Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-20
NEWS OF The WEST.
HuCh Speculation Over tho Un0arth.
Ing Of a Human Skull.
SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OPERATION
An Unknown Man beaten 10 Death
A Ieamster Accidentally
Poisoned.

a teamster In Arizonn poisoned him.
self a lew days since by taking n drink
OF some aconite with which he WIS
dooiofing a sick mule.
The Silver Shaft Mining company
has filed articles to operate ia LAfmer
county Colorado. The company L.
capitalized ut 100000.
The grand jury at Portland, Oregon,
has indicted thirty.One persons en-
gagged Ia the canning OF salmon ut
Astoria for obslfucting the navigation
at the mouth Of the Columbia river.
What came near proving "a serious
accident hns happened 10 John Baker.
says the RichhUld advocate. lie was
shooting beef when the needle VI his
rhe broke and pierced Mr. Bakef's
lower eye.lid, pow der entering the ball.
The injury was at fret very painful
but speedy recovery IL expected.
Ex-City Treasurer George w. Bogps
IL On trial at Tacoma, WASH, charged
with embezzliug nearly $4,000 by
dtpOsitlng worthless checks anu papers
Ia tile State Savings bank aud having
them placed 10 tue Clty's credit hs
cash. Last summer the bank suspend.
cd, having very small Assets anu Ow.
ing the city about $4,000.
A beaten, battered man was picked
up on Harrison street, San Franrisco,
on Monday, aud died without reveal.
log his identity or tho mauntr iu
which ho received hls fatal iuluriea.
The dead man was about Atty yeafs OF
age, dressed ~ well.tO.do mechanic,
and had received n severe beating from
twenty'four 10 sixty hours previous TO
his death.
A good strike has been made in the
-. Louie ami Cripple Creek tunnel, 10.
Gated on The southwest slope Of Mineral
hill In Colorado. Az depth OF 900
feet and $50 feet below the surface, a
vein ~ quartz was cut which has been
entered already distance OF eight
ieol, aud an assay made went ut the
rate Of Si5l per ton.
Says tho Cheyenne Leader! Judge
MoCalmont, Of Casper, came In on the
Cheyenneland Northern last evening.
He u manager Tor Pennsylvania
company which, he says, now has
BiXly-tw0 horses daily hauling oil from
the wells 10 Casper for shipment.
About 300 barrels month nre belng
shipped. The company will put In n
large filter In a short time, aud N
business continues TO improve ~ at
present refinery will 10 built next
summer.
The people OF Parachute, Colorado,
aaye the 6lonwOod Springs Avalanche,
are worked up over n Christmas tree
that they would like to have the use OF
ihu school house for, but the board Of
NHnaNaau Waf L..
created much harG feeling and today
County Superintendent OF Schools
Chllds was sent the petition and asked
10 come TO the rescue Of the taxpayers
Of that district and save them from
their officers.
The San francisco Chronicle states
that Charles a. Allen, OF Sacramento,
had removed by the surgeons knife
tue arches Of three OF his lower
veiebfSe, and that he 10 now rapidly
recovering. The history Of the case is
interesting. About ten years ago,
Allen, while working ~ n brakeman,
slipped from the frosty roof OF box
car and fell, In n sitting posture,
astrlde Of a rail. Asa direct result bis
legs were paralyzej, and gradually
they began 10 waste away. At first
Allen thought little Of his injury, anu
II was years before the full Effects be-
gan 10 be felt. Any attempt to
stralghten out his legs caused tho
sufferer intense agony. From the
Time VI the accident until relief was
afforded by the sutgeOn's knife, the
sufferer was not free from pain n single
minute, day or night.
while blowing on Bolso Chico
ranch, about eight miles from Santa
Ana, Cal, on Monday, o farmer was
Mortified by turning up human skull.
Stopping TO investigate, the ranchor,
after tome hesitation, dug around with
his hand In the suUsOil few inches
below the surface and unoarthed the
right arm OF n skeleton. The invostl.
cation was continued and tho limbs
and trunk were unearthod, all the liga.
menis being intact, the only parts
which had orumbled 20 dust being the
lower Joints VI tue fingers and toes. The
teeth were perfect aud to all appear
nnces were those OF n person not very
far along In year,. The find has Gre.
ated great sensation In tho neigh Dor.
hood, and already there are stories Of
mysterious disappearance Of several
persons In the last five years Ia that
neighborhoOd. The skeleton IN In a
remarkably good state preservation,