The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-26
STATE NEWS AND COMMENT

The religious editor of the Davis Coun-
~ Clipper surely didn't read copy on
this: The Chase family have a colored
man for coachman. He is the first de-
scendant of Cain to get position of that
kind in the county that the writer is
aware of" Possibly it was the fault of
the intelligent composition, but it's hard to
imagine how Ham could be made to look
like Cain. Such a publication is likely TO
raise the ''old Adam" in the disposition of
the brunette coachman.
Last Sunday afternoon the quietude Of
our city was aroused by the ringing of
the curfew bell and the cry of Fire."
Fire. coming from the direction of Bish-
gated at Mr.. HuiShs with buckets, and
did excellent work in fighting the fire.
which was famed by strong wind from
the south, and the fire was burning at
the southwest corner of the house at the
second floor, IL having started on the out
side porch, and was rapidly eating its way
to the inside.-Payson GIobe-Header. After
reading the foregoing, it's somewhat Of a
shock to a sensitive nature to find that
the loss caused by the fire that created so
much excitement amounted to the enor-
nous total of SIS
A little daughter of p. C. Anderson of
Ephraim was manned in a most distress
ing manner some days ago. According to
her little brother who was chopping wood
when the accident occurred. The little
fellow had warned the child to keep away
from the chopping block; but when he
was bringing the AK down, she reached
for the stick he was chopDing and the
falling AK caught her hand, seVer1ng the
two first fingers and badly slashing the
middle finger close to the hand. The lit
tie girl is getting along as well as can be
expected under the. circumstances.
WA of he ~
Record is growing pessimistic in mis- old
age He says. editorially: The world
has a new champion pugilist, and again
the belt is held by an American Jim
Jeffries seems to possess all the qualifica-
lions for a successful slugger, and will
probably hold the championship for some
time to come. but we doubt there f eyer
Wilkinson. Maybe Jeffries will turn out
better than you hope.
The first thing anybody knows they'll
be ploughing up the Manti graveyard and
raising corn and things in it. Apparently
the Manu people have no use for GEM
etery, as witness th.s from the Messenger
No deaths in Manti during the month of
May, and none so far this month. In look
ing over the records. the sexton informed
US that such good fortune to our citizens
had not happened in twenty years passed
and gone"
The Eastern Utah Advocate of Price. is
satisfied with the outlook IN It's territory
in spite of the Robbers BOOSTERS and 9TH
er bad people. 1t says: This will be a
prosperous year for eastern Utah tillers
of the soil. New railroad building near
Scofield and up Whitmore canyon will
give them markets for everything that
can be raised to say nothing of the con-
sumption that is TO come later from the
miners to be employed at the new mines
to be opened up
Juab Republican: 4 few nights since.
in the lower part of town. two miners
haiing from the land of song got into an
animated discussion regarding the mu-
steal abilities of a countryman. In the
mix-up which followed one of the parties
was rather unceremoniously tumbled into
a coal box. Not liking this treatment, he
returned some time later armed with a
handful of red pepper which he fired into
the other fellows eyes, following up his
advantage with a rock. Friends interior
ed. and the meeting adjourned without
arriving at decision.