The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-04-21
UTAH NEWS.


For the theft OF an oyercoat, John
Banks, Of salt Lake, will pass the mex,
eighteen months In the penitentiary.
James Olson, Of Salt Lake City, an
old Short Line employe. died OF neu-
raigia Of the heart last week. after an
Illness Of only six hours
The Salt Lake City Railroad com.
pany fnds Il necessary 10 put In about
$1,000 new ties this year. Work to this
end has already been begun.
Superintendent Frank u. Cooper. Of
the West Des Moines schools, has been
appointed superintendent Of the pub
lie schools In salt Lake City
A postofiec will be established at
Brighton, the well-known summer re-
sort, on July 1, and daily mail kept
going until the end Of the season.
Arrangements have been made for a
glove contest At Provo during the
week. and all the sports Of the state
are saving their coin for the occasion.
ON the frat OF the month there were
276 inmates Ia the state insane asylum.
it2 males and i1i females Three died
during the month and siN we're adj.
mitted.
shippers Of Utah -four are still una.
able TO make shipments 20 the Orient,
owing TO the fact that the steamship
companies are taxed beyond their ca.
paclty.
Potatoes are 40 cents per bushcl In
Ashley valley, wheat Is cents, hay 81
per ton. Oatsa are very scarce and hard
TO find. with prices governed by the
wealth OF the purchaser.
Four new mail carriers will be added
TO the Salt Lake postofllce the coming
summer. The adding Of the two sub.
stations at Sugar aud Calders. aud the
general increase In business, demand
an increased force.
The past winter has been one Of the
driest ever known In southern Utah,
Farmers were obliged TO irrigatc their
land In order 10 pillow for some time,
but the recent rains put the ground In
excellent condition.
Modena Is the new name for the sta.
ton at the present terminus of the
Utah and Pacific railway. On the old
Union Pacific survey ModenA station
was thirty.nine miles from Milford, but
the present station IA over sixty miles
out
The gulls from tho lake are making
their annual spring visit to the farms
Of the valley, renewing their aequnint-
ance with the children, who love to
feed them, aud following up the farmer
A. he turns the furrow with his pillow.
There are more Of these visitors
FROM the islands Of the lake this year
than ever before.
Governor Wells is In receiptof a tel.
egram from Thomas Ward, assistant
acknowledgement, United States army,
containing the information in u cable
from Manila that Private Albert w.
Ilartvigscn, troop u, Fourth cavalry,
who was wounded ON March 10 and
died next day, was accidentally shot
At the barracks by Private Stallsman OF
the same troop. lIartvigsen's parents
live In Sandy.
Attorney -General Bishop has trans.
mitted AN opinion To State Auditor
Richards relative to the validity of GER
tain claims for criminal prosecution
which were allowed oy the Legislature
without having been first endorsed by
the state board Of examiners, thus ren.
dcrlng them Invalid They are IA FOL.
lows uintah county, ss,Q35.s so; Kane
county, $1,000 Wayne county, Sies,
San Juan county $1,000; Emery coun.
~, $3.50; Willard county, $40; uip,ah
county, for expenses In the capture OF
criminals, Liant aud Tracy, sac, A.
Milton Musser, for introducing fish
into state waters, $500.
Interesting exhibits In the Pelican
Point murder case have been brought
20 Salt Lake city from Provo, aud are
now under the charge Of sheriff How
ellis. They are to be used before the
board Of pardons ON behalf Of Harry
Hayes, who Is serving a life sentence
in the state peuitentiary. The exhibits
consist OF wagon, said 10 be the one
used by the murderer TO haul the bod.
les OF thu murdered boys out on the
ice OF the lake; roll Of bedding, two
shovels, AN adj, hay.luitc, a pick, an
AK and metal tub II Is understood
that a chemical analysis Of some stains
on the tub will be made with a view to
determining their nature.
q. t. Kelting OF salt Lake, who shot
Restaurant-kcepo shannon last De.
cember, because hls steak was not
cooked 10 suit him. was adiudged
guilty OF assault with Il deadly weapon
and sentenced to one year In the penl.
Tertiary for the crime.
The little mining excitement on An.
telope island which recently attracted