Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-30

NEWS OF THE WEST.
A Nan Thrown From His Wagon
aud Killed.
CRUSHED BY A BOULDEps FALL
Miner iinrned 10 Dra,h--An Escapo
From JaiI--iIlown Up with
Giant Powder.
CRUSHED BY A nouLDrws FALL

crushed to death, on Tuesday.
a miner living come three or fuur
miles from Forbestown, Cal, let a 81
To bis Fireplace In his cabin SUNDAY
plight, aud dutinr the nig"t The cabir
eau ht fire. w en- Jisc veret IT,.
uext DAY the house h,d partially
burned down aud the miner hal beer
turned to death.
Three fatalities occurred In thi
mountains east OF Oroville, Cal, OF
| Tuesday. The details are en- meager
that the names OF two Of the men cOula
mt be learned. They were blown NJ
by giant powder and killed. Their
are no details obtainable concerning
the accident.
Sacramento IRscorj. Union, April
u: Il. Il. Choatc, VINO has been the
ocal agent of the Union PIcitic r IL.
ad in this city Tor some time pas
left for Salt Lake City last pighi, cav
ing been pr noted to the position q
general agent for that line for the Stale
o. Utah.
Reports received from all the fruit
growing sections OF California b.
General Freight Agent Sproule Of IN
u oOiilb nit MI " Nht tllt Y
that fruit prospecs we're never better
The season has been exceedingly
favorable. The Indications are lor bot
large yield and a foe quality.
James McGilvray, q miner, wa.
struck by tram Oh the Midland railway
at Colorado City, Colo, IN phuTsdsy.
and instantly killed. He was sitting
on the sud OF tie wnen the train
came suddenly around curve, and
the cylinder box OF the engine strucL
him.
Mrs. M. e. Kinney, o San Frsuolsco
ecn0Ollesc er, has bsen arrested on %
charge Of cruelty to anlmas. Neigh,
bois' chickens kept coming into the
yard OF her resiuencs ana annoying
her, so she threw 81 OK at them, hi
one, picked 1t up anu wruDg its neck,
tuen threw IL into the owners yard.
The Oakland, Cal, police and thu
society Tor The prevention OF cruelty to
children are endeRvorlng 10 lJcRte
Cbas. Lnebs, who, 1t is alleged, has
deserted his family. Mrs. L. Gus anu
her several children are saiu 10 be 10 q
destitute condition aud che believes
her husband has iorsaken her Tor an.
JlneT WOmab,
San Jose, CAL, Mercury: The or.
ohardisIs of Santa Barbara are rejOic
ing In a war dance. Tuey assert that
the linnets anu the pewees were kind
enough not to eat ali the apricot bu :
this spring, AM the lazy bug bas
kn cked the stutilng out OF the black
scale IN the olive orchards. 1t is only
few months ago when lady bug
colonies were ridiculed.
Alber w. Holcomb, one Of the Oldest
RESIDENTS Of Sheridan county, Wyom-
ing, has suddenly become insane ana
viii be removed to the state hospital
al Evanston. His mania seems to be
that he has large amount OF M ney
In the East anu IL Is with fficuliy
testrRineI from wandering away rom
mis- home Ia search Of 1t. Mr.. Ho.
comb lie 10 yeare OF age anu his re.
covery Ia doubtful.
Boise, idaho, Statesman, April 26;
The river yesterday morning was
nearly up to the highest point OF the
season. AS large an amount Of water
was flowing Ia the enamel but the
force OF the current has cut new cnan.
nels in some places and this has re-
ieved the main channel. At the
Ninth street bridge b. r. l.. Poston
cvmpleted driving the plies necessary
or the replacing OF tine bridge that was
washed out.
James Mccain, 4 sbeephsTder, was
shot at Rswlins, Wyo., "Wednesday
night, the bullet going through hi.
sh ulder. He had come in from hle
sneep camp, and going to the former
residence OF Mr.. Mayor, entered. The
, OCCUPANT, Mr.. TurpiD, took him tor
burglar and fired. Mr.. Mayor, 10
whose house Mccain had u key, had
forgotten to tell the latter that he hal
moved, go NcCRnn got into the wropp
house by mistake. He Will recover.
James QuinD, convicted OF petil
larceny anu supposed to DO dcing time
in the city prison at o ,klsnd, Cal, ie
missing and the police authorities are
at loss to acc )unt for his Escape. Ia,
jallors were surprised few Gays ago
10 receive u telephone communicable
from the county all stating tnat &
vagrant who was imprisoned there
had told story to the feet thai O ii,n
had succeeded In passing out -. the
prison while the "IOdgersv were beinp
let out. The city iailers were not In.
clined TO believe toe story, but checked
W their prisoners only TO find IL wss
true. They have no clue as to Quiun's
whereab. uts.
The Santa Ynsz ranch OF 10000
acres, near Santa Barbara, Cal. ,owneu
by the Catholic church, according I.
a statement OF n ok L,ng, a real
estate mao OF Gan Francisco, has iust
be en- purchased by "a representative o
a German colony. vino will use IL foi
the culture OF tue sugar beet. The
sale incluIes the entire 10000 acres.
anu the price. 1t is salt, is $50 per acre,
which would make the comfortab
sum OF sSO0,UU0. Lang sta, ed that The
new owners intenled 10 Construct n
sugar factory and establish number
OF Improvement, ibc udiug a colon,
OF oUmers, VINO are represented IA,
being the very besI class OF German
. grloulluTiais.
Monday morning August Keifrsr
left La Honua, GAL, for 5sn GregOrlu
" itn iOut.horse team tntsauinR L.
return with load OF barley. As even. |
ing came Oh his brother, A.V. Keiffer,
postmaster at La Honda, |
tarteu In search Of August, ana neal |
he Sweeney place, some few miles |
found the team and load D |
barley. Several hundred yaris away |
he lou I'D his brother by the roadsiJe
He was still alive, but unconscious.
0ntbe way home the unfortunate MAJ
xIired, The place where the team |