovered sufil.
cien,ly 10 make his way back 10 the
house.
The Rawlina (wyo.) Republican
learns that Cosgtin Bros., OF Fori
Steele, who are among the mOsl ex.
trnsive wool growers OF the Rocky
mountain country, intend 20 invrsti.
gate the wool securing business with
Wow Of putting IN u plant, II pfac,
tloable, on tho Platte. These gentle.
men are In p0aition TO take holu Of
the matter anu push II 10 n successful
Issue n they zee ~. They have about
.lOOO head Of sheep at present, 1900
OF which are breeding ewes, which will
give them close 10 10000 head alter
landing.
The Cheyenne twyo,) Bee prints the
following Information regarding the
wool clipin Wyoming this years Gov.
crnot Osborne has lust returned from
biz sheep ranch IN Carbon county,
where he has tpent the best part VI two
weeks uperlntending the shear.ng Of
his flock. His clip will amount 10 be-
tween 100, 600 auu 200, 900 pounds. The
lo4A clip, IN c0nHt qlencs " being ffcor
from dirt, will DO much lighter than
last year, and the shflukage from ncuur-
lux viii not be- 10 great lie estimates
itom the best information he eau oh.
tain, that the clip Tits year will amount
to 10000 900 In Wyoming.
a deputy sheriff from Monterey
county, Cal, has had forced upon him
novel plan 10 take n prisoner from
Salinas to san Quentin without danger
OF the man escaping. A "lag" In
stead Of handouts was the method.
When the sheriff aud his prisoner
reached the city the latter was 20
drunk no had 10 no hauled from tho
railroad depot to the ferry In the patrol
wagon, He was entirely too drunk 10
escape. The thorid's story Ia that
s0me irlonds OF the prisoner slipped
him piut-botlle Of whisky ut Watson.
vile, ana the prisoner drank the entire
contents Of the bottle al ono gulp when
the sheriff was looking out Of the car
window ut the scenery.
Yesterday (MondOy) a special rate
on Iotai0Is, carload lots Of $4,000
rounds 10 the car, went into effect
observes the San Fraucis Chronicle.
The rate viii be 20 cents hundred
pounds from California points To Ibis.
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