Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-05
NEWS OF THE WEST.
4 Boy Falls Oyer a CHG and is
Killed.
DRANK HIMSELF 10 DEATH.


The postof1ice at Tustin, CAL, wac
broken into on Friday night, aud
rubbed Of $50.
The San Fraucisco street supervisors
get hundreus OF men 10 work there for
IA dollar dhy, anu cannot employ all
who apply.
Q. K. Farrsnd, n Frenchman, was
murderer near Garvauza, Cal, OIL
Friday night, and the body burned
IN his cabin. The murderer is un.
known.
AT O'Clock Friday morning james
Douglass, a labOfeE residing at Linden.
Cal, shot end seriously wCunued hiF
divorced wife, beususe she would moi
live with him. Ho escaped to the
hills.
The body OF Mrs. Henry T.. Miller
waa found on the beach at Euress,
Cat, Friday morning. Mrs. Miller
aud her son were drowned while en-.
deovoriDg to ford the Van D4zen river
February l2h. The remains OF the
hoy have not been recovered.
The superior court in San Francisco
has dtoiJed that the pugilisuc encoun-
ter between Hhsrkey anu FGz.immoue
was not prizi fight. 5usrkcy was
trying 10 act cut OF paying his trainer,
william Allen, for serviceP, On the
ground that the bout was piize fight
ana therefore unlawful. The court
decided that 1t WAS not fight, and
that Sharkey must pay the debt.
An order has just been received by
Superintendent Daggett OF the San
FrAncitcJ mint, from Director Of the
hiint Preston, for the coinage oil
100000 silver dallars. Tbis, in add.
ton 10 the regular coinage OF goid,
Will keep the present force employed
for some time AMI thus render I'M
necessary a reduction OF the numter
OF employee, which has been expected
10 take place.
In the railway accident on the
Oregon Short Line on Saturday
morning, ut MalRd Bridge siding,
Idaho, +. Kennedy, OF Kansas City,
was Killed, and a lice q. Storm o
Dayton, WASH; David McCartel and
w. A. Cartweli OF Haines. Ore; X. r.
Herringer, Baker CITY, Orc, aud }.
A. Williams, OF Pocaiello, serioualy
ijured. A dozen others were hurt.
A misplaced switch was the cause.
Rufus Heron, a lad Of 10 years, met
with fatal accident at Oakland, Cal,
on Friday. He had started out on
fishing expedition anu had gone TO
San LeRndro lake with party OF
young friends to have days sport.
He was walking along high bluff on
the north shore OF the lake, about n
hour bsioro daylight, whom he sud
denly MADE misstep. He plunged
forward Into cement wasteway many
feet below and sustained fracture OF
the skull.
The annual report OF the secretary
of the Western South Dakota Stock
Growers association shows that the
agents Of the association located at
Chicago, South Omaha and Sioux
City In 1896 recovered sl69, 1896 on
account OF strays. Shipments for 1898
were estimated TO he worth 81 900, 900,
figuring steers worth S33 70 on nm
average ami COWS worth S22.Ol. The
regular annual meeting OF the Assocla.
tion will BIS held in Rapid CITY April
10, or o week from next Tuesday.
About seventy-five jackson county,
Or, farmers have agreed to put out
quarter OF az acre each for the pur-
pOso of ascertaining the amount VI
beets the soil in that vicinity will
produce, and also the amount oil sugar
the beete contain. Merchants OF
Medford have subscribed sufii ciont
amount to procure the necessary seed
for making the test,s that the faTmeIb
will only be out the use OF the land.
L the test Ia favorable 1t 10 said there
are these that stand ready to put in
factory OF I'll silent capacity to use
all the beets produced In that valley.
On March 18Th Harry c. Richard.
son, 2S years old, received a $1,000
legacy from the Elet and Immediately
lett Napa, California, where he had
been employed on o ranch az wool.
chopper. He spent about ten days in
San Francisco anu Woodland carous.
ing and parting with his coin to the
extent Of $500. On last sunday night
he arrived ut Msrysville, California,
with several companions, wetm he
had gathered ON his way, and gave
the Information on HE way, that hr
prUpts d to show the MarYsyllliRns
hsw 10 have "a time.' At O'Clock
Friday morning he was taken from u
uIsUrderly house, where he mad been
Continually Tor three day, to room in
hotel, and short y after 2 O'Clock ne
was on slab in the corOner's Office.
He Ii a nephew oil eX.MoyoT Aiexan.
der Lewis OF Detroit, Michigan, and
had evidently uisaipstsu much before
uomiLg TO the coast three yaarB ngO.
Alcoholism hHstened an I'll elton o
the heat. Or his legacy Hs.It 500
and diamond ring were lett, aud
these are bOw In the hands OF the
public ADMINISTRATOR.