Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-15
NEWS OF THE WEST.
4 Boy Accidentally Killed While
Climbing a PonCs,
SHOT WHILE HUNTING A COOS.
A Twelve Year Old Ogd Boy sG a
Tramp Comm siioaers
to ARENA

A bill has b en- Introduced into IL G
California legislature iOrbidiiug PUT.
DC officials depOsi1ins public funds In
private banks.
At Iudio, in the desert distrlc. Of
san Diego, Cal, not u ur0p Of water
fell during the yeat 1896. There liz no
uriet ep0t on Garth Than that place,
which 10 al III twoaty feet above sea
level,
Il. IL. Lamar, OF the Salt Lake
Tribune, becamo a gra dfaiher on
Feo. IL, 1886, the anniversary II Lin
colu'e birthday. at Bose, Tinho,
Mrs. IL. NJ. LaunGn, hm dnughtef-iu.
Law, became the mother OF ten-pound
daughter.
William l.. Mauty, secretary
the Ell Paso Milling company, nj
Alamo, Lower Caliiornia, was burned
TO death before daylight ON the morn.
ng oil Feb. 9th. He had been urink-
ing the might bsioie, ana went to beu
drunk. Maury was 3S years OF age,
and came OF the famous Maury family
q Virginia.
Willie Hansen, boy o. IL, who
Gays MS HON, is In Ogden, UtHh, Is OF
the county jail at Oaslnnh, Cal, hav.
log been arrested Tor riding upon a
"blind baggage" Hansen lie taid to
be tram IN the iull seoss OF the
word. His vocabulary, which lie of
The Bowety type, baR won tue admira-
ton of every prisoner NJ tue jail and
he is already popular. The boy will
be held Until some inquify into his
case can be made.
Joseph Frier. sewer laborer living
at oaklanu, Cal, was caught in cav
on Friday, and was completely lurisd
for time. 1t was some minutes b.
fore he was dug Gu by his fellow.wofk-
men, but he revived very quickly. He
declsfes that heI did not lose cJnsciops.
ness, and that he had no fear OF suffo.
cation, ier he kgew the men On toe
work would very promptly dig him
cut.
Friday morning the innit1 "a OF tn
Pctaluma, CAL, public school found
the deck and windows of the sch /
bruken Gnd everything In disorder
Prin cipal Cromweli's room Jared WORT,
bis elegant oak desk having been
broken with hammer and chistl. In
the woDdshed at the rear OF the &c inul
was large can filled With coal oil, also
sacks saturated With the oil. TIE
doors had all been pried open vita a
Jimmy.
A fatal accident occurred Thursday
evening to one OF three boys who were
1 uniting ducks on the agricultural
grounds in the east end OF Santa Bar
bara, Cal. George Helmar, the II.
ysar-olu ton Of II. q. Helmer, q pho
neer citizen, was climbing n high
board fence surrounding the grounds,
and ne he put the gun down on the
other side 1t was accIdeBtly discharged,
the load OF shot STRIKING him just above
the heart and INJECTING fatal wount.
The flesh was go badly lacerated anu
torn that the heart was partially ex-
posed. but the boy lived several hours
after being removed to his home.
Omaha Stockman, Feb. 10: Ora |
Haley, the well Known range cattle
)wner, was at the yards recently look
ug altsr shipment OF cattle from
Utah. Mr.. Haley has upwards Of 7UU
leHd of winter steers winter feeding
1t Menden aud Gordon and he says
hey are doing very niceiy at present.
Mr. Haley has lately made trim
trough Wyoming, Colorado and
Utah and says cattle men have
down their herds pretty close
IS prices for feeding cattle have teen
'ery satisfactory the present winter,
ience he 10 OF the opinion that the
un will be lighter than usual from
he range country this spring and
ummer.
a miner named e. Reynolds acct.
shot anu killed himself TnuTs
Gy night at the Junction House,
nirty milee from OrOville, Cal. HE
log freed coon and Reynolds ana
is partner, Henry Rupert went out
o try and kill the coon. 1t was too
ark to sec plainly and Reynolds
limbed the tree. He dropped his
un in climbing aud 1t struck a limb,
auaing 1t to explode. The charge
truck R.ynolds In the eide inflicIing
wound from which he died in q few
,oments. He tolu his partner that he
I'D money in tho Hibernia bank Iu
an Francisco, and told him whs. he
esired done with 1t. Rupert was
fraid TO remove the body 80 he
'a,ched 1t all night until the stage
anne by next mornlng. Reynolds hsu
My been at work few dsys.
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. -
.mong the guests at the Palace are h:
Toolley and Robert G. Lund, who
ave been appointed n commission by
10 State OF Utah to settle dispute
YER the boundary line between Utah
I'D Arizona. They are now on their
ay TO Arizona anu will depart on the
1uthern overland train this after.
BON. Tue Utah mlasiUners ex.
ain that the assessors OF the counties
j the boundary IN both Utah and
rzona are having q serious mlsup.
as to the extent OF their
and 1t has been found
gully important that the boundary
ne he definitely marked. Commits.
oner Lund was member OF tue
Erltorial board OF equalization Tor
veral years ami wss Wells, Fargo d
1.'s agent ut b.. George Tor loag
rlod.
Casper, Wyoming, Derrick: George
Site, who met and fought q large
nnnmon bear to death on Bad watei ,
ar Wind river last all Is IN CRsuer.
oitie is the worse for having had the
rap, but didn'l begin il, nor eoull he
)p IL. He Was trailing the bear and
dn'l know he was within thirty feet
1t until II came out OF the brush
ID sat upright. He gave 1t one bail
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