The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-21
NEWS FROM NEARBY
CITIES AND TOWNS.
BRAKE BEAM TOURIST MEETS A
HORRIBLE DEATH AT
RENO, NEW.
Laramie Is Taking Precautions
Against the Spread of Small POx-
Remains of an Unknown Man
Found Between Lander and Raw
Iins-FataI Stabbing ARRAY at
WaIla WaIIa.


The Manitou and Pixies Peak cog
route has been reopened.
There was a fine floral display at
the funeral Of the late John JONES' re-
marked country exchange.
The San Juan shelters are now run
ming to but one-bnird of their full ca
pacity. There are hopes, however, of
a large increase within thirty days.
The Caldwell, Idaho, Tribune is now
a semi-weekly paper. The publisher
acted on the conclusion that a weekly
was too slow for an enterpriSing and
progressive community.
Laramie is taking precautions against
the spread Of smallpox. The one pa
tient now there viii probably recover,
but this case, unless precautions are
taken, may be the means of starting
an epidemic.
lished in Caldwell, made its appearance
on the 7th. Ed G. Lee is the editor
and T. A. Will1ie publisher. The initial
number Of the Argus makes a creditable
appearance. 1t is Democratic.
c. NJ. Cannon, a lawyer from Austria
liza, on his way to England was prob
ably fatally stabbed in a saloon at
Walla Walla by Captain F. V. Hagan,
a prominent real estate dealer and pol
itician. Hagan is held on $4,000 bonds
A new town called Burlington has
been laid out in the Big Horn basin.
1t is said that tramp was riding
on the pilot of the engine which struck
the rock in the accident at Hillard.
1t is needless to state that the tramp
escaped without injury.
James Robertson, a farmer living
seven miles west of Walla Walla
Wash, was brought in Saturday suffer-
ing from painful accident He was
hunting on Friday afternoon, and care
leSSly rested his hands on the muZZle
of his rifle. His bird dog came running
to him and jumping UP placed one paw
on the lock of tine gun. Mr.. Robertson's
right hand is badly shattered and the
left thumb is gone, but he is glad to
have escaped so cheaply.
A letter received here this morning
states that Trainmen Delegates Clark,
of Pocatello, and Moulton, of Denver
are both sick in the latter city, and
it is feared that their cases will de-
velop into smallpox. Messrs. Clark and
Moulton were with Oracle in Omaha
and it is possible they contracted the
disease there. They were in the city
last week at a meeting of the local
trainmen, and left for Denver, where
they have since remained.-LaramieR Re-
publican.
The remains of an unknown man
have been found near Crooks mountain
on the stage line, between Lander and
Rawlins, and about five miles south of
Rongis postofffce. The discovery was
made by Eli Signor postmaster at the
above mentioned place, and from indi-
cations the man had been dead for two
or three years. There was found with
the body shotgun, which was loaded,
and a five-shooter. two chambers of
which were empty, and in one of the
pockets of the clothing a SO gold piece
and 81 il silver.-Cheyenne Sun.
A brakebeam tourist. met his death at
Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, In en-
deavoring to swing himself under the
train, his coat caught under a wheel
He was horribly mangled. Death was
instantaneous. Two letters were found
in his pockets, one addressed to Edward
Stenback, Eaton, Colorado, from his
brother, Charles Stenback, of Ferndale,
Cal, and another to John II. Woodbury.,
125 West Forty-secOnd street, New York
city. A purse containing Is cents in
silver and three 1-cent pieces, and a
razor, was the extent of his possessions
He was about q years of age.
The Cheyenne Leader reports that
at its meeting last night the Cheyenne
bicycle club decided to give its spring
tournament on Saturday, June 80 1t
had been the intention to make the
date July 4. but Colorado Springs has
that date for a league meet and the
local wheelmen decided that it would
be better to have the meet here a few
days previous to the Colorado affair,
rather than conflict with it or have it
later. 1t is expected that the meet
will prove even greater success than
the one held last fall, which itself was
highly credltable to the state and the
men back of it.