Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-16

cutting witness in a dreadful manner.
He did not deslst until his head was
beaten into a jelly by two officers.
upon whom he swore vengeance. It Is
reported that he said he would XIII the
officers who beat him If it took him
twenty years to do it.
Oneida County. Ida. Republican:
The Preston. Mink Creek and River
dale Ditch company. which was orga-
nized several years ago for the pur-
pose Of taking water from Mink creek
to he used along this valley for irriga-
tion purposes, expect TO have complet-
ed the greater portion Of this work by
the coming spring. Then thousands Of
acres of most fertile land. in this sec
ton, which has laid idle on account of
shortage of water. VIII be made pro-
ductive and furnish homes for hun
dreds of families who are now seeking
farming land.
oneida County, Ida, Republican,:
Preston Is to have n calnboose. For
some time past the officers of this town
have experienced great inconvenience
when called upon to make arrests by
not having n place in which to confine
prisoners. and on this account numer-
Gus violations of the law where not Of
very serious nature have been over
looked. Last week n subscription was
taken up among the business men OF
the town and sufficient funds raised TO
lease n portion of the granary at the
rear Of Adams &, Jordans drug store
/ and convert the same in a very secure
| jail.
Butte Miner: For some reason that
! is not yet quite clear hut which liz be-
/ lieved to have been Jealousy, Mike
| Donahoe of No3j5 East Broadway al
, ley last night placed pistol against
1 his breast and attempted TO end all
{ Of his troubles with bullet through
/ his heart. In pulling the trigger, how
| ever, his hand slipped and spoiled his
aim, so that instead of boring n hole
through the principal organ in his
anatomy the leaden pellet inflicted
| nothing more serious than flesh
wound. Donahoe was greatly disgust
! ed with his poor craftsmanship Mt
| such a short range and forcibly eN-
pressed his disappointment that the
shot did not take effect where he had
wartcd 1t to.
Richfeld Advocate on Aug. IS Boil
ton, the f}ichfield gardener who ped
died truck to the miners OF Gold
Mountain, left for the hills. Two days
later he came down Mill creek from the
mines and turned up Clear Creek can
yon, going west towards Beaver in
stead of east towards Richiield. Since
then he has not been seen. He leaves
here a wife and several infant chill
dren, who know nothing of his where
nbouts and took one child along with
him. When the old fellow left the
mines he had some money given him
to purchase wares and supplies ir
town. His two horses, wagon and
harness. valued at S73. belong to DR.
II. *. Neil of this city and there are
many people here to whom he is in
debted in sums ranging from one tc
ten dollars.
Richfeld Advocate: The city OF
Richfield Is TO have n park. At the
bottom of the scheme are two ener-
getic and progressive private citizens
Judge Peter Jensen, the landlord
magistrate, and w. f. Asimus, repre-
sentative Of the Pioneer nursery.
short distance northwest of the city
is a beautiful 7-acre tract of land
perfectly graded and sloped slightly
to the southeast so as to overlook thC
| most picturesque part of the valley
with Richfield, Genwood, Annabelln
Central and Monroe in sight. This
is the site selected for the resort. Al
once, this fall, the two gentlemen in
terested will begin preparations 10y
moving fences. SO as to enclose tbs
land in n perfect square. and diggini
he bounded on tho north by the Sevie
Valley canal and will front to tn,
south on Fifth North street.
Pocatello Tribune: News from Ros
Fork says that there came near beinl
n pitched battle there between the In
dams Saturday afternoon. During tn
day the Indian police had been gu
rounding up the children on the reser
vation preparatory to starting them in
to school. This Is the usual proceed
ing. As soon as the youngsters &c
QUE of school, they drift back to tepe
life and by fall become as wild n
young partridges and have to be rui
down and carried back to school. Il
their catch Saturday, however, the In
dian police had gathered in a fourteen
| year-old sirl who had been marie,
during the summer The bride yer
naturally objected to being torn fror
the arms of her husband and the hus
band objected just as strongly to los
ing his young wife. The police re
! fused TO give her up, but the hus
bands friends rallied to his supper
: and they took the young woman fTor
the hands of her captors by fore,
! Knives and guns We're freely flourishe
and for a little while it looked as
there would be general fight, but TN
timely arrival Of the agent prevente
bloodshed. The bride will not go t
: school this year,
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