The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-14
OVER THE STATE.
Contractor skips From Richfield-
Grizzly Bear Killed.

yVasatch Wave: After an illness with
pneumonia since Saturday last jonas W :
Humcs died very suddenly 1T ll-50 a. m.
Wednesday. He has been reSiaent OF
this valley since 1859. coming to Otah from
Massachusetts in 1e6e
4 batter of 1900 squirrel t2ils were
brought IN Tuesday from the Midway
Co-sD- store ard the bounty detnaioeu
thereon Clerk Giles refused 10 ISSUE a
due bali Or the county treasurer ior the
same because tie owner Of the tatis
could rot swear that he had killed the
pests that Once supported them naNiiS
taken them in at the store III exchange
for 1nercaantise Fte Is now hunting up
the parties who sold them TO him 10 nave
them come over and do the swearing act
before the bounty viii be paic-
The poles are all set for the telenhone
line 10 Midway those between Midway
and Charleston and on to WalispufS VIII
be N the ground this week ana before
many days roll round the main towns OF
this county viii have telephone connsc-
tons with the outside world
Castle Valley News: The Castle Gate
band has newly organized and VIII IN
future be known as the Thirteenth Eagle
Lodge Band of the knights OF FvlHlaS-
pect 10 supply every demand 10 n Ws
class music that is made east OF the Wa
sateh range in Utah
Richfield Censo-: Soon after the rail-
road was extended to Elsinore one W. N.
Brown VINO was tramDing through the
country with his blankets on his back
stopped 10 look for work Finding II
quite plentiful in his trade as carpenter
ne was soon taking contracts tor work
and hiring quite bit All of his Work
was taken at starvation figures. lie ran
in debt fo- material. he got board on
the same terms. Last Friday night Elsi-
more people had dance and hroNa was
seen there about midnight Next morning
he was missing He had left the Pier
son hotel cool Sli7 in the hole. The
Jensen hotel had bill against him, as
did most every business house in town.
and many of the private citizens Some
little was supposed to be owing TO him,
but ii is not worth mentioning Efforts
have been made 10 have him br0ugn NJ
back. but so far he has not been caught.
Every transaction he was in Is in mud
died condition and law suits may follow
various ones of those with whom he mad
accounts.
The people of Wayne county and
SEWERS fish and game warden are again
on good terms. Fish lake Is closed up
and tie fish cannot be taken in by the
law-breakers who stand over the outlet.
Mr.. Bean has been uD TO the lake for
several days and while there he found
several boys catching fish, anpropriated
their strings and sent them off scared.
On Tuesday the officer brought up one
Frank Jorgenson of Salina who had been
fined him SIS. and the culprit went his
way.
Pavson Header: VIII Fuller who is
employed by the southWorth Bros killed
huge grizzly bear four miles above
Castillo Springs Monday last. The bear
weighed l. 800 pounds. He was an old
resident in that region. having given sew
eral chaseS to different parties in that To-
cality in years past.
Joseph kerr reports a phenomenon
which he witnessed on the other side
of Santacuin during the storm Wednes-
day. Lightning struck the telephone wire
and run along It and down every pole
within a distance of half mile, shivering
them into SDlinterS.
Payson Globe: 1t is pretty well as
sured that Payson will have an electric
light plant. work on the water ditch lead
ing TO the site selected for the power
plant having commenced Tuesday and the
ground on which to build mower house
having been secured.
An accident occurred over in Spanish
death of Owen Lloyd. a young man Is
years of age. In company with three
others he went out horseback riding. and
on the outskirts of town they engaged in
n horse race. A dog jumped at Lloyd s
horse causing it TO stumble. throwing the
dered unconscious and expired in about 40
minutes.
Manti Messenger: Yesterdays excur-
sion to Castillo resolved itself in part into
a bloody fracas. Just after leaving the
springs on the return journey, a number
of railroad men and others and some
women who had been drinking rather
freely, got into a rough and tumble in
which blood and profanity flowed cODi-
ously not included in the general pro-
gramme. Several parties were put off the
train. and the remainder of the journey
was made without a ruffie-