The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-18
CACHE COUNTY NEWS.
Sewing Machine Agent in Trouble
Democratic Convention.

Logan, Sept. 17.-Complaint was made
today before Justice William n.
Thomas, charging one August Bessiger
of Providence, well known as a sewing
machine agent, with making indecent
proposals last night to a respectable
lady at her home in Providence. A
formal complaint Will be presented to-
morrow and Mr.. Bessiger will have to
answer for the insult in the courts.
Mr.. Bessiger and the lady are both
married and have families The lady
is German and speaks broken English.
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
Yesterday While Miss Sarah Myers
and a lady companion were driving
down a hill just south of that town.
through the harness being without hold
back straps. the buggy crowded onto
the horse, frightening him. He ran,
throwing the two ladies out of the
buggy. Miss Myers ankle was. dislo-
Gated and her right ear almost severed
from her head and she. was otherwise
bruised. Her companion escaped with
but slight injury. The young lady was
brought to Logan last evening and re-
ceived surgical aid from DR.. Phillips,
who thinks the ear can be saved
DEMOCRATIC CALL.
T. <. Nebeker, Logan City Demo-
cratic chairman, has issued a call for
ward primaries to meet in the q loss
wards of Logan Saturday, Sept. 25 at
s O'Clock, for the purpose or noaliua.i- g
two councilmen and two ward COM
mitteemsn from each ward; also to
elect delegates to attend the Logan City
convention called for Saturday, Oct. 2,
at II O'Clock a. M, in the county court
house, said city.
Hon. William Bulge of Paris, Ida,
came to Logan yesterday by team
through Emigration canyon and Mink
creek.
John A. McAlister and son, William
L., went to the capital last evening.
Mr.. MclAlister went to see his son off
on a mission.
Representative John NJ Bernhisel
of Lewiston, was rustling around town
yesterday.
Guss Scoveville and G. G. Smith have
opened up a general feed and transfer
stable in the old Reese Opera House.
Logan nimrods DR.. o. S. Ormsby and
Professors d. NJ. Todd and George l..
Swendsen of the 3. Y. college yester-
day went just outside of Logan city
limits chicken shooting. In tine even
ing they returned with burlap sack
full Of the game.
Mrs. Aaron F. Farr, jr., came home
last evening from visiting her sister,
Mrs. William Masen at East Portage,
Box Elder county.
Elias S. Kinball is in Logan today,
looking and feeling well, the result OF
his trip to the Yellowstone park. He
left this evening. for mis- home at Men
don.
A train load of sheep passed through
Logan today from Preston, Ida
Carl Larson of Brigham City and
Mary Peterson of Logan were married
at Logan today by Justice William N.
Thomas.
Miss Fannie Cannon, daughter of
Hon. George Q. Cannon and sister of
Senator F. J. Cannon, was a, passenger
to Logan this morning. She has been
enga ged to teach in the Brigham Young
college.
Mrs. Young, wife of Apostle Brigham
Young, with her son Frank, came from
Salt Lake today. Frank will attend the
B. Y. college.
Hugh DougaN, business manager of
the Salt Lake Stock company, is in
/ town arranging for his company, which
viii appear at the Thatcher Opera
House Saturday, Sept. %. They will
present a curtain raiser entitled Red
and White and the comedy Snow
Ball
a great many students have arrived
in town by team from Bear Lake val
ley, preparatory to the opening of the
B. Y college next Monday.
Preston Lewis, son of Bishop B. NJ
Lewis of Logan, First ward, took leave
of mis- family and friends and departed
this afternoon ON a mission TO the
northern states.