Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-20

NEWS OF THE WEST.
,,,,t n, Mother, Who is Over IOU
Years Old.
sronns IN, SOUTHERN UTAH.
v,u, mid Not Attempt suicide
Won, Insane at a Wedding
Cattle Sales.
STORMS M SOUTHERN UTAH.

stN thCcks VI ,a,stttutg
wb,eh weru quite severe, S.y
me seismic record OF n,isn"'''
Wv Iss. FhdAy aud Saturday
o,,,ea food was experlencei lu''
ps,yst on Monday evening last
ST. ,bs LtynioH. The water sptoai
~ .rys area Of cOu1tfy anu uld
O's siI,rtuaI ieriiliEing. S1eep oh'l
,Ou .,,sSn about to depth OF seveTal
49,. ovsr many actes OF lanu, anu
s.t,r fssembled coffee IN appear
W. oth,rwiso II seemed NJ though u
~ Feen run through several mu
~ This was the result OF cloud
burst easl OF us'
m. ,.licity Of the marriage OF
...,,s "A. Tyson, general agent OF the
"A merioan Intutanoe com
~ Az Miss winiiIsd Haslett, last
Fhn,,isy evening in Alameda, Cat,
~ ,,atT.d by the temporary insnnilJ
',slIney Haslett, u brother OF Tue
,,,d,. ihet III ciion came upon MIN
-, IN tbs excitement auj merry.
.ging AT the conclusion Of the msf.
80. ceremony. Oliver Harleh con
a. ms unfortunate young man In
80, until the departure OF the guests
49, be vas taken 10 q private insane
".rlnm nj Stockton yealefiny. Ihs
,,iste yas but q repetition VI symptoms
wbioh have appeared before, tue Ias'
lime about four years ago.
From a letter tol Mrs. White we are
,.tmitted TO take the following p.lLt'
,,Iatiys 10 tho report that Fred Whltt
lad short time AgO attempted suielut,
,,ys the HEAVIER JtOUdH. Thomas l..
sIultf. writing nom Prescott, Atizjus,
,tatss that "oi G ufse appearances LOOK
very much In that ligut for the nTs'
lew hours Of his illness, and were ~
n,lent TO mislead n reporter, In connec'
liop with floating Tumots, that he had
nolsonsd himself. This physician wins
nBn.plussed Tor an hour VI 80. hut by
close attention soon informed tht
brother aud friends Of MI White tGat
IL gas not poison, and that tho sufferer
would be oil night In twenty'iOut
u.ur-, which was tue case. Inc real
cause OF cKnesH was muutal aobein'
hon. which brought on cOnVulslobs
wuith we're very obstinate and hard L.
tubIur.'
solomon DAyis, an old man who
lives In MeudlcinO county, Cal, was
10 santa Rosa last week ON Ills way
home from Calusa county, where he
bad been TO see his mother who 10 over
100 yrafs old. Davis " over % year,
OLD, and TOT over thirty yehts hAl ot'
itytd his mother dead. A few weehs
age, willie 90 MendOCiDO county, hu
beuI 4 sUm,bJdy .alKing about tie hos
li,AiIn Caius, county. lie noafd tue
name Of Davis mentioned, aud some
ming whs said about very old wo'
mau. lilo inquired GDouI her and then
wrote 10 tue authorities In Cplusa
county ~ regard to her. lie was eur.
pfised 10 lesfn that ste was his own
mother, anu that rhe had teen In the
lospital Tor number Of yeaTs. He nj
once started for COlusa county, ana
tnefe wis Joyful meeting between
the OLD lady aud her son. She IL lO2
yests Old, anu had believed for many
years that her son was dead.
Last MOuuay evening the quiet little
town 4 Frisco was considerably uls-
lutbtd by tue coming down OF u stream
Of water with terrific force through tue
ok wash, says the Beaver CEOnidn. IL
vas tremendous volume OF water that
came lumbling down there aud several
railroad bridges were torn out by tue
free OF tue stream ~ II went careefing
on iIs mad course down TO Milford,
Joseph A. Smith. OF Beaver, was
csmpud peat the Milford bridge when
the water came down. lilo succeeded
10 getting himself and hoisrs out Of
the way, This ~ said to have been
the widest storm had In that section
m many years. The roar NJ the water
could be- heard for mllcf, snd many
le5p'e were considerably frightened
bel 10 the tTue cause II the noise MAS
learned. 20 far, no other dgmGge than
he washout OF the bridges has been
learned. Ths water was no doubt tue
result Of clOudburst In tho hills at the
head Of tue big wash.
Iron County Record! rhe heavy
storms VI last week III the vicinity VI
Milford destroyed n large amount Of
grain. Many farms were entirely sub
merged by the iioCd....".... There was u
big flood In Coal creek Monday after
neon. OLD timers claim that II WAS the
greatest food known here for the past
lSButy OF twenty-five year.. The tOai
" the advancing torrent could be
heard u long distance, aud the grinding
Vt the great rocks Nv they were buing
driven along the bed OF the stream wsS
giuesome and almost appalling No
serious damage was dol e..". Peter Jon-
seu,oi Beaver, who has Tue mail contract
rom Milford 10 81. George, was In the
city Tuesday anu Wednesday looking
alter affairs along the line. Mr. Jeu-
zen was accompanied by Joseph W.
Wilson, OF Salt Lake, who Ia REPRESENT
iug the Great Western Roller Mil Go.
AT. Wilson 10 trying to induce tue
Coop TO put q roller process in their
mill. The coop board OF directors will
consider the subject at its next meet
,u., southern Utah has Leen faktd
nnl sgTaped by cattle buyers thi,
season, ana while there Ia consider
nbls stock still on the ranges, II will he
several years before there will be ~
many cattle In the country asthere has
been.