The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-04-14
UTAH NEWS.

The Utah Mothers congress hcld
two days session In salt Lake, Monday
and Tuesday Of this week
business has been rushing in the
state land Office the past week. the
daily receipts averaging over $1,000.
The Utah q Pacific Is now within
thirteen miles Of siateline, and the
road will be finished within the mex,
fortnight
The stout-Jones shooting case came
20 an end Saturday, when the jury re.
turned verdict Of not guilty and the
defendant Jones was released
A. n public meeting held at Nephi n
was decided that the town should soon
have an electric light system. y $1,000
opera house and e. 900 creamery.
A Junction woman last week took a
dose Of strychnine thinking II was
quinine, aud but for prompt medical
assistance the mistake would have
proved fatal.
The central station Of the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company at
springville has been discontinued. The
citizens have lodged vigorous protest
against this action.
The twenty head Of buffalo on An
tolopo island are fat and sleek this
spring, and the four calves Of last year
are az pretty lot a. ever roamed tho
pralrles Of olden days.
Ten new cars are being received
daily by the Rio Grande Western. All
Utah roads will have TO greatly In.
crease their rolling stock this year,
owing TO the Increase In traffic.
Martin IIarlstrom, OF Mt Pleasant,
nearly cut his arm OF last week while
cutting wood. lie was holding the
stick on the chopping block when the
AK glanced on, almost sevcrlng tho
arm.
l7Postmastcr Thomas Of Salt Lake city
visited the post office department at
Washington last week with view 10
making suggestions for the improve.
ment OF the mail service In salt Lake
City.
Joseph 4. shannon has been sent 10
the Insane asylum from Utah county. !
lie imagines that he IL starving TO
death, although he eats more than hall |
n dozen healthy men could possibly |
consume.
The county commissioners of Utah
81 land 70 be nsed ast poor farm. The
necessary buildings for a county poor
farm and inarmary will be erected Ia
the near future.
The sheepmen OF the state are happy.
Their losses la the winter were very
ANAL, aud the wool crop promises to
exceed that OF a year ago. sheep arc
IN splendid condition, aud all IL well
with the men OF wool
Plans and specifications have been
completed for 1--we new school houses
10 be built In Gunnison this summer.
The buildings will be OF stone. Utah
Is fast forging To the front In the mat
ter OF school facilities.
Work on the big canal near Fort
Duchesne will commence In a few days.
Tho canal will cover $4,000 acres OF
good land, aud when II Is finished
there will! be room for number Of en-.
ergetlc farmers In that Immediate vi
entity.
The citizens OF orangcvillo have
called a mass meeting, before which n
proposition will be laid for building n
school house by joint stock corpora
tion. The people In that town are de.
termined TO have up-to-dRte school
buildings.
Judge Timmony, salt Lake Citya
police Judge, last week discharged three
boys convicted Of charivaring a newly
welded couple. The Judge said he had
been guilty OF the same crlme when he
was boy, and he could sympathize
with the lads.
IL has been decided by the supreme
court OF Utah that a jury OF eight men
empaneled to try person charged
with a crime. less than capital Of
tense against the laws OF Utah, il a
valid jury and the conviction thereby
"a a valid act.
State Superintendent Park has Is
sued letter to the various county su.
perintendents throughout the state In
regard TO the educational exhibit for
the state fair in October. The letter
calls attention TO the proposed exhibit,
and urges the superintendents 10 lay
the matter before their teachers
The sum OF $50 6s5 Os was distributed
among the schools OF the state last
week by State Superintendent Park.
by the last enumeration the number
Of children OF school age In the state Is
ss,iis, and the apportionment is at the
rate OF a cents per capita.
Peter Gabardi, nm Austrian coal miner
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