The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-23
SaIina Siftings.

SALIVA, Utah, April 21.-During the
last two weeks Sewer has been visited
with quite number OF beneficial snow
storms which caused our somewhat
disconsolate farmers to rejoice. Our
sheep men, however, have been made
to suffer. Many of them have lost quite
heavily on account of having sheared
just previous to the storms.
John Dastrup, a young man of this
place and about twenty years of age
was arrested last Friday on a warrant
issued from Aurora charging him w h
assault with attempt to commit a, rape
on the little II year old girl of MILFORD
Ivie of that place. The girls 10 year
old brother was with her at the time
and the evidence of the two is sure
to send Dastrup to the pen. He gave
bonds for his appearance at the next
term of the district court.
Sewer county teachers institute was
held here Friday and Saturday OF last
week. Several of the leading educators
teachers had an excellent time together.
Mrs j. F. Decker of Monroe, came
very near losing her life one day last
week She undertook to come from
Scipio to Salina in her buggy alone.
When she got about half way a blind
ing snow storm came up causing her
to lose her way. She kept wandering
around and did not find her way to Sa-
lima until l o'clock the next morning.
She came very near freezing to death
Forty cars Of cattle left Salina for
points east last week. Stockmen say
cattle are getting scarce as hens
teeth"
While east a short time ago A. E.
Ireland purchased a carload of short
horn and Hereford bulls and took them
up Salina canyon to the company's
ranch. Stockmen pronounce them a
fine lot of animals.
Monroe Dramatic company enter
tanned an audience in Salina Saturday
night in the drama entitled THE
Haunted MILL
Wool is beginning to come in from
the south, but there is not much activ-
ity in that direction as yet.
Payson Points.
PAYSON, Utah, April 20.-Mrs. Sarah
Beaverton died suddenly this morning.
we have had much stormy weather
during the past week, and the weather
has been so chilly and cold that crops,
gardens and trees have not shown
much Of spring-like appearance. It
is now fully seven months of winter
and everybody looks forward to warm
weather with eagerness this year.
Professor Dittman, the prestidigi-
tateur, is with us in magic art.
Our schools gave a lecturer q chance
at the opera house last Friday even
ing and the eighth grade had a com
position contest on THE State of Cali
fornia," which was awarded to Mr.
Milton Ross, first; Miss Arora Nebeker,
second, and to Miss Emma Keele,
third. Professor Ashford says he will
publish a book of these collections
from the schools.
A city squad is working on the
streets putting in boxes and culverts.
Ex-Btshop Joseph S. Tanner and
wife returned from a short visit to
California yesterday, looking we'll and
much improved.
Orson Rogers has arrived here with
his sample cases, tormenting the dry
goods people.
Payson has two live newspapers.
Sheepmen are inflicting severe pun
ishment on their sheep by robbing
them of their winter wool coats, which
should be considered cruelty to ami
mails, in such cold, stormy weather.
A large crowd of Payson folks at
tended the stake conference at Provo
yesterday.
Hyrum Lennon is rustling his bust
ness again here, after his long legisla-
tive work for the new state. w.