The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-07

his gun out of the wagon and started
out TO investigate It was q dark
night, but he could discern two large
animals mixed up With the herd He
fired at one of them. and instantly
! two bears reared up and made the air
CULVER with their roars. Jim continued
10 work his rifle and one Of the Drutes
keeled over The other bear made a
run for the brush but was intercepted
by Coles dog and then turned and
charged on Cole. 1t was the latter's
turn TO run, and he beat all known
/ fired two more shots at the bear. which
disappeared in the darkness. The next
morning Cole found both bears dead
near the camp. They were big fellows,
OF the brown species. and had likely
killed many sheep in their time. Cole
had their hides on exhibition in Salina
last Tuesday.
Southern Censor: Of late there has
! been a fixed determination on the part
! Of Sewer county to protect the fish at
/ Fish lake, and the county fish and
game warden, w. ]. Bean, has been
plying himself diligently at the work
4 week ago Monday he went to the
/ lake and found Allen Russell of Loa
catching fish for a sick wife" while
1 he had more than ten sick women
needed The officer took the FISH and
disposed of them according TO law and
took Russell TO Burrville where the
precinct magistrate fined him for his
offense
The Hallows case is still fresh in the
memory of Sewer county people, yer
there comes another from the quiet
peaceable burg. The report ss being
circulated is that Tine Oiler, who lives
en- a ranch in Plateau had for some
time past been paying particular at
tention to a 16-year-old girl, who now
admits that Illicit relations had existed
between them. Oiler went over TO
Wayne county and from there no one
knows where. Oiler and his wife nave
not lived happy for some time.
Lehi Rustler: The Congregational
New West Educational commission, an
Illinois corporation, has transferred al
its Lehi property for $13,5oO TO the
Congregational Educational society,
Massachusetts corporation.
George Murphy. one of the Oldest
citizens of Round Valley, Rich county,
died last week. He was 81 years old
and settled in Round Valley 20 years +
ago.
Brigham City Bugler: Last week at
Whites Valley northwest OF Portage, I
the sheep shearing record for Box FL |
der county boys was broken. Cham (
pion- Shearer Frank PETIT is still in the +
lead. On this occasion, PETIT actually /
sheared 201 head of sheep in one day. /
Lars Larsen, also of this city. is a /
sheep in a day. The sheep must mp (
through Franks arms like bundles Of
grain from self binder.
e 9 q
James Mack was in Brigham this
week. He SAYS that if rain does not
soon come there viii net Dc mo ..4ssl f
half a grain crop in Cache Valley this
season. The dry farms in Box elder
county are also badly in need of
storms. The recent showers hardly
reached some of the dry farm regions.
The citizens of Payson have voted
to establish an electric light plant, the
proposition being carried unanimously
Layton correspondence Davis County
Clipper: Samuel Norman, ST., who had
reached the good Old. age of Sc years,
died last Saturday night and was
buried on Monday Funeral services
were held at the meeting house at p.
IN. He has no relatives mere except his
son with whom he has been living. He
Joined the church in England and
came to Utah about Is years.
Clinton Correspondence: Straw ber-
ries are coming in thick and fast; last
week they brought S1.5o per case. There
is a good crop of berries this year.
The lucern crop also looks well but
the grain is very poor, a great deal
of it wont do TO cut some OF il is not
more than three or four inches hi~h
and all headed out.
Price Advocate: A great many trout
are being taken unia wfuliy from the .
streams in this vicinity and unless it
is stopped those who are governed by
the fish and game laws will find ina.
the trout have all been taken before
the open season begins.
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Jim Nelson, who assaulted Soph Oh ,
sen last week and was fined $50 and 80
days Imprisonment, broke Jail Friday
night and skipped the country. Nielsen
was placed In the cell that Bro1-nlee
sawed out Of. 1t is said that ono of
the iron bars was cut al the time oe
Brownies escape but not otherwise
disturbed and that this fact had es-
capped the observation of the countG c
officers. Nielsen gained possession Of {
q lew blocks of wood just outside the j
cell, and bent the bar that had been
previously cut, making hole large
enough to wriggle through. The outer :
door of the Jail vas badly Wreczed and
apparently broken open from the out
side. The officers are OF the opinion I
that Nielsen had outside help A {
5 strange coincidence COAnected Is ia th.s I
jail delivery was that after the pf,s- |
0ner had escaped the cell was repaired. {
Had it been fixed before Nielsen would j
nave probably sweat out the entire