Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-28
news OF THE WEST,
Excitement Octasionsd by an Escape
OF Prisoners lfJn jail.
DENVER roLicE ASD GAMBLERS.
vohste Indian supcrstilion.-A Pa
tbeilc Idaho suicide.-Pro'peols
for Fruit, Crops aud stock

The l,onrmont (C0lo.) lines u uig'
Tin. s.tabUHhmHut Ul mauu iactuiith
i.tbat thriving agricultural Town.
rbs mayor OF Seattle, WASH, has
dsgidrI that he VIII favor iho use o.
ylifIhed bfich for sircgt'pHvins'
a line OF tho Postal telegraph COM
..yi. now being rau.tfuutci nlOng
tbg Ataniio aud Pacific, in northern
AuzluH.
The Boomerang says that milk 10
coming down iu price 90 Laramie
Twenty quarts for dollar can now be
had tnufc.
The prospects for large fruit crop
l1 the Alliances valley about LaH
Animas are said 90 be very encluthg'
bog.
butte, Mont, has passed an crdi-
nance mat ali Ucraouu maintaining slot
machines must pny u city license of
trc0niiGuc inuir usc.
A woman go yoars OF age passed
aver tlu summit OF tue Sierra Nevada
iHIs week ON her way 30 the Ola La.
IirsI Homo in Oaklani, all thu way
ifam Dallas, Tex ON foot
While onleavorug to Ire n blast 10
tllInsh iu the Salinas uvcr, CaLi
slufman 5lutkoy had Que nnnl blown
Oh aud was hurt about the face by the
explosion Of a giant powder cartridge.
M,s Emmn Hon0r,, who lives near
Guu valley, Cal, was seriously % not
fatally hurt ny a savage bull She was
rorUl aud stamped ln o. most cruel
manner. Her younger bl1icr huhlly
fought on the auima.
The pecos valley Of Now Mexico h
beginning tile shipment NJ alihlia.Iru
cattle 10 the eastern markets, and IN
time THE, says an exchange, viii De
one Of tho greatest sources Oh wealth TO
tia, valley.
The hay crop Of the Star River val.
Icy " Arzlua viii, ~ l. stated, De one
oi tho lurgtst ever known, aud even
hutfur than that is the fact that the
prices " be- realized promises 10 be lar
more than obtained last year.
The new SwoIo settlement near Las
AnuuUs has meeting every sabbath
morning ut some private house a.
pr0srut, but expect 90 have % church
100 the Iuturr. Tho lullyt have organ
lied "a sewing society that meets every
week.
All northeastern Colorado within
tho waterloo uf the Platte b. alive on
suoitrg alton question. New ditchcs,
saya tho Denver Acps, nud reservoirs
arc being projected auu their c0nstruc.
ton will ada largely 20 the agricultural
development oi that section.
The Wnrdncr (ldaho) Nsts tells a
pathetic story ut tnp suicide OF nu old
muu anu respected citizen OF that town,
90 Spokane. His utmu was william
-. Kent. Physical sudurlngs aud
mUnul depression seem ~ have been
Ihc causus Of the unhappy ending.
Tho meeting OF the Montana Stock.
rrowots' ASSOCIATION At Miles city took
Important action looking 10 the Kidding
Of tho ranges Of wolves. People not
familiar with tho stock business iu
Montana were HurprIGui 10 learn that
the annual lOssut nom stock uttirUying
animals are greater than those nom
thu severity u Montana winter.
In 1870 Felix Polishinskl WIS son,
toncJI nt Oakland, Cal, 10 life imprIs'
onmout Tor killing Clmfadr ut Warm
Spuuga lie has served seventeen
yrnr aud BE- now n years % ngt,
Governor Markham has c1mmutcd thJ
sentence 90 twenty Year,, which
means q practical pardon, Tor with hii
credits the prisoner Will be- entitled 10 O
rrltafa.
The M1havu indians OF tho Tar west
Fuys nu exchange, have Oue Cutluu'
superstition that n supposed 60 DO oil
comparatively recent oflgiu, Ihuy
refuse 20 cot the flesh OF the beaver and
drClir. that whose eats uravo'- flesh
VIII have q swollen neck. An agent
who has llye1 tor some time among tht
Muhnvrs COuluCiuros That some Of tue
Indians muft have cuibn the iCsh O
beavers POISONED Tor their skins AM
died with swollen Hecks, The memory
has btcn handed down through tni
lfluer, and no Mohaye eats beaver feel
since that day.
Judge Frost, NJ Denver, has die
charged A. W. Gilman, accused o
running private gambling room %
me Hlilack q Howard bl0CH. tn,
luiiuu Ulcers ttstii1I that thuy had {.
break iu the door There was gam
bling apparatus iu the room, aud
mum ~ Of men Ritung around ana thi
tUX unucr the "kitty" h0lu Boz the tahl
contained over 100 chips, They CUui,
MT swear that gambling had been
going ou Tor they dit not SEQ u. I'm
duiuus1 was that there had bucn M
gambling flncr Monday NJ noon, whul
tho order went into effect, Hiya IN
Denver Acps.
A court has been held at Byers
Colo, 10 tako evidence Ia connection
with all ditch claims on tue lrlbutatio
90 she South Platte river, Ia order q
determine definitely tue priority d
900 PARTIES interested m the same
Quite a number % proofs Of claim
were put la by residents Of this tcciiu
Of tho country. Inu waters that appra
10 have tho most dllchea repre6ontt
arc tho West BUOu, tho kiowa an
Muddy crucks. lhe people at Dyer
now recognizes the importance Of lrT
cation. For years past people have bee
experimenting 49, 10 the best way Of ~
ping the uuirIiluw OF the snid creek
and II 10 now thought that thv prOblui
has been solved.
An escape from the county jail neo
Grand junction, Col, caused quite "a
ezcllomHnt iu that city ON Wvuuebda
evening, Fred Collins, who was .
Tor bfeHkiug open cabin uear tow
hud taking some things OF small yalu
while Ia the occupation OF ouukiu
sumner for the iumutes III the iull llluUt