The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-12-17
NORTHWEST NOTES.

fanas pioneers ana promlhch' '""
yer died at Deer Lodge.
The Gold Creek News appeared last
week printed on brown paper. THIS
week IL came out In green.
The inheritance tax law recently sus'
tanned ~ the supreme court VIII be
tested ON another point In Montana.
The Marshal coal mine at Boulder
Colo. was sold by the sheriff TO satisfy /
claim for s2,t5s, and was bid In for
g., 400.
DE Lamar's (Nevada) new theatre
will be opened ON New Years night
IL Is a frame building, 7ON5i, with
liS2o foot stage.
There IL u rumor In Carson, New
that the T.. 4. NJ. company has attached
the telephone line now owned by the
Gold Creek Company.
City Marshal Elliott Of Lake city
Colo. has left for parts unknown. He
was about 10 be- removed by the city
souncil and did not wait for the notion.
John Sparks Of Reno, New, sold the
other day 5000 head Of range cattle
yearlings aud 9 year olds, for ss5 per
head. which Is the best sale recorded.
Mrs. Kate Quirls wife OF n sergeant In
the seventh infantry at Fort Logan
tool, dose Of cedar oil for the pur-
pose Of soaring her husband. She
died In a few hours.
The warehouses Of Peter Mulvancy
al Salida, Colo, with their contents,
valued Mt $4,000 were destroyed by
Dire. The fire is supposed to have
caught from passing locomotives.
Al the last meeting Of the Nevada
insane asylum commissioners, res
olution was offered demanding the
resignation Of superintendent Berg
,tcin, but II was defeated.
Montana aud twenty.thrce out OF
twcnty.four counties will receive from
the various railways operating within
the State ss3i.iioio In taxes for the
fiscal year which ended November 30.
The railroad assessment for the year
Is s2,23i,sai more than II was the year
before.
T. W. Callahan OF Basin, Montana,
dropped dead ON the platform OF the
Northern Pacific railway station in
boulder lie was apparently in the
best Of health, strong and robust aud
not Incorporate. lie came TO boulder
on business trip, paid his taxes, and
chattcd with friends.
Ed Shccrcr. Of wadsworth, New 4,
loaded gun with smokeless powder a
few days ago, aud failed TO obey the
Instructions that come with the
powder, loading ns he hnd with black
powder. The explosion OF powder
burst the gun and shecrer was pain.
fully injured about the face.
The taxes Of Nevada have been paid
closer this year than for years. Tho
total tax roll was s8s.75L2s. All Of
this has been paid except $4,000. OF
this latter sum the railroad and tive
mining companies owe about $500,
which leaves only general delin
quency Of 81 500,
William C. GIL, once prominent and
wealthy. died at the Anaconda Jail In
extreme distltutlon. II Is said that he
was n nephew Of member OF the
English parliament was once mayor
Of Houston, Tex, and served a term n
lieutenant governor OF that state,
His reverses were due TO drink.
A Lcadyille special TO the Denver
News says an exciting race for min
cral, which Ia likely TO lead 10 sen
satlonal results, Is now In progress OF
Pryor hill. between Big and Litu
Evans gulchcs The ground is frac
ton left out OF the survey OF adjoining
ground. Rival shafts are going dow
Us fast rs possible.
The recent landslides In the vicinit,
OF Kootenai Falls, about six mile
west of Libby, are the greatest tina
ever occurred ON the Great Northern
They extended n distance OF tire
miles along the track and one'thir
OF that entire distance the track wa
covered from six 20 80 feet deep wit
= earth rocks, and timber, twisted an
jammed In.
b one of Sam Wheeler's sheep herdei
G at Eureka, New, poisoned cightee
a coyotes the other night at Fish creel
= II Is noticeable that this frisky, hov
= ling animal is unusually numerous TIA
: wear. The yelping and snarling (
d ths poor things Is extremely pitifl
= an ascends to high heaven In wailir
: r,DuSe Of the California legisl-'ur
whose scandalous conduct at Its la
r. session has destroyed the market 4
u the Nevada coyote,
u The duck hunters on the lnl
&c at Granite Point, New, are makif
barrels Of money. They ship two tol
Of dressed ducks TO San Francis
~ every week, and obtain s3.75 p
: dozen. The hunters are from Cal
fornih