Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-07
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS.
A MINER MADE A CRIPPLE FOR LIFE.


Last "Wednesday II. p. Deskns. an
old freight teamster, fell from "A wagon
seat near Forest Ranch, Cal. receiving
internal injuries from which he died
Friday morning
According to the prediction of Fore
caster McAdie OF the weather bureau
at San Francisco, general rain Is
looked for, as the conditions west of
the Rocky Mountains are favorable
for such.
At Cleveland, small settlement in
Gentle valley, Idaho. Mrs Chris Jen-
sen was thrown from a wagon with
her three-months-old babe in her
arms. The mother escaped without
serious injury, but the babe was in
stantly killed.
A serious accident occurred In Alpine
county, Nev., Friday. a young man
| named Beck and companion, both of
| Plymouth, cat, We're out hunting in
Baglcy valley. They separated ana
Bcclt's companion fired at a bird. Beck
| who had unexpectedly appeared, re-
| ceived the charge of shot in his breast
| and head. The shot ruined the sight
| of one eve and hfty-one found lodg-
ment in his head and breast.
Fred Brdseman. prospector, min
| ing in Volcano canyon, Cal, was mis-
| taken 1pI II ittI IIludN ana SnOl DN
| Louis SELLER, also a miner. The bull
let entered the thigh of the left leg and
! amputatiun was necessary.
| At Peach Springs A. T., Thursday
night, II. j. Allen, n railroad hUatler,
| was stabbed by Il cowboy. and, 1t Is
| Il game Of cards. when the cowboy
stabbed him. sheriff Potts, from
| i<ingman, arrested the cowboy.
Friday while Chris Steury the pro-
| prietor Of the Swiss dairy Of st.
Helena, Cal, was driving home, his
| horses became frightened and throw
him out of the wagon. With great
| presence Of mind he retained his hold
| on the lines ana finally succeeded in
| getting his animals under control
| Passersby who witnessed the accident
| went to the assistance of the Injured
| man and he was conveyed to his home,
| where a physician examined him. 1t
| was found that his hip was badly
| broken and bruised, Recovery Will be
necessarily slow, owing to the nature
of the injury.
Harry Mcguire Taylor, about 30 years
| of age, employed in the Union Iron
| Works at San Francisco, made two at
| tempts to kill himself Thursday night.
| He boarded the 10 o'clock train at
| Lorin, bound for the mole. and while
It was running. at full speed jumped to
| then made an attempt to dash his
brains out by butting his head against
a stone wall, Health officer II. n .Ro-
well was called. He administered an
hypodermic Injection of morphine and
| gave the Young man into the custody
of the police. No cause for Taylor's
action IL known beyond the fact that
he had been drinking heavily of late.
Friday the body of Herbert DiclSin-
son, aged II years, was brought from
Fish Camp, MaripOsa county, Cal,
where he accidentally shot himself
Thursday. Young Dickinson, whose
father is a prominent rancher and an
old resident of Plainsburg. was on his
| way to Yosemite valley with several
other Plainsburg people, including his
| parents. He tried to shoot some 3S-
caliber cadrtridges in 45-caliber re-
| volVer, but could not make them eX-
| plode, and finally pointed the pistol at
his forehead just for fun,and playfully
saying: Good bye" to his companions
pulled the trigger. He died almost
| instantly.
| Left without means by her husband
and forced to see her baby in actual
| want for clothes, Mrs. Della Pollock %
Los Angeles, cal, swallowed big
dose of Carbolic acid and then laid
herself down by the side Of her sleep
ing little one to die on Friday She was
discovered by Mrs. Wallace, Keeper of
| the clearinghouse, and taken to the
hospital, where she is believed to he
| out OF danger Nearly three years ago
| Mrs Pollock married Frank j. Pollock.
They had lived together previous TO
| the ceremony. The woman was very
young and pretty. but Pollock deserted
her almost Immediately after they were
made man and wife. When her baby
was born Pollock made no offer TO aid
| his wife, and allowed her to shirt as
best she could.
According to two of the most promi
nent fruitgrowers at Chula Vista. Cal.
bloodshed will follow the attempt %
the San Diego land and town compan,
| TO prevent the water consumers from
getting their usual supply of water, "a
| threatened in the company's crcula
sent to each of It's patrons recently
| II Is not question of ability to pa,
on the part of the consumers. for tn,
residents of Chula Vista. who paid ~
high as $3.50 an acre for their land an,
erected costly residences, are probabl!
all able to meet the demands of th'
company. But they feel that the com
pany is violating its contract to suppl!
Them with water at the rate original!
established. $3.50 an acre. Genera
Manager Boal Of the company say
that the company will go ahead re
gardess OF any action the fruitgrower
might take in the matter.
While escaping from five blasts o.
giant powder on Friday, Martin Bor'
land, a miner in the employ of j n
| ellis, near Tuttletown, Car, fell bacl
into SHAFT by the breaking of Il rop,
ladder he was using and was horribly
| mutilated this afternoon. The mine 1,
one of the number of rich pocket mine.
in that vicinity. Borland's scalp was
torn Off. and his body cut and bruised
IL, a dozen places. Large pieces Of
flesh We're literally torn off of his bod,
| and one leg was broken. Borland wa,
| working in n shaft about thirty fee
deep and started up rope ladder I,
| leave the hole when he set off tn,
blasts. lie arranged five blasts of tw,
| sticks of giant powder in each of tn,
1--WE holes, set them off and started t,
! make his escape. When Lart way M
the rope broke and he fell back neaI
the powder. He cried out to man VIII,
| was working the wndlass to lower tn,
bucket, but before it could reach hin
| one Of the charges went OFF and injure,
him so ho could not get out Of the wa,
of the other four. which followed II
quick succession. The injured man wa
| Ia hid room aud N