Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-19
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Peculiar Geological Formation 10 81
Dorado Canyon, NeL
The Complaint Of a Handsome You Q
Muman-A Zig fave
Struck, lite.

v5rklng with great energy u secui,
an auditorium nj n cost OF $4,000.
On Monday Jordan Rogers, a ranch.
man living near ella Hot Sptingr,
Boo1fro county, n. NJ, shot anu KILLED
j. NJ. Hoffman, who WIS running a
tanon ON shares near RJseiH's plsCc.
Tie killing was the result Of an old
ieud between the parties, each OF whom
made serious charges against the other.
Rogers had obtained three indictneuI 4
against HOLMAN In bOcorrO county,
tWoot which were for carrying dcGUl 4
weapons In violation Of the deadly.
weapon aol Each side has It, paftl.
cans and II 10 feared that other killings
will follow.
X. l.. Hover ot Fourteenth avenue
and Broadway, Denver, has invented
what he calls the combined shield aud
guard for ladies' bicycles. The DEN.
yer NcUs thus describes ~: IL IN "a
bliufcated piece Ui metal, with round.
ei body reaching nv high as the waist,
when attached 10 the wheel, the pol u
extending downward on either side .
little below tho pedals. 10 eau be cju.
slfuclod from Ito, suoet iron, nluml.
mum, leather or papier machU; " light,
durable and readily attached 10 any
style Of wheel. A plant for its manu-.
hcture will at once be- established.
a handsome young woman spent
some time at the government building
on Monday, says the Denver Meas,
trying 10 Identity In tue crowd Of men
collecting their pay, u deputy mafshHl
who she claimed seductd her dufiug
the short stay Of the armed forces In
Pueblo. She was we'll dfestcd anu
seemingly Intelligent. The woman
appeared 10 be- very simple Minded, M
she told the story VI her misfortune 10
number VI persons. shu was advised
10 30 and get out n warrant, hut IT,
fused. on the grounG that she thought
the man would marry her according 10
promise II she could nDd him.
George Bib hps struck big cave
on the Fairvlow minr, on Sultan
mountain, Colo. Tue SHAFT IN down
l5O ieut and on Monday the minefs
struck into cave. Next day they
went 200 feet through tho cave, heard
rush Of water from some undet.
ground stream, but the connections
between the chambers are too small
90 allow Of their prospecting further At
present With some blasting they ca
root 10 90 o. far again. The ground is
asrflts Of chambers some thirty feet
high. In other places there l. n narrow
causeway. The owners claim that
when they eau thoroughly explore the
cave they expect TO strike body Of
mineral.
Says the Carson (Nevada) AsiCG
II. NJ. Beatty brought here and De.
lIvefed 10 J.. IL. Dennis ablut eighteen
inches OF the bottom portion OF caue
which 10 n relic Of the Eureka fife iu
the late seventies. The cane was lying
lengthwiss on a toukcneu In Mt.
Beattyia law Office, aud II was c1u-
sumed with the books up 10 the place
where thu fite WIS eKtinguishbd 10 tbs
building. But the cane uas n far more
interesting history than that. IL was
formerly owned and carried by John
Hancock, the fist Eigner OF tho
Declaration Of Independence. The
relic has boon In Mr.. Deunit's family
for nearly century, and the msjOr,
who was named Tor the illustTious
patriot, Inherited II by viii from his
iathor, who came into possession Of IL
also by will brquost from an elder
member OF the family.
VIM. J. Garrison, the blind druggist
Of Wyanuolte, II man who cEcitss
great admiration, says tue Seattle
tWash.l Telegraph. lie was born and
grew Up Ia Vernon, Mich, ami came
TO WyAndotte about two years ago.
When about two years OF age he Loot
his Uyoeight anu cannot remember that
he ever saw, Besides being phaT.
he IA "a f.NW
izes good income from his work la
that capacity. Ia the store Garrison
II very quick 20 serve his patrons, vi.
though he never gives out poisons. He
can tell any brand OF cigar iu tue case
~ soon M his hand touches the box.
No man Ia the city IL quicker or more
accurate than he ut making change.
He claims n keep the most exact time
10 town, MIR. Garrison does all OF his
own trading, and the clerk VINO can
deceive him In the quality OF piece
OF cloth or Of any provender In the
market must be pretty smooth. His
ability to get along ~ well ~ those
who have all their seuses is continual
marvel 10 all who know him.
In III Dorado canyon, near Como
mining district there IL said 10 be n
peculiar geological formation. II ia
range OF seuimentgrY rocks sand.
wlchoi between mountains OF plutOnic
rocks Of various kinds. The sedl-
mrntary formation appears TO he Of
immense depth, Rud on all sides rise
mountains composed OF rocks OF vol.
oanic character. This formation be-
gins In the plain down toward the
Carson river, aud, entering the mouth
OF the canyon, extends up to near its
head, distance Of several miles. In
places along the canyon, says the
Icrr1f0ridi Eaterpris6 are seen rocks
that present the APPEARANCE Of
whArvet, and on these are piled great
heaps OF small rocks resembling sacks
OF grain or -four. The early miners
named these "rhe WhHryea" at
hrst sight, s they Tesemblei
the whatves seen along the Mi
ibsippi. In other places IN the seIi,
mentary formations are oayurns Of n.
siderable size, and In one place large
natural arch or bridge. 10 does not
STAND across the channel OF the canyon,
however, but at some height ON Onu Of
Its banks. All along the canyon the
rocks are curlously cut ana carved In
the shape VI animals And variou.
natural objects Various Clmst0ckers
expended a vast deal OF money In the
hope OF hiding good coal mine at
This point. However, thu enterprise
proved q failure. This deeper they went
the lees coal was found. Their shaft
presently reched the rsnaius Of an
ancient forest, or probably an immense