Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-27
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
CORPSE OF AN INFANT IN A WELL.


Some laborers, who were cleaning
out an old well on unused property N
the western part of Los Angeles, Cal.
found the dead body Of a six-weeks'
old girl baby in the well. 1t had not
been dead long. The property was last
occupied by a colored family, whose
present whereabouts is unknown.
The farmers in the Corral Deterrn
country, near SALINAS. Cal. are being
tcrroriZcd by California lions, which,
during the past few days, have de-
stroyed large numbers of sheep and
hogs The lions have never been
known to come down the mountains 80
far before. Rewards are being OF
Tered for their capture.
Troop G. National Guard Of Salinas.
Cal, held their annual grand ball at
the armory Wednesday evening, and
IL proved to he n great success Little
Andy Hughes. the l3-year-old Mascot
| was presented with a gold medal by
the boys of the troop. who hold him
In high esteem. AT n recent pistol
practice OF the troop he averaged
among the highest, scoring forty-two
out of Il possible fifty.
As n result of the first stage robbery
| In the vicinity of Carson New. for M
I teen years, The stnge running between
| Bishop and Independence was relieved
| or the Wells, FaaCu & Co.'S express
box containing about $1,000. The
/ money represented tax collections be-
ing conveyed to the county seat. The
hoid-up occurred in an exposed part
OF the rond nearly two miles from u
railroad station.
The Church of the Sacred Heart
Temescal, the parochial residence of
Rev. Father l.. Serda. its pastor. and
Sacred Heart Hall at Oakland. Cal,
probably fired by the hand Of an In
cendlary, was destroyed by fire late
Wednesday night. The residence and
hail went as sacrifice To the neglect
of the city IN providing the district
with hydrants, for the firemcn reached
the scene before they were fairly
ablaze.
G. a. Perkins. fireman on special
hght engine, was caught between TIL.
tender and cab OF his machine about
O'Clock Wednesday night at Red
Iluif. CAL and instantly killed. The
engine was ordered to Sacramento and
on going out of the yard ran into an
open switch and collided with como
box cars. The force of the collision
forced the tender forward and Perkins.
who was looking for signals. was
crushed between the tender and the
edge of the cab.
A new Improvement company is In
- vNNSs VI iuINlhtlon at Los Angeles,
cal, the stockholders of which will |
he the Southern Pacific Railroad com.
pany' the Pasadena and Los Angeles |
Halfway company and the Santa I'a |
ana Jones interest at Santa Monica |
The object is the general improve |
nleht OF thnt seaside resort Some
tnlnS like $25O,000 Is to be eNpended nv |
these various interests, acting Jointly. !
beiore the beginning of the next OK |
cufslon year. The town is heron ftor
TO ne called Santa Monica by the-sen,
Louis Smith, the 15-year-old son az
george I. Smith, was accidentally shot
anu Killed by his own gun while hunt
ing In south Slough, Vallejo, cal.
Neuhssuay afternoon. lie was sitting
III "a BOAT with Willie Hubbard when
flock of ducks was sighted snitb
TOOK hold of the muzzle of his g,In
when was lying across the bont. The
hammer caught and the discharge fol
lowed; The charge went clear through
smiths right lung. 1t also burned ~ |
palm of his right hand. He fell bact
on a pile OF decoys. dead, without M.
terlng word. Hubbard immediateiv
started for home with his dead com.
panlon.
The authorities of Marin county
CAL, fear that several murderH have
been committed In the Chinese village
~ Polnt san Pedro three miles from
sun I.aiaei. and are making investi-
cations. About $50 Chinese live in tho
village. They are divided into two
actions and are constantly ouarrelir,,
t is rumored that several deaths have
'esulted from these fractional tronbIns
= relnent reports of stabhing and
iIootlns arrays have been circulated.
ma several Chinese have disappeared
or whose absence no satisfactory ren'
rymen. V'''-
Miss Hattie Helllfaich of Rrook,vp
'. y, arrived in Caliente, Cal. n dav
u Two ago TO marry Frank Potts. n
old mlning contractor of HAWAII /
liss Hellifaieh never saw Mr.. potts
N.Y. me day of her arrival and all
. ie.r c9urtshlp was carried on by cor
espondenee. Miss Hellifaich is
eautiful young woman of "a wears
ather brunette. She claims she tonk
ne adventurous journey all the wnv u
cross the continent to better her con-
ltion IN life, Even though she had d
EVER e seen her lover she was confident .
ne would be happy with him when
larried, and II promises to be So &
The big winery of Captnin 7
rossley at Westslde, Cal, was totally
,a by fire shortly after mid
isht wednesday morning. The total
'ss IS $4,000, with insurance SLIGHTLY
yer s2b0Oo. The Continental INSURANCE
)mpany had a risk OF SIS, 900. North-
estern National $4,000 and Wost.
hester. $1,000. The origin of the fire
Tar Is mystery. The residents neor
70 winery We're awakened by n glare
when the fire was discovered n
a. under such Roadway that nothInc
'uld be done. The Insurance men
'nsldered the risk good one. and saw
icy are unable to explain the fire ex-
airy.
BY the explosion Of steam renero-
r IN II tamale factory at San Francis.
about o'clock Wednesday niybt
ugh Kelly and William Golden We're
riously injured. Golden and Kelly
ere new employees of the place. ths
tier having worked but one dny TIN
cam generator has safety ynIvs
arranged as TO blow off when The
cam pressure is at five pounds. some
Ing happened Wednesday might Ia
event the value from acting M 80.
essure became too great and the ren- -
ator burst. Both men were immodi-
ely enveloped in n cloud of steam
d were struck by the flying pleccs
the generator. Both We're bndlv
rned about the face, neck and hands
d badly bruised by the force Of The
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