Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-22
A Boy Hunter Accidentally Shoots
His Companion.
BABY BORN IN sSowDRlrE
Narrow Escape from Perahihg by
Thirsl-WOman Lurnld TO ID attn
A Ride with Bear.

Rinchers around Ramona. in San
Diego county, CAL, propose to after :
pOnu3 for tue construction OF rail
way line to their region.
A magnificent specimen o, tho 80.
called "blue palm" 10 now blooming
In Mrs. kinton Stevens's grounds, al
Santa Barbara, Cal. This is said to BIZ
the first palm oil this kind in the
world to bloom In a garden.
1t is asserted that the grand jury OF
Kesrn county, Cal, has ct the Tax.
payers o! that county So, 900 within
the past two year,, md the assembly.
man from that county will make an
effort to 10 away with grand juries al
the coming session OF tue legislature.
Daniel A. Holland, Whose daughter,
Aunie Holland, was killed in the
Aroats and Maj River railroad Gccl.
dent near Eureku, Cal, last Septem-
Der, began suit Saturday against the
railroad company for S25, This
makes ak suits, which III the aggre-
gate amount to S75, 900.
While cut hunting Saturday after.
room Clifton Bush, the twelve.y ear
old sou Ut Giles Bush OF Healds0urg,
California, was eccidently shot anu
killed by his playmate, EIgsr New.
lands. The bullet penetrated the boys
brain, lnhiGtlng a wounI from which
he died within few hUurs.
Justice as 1t is dispense eli cially
snd otherwise, in ArIsona. u9d au
illustration the other day NJ Phoenix,
when man who hnd thrashed
Peeping Tom went 10 justice Johns.
stoue anu wanted TO plead guilty, bat
was told by the jusucs TO go back
home and drub tue offender again
upon auy provocation.
An attempt to ares. Janice r.. Shep-
herd at Lou, Cal, Saturday came to
tragic END. lie was wanted at Quincy,
H., for the embezzlement Ui $3.50. He
preferred death to boing taken bacE TO
face his nccussrs. He seized tbs op.
pOriuBiiy granted him by the constg-
Dle to enter the house and make prep.
afaiions for his removal to Jail 10 first
drive the oiiic Ger from the place at the
point Of pistol anu then swallow
deadly dose OF strychnire. He died 10
few moments.
Fred. Hickman, well known
farmer living near Oakuale, Csiilor.
mia, was arrested Saturday evening
upon charge OF poisoning live stack
with phosphorus. Several hundred
dollars worth OF hogs belonging TO
peighbors were destroyed. Hickman
gave bail ia the sum OF $1,000. He
claims that the poison wac put Gu,
upon his own land with the intention
OF killing iquirrels and rabbits, and
That the hogs got 1t accidcDtly.
Mre. G. w. Haskell was burned TO
Death at Grub Gulch, Cal, Saturday
night. she came home from town
with her husbanc, who Is sDperintrp.
dent OF the Savannah nine. She
set lighted candle on "a box, and
wishing to reach something rom
shelf, got upon the box, the candie
ignited her clothing. She ran out of
the house screaming, and her husband
hearing herrsn out and was badly
burned trying to extingulsh the
hames. The poor woman only lived u
few hours, dying In great agony.
arsgorlo Gonzalez, a bad Mexican,
was killed ut Hedge's mining camp,
CAL, Saturday. Constable a. +. Snarr
did the shooting in attempting to al
rest Gonzales IN a saloyn. Con lles
and another miner, Tim iteo Garlic,
some time ago quarrsled over woman
and few days later Gonzales was shat
ana almost killed by n bullet from an
ambnshed enemy's riffs. He declared
that Garlic was his assailant anu
declared that he wotld kill him on
sight. Goozsles was tiourishing a pis.
tol when Snarr warned him TO desist,
He replied by shooting 81 the officer,
who returned the fire with fatal effect.
John Baker came down Miller river
on big fir tree during the floods In
Washington a few dsys ago, says the |
Seattle acknowledgements. Mr.. Baker
seRted himself at the butt OF the tree,
aud, after going down about hall
mile, he had company. A huge
black bear, swimming Tor his life in
the seething water, climbed on the |
tree and stationed himself about thirty |
feet from Mr.. Baker. In addition h. |
his already piecarious situation that |
bear nearly frightened Mr.. Baker to |
death. But MIR. Bear WAS about aa
badly scared as the other fellow, and
when the current finally drlitei the |
tree to dry land, the bear took TO bis |
heels with as much slacrity Rs Mr.. |
Baker.
The eighteen Yakima Indians who |
gotsrogbOund over two weeks ago In
the Esld mountains, sIxty.fvs miles
east OF Cbshalis, Washiuglop, reached |
Tacoma Ga,1gtsy night. lney had |
made thei. gay through the snow to |
the headwaters o. the Chehalis river, |
where they were i0und by the expedi. |
ton which Indian Agent Erwin or. |
ganlzed at Chebaiis on being informed |
OF the situation OF the party by one OF |
their number, who male his way out |
on snowshOes. The hunting larty |
WAS headed by John Stimit, an er.
perienced hunter. For ten days they
lived entirely on deer meat. T.snine.
teen horses died OF exposure In the |
mnuntains. In r big snow DRIFT under |
the brow OF The mountain baby was |
born to Caroline Scow, who had nc.
companied her husband on the expe.
dltion. Both mother anu child were |
enjoying good health when the party |
was sent by rail acr0es the maintains |
TO the Yakima reservation. The Indians |
say there 10 more snow in the noun. |
inlns than they have ever seen there |
before.
Inc new departure OF having tell. |
graph boys supplied with bicycles for |
me prompt and expeditions delivery
OF messages has proved very satisiao. |
loIy 10 customer, the managers OF tue |
oIices say, AMI hus, moreover had the |
utct Cf making uults saIulorv