Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-16
NEWS OF THE WEST.
/ Mother Gives HOr Child Carh9lic
Acid by Mistake.
pnuSKES MAN BREAKS ms NECK
rn,nsse Lsdyblrds for CAlifornIa-Nrs.
clinton Il. Fisk ilurI--Glrl' Opposed
to Cigarette smoking.

n.npty Postmaster q. II. McEnor.
- oi Vallejo, Cal, Is missing. He
h short ~ his accounts.
Tho wells-FGrgo Express company
10 reported 10 havo Withdrawn ifom
me Cila Valley, a. l., road bceaute Of
he excessive ohsrges tho road makes
f5f transportation
A social war 10 now raging IN Phot-
,tr. A. Il. The gifts OF the city
armed On anii.cigereite society, anu
tbe boyshav feialiated by forming An
underwriting gum society.
Co,Iofan excellent quality has been
ti,o9yered Ia Arizona In appaTonuy
insxhaustiblo quantities iu THE Dos
Cabezis district, but six miles from tie
southorn Pacific Railruad.
@. II. slattuoh, the junior member o.
the well known Gfm VI l.. J. HtuttuCk
4 10. manufacturers Of printing anu
Utboqraphio inks, died nj Alumoda,
Cal., Friday evening from Ihouma-
lem.
The largesl shipment Of -four ever
made from Puget sound 10
African ports Will b. shipped by the
Brtiph steamer Straits Of Meuaii nov
iesdlnE at tue Port Blakoly mile. She
viii lake out 5000 aacss.
The United States government ie.
tectlvea made raid IN the Chinese
ouar Or OF dilfOy, Cal, Saturday
hight aud captured $3.50 worth Of ul-
stamped opium.
At sonora, Cal, Saturday night, ~
I'D Mexican named Lucas LutTegia
vent u bed under the iunuebo5 Of
duor Mex morning be was iounu
pl' the floor with his neck broken,
having iallen cut Of bed during the
night.
Ex.County Clefk G. o. Downing d
gpokane, WASH, convicted Of having
embt ztled the cum " S7235 belonging
10 The county while acting la HE sil'
eial capacity as CLERK, had been sen.
tunced 10 three years imprisonment m
the ponilentlary ~ Walla Wuiiu.
Mira. Clinton b. Flick, the widow Of
tho late General Fitk OF New jersey,
wno was prohibition cRndidsto Tor
President Ia 1858, was thrown from
lof carriage whliu out IRVING win
ia. and Mrs. Dwight W. Welch Of
lbs Angeles, Cal, Saturday, aad was
probably fatally Injured.
James Gfansl burglhrlzyd a Snu
Ftannisco saloon on Thursday nigh
when the ealoon WAS openeu Ia the
morning on a chair was a broken lock,
anu a hammer that toid Of tufglaTy.
A search revealed Grauzl behind the
bar sleeping. He had started out 10
drink tue place dry, but iell down and
went 10 sleep.
says the Kern Caliiorniani There
afo a couple Of thousand acres OF wiid
canaigre growing down In the Weed
Patch country, la come places fairly
Covering the ground. A half section
Of the beet stand has been rented by
PARTIES who propose making n test TO
fse what can DO done with the plant.
II suecehslul, a promising inIustTy
may be built up here.
Clnus Sproekols anu wife have lost
their suit against their con, Rudolph
spteeRels, to recover s5OO,OOO worm Of
the stock Of tho PAahau Plantation
company. Tbs stock was presented by
Claus 5preckels ~ his ron, and 10
seeking t. recover the stock he alleged
IL was community property, anu that
the plft WAS void because made with
tut the consent Of the wife. The court
thought otherwise.
William Blackman, the oldeal resi-
dent Of Sonnma county, Cal, died on
hatuTday night, Of pneumonia, aged
100 years, months and Ia uayr. All
tfhis ak children are over 90 yeafu u
age, He used tobacco AMI occasionally
look drink Of liquor before no was 90
yenrs Of age, bus concluding that ne
wanted to live 40 long and IN as good
health as possible no ceased both and
has not touched either tor more thsn
fny years. He has been feeble for
Two or three yenrs, but mentally he
retained his vigor TO the last.
Jared IL. Jen6s, Ga years old, foil 10
feet from "A sopholdiug about hls home
IN San Frhuclsco Saturday Rltert oln,
Aud was Instantly killed. Jenks was
eccentric. Yonrs ego he started to
iulld o home. It 10 not yet cOmpleteu,
though he and his family have lived
In the half finished house for many
years. The staging has never keen
torn down. He was repairing the ROOT
and the suppoTts to the plank upon
which he stood collapsed. he fell
through the soanoldlng, carrying
away much Of IL with his falling body.
lie was dead before assistance reached
him. He leaves vito aud TWO chill
ufen.
California Is Indebted to China for
some important benefits, and probably
will bo tor OtheTs ere long. -Four boxes
OF ladybirds ON ice were received
Saturday by tho state board Of hoTti-
culture. They were sent by Professor
Albert koebele, who collected them IN
China, where he is employed IN the
Interest OF the Hawaiian government.
To the eRmo source California owes
The introduction OF the vedalis
cardinsha, nOvius koebelei, Thizluius
ventrslls and other beneficial inseelsi
which have h He'd the tcale. This last
contribution contains tue flnest collec-
ton OF lauybirds In color and size ever
ieen IN America.
Mrs. Lambert, of San Francisco,
gave hoT 6'yeaT-Uld girl u leaspooniul
" caTbollc acid In mlatake tor cough
medicine cary Saturday morning.
hfe. Lambert states that tho wac
awakened shortly after l o'clock by heI
little girl, who said ehe wanted some
olugh medicine, In tho dark she mit-
TOOK bottle Of oArbOlic ncii iOr Tue
ma,dioine. She poured outa leaep o.
lli ana 3 vo 10 90 the chill lmmeui
hely after the little girl exclaimed that
ne medlcino was 0itier ana esAei hri