Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-11
NEWS OF THE WEST.
The Southern Pacific Engineers AFs
Nov Satisfied.
TESTING IHE RIG COAST GUNS.
How Farmer Lost an old Bride aud
Won New Oue.-Mail
i,obbing, Etc.
TESTING Tng BIG COAST GUNS.

Al Alamora, Col, on February o
United States ID strict Attorney
Rhodes and Deputy Marshal Loved
arrested Willie Gibbs, charged with
stealing from the mails. Gibbs 10 10
years old ami has been employed NJ
the depot here " carry messages aud
do Odd Jobs. The postmaster has had
complaints Of missing articles Ia the
mails since last NOvombgr Three
weeks ago Agent Roper, Ia cleaning ny
the warehouse, found a lot " wfappefs
used over merchandise In the malls.
lie NJ once notified the postmaster,
who sent for inspector Waters, who
came here a week ago. Last ThuudHy
Agent Roper and Postmaster hint
called the 10y IN the ueuUt aud Put him
through a sweat box. lie admitted his
guilt.
The engineers and the Southern
Pacific officials have patched ny their
differences. The members Of the COM
mittte from the Brotherhood who la, 3
been waltz uuOu the illcialt up Ia
the general tiilCr ever siuCu the new
scale Of wages went into effect made
that announcement Friday afternoon
alter spending several houfb la close
conference with General Manager AN.
rowuo, General Superintendent J. A.
Fillmore and the other representatives
Ui the company'a Interests. Just whrt
the terms Of the agreement are will
remain secret until the whole matter
IL settled. IL 10 known, however, that
the company has agreed 10 make cet-
tain notifications Ia that part " the
new wage schedule which effects the
engineers, anu the latter nave given 10
tneif unanimous approval.
The frst trial Of the new COST de.
Tense mortafs la the West was made Ut
F1H Point, Cal, Friday, anu In every
JAi tlcular " was a success. Besides
testing the pieces anj tIv new auto.
matte mortar carriages, test was
made Of tue browH pri0malio cocou
powder recently sent from the East.
The purpose Ia using lhb explosive IL
90 get q low pressure anu high
velocity, aud tue wish was gfatiiled, ~
the aver ge pressure Of each shot was
$4,000 pounds. Five shots were hfcd
Ia all from the two west twelye.inch
pieces ia battery 3, situated tack OF tue
UfCit of the hill. Theuhcils were three
feet long and weighed 500 pounds.
They were loaded with thirty seven
pounds Of sand TO take the place OF
powder, with which they are filed In
times Of war. Each charge Of powder
was eighty pounds, which N The foil
service charge. Range paroles 10 get the
angles we're stationed NJ Point Bonita
nud Point L0b0s. When all was Ia
teadinsss and the bret mortar set ~ au
Anglo OF 81 degrees, General Gr.humis
daughter pressed tue electric button at
the hrhg station, which was long
distance from the mortar. A loud r.
pOIt followed, and cloud OF smoke
bolcno1 forth and settled on the nil.
The engineers held their Instrument
And watches and made obsrTvAt ons.
In fOfty.lhfee seconds column Of
water was seen 10 rise from the ocean,
far out TO the west, which must have
mounted 10 n height Of loo feet, Rapid
calculations showed that the huge
shell had reached an altitude OF one
aud a quarter miles and landed i've
miles from the mortar and two aud a
half miles beyond the Heads. The
average velocity was 1925 feet per sec
oud. The other four shots were equally
Hatisfaoloty'
Bernard Nicora, n farmer aged 65
yoafr, who UwnH a ranch ~ Lincoln,
Placer county, had the misfortune ~
lose pr spective bride on his wedding
day. lie also had tue good fortune 10
win another briue the next day, Fri.
day last. In looking over the field he
seems 10 think that lac did well by
having a quarrel just ~ he was about
10 be- married. He Lost an old bride
and won young one. Last
"Wednesday morning the farm
or went 10 Oakland In order 10 get
married. He called vt tue office VI the
county clerk aud announced that he
was going o. DO welded, anu wanted n
license In n hurry. lie got II, and
again on Friday stepped up 10 the
marriage license counter. ~ want 10
pay Tor another marriage lloonso," said
he. "Y0u mean that you want 10 get
a DIVORCE" replied Deputy Spaulding.
"Oh, no." SAID the farmer, "yOu see
have not got my bride yet. | have
made new deal" The msn from
Lincoln then explained tue situation
nnd told how no had missed old bride
Tor young one. lie had made all his
hNAhAk lltnAH 70 NtN MISS bAlNhut hui
they had row just before lhu crrt-
mony. The lady debiIed T. impose
certain conditions on her prospective
husband aud wanted 5000, and hn
would otsubmit anu then there WAS
hquarrtl. The wedding was declared
Oh. Farmer NioJfa was sad Tor time,
but he had come 10 Oakland TO act
bride and ho was not going home
ompty.handed. Whilo he was ru,tliug
around town hs was introduced TO Nils
Earueatine Merchandise, young lady
ui ~ years. He tJld her Of hls pre-
dicnment and his prospects, anu pro-
posed marriage 10 her on the SPOT. To
his surprise aud graft hcation lao was
accepted anu the wedding was arranged
Tor NJ once, rhe young lady had no
conditions to impose ana this sultedthe
farmer all Right. IL wRs agreed that
the nuptial knot should no tied In tow
hours.
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Lying Low.
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