Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-25
NEWS OF THE WEST,
MaChinlst Accidentally Has His FaCt
EnCaSed In Hot M6lal.
LocKJAw FROM STEPPING On ANAL
A Huge Waking After a
seven bays irance-shot aud
XII dby a Bro hurin-Law.

A good many beef cattle are being
shipped from Wilcox, A. t., to the
California market.
A taranlula was recently killed at
National City, Cal, measuring seven
inches from tip to tip.
Sixiy.iour thousand tons Of sugar
beet- were grown in two counties In
southern California this year.
Rancners at Ell Cajon, In San Diego
county, Cal, are raising tobacco IN
iuflicient quantities to ship to eastern
markets.
Mrs. Annie Shaw, a colored woman
Of Hanfofd, Cal, stepped on nail,
and lockjAw Ieiulted last Saturday.
She diei the next morning.
Tn Is amount Of land authorized to be
taken from the public domain as state
lands In Wyoming Ia 4,042, OIL "a acres.
or this amount 8, 1888. 88i.93 acres have
been sole ctsa by tue state board and
ia. 4l6,22 acres OF this have been re.
served Tor state purposes; the lands
reserved are situated In the eeveral dis.
tricts as follow: Sundancc, 1,55l.72
acrt; Cheyenne, 10 6ig, 95; Us der,
20, $50 46; Douglas, So 45l.U5; BuH 40,
81, 1875 "a; Evanston, 1850,
AT Jackson, Cal, Monday morning,
Joseph Thomas, young man about %
| years OF age, was shot and killed near
| tb residence OF his iatheT-in-law, John
Payton, by his brother-in-law. The
deceased was married about a year ago
to Payton's uaughter, but they had
separated owing, 1t ia said, to the
husband's abuse, and then rejoined
each other. A second separation &C.
CURED few days ago. Thomas, 1t
seems, was In the habit OF going to anu
ar0unu the Payton property to see his
| wife, but had been told to keep away
| or suffer the consequences. The Pay
tons say that he made threat to enter
the house to see his wife, when W.
Payton, aged about % years, came to
the door. The Paytnns claim, and
there were no other witnesses to The
tragedy, that Thomas commenced to
shoot with pistol, when Payton shot
at him with rifle, striking him In the
shoulder, the ball going entirely
through his body.
STANFORD Jewell, q machinist, and
another maohinisI, j. S. Brown,
went to East Los Angeles, Cal, oil
Monday, to bAbbit a stationary engine.
Jewell dipped up IA ladleful OF metal,
which had been heated to liquiu
state, and began pouring 1t into one of
the boxes OF the engine. In some man-
ner the water hau trickled into the
box, and when the hot metal came In
contact with 1t an explosion followed,
aud byth men were deluXed with
shower OF metal. Jewell Jared the
worst. Throwing up his hands, he
cried that he mad been stricken blind.
Brown, who escaped serious Injury
was Mortified 10 see Jewell's entire
face eDcased In metal which had
cooled and adhered to the hssh. The
unfortunate man was nearly cTazed.
At the receiving hospital blood was
streaming from Jeweli's nose anu
mouth. Surgeon Bryan removed the
mask OF metal and was surprised to
find the nose and sockets OF the eye
balls filled. He succeeded in getting
the metal all out OF his eyes, which
were badly infismed, but the eyesight
was not impaired, as far rs could be
sscertaineu. The effort to remove the
metal from the nOstrils, however,
caused such flow OF blood that 1t haI
to he abandoned. 1t can be removed
eventually, however. Jewell was
very weak after his experience.
George Cheshire, the "man in a
trance" who has been inhabiting q
glass case at tae Bush street thester,
San Francipco, for week, was
awakened to consciousness Sunday
evening. Promptly al 10 O'Clock, just
seven Gays and one hour after he mad
been placed iu a cataleptic state, T. A.
Kennedy, mesmerist anu hypnotist,
placed his hand on the brow OF the
deeper, and, Withdrawing 1t quick
ly ana enchanting at the same time,
YOU'RE all right" Cheshire jumpe1
Two feet into the air. The glass
box containing the figure OF the
sleeping subject was suspended above
the stage in full view OF the audience
during the regular performances. AT
the appointed hour the box was
lifted out and laid face upward on the
floor. His body wGs perfectly rigid,
and his features were sternly set. DR..
ID. b. Plymire, who had assisted at the
ceremony Of placing the subject in a
trance on the preceding SUNDAY even
ing and who had exercised physi.
cian's care ovet the sleepsr during the
week, examined him. The awakened
man was submitted to vigorous cross-
examination by Kennedy, and pro-
fessed to lack conviction that he bau
been asleep for seven days until he
felt a seven days. growth OF beard on
his chin. Cheshire, In answer 10
questions, said he felt neither cramped,
stiff nor hungry, but it was evident
that he had lost considerable Il ssh.
There was noticeable slack In hia
waistband. Alter the performance
was over and Cheshire had donned
his street clothes he was escorted to
the Occidental hotel and weighed.
The machine registered l72 pounds.
He claimed to have weighed 1874
| nnundR the week before