Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-09
Christian EndsaVOrers Have a Close
Call IN Oregon.
POISONED ny A sPlnsr,s BITE.


borer, was found IN mud bank IL
o klaud, California, TUESDAY. He
tiher ieli Of the wharf or 90 nmited
suicide, although the ioimer theory
is tho generally excepted one.
Evanston, Wyoming News.Regit-
tei: j. Sbafier soid n quantity OF wool
10 Payue d. Lyme, of salt 1--we Ciiy,
Tor l2E ceuts per pound, last w edne'-
cay. this is the highet price pad Tor
wool in this vicinity this year.
Ralph w. Peck, saloon keeper at
Valley Springs, Caleveras county, Cal,
com mit,ed suicide Tuesday by ahooi-
ing himself through the head. He
went to his saloon early and was found
dead ut Z O'Clock with the pistol In his
hand.
Q. II. Legg,a wealthy Nevada Hiine
owner, whie engaged in examining
his placer ground in Colo canyon,
New, was standing upon q bank try
ing to pry some ground down with
ctowbRr. The ground caved, and he
iell tu the bottom OF the bank, The
erowbar struck him behind the ear,
and 1t is said he cannot live.
Joseph Shaw, an employc OF the
Eaet Oakland, California, cotton mill,
is in dangerous condition as the
result OF spider bite. The spider got
ineide Of his shirt and bit him on the
wrist. An hour later the wrist had
ewollen to several times 1t natural
size, and he was In agony from the
pain. 1t Will take him some time to
recover.
Glenwood Springs, Colo, Avala nchs:
Some OF the Lesdville boys got into
scrap on the train that brought the
excuIsionists d0Tn Sunday morning.
As result OF the row there was not
much glass left in the oar windows anu
some OF the furniture was badly de-
moralizsd. One OF the boys got q
knockout blow which left him un.
CONSCIOUS for several hours.
When the train ON the Heppner
(Or,) branch was running under full
speed near Lexington last week It was
sgnaled by Thomas La Ford, and the
trainmsn were told that several large
powders had rolled upon the track a
short distance ahead. The powders
were rem owed and the train, on which
there weie a number OF passengere,
went safely on, but 1t was q narrow
escape.
Peter Anderson was repairing q
mower sickle In his blacksmith shop
in Albany, Or, few days ago. He
struck the sinkip q sharp blow to re-
move the rivet, when one of the
sickle's teeth few of and struck HE
little son, who was standing several
feet distant, on the toes. The tooth
fell with the sharp-pointsd end down
ward with such force as TO sever one
tee and cut another almost of.
AT the borse races at Brownsboro,
Oregon, GU Monday, serious acci-
aent happened to several persons, acme
OF whom may die. In the excite ment
Of race several personH rushed on the
track, and the horse which Jockey
Merritt WAS riding ran over them.
Frank Nicbols, Mr.. Tucker ana Two
| girls by the name OF Thumberg were
| seriously hurt. The horse tell, throw.
ing Merritt and bruisi5g him about the
head very badly.
John Stevens, a miner, is Imprisoned
ON the fifty-foot level OF the Mammoth
mine nt COldIelds, forty miles east OF
| Phoenix, Arizona, and though all the
| men who can be put to work are sinh-
| ing "a shat to reach him, 1t Ia believed
they may be too late. Stevens was
| alone, working at the end Of o drift
| Saturday evening, when, without
warning, the surface caved In, carry
| ing down the carpenter shop to the
depth OF ten feet or more. When the
messenger left the camp Monday
morning Stevens was still alive ana
was evidently working upward to Join
his comrades, but 1t IL believed he
must finally BIS overcome by foul Dir.
Two men were crushed to death
Tuesday by falling dirt, ana third
laborer had narrow escape
from death. The accident oc.
Cured near the smelter, on the east
side Of the Los Angeles river, Cal.
The two men who met death were
Benjamin #. Scott and William
kheinechild, iab0rers employed by
the city water overseer's office. That
afternoon portion OF the ditch which
runs along the east bank OF the OLD
river bed gave way. The city water
oversetr was notified, and with
a force OF sight worEmen went to the
place. While these were engaged, the
bank gave way catching the men, two
OF whom were killed instantly.
Boise, lehho, Slatesman: Grant
Geddis, who came down from the
upper Boise Tuesday, reported an &C.
cident which had happened to Dick
Lusk. MIR. Luck was working haul
lug oordwood when The brake to his
wagon broke. He was thrown for
ward under the front wheels, aoros, q
deep rut through which the wheels OF
the wagon hau TO pass. The rut was
about foot deep and before the team
could BE- stopped the front wheels had
passed over il body about the middle,
crushing 1t terribly. Geddis started
Immediately for this city arriving here
about 3 p. M, having made the dis.
lance of about fiity miIeG Without u
| stop. DR.. Haley left with Elm o. one o
| for the tcene OF the acritent. 1t was
thought that Lusk could not possibly
survive.
Albion Russell, living near Harris.
| California, killed himself on the . d.
One OF the neigbhors went TO his
mouse and found Russell scfosB the
bed with his left hand olasping tho
barrels OF shotgun and the right
| hand near the trigger. The ton OF his
head was blown completely H. Evi.
dently he had placed the muzzle OF
his gun In his mouth end pulled the
trigger. The wall near the bed was
| covered with blood, Il sab Rnd brainp,