Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-08
NEWS OF The WEST.
Excessive Rats Destroying Crops 10
Nevada.
uoDY MUrLuED by corOirs.
Mayor ia fight-Shpt BY q Baby
-California Coal Lauds-Polato
Races.

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Prospective coal lands are toirr *
| plotted i've miles from san BUnnrii.
no, CnL
Mr ard Mo. g. Miller Of Sar Labc
| were 10 tnu Palace boitl, San Francis.
co, en- Wc5uudhy.
Richard Wheeler. promiueDtue d.
! % Of the Y. NJ. G.. a. Of Osklabu,
Cal, has disaprcared mys,cr'ousiy.
T.. n. Smith, q dentist Of San Luis
| ObispU, Cal. 'ell from % hIur ruufiny
anu dicd nom the iniuritu received.
An Austrian lsbsrcr stole on onion
| g. ntk, rfrc.u, Cal, Tutrivy, rni wus
| arrested. Justice FJz uifcuargtj the
ouiou.stcnlrr, who, cut Of gratitude,
L'mUi the uIt's hauC.
~ or .iZ, At2lu5, has o good rovcru-
mcnt c.ur, witch hus me .ri4lip
I ] miic1 10 100, hoee object IL 60 ,duce
I government expenses 10 the lowest
sum, anu ii Uofsiblc % REFUGE ,EyUI 10
% tWu'lufutut blti6.
I,is eaid that heroic mcnruroy are
hti q takcn by the 81 ati ~ health ut
thu Cryuf b. xiCo 10 upid,in'e
! n ncHslps. Numerous deaths have o..
cnrfci rmops tho adults us well as
rnlitcn " the capital
The dead boIy ota mon, muilIaicd
by cryuttF, was discovered urnF Srar.
i.h Slriurs, New, rucsGuy evening.
Il is 'uIpustd to uc that Of Patrick
Morrli, a piumtUr, who myst,fiously
jitnpi cared uogui elk w,'ks age.
Joe Castro, Ial ofor, was accidentally
rhot iy bic baby niece vt Olkinut,
Cal, Tursdny, lie laid HE Iist0l on
tue lub'c Close 10 a." Chilt, who seized
% al the trigger aui cciIeninlly gis.
c afeci u. the wound ia not fatal.
Tho tastes passenger trains on the
Pacific coast nte those south Of san
FrunuIg, Cal, snys the Cllrortspr.
local tfhirf, 10th on the Santa lfr snd
Southern Pacific, make over tiEiy
miite an hour, between stations every
Day.
Tho W uslow, Arizona, Mail fay':
According % those VIII afu famu az
Win the sheep Industry In This county,
tho wool shipment rom Navrjl county
proper viii laii short thu wear ~ m.
lnftd with last ifCm 100, eco TO i25, coo
p1unte.
a !, cal sign painter has been called
upon by two inir women, who gfked
the Probable cost Of o. barber pole. They
sniI hat they intenroi 20 stnTt bni-
Der shop here ia which two women
VIII act tee pare ut toueUrlal arists.-
BskersnelJ, Cal, Echo.
Recently ME, r. X. Springer WINS
bad y burned NJ Weston, Or. She was
I about TO retire, WHEN tue lamp that
was upon the iable by the bcdsidc e1.
pl5deJ, setting fite 10 htr clothing. She
z was badly but not fatally burned about
The breast aud face.
William Il che, 'or many years chief
Of police Of Tucson, ArIz5ua, commute d
suicide Su day night. The act was
the result Of dependency growing out
0i the dtnth few weeks ago OF his
son. He drank heavily ani was dil-
charged tom the police force.
J. l. DAvie, msyor Of o iklaui, Cal,
attempted TO separate two politicians
VINO were engaged In hght on Tue q.
day Hnu was roughly banded. Tno
mayor stopped the light when one u
| the contestants was ~ badly batter. Il
that he needed a doctor's attention.
The Everett (Wash. News SAYS Jim
/ HIN has secured all the water font for
y distance OF thirty miles between ST.
attic and Marysville. The News he.
| u yes this viii be an injury to that
/ portion Of Inc sound, because II elaine,
| not even log can he Iut into tho
sound without MI Hll's permission.
Adylcas have been received al Gal.
lul, New MeHieo, that the BODY Of
| Flank Rotz was found ON ranch
near Rluu0n, aud there was every owl.
ience that no had been murdered.
| Rsilz had been q resident OF Gallup Tor
tcyeral yeaIf, ana was IN the butcher
businets. He was highly respected.
There Is trouble in Tacoms, Wash,
| over change IN office. A new chair.
man Of the board Of public works waa
appointed, but the buptrseded official
refused to retire. The new man was
| pot In possession by the aid Of the DO.
lice, but this busted official refuses 10
reveal the combination OF the safe, ami
the new one n not authorized 10 break
Il open. PIblio business is interierel
with.
One feature OF the new athletic OK.
etclsta OF the Fort Whipple, Arizona,
! W. ~ ~ " hhk hlhg w NhllNu n nIAnlO
race. POlatUca are laid equal distances
apart for half mile; n man starts at
either end with sacs; each man runs
toward the other az fast ~ he can,
picking up every potato M he comes 10
n. The mau VINO gets the most pota-
toes 10 the winner Of the contest.
Another curious find has been made
In the yard at the Nevada state prison,
at Carson CITY. This time II IL the
verlebfae Of M elephant OF mastodou,
firmly incRsed Ia HandalOue. 10 was
uncovered only few days ago. II was
found at the same place the celebrated
CarsOn ptehittOTlc footprints were die.
covered, under nty.six feet Of sol d
r0ck, which was qutTried by the prl .
uuefs Tor building ruTposfs. There
was also found numerous bird and
masIodOn tracks In the sanjsllne.
Since Anil lsl 1t has rsluCd contilu.
OuHly, al Eureka, New, with the ex.
CepuOu OF eight Cnys. During AprIl
the rainfall ut Eureka was over eleven
iuches oB against mn average Of tour
ami n bali inches for the preceding ten
ytafe. In the valleys rain has been
even heavier ana 10 1orts from all sec
tons are omons Of crop failures. Fruit
10 dropping from tho trees, rust ~ az.
T,aring ON early s1vn grain, seed /.
fo,tiug In the ground, gram N beinu
drowned out, and farm work Of oil
tinus Is ut n slaIdstlii.