The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-06-18
UTAH NEWS.

unpaid bills amounting 10 $3.50,
The Davis county Jubilee committee
have had manufactured large cheese
20 be used, among other articles, upon
their float
senator Chambers Of summit county
has been appointed a. delegate 10 the
Trans-Mississippi congress at Salt
Lake, July ~. 1897.
After n shortillncss with pneumonia
Jonas w. Jones Of wasatch died very
suddenly. lie has been resident Of
wasatoh valley since 1869, coming 10
Utah from Massachusetts.
The dry.farm crops Of wheat In
Cache county are generally very poor.
and In some instances entire crops
have been offered ON the ground for
81 per acre.
A $500 purse has been hung up by
the merchants Of springville for BIZ
cycle race which will take place on the
Fourth OF July between springville
and Provo.
A German living In Providence, while
logging In Providence canyon, had his
leg crushed between log aud roct
His leg was broken four inches above
the ankle.
Annie Marie Jcppcrson, the little
daughter Of samuel Jepperson Of Pro
vo, was killed by the south.bound Or
egon Short Line passenger train at
Provo on the 9th inst
Secretary Walton Of the state board
Of land commissioners announce that
people who have filed claims for land
need not go 20 the trouble Of refillng
before July lat, unless the original
claims were improperly fled.
A boy named Eidenburg, while play.
ing with toy pistol, accidentally shot
Eapitola Smith, the p.year.old daughter
Of Engineer Smith, who resides be-
tween springville aud Provo. Tho
wound In the forehead Is not serious
WIN Fuller, of Payson, killed ahuge
grizzly bear four miles above Castillo
Springs. The bear weighed 1000
pounds and was an old resident In that
region. having given several chases To
different parties In that locality.
John Powell OF salt Lake, charged !
with assault on the person OF Maud
Smith, his li.year old stepdaughtcr,
pleaded guilty TO the charge In Judge |
wengers court and his bona was hxed
Mt 81 800, indefault Of which he went
TO Jail.
John Brown, OF wellsville, while In
Ogden recently, ran against a snag In
the shape OF telegraph pole. lie was
running IN catch a train aud ~ being
dark. he failed TO observe the impcdi.
ment In his path till his collar bone
was fractured.
Joseph Kerr witnessed phenoms.
non ON the other side Of Santaquin
during the storm on the 9th inst lilo
says lightning struck the telephone
wire and run along II and down every
pole within a distance OF half mile,
hhivering them into splinters
Austin Peterson, u i1.year old lad Of
Logan, went TO Ringling Bros circus.
Then he went home, put up a trapcso
In the barn and soon thought himself
an adopt In the art Becoming over
confident he raised the bar nearly 10
the raftcrs nnd-ho now has his meals
taken 10 him aud carries his arm In u
sling.
The assessor Of Utah county has com.
pleted his work showing the following
totals; Mines $3.50, go; value OF Inn
provements, ss,O57,lsO; horses and
mules, si4O. $685. cattle, 100, $50, sheep,
slo7,soOi swine, sl7lSi bees, 1870; mer-
ohandise and trade fixtures, saol $50,
machinery, tools, Implements aud sup
plies, S1i3,si5i money, solvent debts,
judgments, etc, s5O5,7iO personal
property not otherwise enumerated,
Mrs. Hannah Pexton, an estlmable
lady was found drowned In the canal at
Nephi. She has boon In poor health
Of late aud II Is supposed that her
mind was weakened, which caused her
10 wander of from the home OF her
son, James ID, Pexton, In Nephl.
Whether she committed the rash act
or met with an accident Is not known.
Mrs. Pexton was highly respected and
was one OF the Oldest settlers OF Ne.
phi.
A frightful accident occurred at
Walkers farm, South Bountiful, by
which Jesse Egbert, the son OF l.. A.
Egbert,a young man ~ years Of age lost
his life. The Young man informed his
parents that ne was going bathing IN
the pond. His mother tried 10 dis.
suade him, but he persisted. The water
In the pond Is OF considerable depth,
and II is presumed he was seized with
cramps. lie disappeared undr the sur.
face for some time before the occur.
renee was learned OF, and then a mum.
Der Of people gathered aud began work.
ing 70 recover the body. All these ef.
forts were unnvnilinU until nne ,,oy,