Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-24
NEWS OF THE WEST.
An Idaho SnOWSlido Claims
Victim.
A Boy rs CRUSHED BY A TRAIN.
Capture of q Mu Il rer-killtd by q
Falling Tree Burglar Tho
iographtd.

A colony Of colOIej people H. TO be
ocaied at Kern county, Cal, Arrange
ments are not entirely perfected for the
| cation of these colonies, but VIII be
in July.
j. +, Mayer OF Harrington, Wash,
In moving to Yakima recently, trusted
twenty-five head OF cattle to hired
man to 0tive ahead. The man sold
them and pocketed the money,and de-
parted before Mayer reached Ynklms.
For three months the twt-cent boun.
ty Tor rabbit anu squirrel scalps hAs
been in force In Stanislaus ,county,
| Cal, and in that short time 10 200
| scalps have been accounted Tor to the
county clerk, nine-tenihs being rnbbll
scGlps.
A writing teacher mt Willows, Cal,
has iDvented "A new penholder which
| ia made OF metal 70 constructed Ms TO
| lit the fore finger to the right hand,
and docs away with the oramp result
ing from grasping the ordinary PEN
holder too tightly.
Ssfe.crackers In Snn Dlego, Cal, msy
/ hereafter make Il careful search for
concealed cameras which work auto
matically before they proceed TO smash
open safes. a beautiful photograph Of
burglar was taken automatically az
he was openl ug a safe In that city c
lew days agC.
Vernon Harrison, the two.year.old
child OF Alice NJ. Hartley, died Of
&c ,rlet fever at Reno, Nevada, Sun.
| day afternoon. The deceased child
was the alleged son oil the late Senator
Nj. ID. Foley, who was billed by the
mother something over two years ago.
,sus served a short term in the state
prison, ami was recently released by
the boarl of pard0ns.
Two young sons Of Mr.. and Mre. NJ.
J. Morris were killed by the failing
top Of a Tree near ClearbroOk, in What
O m county, WASH, recently. The
boys were on their way from their
home, fam about mile west Of
CleafOroyk, 10 the poslOfilce after the
mail, and had gone ABOUT hallway
when the tree top struck them upon
tbeir heads, killing them Instantly, 1t
lie supp5sed.
Bert Casobolt, an eleven-yesr-olj
boy, was crushed between two Hat
/
ilo Railroad company at OAKLAND, Gal,
Sunday evening,and VIII die from hi 9
INJURIES. He was playing around til o
yard with other boys ana they were
getting on and un the care. Some
switching wse being done and come o I
the lade, Cnsebolt among the rest,
climbeu aboard moving train. CASE
bolt was standing over the couplings
at the end of the cars and one of the
boys pulled the coupling pin. The
engine 81 ted ahead and then almost
immed iat ily backed up. Caseuoll
either Id not know what was being
done or slipped down, for when the
cars came together his left leg was
caught between the buffers and me n.
gled in terrible manner.
Sunday night Officers Mckenzie
anu BInwnlee, of Nspe, Cal, Affected
the arrest of Charles kugadt, charged
with the murder OF his half sister on
October 10, 1896, In Washington
county, Tex. Under the name Of
John Frey, the man has worked at the
shoe trade for ID. Keig, a shoe dealer
in Napa, who reports him skilled
workman. kugsdt is an educAtej,
intelligent German, 40 years old and
has wIie anu children In Texas.
Tnree hundred dollara reward was
otlerei by the governor OF Texas for
tue arrest ana conviction Of Kugadt.
The latter Is completely broken up by
his arrest anu incarceration. He nc.
knowleJges that he anu hls half sister
| were out riding on the date given
above. According to KugAdt, The
woman fell out OF the buggy, ana the
wheels ran over her anu killed her.
He burned the body aud escaped.
suisun, Cal, Republican,: 1t is sell
dom that insanity in q horse is proved,
but a case OF TINS peculiar kind occutIe /
In Snisun recently. A short time ago
some hunters hired rig AMI drove 10
the marshes. The horse was duuDlless
driven hard and was allowed to stand
In the cold for SONS hOure. Although
blRnketed, the animal caught severe
cold in the head, which was indicated
by It's inflamed eyes and q swelling.
Tue horse ,eemed 10 suffer great kahn,
and the treathlent OF the veterinary
surgeon did not relieve 1t. Soon the
animal commenced performing antics
similar to those indulgel In by a
human being when In hopeless state
OF insanity. He was placed In box
stall and In moments OF extreme gu fer
ing became dangerous TO approach.
On succeeding days the horse became
worse and started 10 butt its head
savagely against the sides OF the stall,
aud in the course OF continual villa
PUSHES the head OF the animal was
battered to jelly, which caused his
death.
Preston, Idaho, Standard: Last
Wednesday, about IL O'clock, Charles
Carlson aud L1reuzJ TwitchelI, OF
Clifton, started up Dry Canyon to GET
log which they had slid about hall
way down the mountaiu some time
curing the early part OF the winter.
They mad reached the log und Mr..
Carlson was in the act OF putting a
chain around It, while Iwitchell, who
was holding the horse, saw snow.
slide coming, He yelled to Carlson TO
LOOK out AMI then jumped on to one OF
the horses. His warning came too late,
however, ana before Carlson could get
cut OF the way, the sliding snow was
upon him. He was knoCEed dow II bu-
tween the horses, and, 1t is supposed,
killed Instantly. Iwitchell was car
ried down the mountain absut $50
yards, anu buried up to his shoulders
In snow, but he succeeded In lineTat'
lag hims elf, anu began looking arounu
Tor Carlson. After a few MINUTES
search he saw the head Of one OF tns