The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-10-08
UTAH NEWS.

About $4,000 worth Of cattle have
been sold around Fillmore the last two
weeks
The Rio Grundc safe at Ne. Pleas
ant last week was robbed Of s7p, by
safe blowers
The Rio Graudc Western Is having
ten new engines built 10 take care "
ts growing business.
Two thousand ducks were shot nj
the mouth Of Bear River near Corrinnc
on the first inst, for market
samuel II. Jcppcrson Of Provo Is SUI
ing the oregon short Line for causing
the death Of his little girl ~ u crossing
In June last FOR s25, i50
The Hall Of Relics will be closed
ihis week, when the State Historical
Society viii be made custodian Of
most OF the treasured articles
Helen 4. Louder '-ycnr-old salt
Lake girl, died last week from nn alb.
scess. Her people are Christian Sci.
cntists aud refused medical aid.
The fourth assistant postmaster.
general has appointed s. a. Harper as
postmaster ut Fort Douglas, salt Lake,
vice 4. e. Dickinson, who h said to
have resigned.
The supreme court has decided that
the state bonrd Of equalization In.
properly raised the assessed valuation
Of salt Lake county The assessment
was raised per cent
Martin Mock. the Murray farmer
who was shot two weeks since by Zen
Eggington as a result Of a quarrel
over water, Is dead, aud Eggington n
under arrest
There Is "a vacancy In the board of
labor, arbitration and Cancellation,
caused by removal from the state Of W.
X. willis. A. result the governor
will have 10 select his successor.
Mrs Eliza A. Lingo. the oldest
Methodist la Utah, and the first name
enrolled In the then territory, died at
Salt Lake last week She was ~ years
Of agc, aud seventy years church
member.
Work has been commenced ON the
improvements 10 the Fort Douglas
water works system, and when com.
plctcd will be second TO none Ia the
country, says city Engineer Kelsey OF
salt Lake.
Mrs. Minnie 7. Griffin Of Salt Lake
was awarded decree Of divorce, last
week the homo In salt Lake, tia lug.
w aud horse. $1,000 aud the custody
Of the boy, until he shall have attain
ed the age Of Il years, at which time he
may choose who shall be the guardian
Of his estate aud person In the future
A reunion IT the Taylor family will
be held at Draper the lsth inst There
will be m attendance from the various
branches Of the family from many
states. II i expected that more than
two hundrcdwill be- present Norman
Taylor Of Moab Ia the oldest member
OF the family and it, recognized head
Noah Potter Of Cleveland, killed d
large mountain lion measuring min,
feet from tip TO tip, Noah was In
close quarters aud had TO make good
use Of his shooting iron. The lion wa,
bounding straight for him when h,
lowered himself on his knee and tool
deadly aim. The lion was shot between
the eyes, II made jump in the ain
and came down dead.
Roy u. butler who was recently ar
rested In Ogden, II still la Jail aud hi'
history is being investigated Their,
Ia reason 10 believe that the prisonc,
IA none other than the murder who :
capped from Red Lodge, Mont. about o
month ago When first arrested n,
became desperate aud said he might a.
well be killed rs captured. Sir,, thcr
4 he has appeared 10 repent the rasi
words and has tried the insane dodge
lie viii be held for Identification.
! The state Board OF Horticulture &
making display Of fruit at the en-
trance TO the Hall Of Relies, Salt Lake
which is credit 10 the state. The cx
hihit Is principally from salt Lake
Weber and Utah counties There ar,
handsome specimens OF Jonathan, Fal
lawRtcr, Wlnesaps and Rhode lslnnt
Greening apples, Flemish Beauty, Fal
Bartlett and Mount Vernon pears
Italian, Hungarian and Silver prunes
Muscat, Concord. Black Concentration
Fleming TolAy, Sultana and Mission
grapes, peaches, aprico's, crab apples
plums, strawberries and other smal
fruits. Washington oounty's suu-driet
fruit exhibit attracted large share n
attention. as did it, almonds. raisins
pomegranites and figs, In addition I,
Its green fruits,
Homestead entries for the month
just ended have been more numerou,
than for several months past Fort,
entries have been recorded, about
equally divided between the southern
and western portions OF the state