Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-05
NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Twelve Year Old Hero Saves a
Drowning Boy.
SHOT WHILE EXAMINING A PISTOL
Fatal Quar- brown From n Horse
Caught In a shait-Burst
III oil Vessel.

a sore throat epedimic prevails II
Hsnfotd, Cal.
The diphtberis epidemic in San
Fran cisco ie spreading. There are also
many cases OF scarlet lever
Richard Schubert, butcher OF Los
Angeles, Cal, accidentally shot him.
self while duck hunting. The muscles
Of the left forearm were torn TO shreds.
b. II. Elmore, enRinesr OF a sawmill
at Deep Creek, Or, waF caugrt In
line snaft ami Instantly kiiitd lew
days age. His body was badly mau.
glad.
Since August lst torty.siN cargoes OF
wheat aud flour have LEFT Portland,
Or, divided hs follow: Wheat, $780,
900 bushels; flour, 26T, 72l barrels. The
total value Is So sos, sos.
The supervisors VI Kern county,
Cal, have passed aulorIinance making
It misdemeaDor Tor anyone TO KIN
quail, doves, duck, rail or enIpe for
shipping anywhere outelde OF Kern
county.
john Devlin was examining q loaded
| pistol In San Francisco on Wednesday
Mhtu Wac
iufllcttng fatal wound. Devlin Wos
| partially intoxicated, and ms awkward
movements caused the accident.
A fatal shooting sffiay occurred on
"Wednesday at Stockton, CAL, between
two Italians named Pascara aud
Diano, in which the former fatally
shot the latter. The dispute rose over
a debt anu pascara lie said to have been
| the aIgressor.
| National aid will be asked for the
big Butte reservoir to be located on tho
| Gils river, Arizina. II secured and
the dam is built 1t will be the largest
artificial lake in the world. 1t will
back up the water for twenty miles
and irrigate whole county.
On Wednesday two boys about IL
years Of age were playing on n raft on
pool Mt San Francisco, when the raft
was upset, throwing them Into the
water. Twelve-year-old Thomas Nor.
ton was near by and sprang into the
pool AMI brou hit out one OF the boys,
Archie Hood. He then swan for the
other, Daniel DonovsD, hut the latter
drowned before y,uug Norton could
get hold OF him.
W. W. oiihWOiut VI tut
Los Gstoe, California, Light and Fuel
company and prominent business
man, was thrown from O cart Wedues-
dsy evening while driving a spirited
| colt, sustaining dangerous fracture
OF the skull. Griswoli was foInd in
the roadway about a mile from town
| by two ttrsngeis who were passing.
Help was summoned and the injured
man carried to his home, " here he lies
In a eemi-conscious state.
Ex.Mayor John M. Mccall OF Stock.
ton, Cal, dropped insensible to the
floor ut his residence Wednesday even.
ing and died In few minutes. The
cause was broken blood vessel in the
| brain. Mr.. Mccall, who was the city
| clerk, left hie office nj 5 o'clock in the
beet Of health aud the news OF his
| death caused CONSERVATION throughout
the city. Deceased was As years OF
| age and had held many offices Of
honor and trust In this community.
He was Demo crat In politics, but ty
reason OF his universal popularity In
| the community he was elected with.
out regard to political viewP.
Chicago Drovers Journal: Char'ey
Buel has returned from q trip through
| Nebraska. He says about half u mil.
| lion sheep are on feed In Nebrask
now, the largest number ever fed in
that state. Feed never was cheaper
and more abundant. Corn is selling
at loo and oats at Sc; hay, $3.50 per
ton. Sheepmen fsel as II their cloud
was going to have silver lining AT
| last, and consider prospects very favor.
able. Feeuers will bc inclined to make
their sheep fat, and the chances are
that when they come TO market they
| will be much better than usual. LOIS
| Of feeding OF Mexican lambs will be
done In Nebraska this year instead OF
| Colorado.
Rock Spring, Wyo., Miner: Mrs.
Dan Jones, who sleeps in room in
the second story Of her residences back
| OF No. / mine, dreamed on Monday
evening that the lower part OF the
house was on fire. and getting up In her
sleep she rushed To the stairway. She
| missed her footing and fell to the bottom
| humping over the steps to her great er.
sonai IL jury. Both bones in her right
arm were broken; a large cash was cut
10 her lace and her body was bruise d
| black and blue. DR.. Field promptly
responded to hasty call and carefully
attended to the uniortu nate lady, VII o
10 now TeAupR eAsIiy. her many
friends regret that such thing should
happen and hope she may soon 10.
| cover.
Gossil, Ore, has developed anoih,
crack womaA hunter In the person. OF
Mrs. Joseph Anthony, says the Jour.
nal. A few mornings ago she and her
\ husband were awakened about o
O'Clock by a noise in tho chicken
house, where they had half dozen
turkeys fattening for Thanks-
| giving ana Christmas. Joe
| crgwled cut OF bed to recon.
noiter, and was just in time to
see q coyote Sinking out around the
house. He got his gun aud took shot
al the beasl, nut the moon was behind
| a cloud al the time, aud Joe only sue.
ceeded In Gripping him by hitting
| one OF his fore legs. Joe men returned
| to the house and told hiR wife what the
trouble was. Then they both dressed
| aud, each armed with . rife. hurried
up the hill after the audaciOus vRrmint
| that had been fool enough TO try to
spoil their Thanksgiving diuner. Up
the hill they sped on the trail. The
husband outran the wife and sighted
the animal tirst, going up the hill at a
| good gait on three legs. He blsztd
a. u " and pnisapd Whareat tua mn nta