The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-15
A WOMAN IN BLACK.
EVANSTON INDUCING IN A FIRST
CLASS MYSTERY.
The Ladies are Badly Frightened
Over the Strange Antics of the
Northumberland News Items.

Evanston, Wyo., Feb. IS. There is
a mystery in Evanston, and has been
for several weeks, that the officers or
citizens are unable to solve. 1t is a
large sized woman, or supposed to be,
who appears upon the streets at all
hours after 10 p. m, and frightens the
wits out of women and children. Sew
eral ladies who have ventured up town
alone after dark, have been chased
home by the mystery in black, includ-
ing heavy black veil. A few Of the
sterner sex, known as male men," at
first did not credit the story, as told
by the ladies, thinking that those of
the geAtler sex were endowed with
that greatest Of ali blessings to a
newspaper writer, imagination. But
as several of the former individuals
have, during the past few evenings,
returned to the bosom of their fami-
lies, with their hair in a perpendicular
position, and their eyes RESEMBLING two
bulls eye lanterns, it was thought by
the long-Suffering wives that the
bubbles" had seen something. An
engineer was on his way 10 the round
house early one morning last week,
when he was headed off by the indi-
vidual, and kept lodging backward
and forward for several minutes before
ne succeeded in getting past rer. An
other man heard a rap at his door
some time during the night. Upon
looking out of the window he saw the
strange figure standing upon the door
step, but upon going to the door, it
was nowhere to be seen. Night before
last there was a, rap at the ioor Of Mr..
Ben Seaton's residence. Mrs. Seaton
was alone. She opened the door, saw
the woman in black standing before her,
heard her give an unearthly cry, and
then saw her run away. Mrs. John
Reece was attacked by her the other
night, and instead of running she be-
gan to fight her. But the strange wo-
man was too much for ner, and she
received a few scratches and a chok-
ing. 1t is thought by a great many
that the strange woman is a. man. 1t
is believed that the individual must be
insane. and it is hoped that ne or she
may soon be captured.
A snow storm that very much re-
sembled a blizzard, ragged here last
Saturday during the entire day. The
railroad was not blocked, however, and
trains generally arrived on time. We
received no Salt Lake mail from Fri
day until Monday, owing to the block
ade in Utah.
The ice carnival given here last
Wednesday evening. was not very
much of success, owing to the fact
that a snow storm was raging during
the greater portion of the time. There
were only about twenty maskers upon
the ice.
Mr. Ed. Holtenhouse was rendered
a. surprise birthday party ut the resi-
dence of Mayor J. c. Winslow last
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lowed to state the exact figures, but
suffice it to say, Ed is old enough to
vote.
Mr.. ]. Chisholm, who has been en-
ployed for the past three years at
Mr.. Atllinson's saw mill, at his place,
left on Thursday last for his old home
at Mcpherson, Kansas.
Mr.. H. D. Skerritt of Rawlins, has
been spending the week in Evanston.
Mr.. Skerritt was the chief clerk in the
house of representatives of the Wyom-
ing legislature last winter and is now
engaged in the insurance business.
Mr. G. j. Meegan, formerly a book
keeper in Blyth & FargO's store, has
gone to California
Mr.. Alexander Majors, he Of the Hub
Mine fame, passed through Evanston
He is we'll known here. He has writ
ten a book entitled Twenty Years on
the Frontier"
Frank Curtis, Sam Van Ness and
Charles Jarman, left last Thursday
morning on a deer hunt
The county commissioners have or
ganized a new precinct in the Teton
valley, in the northern part Of this
county.
Judge Jesse Knight was appointed
a delegate to the Trans Mississippi
Commercial Congress, now in session
in San Francisco.
The Tezeart Brothers have about
thirty teams engaged in hauling coal
from their mine to supply the local
market.
Miss Nettie Caldwell. of Ogden, was
visiting her parents in this city last
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