Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-05

superintendent ebber Of u. g. Nj
|. was in Provo yesterday on businea
connected with hiu institution.
Hon. w. II. King is in Provo OF
legal business, ami shaking hand
with his many friends anu sdmiiCrs.
Mayor HoibrOok, Q. f. Loose anc
John Il, Iwelvss WITH their families
are preparing to 70 to Strawberry
valley for II lew weeKs' Outitg.
Yesterday morning pistol shot was
dred through one Of the plate 81 FL
windows vi II. II. Reynoius d Co..
store at SpriDgville. The glpss
valued at SlUO, was ruined.
Tomorrow (Friday) evening tn,
| Utah county iAir committee viii mt o
| III the county recOrder's Office o. +.
point com mittees and make other al
rsngements for the Utah county fair,
10 be held here irOm October lin tt
10Th inclusive.
A 100 yards toot race was run here
yesterday betweenT. II. Schroeder o.
| This city and Charles Whillock ul
| Manti. Schroeder won the race. About
three thousand dollars Ia said to have
| changed hands. Steve Chlpman OF
American Fork backed Whitlock and
is reported to have lost tweuty-eigh
hundred doilars. w. NJ. Wilson, John
Lewis and other Provo men backed
Schroeder.
At the Brigham Young Acadt MI
alumdl meeting beld last spring, the
mod Ter new laboratory building
was mentioned by PRECEDENT Cuff
panH ha snk n
terest In relieving this need OF the
ncauemy and has secured the promise
OF $4,000 from the Irleu de OF the insti.
tuition for the purpose OF erecting such
q building. 1t Is estimated that 81 {, 900
will be needed and he is endeagofins
to raise this amount.
Thomas Clayson OF Lake Shore die
Tuesday morning from tobacco can.
Ger (cRussd by sm0kinel from which
he bad suffered Tor several yeGrs. The
lower part OF his lace aud part of the
throatlwas eaten away by the dread
iul disease, which no trestment could
cure, ard as he ut last could take no
food, starvation was the inn euiate
cause OF his death. The deceased was
SO yeara Of age and q native OF Enc
Iand; he leaves o wife ana seven
ohiiuGeu. Tue fInerRl took place to.
day from Lake Shore, and the lie.
mains were placsu In the Payson
cemetery.
Yesterday forenoon a man giving
the name of James Lsahy came TO
5moot aud SpafIOr-'J coal flee and
bought three tons NJ coal, for which no
gave check Of $50 on Walker Bros
bank in payment, receiving $3.50 in
change. The check was signeI Jamcs
Leahy and WAS payable to "Besrer,v
and the man endorsed 1t "James
Leahy." He told Mr.. Spafford that he
WAS from Pleasant Grove and had
teams at biacRsmith shop in town,
which he would send up after the coal,
MIR. ,SpailVrd became suspicious that
the check. might not be good, end
telegram to Walker Bros. bank
brought the "information that there
wac no account here with Leahy.D
The officers were notified aud itiwss
learned that a man answering Leahy's
description had left on the Hale q, M,
II. q. w. train and had passed Price.
The city marshal of Grand Junction
WAS teiegraphed and asked to arrea
the man. A complaint char ing h i'm
with Obtaining money under ALE pre-
tenses WINS logged ggainet him 10 Jus.
tice Booths court and Sheriff Stotra
went 10 Grand Junction with war.
rant for his arrest last evening,