Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-16
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Boy Plays HiGhVayman and 4
Shot.
MOTHER AND SON ARE DROWNED.
Coal in Idaho-ncath n q Iuutral-
Case OF Stnrynlion--A Ihlei's
Escape.

Three OF the most prosperous farms
near Tulare, Cal. are owned aud man
aged by wiuows.
In the election on the proposition OF
lstuii' :65 600 in bonds Tor a system Of
wnterwurks Tor Flagstaff, A, T., there
were only five negative votes.
Idaho Herald: MIR. Barrett has
'ouud some very fine specimens OF
ccal at the head Of Goose Creek, come
len miles south OF Oakley, Cassis
county. Mr.. Barrett has taken ~ the
claim, but cannot tell as yet whether
the land 10 survey cd or unsuTveyed.
The senate judiciary committee ~
the California legislature decided Sat-
urday 10 report iavoTably upon Senator
simpsons oili making more exI l.cit
the law which provides that wife
must iuppOrt Il husband who 10 III ana
unt Bile 10 care Tor himeeli whom she is
u POSSESSION OF means OF her own.
A l3-year.oid boy NAMED Hans
Peterson, while iooling with donkey
engine which was In operation ln
South San francisco Saturday after.
noon, had his Lett hand badly mangled
by getting 1t caught In the machinery.
He was removed 10 the hospital, where
It was emed advisable 10 amputate
The injured momber.
George Berger, sbrut tOurtet N years
old, while sliding down the hauisters at
the Sacramento, California, capitol
building on Saturday fell skull fore
most from the eecond floor to the tiled
IL or below, about fifteen feei. He
was picked up unconscious and bleed.
lug prOfusely from one ear, nnd ii
was ascert0ined that his beau Was not
fractured, but that he was eutieIing
from conclusion OF the brain.
Bernard SwagRert, native OF
Switzerland, sged 40 years, WINS found
dead at his cabin IA Indian valley,
Monterey county, Cal, Wed uesray.
He had been dead two days when
iounu. The cause was i'll health and
Insufficient food. He was Of mIseriy
disI ogition, ana always had an idea
that while the county contributed to
HE support, it did so with the view OF
obtaining possession of his laud.
The other day q horse was stolen
ithi y Adl.s
and the thipi was caught while maxi
ing his way 10 San Joaquin valley.
While on their way to paIkfeld with
the pril oner the officers stopped
"Wednesday night at farmhouse.
Next morning, while at breakfast, the
PRISONER suddenly arose ana grabbed
T file which hung on the wall OF the
dining room una commenced firing.
No une was hit, but the thief made his
escape and bias not been captured.
Dennis Mccarthy, n tailor livi 4 at
San Francisco, died Saturday at the
funeral of 40 old friend, Peter Murphy !.
The sou OF Murphy had m ifTIed the
daughter OF Mccarthy, RnI McCsI-
thy was ope Of the alibearers ut the
funeral OF Murphy. Whom the rela-
tives aud Grienda OF the deceased were
in Mission Dolotes church Saturday
morning McUarthy was taken III and
was quietly removed from the church.
He was placed In hack and taken to
the house OF the deceased AMI uieu In
a few minutes from heart disease.
Brad Moss is under arrest at Anil.
och, Cal, for shooting a l2.year.0ll
boy. Moss started for his home, few
miles cut OF Antioch, after nightiaIl
Saturday. A couple Of smell uOyt-
Willie Adams ana Gus Olsen.-weIe
playing Ia the street, and as he Passed
by in his cart called out to him to hold
up his hands, or something to that
effect, as II playing hlghwaymeu.
Moss Immediately whipped out his
ristol and shot, the ball inf cling u
Il fling wound In the shoulder Of
Wine Adnms.
One Of the saddest accidents ever
occurred in California is reported as
happening at Alton, California, on
Friday, when mother anu her con
were drowned In the Van Duzen tiver.
Mrs. Il. ID. Miller anu her fourteen.
year-olu SON were driving along the
county road, which crosses the river
att regular ford at that plsce. The
tecent rains have swelled tue rivers of
the county into torrents, auu the ford
had been 80 badly washed out as 10
make tn" crossing extremely danger
QUE. IhursLAy Peter Peterson, wnile at
tempting to ctOss the river at the ford,
Let his horse and buggy and narrowly
escaped with his HE, having been
wipt down the river tor halt mile.
Nit. Miller was warned OF The danger,
VI ibhibttu Ob nhhluk tue hllGmD..
sue aud her son were iu Ruod spripg
wagon, and sue was driving a pair o:
STURDY horses. AS she drove IN where
the ford should hava been, the hursi
! ost their footing almost AZ once, The
water covering their backs. The
n Jrses tried tG swim, but with the
wagon were quickly swept down the
river by the swiit current. Mfs.
Miller aud hor boy chung to the seat u
the wagon until 1t gave way, ami the
mUthcr fell int the stream anu WAS
uTOW ned. Tho boy seizsu the siue of
the wagon and hung on with despera-
ton as II was swept down tie steam.
Just at the mouth OF the river he was
washed ID and tRnk into the water.
The hUIses and wagon wers swept
SIM .ur, her uOwa the river and nnally
grounded On a eaudbar, where they
ere aitetwaId found. AS soon as
tue Iews OF tne accident was spread a
search was made along the river, ans
the b0JIes OF both the drowned were
recovered.
LITERARY NOTES.