Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17
NEWS OF THE WEST.
An Old Man Run Down by q Yard
Engine.
TWO CHILDREN PERISH IN FLAMES
A Foul JOk uDd,r Atrast-DrOppt
Dad fram l!ta'--A Utah
Pea-6row +.

A prominent farmer named Z. G,
McCumDur dropped from heat prostra'
ton ~ Modesto, Cal., Wednss ay
morniDr. Tbs thermometer tcnche1
% degrees.
Charles e. Graeter, aged 80, yeArs
was dr wnei in the SsoiAnHntO, Cal,
river Wednesday while bathing. be
c.uld not ewim. This is tbs Thru case
VI ur0w ning within lOur Gays.
Barsh Besch!, the last descendaut 4
the fam0us n slUslly war chic.
Ltschi, hanged tor fighting the
whites, dieu on the Puyhliup reserva-
ton, state OF washington, Wednesday,.
lhGeo hunursu Indians attended the
funeral. Ex.Cbief 5sdawan addressed
tue assembled trlbeamen in thelr
dntiye tongue. Two Lephews named
Qnllamutb, are the only remaining
reiau vos OF the famous CHIEF.
W. IL. Rush, well-.t-do ranchor
living Two miies north OF Petaluma,
Cal. committed suicide We1nesuay
by snOolug himself In tue mead. De-.
oeRsed hal been sufferer from rheu,
mnIism lor many ytars, and at times
sbN pam b'hOoh SAH1sA AshbA
had an hoBoIahle war record and drew
a pension. He WAS member OF the
Grand Army OF the Republic auu
leaves q wife amt six children.
An old msn named Frank LaDtz,
nearly 40 years OF age, was no bauIy
mangIed ut Sacrament, Cat, OF
Wednesday, that there Is NO hope o.
his living, He had u roll OF blankets
on his Uuck, and as he stepped On the
railroad track anu directly In front OF
yard engine that came along at that
moment. He was knocked down and
UIth legs terribly mGngleI by the loco.
motive. The bones aDd flesh OF the
rignl leg, from about foot below the
hip joint, were crushed nnd mangled
in shocking manner. His left loot
was also crushed To palp.
Two children OF Mrs. b. Btnsesen,
aged 4 and 2 years, were burned to
death near Liunton, ten miles from
Portland, California, Wednesday
night. Nirs. Btsiossn left her five
children, aged II, o, ., 4 and at
home and wen! TO neighbours 20
spend the evening. The children had
quantity OF fire.crb ckers, ana they
proceeded to set them of IN The house,
Without noticing the sparks which
were smOlderinE the children all re-
tlred. II short time the eldest boy
was awakened by smoke and immUu-
lately aroused his brothers anu SISTERS,
but before he could rescue them the
two youngest persisted In the flames,
which entirely destroyed the hCuae.
Reno, New, Gazstte: Jlh Bradley
is up from California. Mr.. Bradley
says the crops in California are fairly
promising and the feed first claGs. He
also says there is scarcity OF clock To
cat 1t. He ssyb the butchers are hunt.
ing the cAitlenen this year, Instead OF
the cattlsmeu hunting the butchers,
and that STOCK cattle which year ago
were selling for IS 10 SIG ara iouay
selling readily at from Sl7 TO S2i. He
says 2.yeaS.Old steers bring $40 head,
an beet IS worth q cspts auywnere IA
California, aUd he thinks 1t viii Ieau-
lily bring cents anywhere on the
coast this summer, right of OF grass.
He says the outlook for cattle anu
sheep was never better.
The bOys' brigade Of The Fusl
Presbyterian church st Portland,
OtegUD, stsrted Monday to eucamp al
Government Camp, Mt the LOOT OF
Mount Hood, taxing their guns In
oruer TO urill. Tney were advised by
the commander to take no ammuni
ton in orier to AVOID accidents and
had none whom they Lett the city. Al
Gresham, twelve mites OUT, oue of tie
boys procured box OF Cartridges.
They campcd at Pleasant Home, sud
in taking up the line OF march ia the
morning were attacked by a farmer,s
dog, which barkeu 1T them. The boy
who had the cartridges slipped one in
his gun ard blazei away at the dog.
m ssed IL a. ehot another boy, HsuTy
Winters, through the hesny part Of tbs
leg.
A two.monlhs' trip am oDg western
swine breeders leads to the following
conclusions by d. T.. McC., ia the
Breeders' Gs2stte: That there were
about the usual number OF pigs raised
That the percentage raised OF the pigs
farrUwed IL lighter than usual. That
the puTe.bTed hogs are in the hands Of
more breeders than heretofore, Thai
the breeder saved much greater per
cent OF pigs Than the farmer. Thai
the pig crop is not up to the aver
age good condition at this eeason OF
the year on account of scours anu
the cold anu wet. That there will be
some as fine specimens In the show
ring the coming fall as ever grac, d
any ring. That the Interest In hog
has taken new lease OF life. That
the private sale, OF stocE OF show
quality never were better. That tho
deposition TO buy only good quality Ia
becoming liked. That all the SHOW
hogs are not 10 be found in any one
family nor in any one state. Tnat
there is no "best feed ration"
George Il. Simmons of Charleston,
Utsh, Is n great believer In the pea
crop. He has one patch OF fourteen
acres, with rows of peas l,6b0 feet
long, and six acTea In another, with
with the rsws 1853 feet long. The
peas are planted by hand In lnrIows
made with pillow, which are go
straight that 1t Is almost impossible
with the eye 20 dytect the least varia.
ton from direct line througout their
entire length. The fields present
most attractive appearance, and kept
cean OF weeis and grass. MIR.
simmons makes the raising OF Ieqs
for seed his profession, and has uni-
uputly futlnWpu IL fnr sayarai pa.,y