Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-06
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Az Opium Flend Tries 10 Suicide
Through Dependency,
A JAIL OyERnuS WIN rRAMPs.
Nearly sanguinArJ Encounter through
Can OF O!s ets-A Prisoners
"teltbTatiOn."

The man who IL responsible Tor the
Herles VI fires In Gait, Cal, las sum
msrand who Wr g. the Anonymous
Letters when 20 tefforlzod ils citizens,
siu isil In Sacramento Hohas maut
iull confession.
George a. Flower, one If the earliest
residents san DIEGO, Cal, but e the
past twenty-five years resident of
Lower California, has just died Mr..
Flower was a distant relative Of ex.
Governor Flower, Of New YorE.
Louisa Malson, the woman who Tor
sixteen years masquetadeJ AZ n man,
celebrated her release from jail ~ go
Ing on n big spree NJ Los GAtos, n. NJ.
she says ahe has received several
handsomo offers from dime MUSEUM
men 10 exhibit heue f.
Gfcat FALL Month Leader: A num-
boz q men at tut Is. y NJ. smeIter were
laid Oh yesterday ON account % sleep.
INK when they should nave been ut
work. They were Vt work At night, aud
thought 10 was vasier lying In their
hunks than staying ny.
MaAd Idahol Entsrprtse A re,c-
luton was passed by the county con-
mfsioneH femOnstrnting a4ainst any
DIVISION Of The county on the grounds
that The people are not able % main
tain them. The rem ms rance will be
iorWafJeI TO Boise IN n fuw days.
Grand Junction (Col) NoWE Grand
Junction viii be stficlly m II this year
with the building OF tue Colorado,
Wyoming and Great Northern rail.
way, the mountain walefwofks and
The thOusande OF new settlers who are
coming In 10 ths county and planting
new orchards, we have abundant fea-
son for believing that We shall have a
very happy and prosperous year Il H.
The Lemhi Odaho) Republic says
that the sale Of a large portion o the
placer on BOhAnnon Bar Il now an
assured fact. MIR. Haniofd, VINO rep.
resenis wealthy Boston company has
just made n small payment on the bond
10 each Of the twelve owners amount
ing 20 some $500 each. We under
stand that the new company will im-
meiiatelY proceed 10 put Ia large
ditch from Wimppy creek, and this
with the BOhannon creek will give
sufficient water 10 work the ground on
au extensive scale.
On Sunday night John McDermolt,
better known M "The SIldef,n al
tempted 10 commit suicide Ia the oOun.
" jail ut Ban Use, Cal. He con.
tlrmed opium hcni, and IN serving out
six months sentence for yaEtHncy.
Every day his dose has been gradually
decreased and Sunday the tailor r.
fused TO give MIN any Of the drug.
McDermott grew very despo auent, aud
Just before the time for locking up the
if5pideI" climbed on top OF the cage,
AMI pulling the Tip from gas Jsl put
hls mouth over the jet and turned on
the gas. He was NJ t'ced by ttusly
and Immediately removed 10 an upper
cell.
A dispatch from Buffalo to the Choy.
Cnne Leader sAys: The price OF
can Of uystofs almost resulted In
killing today. Sylvester Shaw, tf the
grocery firm nj Metcalf & SHAW, IL
tKpress agent fIr Hopkius's CleArmont
stage lire. ChaB. Reynolds, proprietor
" the City meat market, received a
case Of oysters this morning by express,
which was one can short, anu no de-
mauced payment Tor the same from
shaw. Up refusal by shaw TO com.
Uly no decided to take IL out OF the
agents hide anu was getting beauti-
fully licked when he dew revolver
ami pulled down upon shaw, but was
disarmed by customers lust entering.
No arrests were made.
IF. Gresham was out IN the hills
cast OF the city a few days ago after
wood In company with josh Miller,
the well known w0odmau, says the
Laramie boomerang. Mr.. CreRsmRn
was ON toy Of load driving down a
hill. His brake refused 10 work and
The wagon was sOou tearing down ih o
hill al n startling velocity. The team
became frightened and started 10 run
away. Al the foot OF the hill was An
imments boulder which tho wagon
struck and No. CteAsmRn anu the
wood we're shot into the air M though
they had been projected from spring
gun. MIR. Creasmgn came down mrs,
and he wood upon him. Mr.. Miller
dug HIM out faint and bruised. II
Was narrow escape.
According to the statement Of the
fupurlnt, ndent Of the branch county
jail, commonly called the House Of
Correction, nj Sau Franclso0, there are
more prisoners In that Institution at the
present time thgn ever bo.oIe In the
history OF tue olly. In fOunu numbugH
there ATE 40. Since the early part Of
the winter, says the Chronicle, the In.
crease has been remRTkaUls, Hnd when
the new sheriff took charge of his oillrs
on January tn, the register teo0TIeu
300, thus showing 100 prisoners last
month. The large majority Of these
are serving sentences o. from sixty
days 10 six mouthsfnr begging, buGoo-
tendent believes that the prospect oil
bard work on the roads will have the
effect OF checking the alarming IA.
crease Of oonyitti, the lawloss and Va
graz elements pTelerTlng 20 leave
ny Ii rnIhnr lhnn nm Tim my III nrr.-.L