Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-07
NEWS OF THE WEST.
ANOTHER AIR snir STORY AFLoAT
Escaped In His Nighicioihes--Ihe Cow
boy Preacher--A Large Drive
OF Logs.
Cheyenne ia to have a plant for the
uanula ciurs OF bicycles.

Cheyenne Ia to have a plant for the
manuia cturs OF bicycles.
Cheyenne has recently adopted
ouriew law. Children under sixteen
will have TO keep 0 II the stiests alter
eight O'Clock In the evening during
the winter, and after nine In the
summer.
A party Of Chicago business men,
Gays the BlscsfoUf, losho, News,
visited the lnnd uffics Wednesday,
locking W lands In the vicinity OF
American Faile. They expect to pant
colony IN that vicinity In the carly
sprng.
Diphtherls Ia now raging at Wilford
anu several houses IRE under quarab-
tine. No new cases have been reported
for several weeks, and we came TO the
conclusion that the dreaded disease
had bsen wiped out OF this vicinity
entirely, but 1t seems to have broken
out across the river airesh.-St. An
thony Newe.
Cheyenne Sun: Upon the reoom-
mendation OF &. b. Miller, physician
at the state penitentiary, Governor
Richards has Issued parJon to VIM.
Ackeson, who was convicted Of per.
Jury In connection with wolf scalp
bounties. Aokesob, who has been sui.
ieripg from Iocomotor ataxia, 10 grow.
Ing worse every day, and is practically
helpless now.
The Carson News is authority for the
statement that Reno, Nevada, has
been favored with IA visit fri IN The
much.taIked.of San Frsucisco airehip,
unless tums VI the Teputed citizens
have wheels In their heads. A
strange light was visible II atm
about in the western heavens last
evening ebout 0'olt ok, and was seen
by several gentlemen OF unquestioBed
integrity.
J. Jnck Mulcahy, the cowboy
preacher, struck town Thursday, says
The Evanston Press. He tired to
evangelist Salt Lake last week, but
found that town so tough he We mt aud
got drunk and bought stack or two OF
whittier. He waB before the police
court anu made go strong a plea for
clemenoy that the judge suspended
sentence on condition that Jack would
come up and tackle Evanston. The
judge heard OF the recent big majority
here for Bryan, and thought b cowboy
preacher who would play poker ami
get drunk was about our size and just
what we needed. When we yer
through with him we will pass him
along to Green River and Rock
Springs, where the full flower OF
Wyoming's toughness 10 always In
bloom.
A dispatch from Lander saya: A
passenger from the Thermopolis stage
line, who arrived here this morning,
repOrts that Walter Putney ami
Fletcher Kirksndall, VINO were ar.
rested q few days ugo for killing some
steers belonging to j. l.. Mccoy OF
Denver, AMI stealing some calves
from the Embar Cattle company,
played 3 practical joke on the ofiic
who had them in charge. During the
night OF the 2Sth, when the th r.
mometer wac 81 below zero, Putney
stepped to the door in bis night clothes
anu has not since been seen. He
must have had q ftiend with clothing
ut hand ana fast horse in waiting,
otherwise his body will be found In .
tnow drift, as II was too cold that
night for man to live long out Of
doors without proper clothing.
The Green River Star says: Mr.. II.
II. IL lckhru, an employe o. the R0CH
Springs Lumber company, came down
from the company's logging camp at
the head OF the river this week. Mr..
Loekard 70 very enthusiastic over the
possibility Of the company making a
large drive OF logs In the spring. He
says they have large force OF mon in
the timber cutting logs, AMI that when
he lett there they hau about half mil.
Hon feet OF timber ak idued up ready to
haul to the river as soon as the snow
fell to depth that sleighing would be
good. He 10 an old Iumbermsn, hsv.
ing worked at 1t for many years, anu
says he never saw finer timber any.
where, and that II is 30 situated that
II can be easily put into the river.
The company Is now worRing men on
the river in such places as will be.
come necsssary to clean out any OBJ
ttructivn that would be liable to hang
the drive. Mr.. Loekard makes close
estimate as to the distance that the
drive will be put In the river above
This place, and makes IL close 10 200
miIps