The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-16
NEWS FROM NEARBY
CITIES AND TOWNS.
A GERMAN WHO WAS CROOKED IN
HIS WORK.
a Cut in Coal-FoOtbnIl Game Today
Serious Accident Mt n Planning
MilI-Casper Oil Gaining Fame
Planting Fish-NIininS Matters.

LOGAN, Nov. ia German from
Salt Lake passed t. ough this city not
long since, and in passing took occa-
sion to beat P. A. Nelson to the ex-
tent OF a $40 board bill Incidentally
he also swindled one c. d. Pons.
friend from the capital, who was visit
ing Logan, out of S475. He got few
sight draft blanks from the First Ma
tionai bank in this city and left town
for the north. 1t now develops that he
cashed one Of these drafts, OF the
amount of $29. 30, and to which he forg-
ed the name of T. p. Long, of this
city. at the bank of Anderson Bros OF
Idaho Falls. Payment was Of course
protested by the bank in this city, and
the Idaho Falls bankers are conse-
quently out that amount The fellow
has been referred TO in the local col
umns of The Herald, and a descrip-
ton of his personality appears in the
Staats-Zeiturg. He has been traced
from Denver by his crooked work, but
at present his whereabouts are I'M
known, to the sorrow of his numerous
victims here and elsewhere. The name
he used in Salt Lake was Emil New
man, but in Logan he was known as f.
Lanken.
Tuesday evening an S-year-old boy,
the son of NJ. +. Crandall, of this city,
was savagely bitten by large st. Ber-
nard dog, belonging to John THAN.
There was no provocat ton given, but
the brute just naturally approached
the boy and Selling his lower lip with
its teeth, tore it into shreds. a num-
Der of stitches were necessary to draw
the wounds together. but the doctor in
charge does not fear any serious re-
suits.
The people of Logan are rejoicing in
the cut of so cents per ton in coal made
last week by the Union Pacific railway.
This is the result of the labors of the
committee recently appointed by the
Logan chamber of commerce to inter
view the railroad magnates on this
proposition. A further reduction Of so
cents is probable.
The dynamos, wiring, and other APP
planes belonging to an electric light
plant of large dimensions, including
400 horse power generator, have ar
rived at the depot in this city, and
will soon be transferred to the power
house of the new electric light and
power company in Logan canyon.
The stake board of superintendent
of the Y. NJ. NJ. L A. of this county
have instituted a feature in the NJ. I.
work which has found great favor
among the young people. The authori-
ties of the Young Ladies' associations
have joined the movement with hearty
interest, and now the people, young
and old, look forward to the quarterly
conjoint meeting with pleasurable an
ticipation. One of these sessions will
be held in the tabernacle next Sunday
evening. for which an excellent pro-
gramme has been prepared.
The football teams of the Agricultu-
raj college and the Salt Lake High
school will lock horns on the A. c.
grounds Saturday. If possible a game
will be matched between the Salt Lake
and the B. Y College boys before the
return of the former to their homes.
The dissolution of the Logan choir
is likely to prove only temporary. In
event of the holding OF Sunday after
noon meetings in the tabernacle this
winter. it is thought the majority of
the members of the old choir will again
unite under the leadership of Profess
sor Lewis, and with the available adj
ditions the choir will be improved with
the reorganization.
Anthem Anderson, jr., while working
In his fathers planning mill on Monday
met with a, serious accident. He was
putting a belt on one of the machines
when his arm was caught between the
belt and pulley and he was thrown
across the floor. striking his head
against a sharp projection on an up
right beam. Several severe scalp
wounds and a number of bruises We're
inflicted. Anthem has been married but
a few days, and it seems that the
fates have been considerate. as the
nature of the accident was such that