Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-17
AMONG OUR NEICHBORS.
TOO MUCH GRAPES CAUSE SPEEDY DEATH


omahn stockman. Sept. 49, c. A.
Judy was here from Colseville. Utah.
with two double-deck cars Of sheep
w Giddings ana w. Flitton had two
double-deck cars OF sheep here from
Echo, Utah.
The body of an unknown man was
found floating in the river in front of
Antioch, Cal Tuesday night He was
about feet inches tail. had black
hair and short black mustache. 1t Is
believed he is a San Francisco butcher
named Mueller,
Denver Colo, Post: Already the
present year eclipses others of the re-
cent past In the number Of disasters.
involving loss of life. and the destruc-
tlon of property, and II the pace Is
maintained 1897 viii go down in his
tory as the bloodiest and the great
est horror producing year of the CEN
tury.
Louie List and Jake welntroub, two
tailOrs In the employ Of C. Il. Mad
docks. at Colorado Springs, Colo,
engaged in a horrible fight Wednes-
day afternoon with shears Both men
We're badly cut about the face and
arms The trouble has been brewing
for several days. List entertained the
suspicion that the other man had lost
him situation.
Ow Lung. Chinese. died at the
Fresno, Cal, hospital Tuesday night
under peculiar circumstances. He
had eaten large quantity of grapes.
swallowing the seeds. and inflamma-
tion Of the bowels supervened. While
delirious from the cause he attempted
to commit suicide by cutting his throat,
The wound was trifing, but he died
almost Immediately ON reaching the
hospital.
There came near being bloody
murder in Santa Rosa's Cal, Chinatown
Tuesday afternoon. \ Chinese named
on Lung has been taking care OF
money belonging to pretty Chinese
woman who has been saving up her
wealth for the purpose of paying
visit to China. Tuesday she demanded
her money, which so enraged Lung
that he made furious assault on her
with big mug, cutting her head bad
ly. Had not officers reached the scene
promptly the woman would probably
have been killed. Lung was arrested.
Frank Mcdowell was drowned Tues
day afternoon in Russian river about
100 yards above the Alexander valley
bridge, at Healdsburg, Cal. Deceased
was a resident of Elmira. Solano cOun-
ty. He was camping on the Clarence
Ferguson place in Alexander valley
with two friends. both of whom We're
In bathing with the Inflated young
man at the time OF the accident. Re
peatcd efforts to save the young man
were made. but the swiftness and great
depth of the stream at that point made
II impossible.
Laramie boomerang: A heavy thun-
derstorm prevailed in the neighbour
hood of Fort Collins last evening. In
that city rain fell in torrents and the
streets We're soon flooded. The thun-
der and lightning was especially
heavy. At La Porte, five miles west
of there. they had a heavy hailstorm,
The hail fell for n space of two hours
and the stones We're as large as wal
nuts. Great damage was done to or
chards and vegetable gardens. The
plum trees We're stripped bare of
fruit. In some places the hailstones
We're piled to the depth of foot.
Henry johnson. a negro, narrowly
escaped death Tuesday afternoon from
bullet fired by Constable r. Il.
Spauldlng Of Palo Alto. Cal. Johnson
was beating his way on the railroad,
and after being arrested at Palo Alto
made break for liberty. Spaulding s
bullet caught johnson in the groin. but
the wound Is not serious. The citizens
Of Palo Alto are greatly excited over
the affair,and thirty prominent citizens
have signed petition requesting tn
resignation of Constable Spaulding
The signers claim that the officer was
not justified in shooting the negro. and
that the office OF constable Is not he
ing run for the public good, but Tor all
the revenue that can possibly be made
out OF 1t.
Shortly before noon Tuesday a. II
Hanson was found dead in his cell al
the county jail at Redwood, Cal. The
deceased had been on debauch fol
the past two weeks and when arrest.
ed last Saturday evening he was in Q
| frightful condition. Deceased had beer
the leader OF the Redwood band fol
years and was an excellent musician
At one time he held the position OF
| leader OF the orchestra in the Callfor,
| MIA theater San Francisco. He was
formerly police Judge of Redwood, c
position which he held several terms
| The deceased was prominent member
OF the Improved order of Red Mer
and the Druids, holding at different
times positions of trust in both organi
cations.
At o'clock Tuesday morning fire
was discovered in the office OF tbs
Grand Canyon hotel, Flagstaff. Arizo'
ma, and in an hour the building wa;
destroyed. The hotel was n two-story
brick owned by d. Rabbit and valuec
| AT slO,uuU. oStuI it bNutu lrs
| furniture which was valued Mt 5000
| The building was insured for $4,000
| The valuable scientific library OF DIR
| II. j. See. the astronomer in charge o.
| the Lowell observatory, whose Office
! was in the hotel, is almost n total loss
| Many of the books are out of prin
| and cannot be replaced Mt any price
| The records of the Lowell observatory
were saved. The loss of DR.. See, 3,
| far as II can he expressed in money
value, Is about $4,000.
Sioux City. S. D., Tribune: Stock.
| men in from the north country report
| that farmers and others who have
| visited there in search OF cattle have
| ali paid pretty dearly for what they
| secured in the country. One shipper
| here yesterday told Of an instanc,
where a buyer contracted for some l5I
head of feeders at 4 cents pound
| The man from whom he bought has {
| herd of about 500 head and the onl,
stipulation made was that the cattl,
| delivered at the price named SHOULD
weigh 1000 pounds. It is Il safe be
| that the purchaser win not get all th'
| best cattle In the herd by any means
| He will therefore have n pretty deal
lot of feeders II would be far bette