The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-07-16
UTAH NEWS.


Brigadier- General Otis. commanding |
thc department ~ Colorado, and Aide /
de.Camp sladin are at Fort Duchesne.
General Otis Is inspecting the garrison.
Governor Wells received prompt /
notice from Mr.. John bern, by wire |
from Denver, Of the selection Of Salt |
Lake City for ncxt years gold miners
convention.
An attemp. was made 20 wreck a
Christian Endeavor train near Wads
worth last week A pile ~ ties was
found on the tract, near a curve, there |
being IN embankmcnt thirty feet high |
at the point Search revealed man
hidden In a culycrt, who was captured
aud turned over to Nevada officers
Robbery was probably the motive.
The Lake bonneville Water ana
Power company has made application
Co the state land board for the scgrc'
cation Of eeJ. Os3 acres Of land Ia Mil
lard county. The company has sue
cccded 10 the good will aud locations
Of the bennington company Three
reservoirs In Willard and Junb county
will be constructed, with a storage
capacity sufficient to water ado,ood
acres.
The state land board has appointed
Secretary Walton IT, agent 10 select
Tho lands applied for by the Lake
bonneville Water aud Power company.
In accordance with the law the board
also appointed Engineer o. Il. Young
IT, agent 70 make affidavit that the
lands TO be selected are non.mlneral
and desert In character
The Deep Creek railroad, which has
peen ngltaied Tor years, il at last, IA
appears. In fair way 10 be construct
ID. Details have been arranged, aud
10 Il expected work will be commenced
On August. The line will be- an eNten'
slon Of the Oregon short Line from
it, Tintic branch. Papers have been
forwarded To Boston for Inspection by
the Oregon Short Line people there.
Miss Lottie Levy. the talented salt
Lake soprano, has reached London
aud settled down 10 her musical stu
dies. On tho trip across the ocean a
concert was given In aid OF tho Liver.
pool Mariners Home, and Miss Levy
was the star. She sang Gle Was .
Prince, and for an encore gave the
song sho made familiar here, ut Don't
Seem Like the Same Old Smile"
Charles Larsen has been arrested on
che charge OF an alleged outrage com.
mitted upon ll-year-old DruiAllla
Darling. tho daughter Of Aaron Dari
tnR OF orccnviiic. Cache county. The
little girl aud her three companions
were In search OF flowers and
"cat.talls," aud passed near by whore
Larsen was moving hay. Larsen left
his moving machine aud came over 10
the children and assaulted tho little
girl. The other children ran for help
when they saw Larsen dragging the
little girl into u growth Of sweet clio.
yer. Larsen went 10 tho home OF the
child, after II vas all over with, aud
pleaded with the mother not to have
him prosecuted aud cried like q child,
stating that he had wife aud ten
children 10 support and would make II
right II she would let him OF, Larsen
was placed under s. 200 and in default
was committed to jail. lie IN Is years
old aud lives In Logan Third ward.
Larsen's wife has denounced him and
refused TO go ON his bonds, this II
the third case OF the kind against him
Mrs. llcbcr NJ. Wells, wife OF Gov
ernor Wells, died ON the 9th inst, The
end was not unexpected, rs Mrs Wells
had been quite sick for nearly a year
and dangerously 80 for the last month,
Teresa Clawson was the daughter OF
II. H. Clnwson and Margaret Judd
Clawson When young girl, she
was distinctiycly belle aud was nota-
bio for her beauty and ylvacity. She
was born In salt Lake, where she has
resided mp TO her death.
The state board OF horticulture re-
spectiycly invites the fruit growers OF
Utah 10 communicate with the secrc'
tury OF the board, j A, Wright OF og.
den, giving their opinions based upon
experience, rs 10 tho most profitable
varieties Of fruits for commercial pur,
poses, taking into account tho follow.
ing points, via, hardness OF tree or
plant, size aud color OF fruit, tirmness
in shipping and keeping qualities. II
Is the desire Of the state board TO issue
at AN early date list OF fruits to be
recommended for Utah, aud a eompll'
auce with this request viii greatly aid
IA the matter.
During the session ~ the Trans
Mississippi congress, the Utah friends
Of Hon. w. D. bryan will present him
with mammoth silver cup. The
ladies will tender Mrs. Bryan recep.
ton.
The Jubilee commi,s ion has selected
Salt Lake city young lady to be
be queen Of the Jubilee. Her identity