The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-08-25
UTAH NEWS.

penitentiary made si.iI7.si worth Of
socks
The Black Hawk veterans will hold
their reunion at the Provo lake resort
this week
The teachers Of Utah county held
their summer institute at Castillo
Springs last week
Frank Connora has been formally
charged with the murder Of Officer
william Strong Of Provo.
Palmer Riley. a Snyder lad. Is In
critical condition ~ the result ~ fall
ing FROM n runaway horse.
Ruilding continues throughout the
state and there IL not an idle carpenter
or brick mason TO be found.
The implement men Of the state re-
port the sales Of harvesting machinery
much heavier than last year
There Is but one ven timent expressed
in all lines Of business, and that Ia that
the fall trade In u record breaker
Ex-senator Arthur ilrown has become
almost totally blind. but his physicians
hope To eventually restore hiseyeslghL
The bank clcarlngs In salt Lake City
last week showed a gain Of 90 per cent
over the corresponding week Of last
year.
About twenty-five Of Utaha veterans
ofthe Civil war will attend the national
encampment at PhiladelphiA on Sep
TENDER too.
A salesman representing an eastern
millinery house says that his sales 10
Utah this year are fully double what
they have been.
Iiy September ! the Rocky Mountain
He'll Telephone company expects 10
have line operating from salt Lake
city 10 the coast
The board Of county commissioners
Of Utah county have let the contract
for building a county iahrmary, the
same to be completed by January next
The bee men Of Ashley valley are
doing n thriving business this season.
The yield OF honey Is said to be i'm.
mcnse. aud Is being disposed OF at
fair price.
Cleverly executed counterfeit dollars
calatcd throughout the state, The ring
Ia perfect, but the coin Ia light and the
metal feels greasy TO the touch,
II may be some time before the loca.
tion for the state fish hatchery Ia set
tied. Three locations are under advise
nent, one In Salt Lake county, one In
Utah county, and the third In Morgan
county.
Thomas Hunt, is.year.old lad Of
Monroe, climbed u tree and when dis.
tance OF twenty-five feet from the
ground limb broke aud prscipitated
him downwards, intiIeting severe but
not necessarily fatal injuries
The Utah batteries were the most
effective artillery In the service OF the
United States, either volunteer or reg
ulAr, during the war with spain and
subsequently, In the Philippine insur.
rcction. utonians nev,r do anything
by halves.
The present prosperity In Utah Ia
based upon u solid foundation, and IL Is
the opinion OF conservative business
men that there Ia not the slightest dan.
yer OF a collapse such a. was witnessed
In lsga. The wealth Of Utah will In.
crease with each succeeding day.
This Ia the tlrst year In twenty that
the mulberry trees have not proved a
nuisance. In former years the berries
have fallen on tho sidewalks, littering
them up aud causing much trouble.
The failure OF the crop this year il gen.
orally attributed to the late frost
Poll tax delinquents nov wish they
had paid up, The tax Is only s.. but
the court costs are g., execution 90
cents, service Of summons sito aud
sorvlee OF the execution ssA0. so that IL
costs the delinquent just o. 40 To square
himself with the poll tax collector.
The attorney general has rendered am
opinion concerning school elections In
which he declares that the law requires
that the polls must be open for four
consecutive hours per day at u school
election, and II they are open for any
shorter time the election Is Invalid.
The Provo electric light plant en-.
ploys the highest voltage known. a
voltage OF 10000 being used 10 transmit
power 10 Mercur, "a distance Of thirty
i've miles. Tho line Ia working per-
fectly and has experienced no iuterfrr.
enee from lightning or electrical storms.
An electric line between Salt Lake
and Ogden is among the probabilities,
an eastern syndicate proposing to build
the line providing local capitalists will
subscribe To one.half Of the stock Il
Is thought tho amount desired, $500, 900,
can easily be raised.
A four-year-old Gunnison boy ticlsled