Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-11
NEWS OF THE WEST.
california ShsrlHs EViCl a Sex Man
Tor Non-paymsnt Of Rent.
KILLED FOR RoHBISe GRAVES.
Murdered iva DaIs y for MS We'd
ding naJ-Awaid d Half a
1oua-kill,d By VII shy.

glenwood Springs, Colo, Avalanche,
asni D, A carload OF fruit patsed
,h,ougn town this morning Nv ID. *
RIG. freight fem srfingyillv, Ulab, "
Aspen.
Adrian MATchant. a bartender, died
uddenly "Wednesday afternoon at San
R,isel, Cal. Marohant has beeu
drInking very heavily, anu his death
was due 10 alcoholism.
while graps-ploklng Tuesday after.
noon ct Fresno, Cal, j. WOOD OF Sau
Ftancisco was Frustrated ny the heat
and died In few minutes IL has
been unusually tultry Tor several days,
and field labor In many Instances nas
been suspended in consequence.
while drawing In bis nets oil Fort
Point, Cal, Tuesday Emil Boungll, u
h.hermap, captured a big suniish. He
hsd oou,ldetapIs difficulty iu landing
the big fellow, but was finally success.
ful anu took II to market, where II was
found to weigh over forty pounds.
At Grsenville, Gala, on Tuesday
nIght Chinese made wager with n
woman that he could drink n quart
bottle OF whisky without stopping, the
woman 10 furnish the whisky ana pay
him dollar n he did 10. He drank
the liquor and died next morning from
the effects Of II. The coroner will hold
an Inquest, as some Chinese think there
was poison Ia thu liquor
Joaquin Miller Ia making an en-.
deavOr 10 Introduce Chinese pbeaeants
In Alameda aud Contra Costa counties,
Cal. He has had n shipment Of them
rom Oregon, and will shortly hsvo
smother. He has liberated this birds on
Oakland Heights, nnu has every
reason to believe that they will do very
well. The birds were caught u,
Eugene, Or, ny George Miller, brother
VI tue poet.
The steamer D,untless, en- route T.
Stockton from San francisco, Cal,
carrying about 900 passengers, was
captured by gang Of sap Francisco
hoodlume Tuesday. Between San
Francisco anu Benicia n row occurred
between seven white men hud n uum-
bvT OF ChinAmon, resulting Ia the
serious n not fatal injury OF ChinFs'
foreman, anu the fatal injury VI WE
liam LennUx, an employe ~ the IL. :,
Croker company Of San FfiBclsco,
Henry wyman of AlAmsda, Cal,
whose brain was pierced by piece OF
brass gas fixture In San Francisco last
Thursday, Ia lying In an uncontcious
state ANA cannot live. His injury Is a
singular one. He was furnishing q
piece OF gas MIXTURE, bent In the shape
Of q scrOil, and white II vas whirlln
with great rapidisy In the "Duni ng"
machine the iastenings loosonod aud
the rod, which became straig htened
out In the accident, struck him end.
ways In tho forehead, entering the
brain. Wymans temperature hes
been los anu higher since tue Incident.
The body OF James Hartley OF Port
land, Or, q well known collector Oi
Indian relies, was found on Thursdsy
last In canoe ON small Island In
Dead Mans lake, a small body Of waur
near Mount 81. Helene, Oregon. Ia
his search for relic, Hartley deeeufated
many Indian burying grounds, aud
tho savages threatened vengeance
should they ever catch him In the act.
A number of ancient chiefs were In.
iefred In the little Island where Hart.
ley's body was discovered, and " ~
supposed that he was about TO visit the
graves, when surprised by Indian
scouts, who murdered him.
A KansAs girl Of IL not long ago
won prize In an unusual contest In
competition with two men. She had
learned TO turn n horseshoe In black.
smith shop, and at al entertainment
Tor the benefit Of the church che
matched herself against two OF the
most expert blacksmiths la the city.
Three portable fofges were placed on
-. a al NJ 4.
lowed a helper 20 blow tho bellows.
Both men anu the girl wore the leather
aprons peculiar 10 their calling. The
men smiled indnlgently at thVir girl
rival n thoy waited Tor tlIne TO he
called, but became anxious. then
alarmed, aud nnally dipcomiilted
when she turned u perfect horseshoe
before the audience aud judges In lesN
than four minutes. The curtain
dropped on pretty tsbleau of glow
Ing forges, and the smiling girl victor,
who speedily appeared among her
friends daintily clad In white.
Recognition OF his courage anu dovo.
tlOn 10 duty was extended WEDNESDAY
by tho Southern Paoinc company To
Edward Il. InRles, the engineer whose
bravery saved the passenger train from
IuuDofl On DhuNhaJ hitht hNAi FohINh-
mento by shooting one Of tho robbers.
Ho was ushtted yesterday into the
ofiica Of General Manager ktuttschnitt,
Aud there, In the presence Of Supt.
Fillmore aud Division supt Wilder,
he was complimsnted ana commended
for his conduct by Mr.. kru,tschniti,
who said that not content with tie
passive iul filment OF his duty, no had
exceeded It's letter at tue imniinsnt risk
Of his life. Kind words were also
spoken by Messrs. Fillmore anJ Wild-
Or, alter which Mr.. Inglts was present.
Cd with q handsome gold watch and
chain and y check for $3.50. Tho watch
bore tho Inscription: "Mr. Edward
Inglss from the Southern Pacific COM
psny, IN recognition OF his heroic con-
duct in saving tho train from TobbeIp,
september o, 1896"
News has been received OF the kill
ing OF Charles Richards by Il. A.
Scott on FfldRy. rha scene OF the
shooting was Harrisburg, CAL, which
has had a record Of being u very peace
abls mining camp. Richards was Ss
years OF age, u native Of Sioux City,
la. He was formerly a saloon keeper
Of BaTstow. He was 10 DO married 70
Miss Payne, u young lady OF Los An'
goleF. There was considerable excite.