The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-07-23
UTAH NEWS.


the county
a now bathhousc md dancing
pavilion are in process Of construction
at Castillo Syringe
ChnrlcsA Larson. charged with rnp
iny daughter OF 49, aud Mrs Aaron
Darling at GrccnyIic. was tried at bo'
gan aud convicted
Me- G.. J. Smiths residence az Hoop
or hns bccn consumed by fire. Every
thing wns burned, not change ui
clothing was saved. IL was insured for
small sum.
Ed Wallis, formerly o. cook M WcyH
restaurant Of Mammoth, who has been
cooking o. the mine, stabbed himself
seven times directly over the heart,
but none ~ the wounds were deep
enough 20 innIct fatal injury lie
staggered back 10 the mine covered
with blood. aud stated that 10 had been
his intention 20 cut his heart out, but
81 hurt too much lie Is supposed 10
be insane and WIS taken a. Ncphl.
A. Pleasant Dale. Wayne county,
Mrs Joseph Smith sent ,-ycar-old
daughter aud a i-ycar.old non TO drive
the cows 20 feed. TN the way home
the boy said hc was going in swim
ming. 40 he took % his pants aud
wadcd in llc soon stepped into hole,
sunk aud waA drowned Ills mother
hurried TO the place, iishcd out the
body nndby the help Of a ncighbor
took Il home.
man named Rcddcn, 81 Kamas,
whom his nciphbors suspected % being
too intimate with his sister-in-law, was
visited by three masked men, who
took bis gun away aud ordered him To
leave town inside Of twtnty-fo hours.
Instead Of going lac hunted mp CON
stable after the masked men left aud
had the officer remain with him dur.
ing the night lie then hunted up
the county attorney and sworo to q
complaint charging man named
Raincs with being one Of the three
men who tried TO force him To leave
town,
An irrigation canal IA 20 bo con
Htructcd In Cache valley to divert water
from Rear river near the "narrows'
above Riycrdale, Ida, for the purpose
OF watering tho fertile valley lands
of The town Of Weston, Through Can
non. Trt,nton and m FAR south m iien-
non wrtd. Tie feutc'sAthc proposed
canal viii cover 10000 acres Of some
Of the best lands In Cache valley, but
the size Of the canal win be limited ut
frat 10 provide water for 30, 900 ncrcs,
and subsequently II can be enlarged
sufficiently To take Ia most Of the land
north OF Cache junction.
Tho Alaska gold fever has struck
Salt Lake, and rs result the Oregon
Short Line people are kept busy send
ing kilograms rcscrving placcson board
the steamers sailing from Portland 10
the M Dorado Of the north. one party
OF twelve were booked, and numerous
other parties Of two aud three were
also scheduled 10 go on tho frat stcam'
or. Most Of these are miners. Alaska
IL reached from Salt Lake boy tho orc
gon Short Line aud oregon River a
Navigation company 10 Portland,
thence by the Northern Pacific 20 Ia.
coma, seattle or Port Townscnd
thence by steamer 10 Sitkn, FROM
where there II nn overland trip OF 600
miles To Hloudyko.
George Atkins, young man ofabout
Is years ~ age, ot salt Lake City, met
with horrible accident on the 10th.
Atkins was employed ut the LnnRton
lime quarry, about half milo north Of
the Hot Springs. When the accident
occurred hc was working Ia the quarry
ON blast. Atldns was engaged in
'springinr' the hole, AMI had put In
about a quart Of black powder, when
suddenly the charge exploded with
frightfm results AZ the time ~ the
explosion Atkins wu- leaning over the
hole aud the charge caught him in tho
face, knocking him several feet FROM
the spot Ills right eye was blown
completely out Of bis head, his jaw
bone shattered an his teeth torn out.
and the right side of his iuce, what
there was 'eftofit, was horribly burn
cd. The left side Of his face was
bruised, but otherwise is not injured
II seems that the cause OF the eNplo-
sion wns that at the time Atkins was
charging the hole, he was smoking "a
cigarette, aud one Of the sparks from
Il probably ignitcd the powder.
The Ma-cur West Dip Gold Mining
company has flcd articles Of incorpor.
alton with the county clerk at salt
Lake, with capital stock Of 5000
shares Of the par value Of 80 cents
each.
The NJ. !. 4. conference Of Salt Lake
stake closed It's labors ON the 10Th at
the tabernacle The nssoeintions