Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-04
NEWS OF THE WEST.
shocking and Fatal Accident u a 10
Year Old Girl.
LARGE PRAIRIE FIRES IN MONTANA
sbipmenis Of Wool From MJOmlng.-A
Man Killed Dy Lightning.
Other Items.
LARGE PRAIRIE HIRES IN MONTANA

Martin H0mer,a rancher near Tracy,
Gal. took an Ovefd W Oi stfy chime ON
wednesday mofuing with tuicidAi h..
lent. A physician reached him In
time to save his life.
The honey industry In the Salt River
valley ABOUT Pbwuix h said 10 be as.
auui.g q large Importance, anu buyers
ste there from California, purchasing
iuf tue London market
Large prairie fires have been raging
in ChUttau county, Montana, anu n
vast amount Of damage u done. Rain
ls bally needed there, ae this gtsss q
utying up rapidly.
A cooperative colony IL to be estab-
l'heI AZ Vancouver, q. g. A lar.e
numBrt vi PERSONS have formed "A ciub
60 start the oyl0Ey, aud tbs govern.
mtnt promises assistAnce.
The uody Of the cowboy j. ohm Slriok
lanu, drowned ia the Plattr, near Cas.
per- Wyo., two months ago, has uten
loud on n tan bank opposite CaspVf,
jutt fellow the plac5 of the acct Ionl.
TIE Bone lldaho) Democrat says
that torty thousand uolisik ia gUld dust
We received at the u. =. Assay Uiicc
last week, lhe greater bulk VI iuis
smJunt was brought down from the
Lazy claims near PlacefyIlie.
Ouln Page was struck 10y lightning
while nding tue tanSe opposite the
PJIut Of nHks, says tie Helena
lAloni.) Herald The bolt struck him
On tho sIuu II he hcgu, Tau down Tie
siie VI his huuv, boTsu hole {. rough
The saddle aud allied the horse Instant
~.
In cabin In California gulch at
Lradville, Colo., on Wednesday ntgut
Ihfue AustfiEus mad a general ngut, ~
winch QUE, VINO IL uukuown, was huTt
10 badly that his chances OF recovery
are small. The olh0r two, John
M0ls aud FfAuK Ncfdmar, are Low
IA q Awaiting the results Of the In.
iufe
l.. Amio boomerang. oliver Mans.
helI, WIN was IA Ia, city today from
tnU fA.,u, saJs that ho never saw
range cattle ~ lat ~ this time OF the
va m they are u present, He IL
uu x new potatoes { ON hts garden
I'd is wheat Il n sfiy vast high.
The rains have done n great del Of
good.
iuc men employed At the Detbeo
drilt gravel m ne, utar Norm Bloom.
hcld, Nrvada, quit WORK Un Wodnes.
day mgut btcausr the management at.
tempted W toduCe wages iiOm s. on 4
S2a day. the wages In the q unty
Tor gravel miners have long Ureu sou
aud iOf qusuz miueitfS, aud although
repeated oil fts have been made by
some " the operators O. reduce them
~ as.
tuccess,ul despite the fact that the
mlnefa nave no union.
Tue Grand mesa Ia this county says
the Grand Junction, (Col0.l Star lance,
sull maiutaiLu Its reputation a. tne
mYst pOpulur resuTt Oh the western
slope Tor camping, nsuing or hunting
parties. The spaTkling streams are all
al yu with trout anu thr hunting n saiu
70 ue us gOoI m ever. Persons desiT.B,
10 reach this pleasure ground when
nature has furnished with 40 many
attractions can Outfit 1t this point anu
travel over good roAla all tho way.
Laramie BoODierdHg ;. T.. Lldol,
agent for the la JET Transportation
oompi y, iuiormes the Gas 10 that
his company has shipped ifum this
country the past two months 100000
pounds OF wool. or this amount 300,
900 pounds was shipped from the Lost
Cabin country aud 100000 pounds from
the pens on the SwsetwateE In al.
dition IN this ~ 900 pounds were ship
ped from sweetwater county via
Rawlins, making In all total output
Tor Fremont county o. siS, 900 pounds.
A deplorahle accident occurred on
Wednesday at Rico, Colo, resulting In
the death Of Helen Hokum, dAugh
Of DR.. q. ID. YOkum. A party had
teen camping Mt the West Dolores hot
springs anu enjoying the baths. Mis-.
1Okum and Helen, a bright little girl
VI thirteen, were among the party. On
the way homo this morning A. the
wagon was passing over tho meadows,
the young men OF the party were
shooting grouse. One shot a. bird
when the bail hit n rock aud gianoing
n piece OF II penetrated the brain Of
the child. She fell from the wagon
seat unconscious and died In two
hours, before the doctors or her father
could arrive.
Says the Reno (NsvadA) Gasetts:
Mrs. a. NJ. Hartley IL feeling us we'll
Ah could be expected after the commits
alon OF such = terrible crime As she
committed last Thursday In shooting
down NJ. ID. Foley. She seems cool
and collected. She could hear the
band play Sunday at his funeral, but
II did not have any visible effect on
her, Mrs. Hartley absolutely refuses
TO SEQ any reporter or 10 make a state
ment 10 any one who has called upon
her, Quite number OF ladies called
Sunday. Mrs. q. o. Wright Ia In
constant attendance. Mrs. Hartley
was not feeling well ON Sunday even.
Ing and sent for Or. Bergstein at 9
O'CLOCK. She told Under sheriff
Coughlln this morning not to admit
any visitors whatever 10 her apart.
ments.
Wright aAuthier and Myrtle Lane
yesterday morning made second al
tempt at elopmsnt says the Cheyenne
Leader. Their nrst trial wa. made a
wetkago and was frustrated by the
girl's father, who oyeuoOI the young
couple ut the train anu dlssuadod MS
daughter from entering too Tashly Into
matrlmony. Yesterday morning
GAuthier and the girl attempted 10
BOARD the Denver train, but Onicef
Deitrlck spoiled the romance by taxing
both into custody. He then placed
them In the city jail. GauIhlsr is a