Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-20
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Shot While Drawing His Gun Through
a Fence.
Crushed 10 Death by Hallway Tran
Trees iu Bloom in Cali-
fOrnIa,

Almond trees nre now in blossom 10
southern California,
A bill to Fix railway rates has been
Introduced into the Arizona legIsia'
ture. 1t win probs bly, so the ZANE way
10 similar measure in Me Utnh as
sem bly,, for Arizona, like Utnh, needs
railways more than the regulation Of
| present rates on railways.
Harry Matthews was found by the
| Oakland. Cal, police on Thursday
morning unconscious on the sidewalk.
He was taken to hospital, where 1t
was found that he was sD II 5ring from
| the effects OF laudinum taken uuEing
| n spree.
William Jones, an old resident Of
| oakland, Cal, was killed oy local
| train at street crossing "Wednesday
morning. The railway men say that
| Jones himself was entirely tO blame.
| Jones was crippled by paralysis and
hard OF hearing. He was slowly
crossing the track, not noticing an
approaching train.
Chicago Drovert' Journals: Frank
| Tubbs has returned from q trip to
Colorado. Regarding the sheep stua.
! tiOu, lie eaiu: "rhere are on feed in
Colorado ab.ut 275 900 sheep and
lambs, which 10 $4,000 more than a
| year ago. The bulk OF these, OF course,
are fed In the vicinity Of Fit. Collins.
Lambs are looking extra good and
show the banefi OF liberal and judici0ue
| feeding. Feeders hive besn able to
get an abundance OF sheiled corn at
| SIG 2c this year, and plenty OF hay,
ana all say that they are going to get
their lambs In PRIME condition. II
VIII be about the fret OF April before
these lambs will come iorwsrI regu.
larly."
| William II. Bremen, an elderly
man, who had been In the grocery anu
liquor business in San FrunciscD tor
number oil years, was knocked down
by "a Suffer street dummy on Monday
night, and died from the injuries Tues
day morning at the hospital. BTenner
| was crossing Sutter street when an
eaet b uud train came up the grade.
| Either he miscalculated the distance
or the Rpeed at which the dummy was
| approaching. He had juet reached
the inner rsil when he was caught by
the dummy ami hurled to the pave
ment with such violence that the
sound attracted the attention Of pedos-
l
The victim fell across the north track,
with his heels close to the dummy.
His skull was fractured
Harry BIOweI, oae OF the Oldest
residents OF Calaveras county, CAL,
was found dead by the side of his shot-
gun "Wednesday night shortly after
eunsel. The gun had been discharged
aud the full charge OF shot had taken
effect in the side OF his head, blowing
half OF IL away. Brewer was about 60
years OF age and had resided in aud
about Angela Camp sic 1880. His
late residence has been on ranch
about two miles from tue mining
camp. In the afternoon, about =
o'clock, he lett the house with his dog
to look for some stock which had wan.
dered out OF sight on the ranch. Ee
took his shotgun with him, as waa his
custom. As he did not relurn.st dark
the people at the house became
alarmed and instituted search, aud
they found his body by the side OF 3
baTbed wire fence which extended
ACROSS the LAND. He had evidently
ctawled through the fence, and in
dragging hie gun after him had caught
the hammer on one OF the wires ana
discharged 1t. The dog had kept
faithful watch by the side Of hia master
unter others came to relieve him. The
hammer OF the gun was still caught in
the fence.
NJ. X. Parsons, one OF the heaviest
pAtrona OF this market located in the
far west, wRs hero today from KeltoD,
Utah, with three carload shipment
OF cattle, Gays the Omaha StOckmAn OF
Feb. lS. Mr.. Parsons has furnished
this market with thousands OF cattle
from the territory west OF the Rockies,
having shipped from Oregon alone
the last few months upwards OF 6, 900
cattle. He has also secured California,
Nevada, Utah, Idaho aud Washing
ton and Ia probably as well posted as
any man in the cattle business as
regards the supply in tho Pacific coast
county. He ssys that the entire
coast country has been stripped Of feed.
ing cattle from yearlings up and after
the present number in the states nov
being isttened for market does moi
, possibly see where the stock cattle are
, to be secured to refill the feed lots OIL
, the corn belt, Close money and gene.
, raj financial depression Throughout
, the CT untTy the past few yeara iorceo
l Cattemen TO market down very oiost
and the high prices for stock cattle
/ on the eastern markets has induced
them to clear their ranges OF every
, thing in the way OF stocsers AM
feeders. hence this spring find.
a the western ranges almost completely
denuGsd OF stUck cattle. Mir. Parsons
also remarked that the range country
experienced one OF the miIdeat VIII
ters 10 date in the history Of the cattl,
industry, ana the loss Will certainly br
very hominal,ss cattle as q ruIs are IL
prime condition 10 Withstand tn,
changes Incident to spring on IT.,
western ranges. Mr. Parsons thinks
that Utah viii have less taan ono nall
the cattle for the cpring and summer
marsets than usual. anu no plRcos the
number now In iOregon and Idaho Al
not over 20 per cent now oil the usuR
supply in those states at this season Q
the year; hence the number 70 com
from the west OF the Rockies th
spring and summer VIII liGoiy bs very
much smaller tusn in many yeare.