Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-05
NEWS OF The WEST.
4 Tragedy vary Narrowly AVgrlst
During a Dice Shaking Game.
Al MOST DESTRUCTIVE H,lLsrORu.
A Young Man Goes Insane as the lie.
suit Of lIeing Nearly
Drowned.

Albuquerque IL said to be making
Ser utuAI effort to render tho New
Mexico territorial fair great succcs',
and that the present outlook is for r.
fine display, a big crowd aud ~ attrac.
tive programme.
A shocking suicide has occurred Al
San Bruno, Cal. As the mAil tram
approached the depot q nun threw
himself In front Of the engine and tho
entire train passed over him. He VS.
crushed anu mangled beyond human
temblance.
Captain Il. J. Moore aud J. Il. Estes
have returned from tue Big Hole
Bstin, says the Dillon (Mont) Ia an
ncr. The gentlemen report that the
Ianchers have the largest hay cfou
ever harvested there. There are plenty
Of stock cattle and they are oil IA al
excellent condition.
Three mon attempted to rob the S /.
James hotel. nj San NJ, Cal, carly
the other morniBT. Fred Swsu, tue
night clerk, WIS knocked u0vr, hut
Porter Mccartney came 4, the reicuc
aud two Of the fascals escaped to their
pal, who was on the outside. Much
money had been placed In the sale U.
tue hOtcl uuflng tue uay'
PARTIES In from Hound creek feI orr
disastrous prairie aud forest fires there.
says the Great Falls, Mont, Tribune.
1he fito started Ia the Vicinity o.
Squaw hollow aud II supposed 10 have
originated from camp flie which had
been catcle,tly loft without being oK.
tlnguishcd. A large amount OF valu'
ablc timber has bevn dUa,toyod 10 that
vicinity.
NJ. l.. Martin was over from Steel
creek Saturday and told ~ that the
hail storm destroyed 1900 bushel,
principally oats aud barley, On hs
ranch In that noighbofhood. OtheEs
suffered even more sey.foiy. Here
aiain the hog proves himself the
iatmer' beet friend, fof the grain thus
u,alfoyed makes hno hog gaslure.-
GraRDsvite (idahO) freo Irsss
The recent strike made on the white
House, the property Of tho Portland
company nj Cripple Greek, Colo, II
sAii to be without doubt ono OF the
best fiuda made on Battle mouutain
for many day. Everything IN the
vein, wbich Ia over thTes feet IN width,
IN pay ofc. ltIls reliably reported that
eighteen sacks VI the richest OF the ole
was recently sampled aud gave returns
o. over $4,000 per ton.
Henry KrAute, the young sporting
man who went Insane as result o.
being almost drowned Ia tho swim
ming tank at Alum Rock Park, near
San Jose, Cal, last week, shows no
signs Of fegAining his senses. A
REGULAR feature Of his insanity 10 said
TO be that he fciains enough feaSon TO
ID. H..
broken. Two attendants kept with
him constantly and unless ne improves
soon he will be committed 10 an
asylum.
John 1--we, Rr., who owns the hotel
MAtso, and Waltcmelt, tho proprietor
Of n hotel aud wayside house at Bel
mont, Cal, started to shake dice for $40
rattle, tho other evening, In the
Hotel Mateo. Lee shook full hand,
aud Waltemsir refused to shake. The
latter drew his revolver, when Lee
asiEed II and commHnded; "ShRke
uice or yon ditl" wAltemsir refused,
aud bang went the weapon, the bullet
barely escaping Waltemoir's head,
Friends ssparted the men.
w. r. Shirley, OF South Butte, Mon
tann, about two years ago, wa
HhNh W LIVE avn
The latter fired revolver 10 fTighteu
Shirley, but the bullet went upwards,
apparently into Shhley's lelt eye
Physicians probsd for the ball, bul
without success. Tho pain continued
and was 40 great that tho physicians
were finally obliged TO cut out the oyt
ball. TINS relieved tho patient, and
since then MI. Shirley has tried 10 ge
nlong the best no could with ono eye
Recently Mr.. Shirley was suetzluR,
and he sneezed real hard. The oOnse
quence was he succeed up the bullet
which had lodged somewhere between
the eye socket ana the bridge Of tn,
nose, and had stayed there two year
10 spite Of all efforts to find II.
Baker City Democrat. Last FridA,
was the time sci for the preliminary
examination Of John W. Young, whI
IN tho previous Sunday In the EAgl,
Valley shot aud killed Mrs. MuTphJ
and innicted knife wounds upon thu
person OF the husband OF the deceased
aud at the appointed time the de
fendAnt appeared In Justice Kindnlp
court, ana through his counsel, judge
Il, =. Anderson, Of Baker CITY, wAiyei
preliminary examination aud hi
bonds were fixed IN the sum OF $4,000
which at last accounts had not beeI
furnished. The feeling In the neigh
borhood is considerably divided an
there IL n factionAl tendency, How
ever, all look upon the killlng Of Mis-
Murphy rs accidental and unintel
tlonal on the part OF Young, who I
deeply grieved over the unforiuuRl
affair. A. for Murphy, little sympath!
Ia expressed, As he bore the reputation
Of being bad man. Young, ON th
other hand, had always boon peaoabl
inclined. SUI, II " thought that Tur
ishment should he metod out TO hin
Tor his TAshness, even though he 10 no
blamed for protecting himself again
the attack OF Murphy,
A New Employment.
A boy who had visited the Office Of