Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-23

Texas sheep began TO come they would
c1ma with rush. This has u UNUSUALLY
been the case, after tine shesring sea.
son, hut Tor few years sheep have
hardly been worth shipping so far,
ith on account Of the poorness OF the
quality aud the cheapness OF the
price. This year there is n great i'm
pr0vement In both respec t'. and not
only sheep raisere but sheep buyer
have been active In their forte 10 Rel
he sheep to market. 1t is estimsted
that 100000 sheep are u come from
Texas this spring. Although tue de
mand Is remarkably Rood 1t lie not
good enough to take all THESE sheer
NJ one time, and shippers should exer.
else som. u Igmeut In sending them
In. Properly distributed all OF tn
Texas sheep could be sold at good
prices.
Within one houl's time on Tuesday
Thos. Hickey, al inmate OF the . Ak
land, CAL, city prison, made thfe
Intellectual attempts to emu his llit.
He fret sOugh to sever the arteries In
hir wrist with piece Of broken glass.
Before he mai succev led ia dong
ouch Injury he was Uncovered an
locked up la another cell whore, al.
most before the Jailei's back wa.
turned, he triuu to end his life by In
hHling Illuminating gas. He Wa
discovered anu this time rem we'd t.
~tesl tank, where there was n gas jet
Hickey removed ais suspenuere, last.
ened tnem ar0u ui his neck AMI tinu
tue otner enu TO the grating u his eel
ana fell TO his Knee, preparing t
choke to DEATH. HIS heavy breathing
attTacked the jsileIs. VINO placed MIN
10 a stright tcRet sOd caused him tU
be removed 10 tue county Jail, wuete
ne was locked up In the psuIed cell.
Hickey was arrested few days az
or violating the sleeping-out ordi.
nance anu was serving five days
sentences wnen he developed til,
suicidal tendeucy. be mas tie
charged with being insano viii b,
taken before tho com missiOneEe.
The rsisin.growars OF Fir SO
county, Cal, Cam that their vine
afe threatened with total destruction
ny the "thrips" or hoppers, winch
have settled down in swar ms over tut
valley. For several days the Insect
nave appeared In such numbers Ms
create petceptible cloud over certain
sections. In ordinary years tue -
sects pre fuw In number ana are e'silI
ueslt with, but the case 10 very II
ent now. Professor Wood worth, one
Of the entJm olJgists OF the stat,
university, was ssnt down in tespoust
to a dispatch from the farm sr,' cub,
and Waited the vineyards. Tue pro-
lessor Is stated to have advised tina
wire ecreens be epreaj over the vines
covered with sticky iterial, 30 a.
to catch the insecls which unght q,
well As thoss sprinsing up from tn
vIneH. The Insects resemble n tiny
grassbUpper in general appeafance,an
appear in countless numbers. Tiny
suck the sap from the growing vines,
rObbing the plant of snCcharine matter
aud vitality. lu former year, When
they were unusually numerous, tn,
raisins were notably poor in sugar, IN,
OF tue chief elements IN their CONNER.
cial value. Experiments Will be trle.
in the direction Of spraying, bur II It
d Ill cult ~ zeal with the evil In THU
way, The problem 10 10 tiuu q iiqui
that will kill the Insects wItuou inJur.
Ing the plant. Even II the insects on
the vines are killep, the "clOu 10" o.
survivors remain and settle down OF
tho vines, which soon lose then
healthy appearance. The ioliag,
shriveis up anu the buds witber. The
warm weather OF the past week ha
been succeeded by coil spell, nnu
showers are now penuinR, which may
wOrA beneficial cnange, nut growers
are feeling very anxious about the
lgtH OF tuis yeaI's fret crop.