Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-24
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Alarming Outbreak Of Disease Among
Stock Around Fresno, Cal.
aOPIUM COOKERS" ARRESTED.
A Child Stranglcd During Fit Of
Coughing-A Dishonest
Evangelist, Eve.
aoPluM COOKERS ARRESTED.

T.. J. Wilson, Vallejo, Cal, banker
died month ago at the Gtaud Hotel.
Ills estate h worth s5JO,0UO aud no will
has been found.
The Bear Valley Reservoir company
Ia san Bernatdino coun y, Cal, pro-
poses 10 buiid a dam whicu Will give "a
continuous How OF 1900 inchue.
N. +. Christian, a travelling evsng,l.
let, nus been held 10 answer before tue
superior court nj Ssuta Cruz, Gallon =
charge OF emit, element. lie borrowed n
horse and wagon oi o. &. ChHco In
San francisco and sold them st santa
CfuE.
Thomas Sectist shot his wife twice IA
Ffiday evening at Phwuix, ATE ma,
AMI, after an attempt 10 escape, shot
himself Ia the head, Tue cause wac
domestic trouble, they having been
separated some time, Both have since
lied.
The Laramie boomerang says tho
university cadets were organ go Ffi.
DAY, aud II l. probable that The faculty
will add some theoretical work Ia milf
tHty science ana tscucs 10 DO taken
only by the students Ia tue iTUsbuIan
anu sophomore Glasses.
Farmers In San Louis valley, ssys
m exchange, naturally anticipate n
good price g. potatoes this fall owing
10 the butntd.out condition OF crops IN
Kan,as aud NEBRASKA. The acreage
IN San Louis valley ~ compared with
last year N greater aud the prospects
Tor yield more satisfactory.
Joseph W. Little, an old Californian
who recently went East, claims 90
have discovered legal document
which entities him g., together with
other heirs Of john Van Dyke, one o.
the old knickofbOukgr fathers, 10 ail
tue properly that constituted old NsI
Hook lane, Brooklyn, ana which to.
day IL covered with big business blocks
aud IL worm several millions Of dollars.
A little child, two and hnlf ycnts
old, daughter Of Dir. aud Mp. Frank
hu OF Atva1a, Colo, has died Of
slrangulAtiOn during nc Of coughing.
Tue child had an ordinary case IT
whoopug cough and was NOT suppos Il
~ be In more than ordinary danger.
While coughing few days siuce
pulrgm was drawn into the WinIppr,
aud the father, seeing the situation,
hurried ~ "a uuotaf with tho child, but
II was 700 lhlc l9I Etlltls
George A. Jackson anu tWtnty.tvo
J,hefs have commenced suit ht BOISE
CITY, Idaho, it - $40 dsmages
against Winters Parsons 4 Boomer, tile
Montana contractors, VINO have tue
contract for the construction Of the
Custer aud l.emhi divisions OF the
state wagon road. III. tutt Prlws out
Of the employ ment Of about fiuy men
10 20 10 stanley basin g. work Tor tue
contractors. Iho twenty.thTcr defend.
ants claim they were not given EN-.
ploymcnt as agreed aud they want
uuWagts.
Amalghm thieves have done very
clever Oh al the Lnrgey mill. They
slipped into the mill, uutcTewed the
pla,e tack Of The battery which col
lecled the gold nmalghm and made
quite hnul, but Just how much 10
impossible iOt tho mill men 10 deter.
mine. a portion Of the stolen anal
gam was found la tue road Leading to
tht mill. Tbs plate was subsequently,
iOuuu In the tunnel, A. a result " the
steal n night Waterman has hten
rlaced On duty A0GuCWdH (hlH'
tdhd)
A man named Strong, who conducts
q secondhand store At sacramento,
Cal, attempted To commit suicide by
attaching rubber hose 10 SOS lei
anu holding thu eud Of the hose % hi-
nustfils. After he hal inhhled enough
IT the gHs 10 reuIer him unc luscious,
hir hold on the hose lOy,cnuu anu the
rae, Instead Of entering hls syfiom,
escaped through thodoor ant windows.
lie was discovered shorty aneTwArd
and n physician summoned, who sue
noedcd In bringing him back to hif
normal condition. The only reason
he gave for wishing to end his life was
that he WAS tired Of living.
Alta mRss meeting OF citizens held
a, Tombstone, Ariz., on Friday night,
the following resolution was adopted
nud telcgrlphed 10 the secretary ol
wait ave, the people OF Cuchisf
county, In mass meeting assembled,
prutsst against thu removal Oi troops
from Fort bowie and San Carlos NJ BE-,
ing Inimical to the welfare oi the
ssltlera In southeastern ARENA aud
the most glazing infringement " the
protection guaranteed by the Cor siItu,
Uon,If carried out IL will leave N, 0ul
people who have braved the hsr ithi
Of iTontier lifo without any PROTECTION
from the ravage. Of hcstiies, who ar,
only held In check hy the presence Of
troops at these pOlnts."
within few weeks reports OF gan,
der, Texas fever ami lump Jaw hav,
frequently come ll the ve,rtinary
Ullicet Mt Fresno, Cnl,, and these dis
eases seem 20 threaten great loss unless
promptly dealt with. Tue oiiicer hnl
visited different parts Of the county
nnd killed several animals suffer- :
from one Of these diseases. Al on,
dairy fneen cows have died recently
and there Ia danger that others hav,
been affected. Al "A large dairy, sever
IN les southeast NJ Fresno, uinutetl
cows have died Of Texas ievor tn,
diseases seem 10 have me- IRON
Bakersfield, aud the country south Of
Fresno county aud are spreading to.
ward the city.
For some time past tho on nj
Colnnsvillr, u little town Mt the mou.l
VI the Sacramento river In Solar,
county, Cal, have suspected the CHIN
ESQ residents there OF being engaged
in the preparation Of opium for smOk
ing purpose. Two conrlghlrs made
raid few nights ago. AZ they az
preached the susp,c'ed house they
caught two Cinnamon who were carry,
ing two sncEs full NJ nvD.tnel cItP
Entering tho house, the officers cap
turrd three more Cinnamon VINO were
NJ work. a complete opium-cI Ok ug
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