Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-01
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Little Girl Attacked by Six Wolves
in California.
INITIAL AFFAIR AT MARDNER.
Telegraph Poles Ripped to Pieces BY
Lightning 80 Crops In
Colorado.
BRUTAL AFFAIR At wARDSrn.

A sandstone VuhfIy VI bWnt Nhlut
has been discovered at Seattle, Wash.
-Four or five telegraph poles about
ave miles from Elko on the Turcar "a
fNrvlrad were struck by lightning
salurday and knocked Into tooihpicks.
Dr. Arthur w. Bell, formerly a drug.
elst Of Utah, later n resident Of Idaho
and more recently 81 Texas, was
dfoy ned In the Little river near Cam
,ron, Tex, on July 1871. Before leav-
ing Utah his store was buruoi OUT
The Fort Collins (Colo.) Erpre1
states that }. Il. HyEs, 4. &. Hume
and J. l., Night ngale, have lust re-
tufnei from a prospecting and h.hing
trim over on the Laramie river They
had good success nshiug and report
that the Forester gold dItcoyery j.
attracting much attention.
Although the river IL Tired with
trees, yet II " impossible u enjoy the
shade of them for the reason the rail.
road fridge leading 10 the upper island
/. guarded by colder who will let no
one pass, anu the lower one cannot be
reached on nccount Of water. -Gfocn
hirer (Hyo) Star.
JAMES l.. Whilton, foreman Of the
Journal printing office at L9mToc,
Cal, was shot on Monday night bv
william Shean, who II now Ia JAIL.
Whitton N expected 10 die any mo.
ment. Previous 10 the shooting the
men quaftelcd IN saloon over money
matters finally coming 10 blows, In
which Shean was wofBted. shtan went
out, procufei n pistol and returning
shot Whitton. Shean was once maIshtl
and deputy sheriff Of this unity.
Farmers % at Alamo,n, Colorado,
saws the Independent Journal report
their crops looking we'll and lay they
will have large yields. IL has faiusd
nearly every day Tor tue past Two
weeks. This was indcei for'uuste, NJ
the water supply In the Rio Giaude
river was gone before tho summer
showers commenced. IL h predicted
by men In position 10 make hiair ~ l.
mate, that the greatest crop Of grain
ever raised Ia the Hnn LUIS valley viii
he harvested this fall. The season 10
fully two weeks earlier than usual
James McGfew tells the Blobor (Cal.l
Gqffttc that last Thursday his wife ami
daus liter we're In the timter picking
separated. SIX wolves attacked the
little Girl, anu when she began 10
scream her dog came q her rrtcue.
When the motbrr returned she found
her daughter backed up against tree
and the dog having hnnd.io hanl
flsht with the ugly bruler. Mts. Me.
drew frightened them of aud started
fur home. Tue wolves followed them,
how ing, BARKING ana lighting. THIS
happened ueAr EIg lake, this county.
Talk about rcd tape. The recent
strike was productive OF some remarh.
able apecimeue, says the bANer'ueiu
cat fOrHtdH. Mnil matter from tbls
place ~ R3sedale has to 40 via JvWelia,
Il II cannot be sent Ia any other way
Az the trains TO the north we're blocked,
while there were one or two south
bound, Postmaster Miller, acting unlef
Instructions. sent mail matter Tor RJsc.
tale TO Los Angeles, where u was
Transferred 10 San PeirO, took the
steamer TO San Francisco anu hnally
YVES taken % Juwotta by train anu
thence to IL destination, Just eight
miles from where II started.
The San Ffanoisco CdR has pub
llshed an interview with ptomiucnt
railroad man, who givtn some Interest
inl figures OF tue luss cntailci by tho
Southern Pacific company on account
Of the strike, dating from June A7th.
The daily earnings are sl1l,uuO anu
lot fifteen days the loss Of earnings AZ.
gtegnltd a.. 100000. or the lp,UUu eu-
pl0y eos Ui the company io,Olj we're
out OF work, averaging 81 Yer day nnu
aggIegalins s6l5, 900. The loss TO the
public IL too vast and complicated To
be estimated. WrlIs, Fargo a C0.'s
daily loss has been $4,000.
The Occur d'Alune, Idaho, Miner
L an the iOllJwingi Tho affair at Mafd-
ieri In winch Maurice Commons was 10
numerically beaten, appears To have
Teen much more brutal anu high.
handed than was nj FIRST reported. AZ
he was being conveyed 10 the hospital
he was dragged from tho vehicle by
Jack Mccormick, a man named
Whitehead, aud, II ia ild, Pat Morris.
While In n disabled condition he Was
brulally beaten over the head aud lace
with revolver anu then taken down
20 the Junction aud ordered never 10
return there under pain ~ death, and
~ they lott him one " them gave Nun
a parting tap, Us he called ", with n
,andbag. The peri elratOru OF the out
rage cannot DO found, though their
names are known, and indictments
have been found against them by the
grand jury.
Green River (Wyo.l STAR As stated
last week, We below give a brief out
line OF the mineral prospects Of Pinoyi
White Horse anu adjacent country.
On the bars Of Cottonwood, Beaver.
White HOfse and other streams IN that
section the gold ia about as plentiful ~
In Green River bhrs, AL Of them show
pay and from Indications ought 10 be
vastly worked. The gold Il similar In
quality aud tineleas 10 that found M
Green river. On the head Of Cotton.
wood good loOging quartz leads are
seen. Some rich hnua are reported
both In quartz and placer near this zee
ton, but how rich IL not known, a
great hindtanco TO prospecting comes
from the rowing bands OF lnuians Ina
that section. They drive Of horses anu
otherwise make the lilo OF n proapeolOr
miserable. However, many men have
been Ia there, anu the section pIomists
10 be a good ous for m neral develop,
ment. This summer Will $50 much
work uut ON leads sud something good
mRy be looked for.
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