Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-11
NEWS OF The WEST.
A Nurse Comes Near Losing Life by
q Mistake.
FIGHT WITH MOUNTAIN LIONS.
Died From Drinking Wood Alcohol
Cattle News - Result Of a
Drunken Spree.

uHiniotutOs
Two tramps who arc supposed to
have stolen and drank bottle OF wood
alcohol from a paint shop in Delano.
Cal, died on Monday, and "a third Is
seriously III, but 1t is believed will pull
through. One OF the dead men 10
Steward Taylor of Marysville. The
others are unknown.
Omaha Btockman, Feb. D. Ora Ha-
ley, appointment patron OF this mar
ket, had i've cars OF cattle here from
Mount Pleasant Utah. Henry
Thompson was here tom Market
Lake, Idaho, with four cars Of range
cattle, anu Alexander Dobson had Il We
cars Of range cattle here from Elsi.
more, Utah.
George McWillisms, the Arizona
cowboy who, while in drunken con.
dillon o few days ago, broke up the
furniture In the Ahlborn house, San
Francisco, and threw man down
Hight OF stairs, tried to commit, suicide
Monday in the kitchen OF the city
prison by cutting his throat with a
butcher knife. He inii c,oi al ugly
wound, AMI the attending physician
says he Will probably die.
GIenwood Syringe, Colo, Avalanche:
Last week Joe Taylor oil GARFIELD
creek killed TWO mountain lions, after IA
hard fight. Joe hau taken his iavorite
dog with him and shortly after starting
the dog on a hons trail, he came upun
the dead body OF his pet which lhe iion
had killed. Pressing forward he sue.
ceeded in freeing and killing the beaet
when he disco vered that he uau traiied
and freed two Instead of one. Had II
not been Tor his excellent nerve and
good maiksmapship, Joe would have
stood good show to have followed his
pet dog.
A tbirteen-year-Old boy named
ThOmeH Kane was assaulted by George
Acserman, aged 62, with hatchet at
San Francisco Oh Monday night. the
little fellows skull was fractured, and
1t Is anu0tful II he recoverg.' Acker.
man was ia the act OF mailing sign,
aad, according to his statement, young
Kane anu several other boys began to
torment him. Becoming furious, he
threw the hatchet at the boys, the
weapon striking Kano In the head,
cutting a deep gash and fracturing
roth tables OF the skull. He was ior.
inalIy charged with an assault T.
murder. He claims that Kane and his
companions have been Ia tue habit Of
annoying him, ana becoming exasper-
ated at their conduct, he says he "l0st
his head" anu threw the Ratchet at |
t1sm.
Kansas City Drovers Telegram: Col. |
ID. II. FAINT, the big Texas Tauehman,
Gays tho prospects for cattle men max.
ing some money the coming seaeon
are very good. Said he: "rhe ranch
men ana stock owners are In fine
humor; they believe that u decided
improvement in business IL coming
anu they are ready to welcome 1t.
Cattle are scarce in Texas now, al
though that statement may sound
quite improbable to many. IL is fact
tnat with poor markets men sell OFT
their cattle anu pay little attention to
breeding, anu the results are We are
now confronted with shortage OF
live stock. 1 have solo of nearly |
everything OF my ranch and expect
TO begin from the ground again. |
expect to maze money by 80 doing"
Miss Estelle Baker, one OF the
student nuTsgs Of the San Francisco
city and county hospital came near to
death early Monday morning as the
result OF queer mistake. When she
appeared a. the OIklHnu receiving
hospital about mijnIght and asked to
be treated for morphine poisoning the |
case seemed mysterious, but her ex-
PLANTATION, which Ia cOrroborate0, 10
simple enough. She was nursing
patient on Washington street, Oak.
land. A few oars ago she accidentally
broke the neck OF bottle contai ming q
powerful solution OF morphine, ana put
what was lett of the contents In an
empty tumbler. Late Sunday night
she arose TO get drink OF water, and
in the darkness picked up the glass
containing the deadly drug. The bitter
taste mads her aware OF the error, and
ehe Immediately dressed AMI went to
the receiving hospital for treatment.
Fortunately Dr.. Suatton was on hand.
Had she been obliged to wait until u
physician could be- called che would
certainly have died. As 1t was 1t took
come hours OF work to get her out OF
danger.
Omaha Btockmau: Chas. Lerchep,
a prominent Colorado cattlemau, was
ut the yards on his return rom the
east where he has been purchasing
high grade anu thoroughbred bulls 10
be used on the Colorado ranges. his
trip was quite success ul rs he secured
some OF the finest bulls ever shipped
to the west. AS u sample he says that
he secured one two.year.old animal
that weighs now 1920 los; another two.
year-oid that weighs 1915 lbs, and a
yeRrling that tips the bea N at 7SU lbs;
all are full blood stock. He says that
Colorado range men have long been OF
the opinion that well bred stock is the
only profitable kind to handle and
ftocLmen In that section are grading
up their herds more and more each
year. These bulls go to Gunnison and
Delta counties In the Middle park
country, ons OF the well known cattle
producing sections OF Colorado. Mr..
Lerchon says that the feeding steers
are being marketed very close this
season as prices for stock cattle are
very satisfactory az the present time
and the Colorado herds will he
trimmed down the closest In the hia-
tory of the cattle business. Some ranges
are also short OF feed and have also ex-
periencsd considerable bad weather,
causing a hardship to the cattle anu
this will also tend to force owners u
run ont most OF their stock.
A PLACE FOR SETTLERS.