Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-08
NEWS OF THE WEST.
4 Dangerous LunaIlc Who Armed
Himself With Dynamite.
A SHARP RESTAURANT WAITER.
Election Trouble--An Overdose Of Nor.
phlno Taken by Aeeldent--Blg
Damage Suit.

A carload Of Chinumen, In bond.
passed through Cheyenne, Wyo., on
Thurday, bound for Cubs.
Frank Armour. one of the Mario m
(C0lo) train robbers, WAS permitted IN
plead guilty on Thursday 10 plain rob
hery. Train robbery In A fiz1na terri.
tory IA capital ofiense. He was tried
ut Florence, Pinnl county, and sem.
fenced TO imprisonment Tor thirty
years.
The county clerk ~ Santa Ross. Cal,
has refused TO issup certificates NJ eler.
tion 60 about fifteen nowly.elected
Justices Of the peace and constahlea,
they having failed to fls statements
OF election expenses. The negligent
offlolals talk Of bringing suit IN the
superior court to test the law.
Davis County Clipper: Richard
Sttlnghsm picked Up two and q hair
pounds Of lead secured n a hRndker-
chief ny n set Of staples, also an iron
ing; the outfit had evidently worn
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the ground. IL was a genuine hOldup
outfit.
Libel suits are becoming fashionable
In Utah, says the Mcfcur MsrourV, and
In one or two Instances damages nave
been awarded against Newspaper pub.
lishers. The policy will have only TO
~ be pursued n short time when not n
paper In the Territory will dare 10 raise
its voice TO defend the innocent or 10
arraign the guilty.
The family OF A. o. Nicholson. ex.
chief oi police, says the Idaho Daiiy
NfdtesHdn, are making strenuous II.
fifts TO secure some trace Of him. He
left Boise Eighteen months Agn In
company with w. Is. BiggorsiAn 10
take several carloads ~ horses TO the
eastern market BiggerstAfi returned,
but Nicholson remained. Six months
later he wrote his family from Red
Oak, H., and since that time nothing
definite has boon heard Of him,
Says the Tooele Transcript: A new.
ly married young lady Of Toorle,
whose husband WAS n champion
snorer Of the neiRhborhood In which
they resided, confdod to female
friend the following painful intelll.
gonoe; "My life has not been one Of
unalloyed delight have had tho
measels, the ohicken.pox, the cholera,
tho typhoid fever and an inflammatofy
rheumatism, but never knew real
mi'fJriuno until / married q burglar
alarm"
On Wednesday the wife Of W. q.
Steele, a travelling salesman from San
Francisco, took an overdose OF NOR
phine ana II was not until some time
alter that she was declared out Of
danger. The parties have been mar
Tied three weeks. They arrived at
San jose, Cal, last Sunday, put up ut
the Hoffman house and had been en-
joying \ qIlet honey Mrs.
Steele had been III aud was taking
morphine TO relieve pain. She put her
tongue to n paper containing the drug
and got too much.
The city Of TacomA, Wash, has filsd
an amended complaint In its 81 900 900
damage suit against the Tacoma Light
and Water company for having by
bribery, fraud aud oOnnivanoo with
former city officials succeeded In sell.
Inc H. plant to the municipality for
gl,750, 900. The actual value OF the
plant IL alleged 10 DO only $3.50, 900 and
the suit il for the difference. Serious
allegations Of bribery arc brought
against more than forty prominent
citizens.
The Sugar company, says tho Lehi
Banner has Just completed a reservoir
on It, farm At the point oflhe mountain.
II covers acres Of land, and will
hold water 90 tho depth OF six feet. The
reservoir IL made 10 sloTo late water TO
water the sugar beeis on the farm. 10
iH located on what IL known As the
North Bench Irrigating ditch. The
supply OF water In this ditch generally
ceases about the middle OF July, and
this cuts tho water OF from the beet
crop too early, and II tho company can
keep the reservoir full by this date, 40
that the water can be used to water
the beets from the let 10 the middle OF
August, there can be no question
about the company raising a good crop
OF beots. The water 10 now running
into the reservoir and will continue 10
do 40 until II gets full, unless winter
foiH In and stops II frSm running.
A few weeks ago says the San Fran.
cisco Chronicle, Aaron Swanson was5a
walter Ia AN Eighth street (OaklAnd)
restaurant. LAST night no was landed
In the city prison on charge Of grand
larceny. While he was Attending 10
the restauTRni one day Mrs May Dixon
called, and In the course OF oonver6a-
ton the confided TO swanson that she
had some savings she would like 10
Invest swanson persuaded her that a
restaurant was Just the thing, and AZ
tor some further persuasion Mrs. Dixon
secured bill ofsalo OF the restaurant
from Swanson AAd gave him $3.50 cash.
Next day the proprietor appeared and
the walter disappeared. Mrs. Dixon
was convinced that she had been
Ewindled and Hwore out n warrant Tor
grand larceny. Detective Holland
found the smart youth In San Fran
cisco restaurant last night and brought
him ~ Oakland.
Joseph J. Henagsr, an old resident
OF Coliax, Wash, was arrested Tues
dsy night while preparing to blow an
n house In which his wife, who had
deserted him, was haTbOTed. SsRruhtd
by the Ofiloers,il was found that he hau
Elk sticks of dynamite with fuse al.
taohments, on his person. One stick
wac tied 10 his suspender. He wanted
10 blow his vile into eternity and then
commit suicide. On Wednesday Hena.
ger was examined as to his saulty
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