Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-07
OUR OWN STATE.
Provo.

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BUSY Sessions or cry COUNCIL
Death Of Charies D. Young Thrilling Ac.
cidcut Damage Suits against Railroad.
Special Correspondence.
Provo. Sept. 1.-THE Provo city coun.
eli held secession this evoning. AIR Geo.
s. Taylor. the newly appointed mofhhl r
from the Firth ward qualified and took
HE seat
The sewer question was again on aud
discussed at length, but nothing was
done IN rcrHfd 10 creating % dletrict.
The committee ON irrigation who has
charge 90 the rcpllrInE uf the East
drain. which ia ctvinr lu. reported that
they had decided 10 use eower piping
to replace the wooden boxes now In.
and which were dccnying Fifty-cight
rods N pipe would be needed The conn
mittoo also recommended that the prop
crty owners whose land was benefited
by the drain should be taxed to help
pay Tho cost.
The estimated cost Of the repairs was
'2I per rod II sewer pipe was used.
CITY AND COUNTY JOINT nuTLp-
mo.
Trouble u brewing between the coun.
ty and city and ia likely % come to- q
if"N'N Wy NAlN lf'#N IfNNN'NNINEa NNNNNN NN'H
pnruilona own the court house building
Jointly the city ono-HiNth OF tho huiid-
Ing and the county the balance ~ the
building ana nU the ground The city
has been PAYING one fourth ~ the run
ming expenses Of both. aud Sumo time
ago cndcnvurod 10 have their fhnrc cut
down 70 ono-siNth ~ the expense. The
answer was an ultlmntum from the
commissioners. Tor the city 90 do one
~ three thingH viz TO sell, buy Ur pay
unc-fuurth of the eNpenaca The mum
iclp1liiy hna had the proposition under
udviFomont Tor some time and decided
this evening 10 answer the nutlmctum
va this way. they viii demand onc-eiNth
~ the entire floor space Of the building.
which " more than they are now using
ana VIII pay but one-rlNth ~ the cN-
pcnFcs or the county viii have a. buy
the Cltys interest The city attorney
was Instructed 90 Ho notlfy the COM
mlHsionors. n the county buya the city
viii build q hall adjoining the IRE de-
partmont
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.
10 cut down expenses the council or
dotcd that the services Of the follow
lnE officers be- dispensed wlthi
Special Depot onicers Clun and raf-
ford, $40 per month each, assistant
Sexton Snow $50. George STAGE va
torlng trees around city property, 40
and the extra street sprinklinH.amomt.-
ing 90 about $50 per month.
a SAD DEATH.
one of the anddost deaths which has
happened IN the Gurdpu Glty Tor some
timo o. that 81 Charles Edward Young.
which happened this afternoon. Dee
ceased WIS operated upon yesterday
FOR appendicitis and WIS considered 20
1..r H.HN
poisoned by the puss from the appen-
dix.
Mr.. Young wus born In this city May
30. 1870, and was highly esteemed in tho
community. lie was one ~ tho most
prominent painters ~ the city and had
"a lloufishlnH business. Die leaves
widowed mother and wife. who has
been very sick Tor over four months.
SIR. Young has been twice operated up
ON before IN the last two months Tor
different complaints.
THRILLING ACCIDENT.
what might have been serious nc.
cidcnt happened yesterday evening az
tho Provo foundry and machine shops.
W. G. Benson WAS engaged In adjusting
belt on the ah1fting, whom his clothes
In sonic manner caught on tho set
screws ana he was thrown around with
the shaft tearing every particle Of
'l"NHiuk liNiu nlH unQN WIN the rNCrp=
tlon OF his shoes and HtoCkings No
bones were broken but he was terribly
shaken M and bruised, and Ii ~ a
miracle that his life was spared
DAMAGE SUITS.
sam King and Grant naFlcy were at
American Fork yesterday where they
tried three cases before Justice McNlel.
against the oregon Short Line Railway
Co. for damages for the killing of some
seventeen head OF cattle ana Were
awarded Judgments In each cusc.
amounting 10 about $500. The plain.
TINS were Alya a. Green. George H.
ltohlnson ana Thomas Singleton.
William T.. silver is happy over tho
arrival OF "a nno boy az his homo lnst
evening. Al doing nicely.
There are over four hundred students
registered nt the brigham Young acad.
envy a tine showing for this time OF
the year.