Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-27

mine and was instantly killed.
Fresno county has n surplus Of
school teacher. The IT'S schools Rre
already supplied, and about 100 teachers
are without positiouS
HALEY idaho Times Harry Duke,
treasurer Of Salt Lake CITY, arrived
this morning to spend few days
visiting At his brother.iu-law's, Eph
.Dalt, where the lntief's mother and
sister (Mfs. Duke) are stopping for a
few weeks.
w. g. Deeming, n resident Of Rock.
lin, Cal, aged is yoars, aud brake
man on No. IL, was struck on the
back Of the neck I'm the rnowshede
near Truckee and killed. His body
was found on top OF a refrigerator car,
lying across the running board.
Resident from near the Junction Of
the Laramie and North Platte rivera
report great devastation by Rrasshor.
pers. Tho poets have eaten the grass
Tor miles, and the crop OF hay will 10
very short. They appear, however, 10
be gradually leaving the no ghborhood,
but the damage already done IL very
great
Tho deer In the mou tains are fat
and waiting for cold lead, says the
wciser Udahol Signal. The old story
about the scarcity VI deer II Invariably
told by hunters who couldn't hit n
barn Of twenty yards, After wasting
lots Of time and lead those would-be
Nlmtods return tn bore ~ with yarns
ab5ut deer being "skeefoe."
- ~.
woman Of Pueblo, Colo, has been
IS, 900 for murder, In administering 10
her paramOuT, Carl Gfuher, RIO
Gaude employee. on August ., dose
Of morphine with felonious intent.
She admits giving him the dose, but
says that he told her how much lac
wanted.
Grats Valley Telegraph: Some very
rich orc from the South Idaho mine
hss lately been shown on tho streets.
The rcck was filed with pure quartz
gold and was OF that nature which
would command attention among
miners even though no gold was vlsi-
bio TO the eve. The rock came from a
depth OF 100 feet, aud hola two feet
and n half had been drilled into the
ledge, aud sill its width had not been
reached.
Two members ~ gang Of counter
isitsra who have been manufacturing
and passing spurious coin nj Ptwnix,
Afiz, for week past, were arrested
this evening. One IN james louup;
the other IL known M Murray. The
latter IL rs or 40 years old, well dressed,
premature gray aud distinguished
looking. Bad quartere and half dollars
were found upon each, with unmis.
taxable evidence that they were made
here, A search ofthe room OF one Of
the men revealed nothing. The room
~ the other haa not been located.
Both prisoners are nOn.committAl. The
town has been neoied with the coun.
teririt money.
Tho coroner was summoned 10 Me-
Cannon few DAYS ago, says the
Pocatello Udhho) Tribune, to hold an
irqueBt on the body Of man named
SERVERS who had died suddenly at
that place. SERVERS had lust arrived
In this country from Panama and
coming West engaged M ~ farm laborer
with II. .. Hafkuess at McCammon.
He worked day and n quarter and
was taken sick and died. The invests
cation developed the fact that he died
Of Panama fever, the germs OF which
he had brought with him from thnl
tropical climate, aud verdict In &C.
coTdance with these facts was rem
defed by the coronef's Jury. Serviers
was native Of Alnace- Lorraine aud
about thirty years old. He Ia supposed
10 have friends In New York.
The sensation VI the hour at White
Oaks, ". NJ, Il the recovery OF gold
brick stolen from Colonel w. III, Weed
on August l. This brick, which IN
valued at s5, 900, was n product OF the
South HUmsstake mino in which
Weed IL interested, and had been kept
secreted Mt his residence v hills prepata-
lions were being made TO forward II 10
the mint IL was missed the next day
after having been taken out OF the
house, and suspicion at once tell uIon
Phil Schwartz, who, with his vile,
were on intimate terms with Colonel
aud Mrs. Weed and were coguizaut Of
tue presence OF the treasure Ia the
house, the matter was kept very quiet
aud tho case placed In the hands OF
Deputy Sheriff John Prostoo, who sue
cesslully fastened the theit upon
Schwartz and br0thet-in.law named
Rosenthal, and not only obtained
confession OF their guilt, but recovered
the gold as we'll. No criminal action
has been taken rs yet against the
thieves, who for the past two years
have been engaged Ia tue Gty g0OOs
business ut White Oaks, and had here
t.foTe been very well thought OF.
a remarkable bicycle trip was con.
cluded at Fresno, Cal, on Friday
night. w. Is. Holland lett Fresno
three weeks ago on wheel, anu after
visiting Monterey, San FraDci,oO ana
Sacramento, crossed the mountains by
way OF Lake Tahoe TO Carson, New.
From there the difficult Journey he.
gan. He determined to 20 10 l0sem.
Ito by following sheep trails from Mono
lake. The people In Mono valley hud
never seen u bicycle. After crossing
the valley covered with sagebTush
where there are no roads, he reached
the foot VI n mountain which rose 0, 900
feet with only q narrow, rugged trail
leading up. He hired Chinese to
carry his wheel on hose up this
trail nine miles anu then set forward
for the Yosemite, htty miles distant,
with only sheep trails 10 follow anu IN
some places scarcely any path al all, He
pushed his wheel and slept In the
woods at night, and after several daya
came down the other side q the
mountain into the Yosemite, where
he could again ride. Tho entire tTip
from the time he lett fresno I'll his
return covered $50 mills, and 100 ullta
OF this was over gOuutTy where no