The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-06-11
UTAH NEWS.

Hhearcd los sheep in one day.
The Union Pacific Coal company has
made "a cut Of 30 cents per ton ON lump
coal. which was promptly met by the
Diamond Coal aud Coke company.
The scgolilly, Utah's state flower, Is
very much In evidence now. There
never has been year In the history Of
the state when they were ~ plentiful
or beautiful.
GEORGE Murphy one 81 the oldest
citizens Of Round Valley, Rich county.
died last week. lie was 80 years ofARe
and settled In Round Valley twonty
years ago.
The state lard board has approved
some selections ~ lands The board
has decided that hereafter land worth
less than si.e5 per acre will not he se.
lectcd, as II would he Of practically NO
benefit 20 the state.
Special Master Loomis 81 the Utah
Central railway and the purchasers Of
the road have reached an agreement M
quired TO meet the purchase price
The amount agreed upon il sla3, Goa,ss
William Hobbs the young mnu who
was accused Of trying TO cxtort money
from Hon. Thomas kearns, the we'll.
known Park city mining man, has
been acquitted Of the charge In the
criminal division Of the Third District
court.
Strawberries In clinton last week
brought ti.50 per box. The crop il
large this year. The lucern crop looks
we'll, but the grain Is very poor. great
deal Of II won't pay TO cut; some Of II
is not more than three or four inches
high and all headed Ont.
IL IL said thatif rain does not soon
come there will not be more than half
n grain crop In Cache Valley this sea.
son. The dry farms In BOX Elder coun-
~ are badly In need Of rain. The re-
cent showers hardly reached some Of
the dry farm regions.
Karen A. Jensen. Danish woman
Of Salt Lake, - years Of age, has been
Adjuged insane. Mrs. Jensen il be.
lever In the presence Of evil spirits,
and declared during the examination
that the physicians were imps. She
las been taken Ia the asylum.
The eldest son Of A. j. McCuistion,
Of Provo, lad about II years Of age,
undertook 10 scrutinize the biting mp.
paratus OF n rattlcsnakc. His curlos.
ity was rewarded with - sting on the |
thisa Anger Of ,he nigh, haaas he Ia.
been nursing a badly swollen and very
painful hand, but Is recovering.
The railroad line to Deep Creek pro.
posed by George Q. Cannon and his
associates is by far the best Deep Creek
proposition yet made public. should
negotiations now pending he success
fully carried out, the railroad sltua-
tion would be considerably changed, !
and the short Line would gain two i'm.
portant feeders.
Henry Johns Of salt Lake City took
a lot Of chlotoform with suicidal In |
tent which only made him sick, aud |
he begged the attending physician ito |
let him down To earth once more with |
an appetite and he would not sttcmpt |
suicide again"
Allen Russell Of Loa was caught |
while catshing fish for a sick wife"
In Fish lake. Upon examination the
officer discovered that he had enough |
for ten sick women" aud tool, the
fish and disposed Of them according To
law and placed Russell under arrest.
Provo has perpetual motion phi.
losopher who declares that he hn,
shattered all theories that friction Il
antagonistic 20 continuity OF motion
aud I. +, Rathkey says he eau pro
duee machine simple In construction
but tho paragon of perfection. which
will when once set 10 work continu,
on until the crack OF doom without IN,
aid OF steam, electricity or any other
FORCE. The machine is constructed ON
aplane, slightly elevated In the cen.
Ter, upon which arc set rolling balls
which evolve power by their increased
distance from the center and are regu.
lated by pendulum.
Twenty.six colonists from Fairfield
I'LL, have coye to Utah for the pur
pose OF settling In its fertile valleys
and establishing their homes for III,
future Some Of them will enter bust
ness In Salt Lake city, while other
will 20 TO Mount Nebo to take up resi-
dence. All Of these persons are In
comfortable circumstances. who hav,
brought with them adequate bank nc
counts for investment. in this state.
The Brigham Young Monument a.
ISOLATION petitioncd the Salt Lake City
council asking that they be given a
.lte e5Nsa feet, at the intersection o.
Msiu and South Temple streets. 70,
the erection Sia S35, 900 monument
and the council not only granted IN,
petitioners the site applied for, but Of.
fered them n site ON the Joint buildIpp