The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-02-17
UTAH NEWS.

The seminary school M Huntington
Is still running at full blast. with an
attendance 81 about sixty.Gve
Local sportsmen Of Spring City. ono
day last week. killed and captured 800
rabbits and twenty-five wolves.
From present indications the Great
salt lake will be- higher the coming
summer than Il has been FOR decade
past
Some Of the farmers Of Grantsville
commenced sowing grain last week,
but suddenly stopped after Nix inches
Of snow had fallen
The Brooks Locomotive works Is 20
build the ten engines Tor the Denver q
Rio Grnndc, and the hfty-,wo engines
for the Union Pacific
The Cooke Locomotive s. Machine
Works has secured the contract 10 build
twenty Of the engines Tor The Oregon
Short Line referred % last week.
The city council Of Provo has defeat.
ed the anti.prizo Fight ordinance by a
vote Of ak 10 three Look out for
some lively bouts In the near future
Considerable anxiety Is ovinccd by
bishop Preston Tor the safety Of stock
belonging 10 the church, which IA be-
ing wintercd In various parts Of the
state.
Several moro valuable dogs have
met death by poison In salt Lake City.
The fellow who has been doing the
work Is A. yet unknown, bat one man
"a suspected.
An iciclc eight feet long. six Inches
In circumference az the top. tapcring
10 the size Of "a lead pencil at the end,
was a curiosity seen on the caves OF n
Salt Lake building last week.
The house has taken favorable con.
alteration Of the bill for public
building at Salt Lake City. The limit
OF the cost will be- fixed at $500 900,
aud II IL thought the bill will bc passed
In the near future,
The entire sanpotc county clalm for
bountics paid for the past six months,
one.hnlf Of which Is paid by the state,
IA sssigi. Tho items include bountlcs /
on seven bears, two mountain lions,
IFS coyotes. rs wildcats, lynNcs. 30 |
foxes, ss mus'srats, II minks and a,O7s
gophers.
Frank Mcbride, formerly assistant
postmaster Of Salt Lake, who was con
vlcted Of embci cling postoilcc funds,
aud a now serving term IA the peni- I
tentiary. has cxeouted n oond OF $4,000.
on an application Tor hnu until the de-
termination of the appeal now pending
before the United States circuit court
An extensive deposit of sulphate OF
magnesia, Familiarity known as epson
salt, has just been discovered at the
mouth OF Manu canyon. The finder
says he has known OF the existence OF
the deposit since he was q boy Of ~.
but had been under the impression
that II was saltpetro until recent tests
were applied.
Two young men OF Provo were held
up one day last week. one OF them
made break for liberty aud escaped,
but the other QUE was less fortunate
and lost one dollar aud new necktie.
lie didn't care for the dollar, but the
loss n the noektic, present from his
sweetheart, caused the young man to
put forth every effort To capture the
hlghwaymen.
During the past week the Oregon
Short Line placed an order with the
Pullman car works for forty-four pas.
aengcr ears, and another order was
placed with the Harvey 4 Smith com
pany for five more passenger ears.
These, with 800 steel cars, recently
ordered make u total OF sac Va far ar
ranged for OF the large number for
which the company has been figuring
for no long.
A meteor II believed 10 have passed
over the city OF Manti on the sth inst
AZ about $3.50 p. m, there appeared In
the heavens a light similar To that OF
strong arc light, which lasted for
about one minute. II lighted the
streets Of the city rs the MONDAY sun
and made the surrounding mountains
visible, Then darkness came, aud 10
three or four minutes loud report
was heard, accompanied by u rumbling
sound. Many OF the citizens heard tho
report and witnessed their homes
trcmblc aud the windows shake
The Manila correspondent OF the
San Francisco Chronicle, in his report
Of the battle at Manila, says 1.-The
/. tab batterymen were seasoned by
. helr experience at Malate, late In
lugust, and conducted themselves like
" prans."
MI Allison OF Moab has been
p.saed on charge OF passing
,uvrieit money. The southern part
Gov n state has been flooded with
o. ,srfeit money Of late, and the
, Is made that Allison is the