Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-14
NEWS OF THE WEST.
WEALTHY RanCnman's Exciting Fourth
Of July Experience.
pry,RKiBLB CATCii or TROUE
ssrious Runaway Accident. - Weather
and Crops.--Other Items
From Exchanges.
REMARKABLE cArcn or TRouL

The cattlemen Of Evanston, wvo., nIc
,sgoiiating with tue Union Pacific To
isass 200 sectious Of land north Of that
town.
while Carlos Augelada, lO.yeat.
I'D nov. was piayin uudor the fiver
tapk al Taos, n. NJ, Il caYed In upon
bim. lie succeeded In digging himself
ouf. bus immrdintly aitefwafd gave a
scream aud fell dead.
The Laramie (wyo. Rcpu5hcan
tella about % remarkable eaton o. troui
in the Big Laramie river, a number
Weighing rom two 81 three pounds
each, and Que NJ t1uin six and quar-
Ter pounds aud meAsufiug twenty-five
inches. They were II tho rainbow
variety which were planted In the
river seven years ago from this state
hatchery.
Colonel ]. Scott Anthony aud wife
Of Denver have been spuuiing about
two week. on santa Catalina leland,
one ofthU Southern CALIFORNIA; iay0fitc
seaside resorts. The colonel and wife
are fond Of fishing. While out recently
be succeeded iu making tue best cntcu
ut harfucauda known here this season,
Fofty.nvo OF Ncptuns's gamey inhab.
itauts were safely landed, thu mpjOnty
" which averaged three feet iu length
aud weighing about seven pounus
each.
Miss Sophia McLain was probably
fatally iujufed Ia n runaway accident
nj Cripple Creek, ColJ., on Msdnis.
Eel ..s
home nt Afequa aud on the steep grade
between Anaconda aud thla place Oue
Of the wheels came Oh anu the morse
ran away. Her clothing gOt caught Ia
the rig aud she was dragged about 2U0
yards. Bhe sus'aiusd bad fracture 81
the shoulder IN addition 10 severe
bfui,cs all over tue boiy.
A wagon load Of peaches brought IN
last week from the Hagermau farm, ON
the pecos river, seven teen miles below
Eddy, n. NJ, sold for sis, Mt ten cents
per pound anu the second load brought
ia sold Tor about tho same amount.
These peaches came from but hvot
all lighter bearers than some trees
there. which will fipou nlcr iruit later
10 the season. rhu. i've trees hyo
years old, Il will be seen, brought about
SIS each above thu coat VI hauling 10
market. one hundred such trees per
acre would yield 500.
The heavy rain storms In the yicin.
iiy u Bysis, Colo, ever since The
Fourth are reported 10 have done an
immentu amount Of good 10 the coun.
tfy,and thure arc strong hopes that VIZ
viii have a gOsd crop OF nay, which
~ one time 10 was feared that We
would not Tue B1ou has been on the
rampage and has been higher thau ~
any time within this lat two year..
Al the sheep around there have been
shearst OF their hrcc,H anu now the
rauchmen have the WOOL for sale. So
far only ous clip mas been sold la
Byeru anu the price realized WAS low,
Tut II 10 generally conceded BY most
sheepmen that N thoy sell nt all, they
viii have 90 sell chesp. Thn clip IL
said 10 be- this year tolerably clean anu
should foich more than the wool buyefs
are Offering.
J. Mcmillan, wealthy rauohman
Of Carlton, ten miles west OF GnnauH,
Colo, tells n thrilling slOIy u his
Fourth OF July experience. Mr.. Mo.
MILAN decided " hunt wolves, OF
which there are many near his ranch,
ana tct out on h0fseback. lie soon
started gray wolf, anu not haviug
much ammunition, but good horse,
determined 10 ride the animal down
and rope A., After a long chase over
hollow anu hiil, valley Hud plain, Ut
~ horse, rider nud wolf were almost
exhausted, the prey took refuge IN
shallow watcf-mnde cave IN the tank
Of u gully. Mr.. Mcmillan at once die
mounted and saw tue game could get
bur short distance Ia tue cave, 90 he
drew his revolver anu shot tue vol, OF
supposed he did. He crawlud intO tue
hole aud tiled 10 pull out his game, but
was unable 10 DO 30. lie then tied his
saddle tOpp 10 lie niud leg anu told his
h0rsu ~ move up. The horses
strength was too much for the wolf aud
II hau 10 come out, but II came Out
fighting. Az soon Hs the horo was
told ~ Il p tho VOL spfang upOu
Mr.. Mob ian and fight Tor lifo t.
gan. HB was unable 10 use hts gun
and ior some tins could not geI his
knife out VI his belt. Al last he sue
ceeded In getting good hold on the
benspr thiOAt, and being strong msu
pushed it away far enough 10 get uut
his knife, Although now almost eX'
hausted he succeeded IA cutting the
wOiiia throat. Mr.. McMillsn VS.
pretty badly used up hut cells thank vi
that he WIS able 10 csc pc as well Gs he
DID. The wolf was good siLsd one,
anu showed unusual vitality.