Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-16
NEWS OF THE WEST.
0ClOsenarlan Drops Dead on tho Way
10 a Baseball Game.
CUT HIS EYE WITH A POCKITKSiFE
A BAD Indian Sboois--ArlzDna's I'm.
prisoned Miners-IIur, in a
Runway.

Bont to the psnite ntisry in Idaho IN
uer cot victioD for helpiug to kill her
husband on October 17th last, gave
BIRTH TO girl baby.
Omaha Stockman, July Ia: ii
Barrett was here from Park City.
Ulan, win two d0ubie-deck cars OF
sheep. Tbs 10 Mr.. BArreti's fret trip
to this m9tke nnt tie was well eRtie-
lied with aia treatment.
The Dalles, Oregon, Time-Moun.
tniGeer aaya that 500 head OF fine lat
bfonchos from the Big Bend country
passed down tho road Monday nigh
ON route to the Linton cannery,
where they Will be tutchored anu
Converted into the choiceet quality oil
canned meats.
Df. Chapman, who came TO Caliior-
mia In 1866, ana who wac for years
one OF the most highly respected ciii-
seD of Nevada county, died at Nevs-
dn City on the OH inst, alter a ILL
ness extending over two years and
caused by the Injuries sustained in
runaway accident.
IL. NJ. Waite, the Oldest printer In
Ofegon, dropped dead Tuesday after
moor on the street, at Salem, Oregon.
He was 50 years Old, anu while walk
ing in procession composed OF
lrinters and barbers, who were to play
match game OF baseball, he was
overcome by the heat ana uied few
minutes after being stricken.
| While o. q. Beam was driving In
| Albany, Oregon, the other cay, the
horse became frigb'enei at an engine
and ran away. Young Beam was
thrown out OF the Luggy with great
ioIce, striking against shade tree.
He was picked up UNCONSCIOUS, anu 1t
was found that the right shoulder was
dioiG Gated and the right hip injured.
| Walter High well.known young
man oil Patkfieid, Cal, met with q
singular md exceedingly painful
accident recently, which may result
In the destruction Of the sight of his
RICH. eye. While attempting to force
the buckle Ofa pitCe OF harDess with
hfs knife, the blGde clipped and buried
itself iu the lower pSrt of his right eye,
almost cutting 1t from the socket.
On Sunday last "Blg Indian Louie"
shot and killed Billy Mason, a half
breed. on Pluto mountain, Cal. There
were no eye-wltnessos 10 tho affair.
Louie escaped into the rough noun
tain country toward the canebIake
anu he has not been captured. Bad
blood had existed between the two for
sDme time and n few weeks sgo, 1t 10
SAID, Mason tried to murder the man
who has now killed him.
John Stevens, the miner imprif-
oned by cave.ln OF the Mammoth
mine at Gold F;elds, Arizona, was
I al TtrA nal isrh In
swered signals of the rescuing party.
The whole force Of the mine is kept a;
work on the rescue shalt. The oriRi.
nal shaft had to be abandoned on &C.
count Of unsafe ground. II was be.
lleved that by Friday the new shaft
would be near enough to the imprls.
onei man 30 thss drill hole may be
sent through to him to supply him
with food, water and air.
The Utnh correspondent OF the
Chicago Live Stock Report ssyt: Utah
Will sond less cattle directly to market
during 1897 than for many years past.
During the entire winter and spring
people from Colorado, Nebraska and
Kansas have been buying and ship
ping stock cattle. Then again many
young cattle have been contracted to
so Into Wyoming, Montana aud other
northern sta,es, leaving the euppiy fol
full movement very short. These cattle
have been bringing good prices and
the Utah stockmen have been benefits
tedaccordingIy. The decrease In the
number OF cattle, the favorable
season and the new land law will
this year do great deal TO-
ward allowing the ranges OF Utah 10
recover from the effects OF OveIcrowd-
ing. Large sections will be resown
this year and the result will be better
cattle during the years to come.
Sheep this year will be plentiful.
They will be latter than usual; the
lamb crop 10 more than an average,
and the owners are correspOndingly
happy. Utah sheep are famous, and
this year we think the movement from
the state Will be the largest for many
years. There are great many thou.
sand now on the trail going to Kansst
and Nebraska for winter feeling
Oregon and Idaho are sending out q
larger number than usual, and II II
develops that there 10 shortage IN
feeding cattle the granger can secure
plenty OF properly bred sheep for his
feed lot. Sheep aud lambs will com.
men co 10 move early, and in July thu
call for double-deck cars will com
menee. Many of the Utah sheep shi p
pers are going to avail themselves OF
the new ieeder market and Improved
dipping arrangements at Denver, and
they Will route their sheep according.
ly. Buyers have always wished for O
! eheep market somewhere west OF the
Missouri river and they have thsii
wfsh oratjfjed.