The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-07-14
UTAH NEWS.

Uncle Sam.
There are very few idle men In Utah
At present. fact Of which the citizens
may well feel proud.
The Railway age credits Utah with
81 40 miles Of new road built during
the FIRST half Of 1893.
A stock company il being organized
Tor the purpose Of erecting modern
opera house in Gunuison.
The Cermania smeltcr has passed 10.
TO the hands Of the trust Tue trans.
fer was made last Friday.
The railways Of Utah have been as
sesscd si2.ii7.pss FOR 1899, an increase
Of sl.ipl,pii over last year
The Rio Grandc Western Ia figuring
on building branch line into the
veruhl and Ashley country.
Junction Is experiencing building
boom. number OF substantial build
ings being under course Of Reconstruction,
Nearly every city, town aud hamlet
In the state celebrated the Fourth Ia
fitting style aud In a patriotic manner.
Coldic brown, the convict who es-
capped from the pcntentiary the first Of
last week. was arrested In Evanston
last Friday.
Rowland Hall, the famous school for
girls at Salt Lake city, has just closed
it, nineteenth educational year. Dur
ing the past year lG7 pupils wero en-
rolled.
J. NJ Giauque died In Salt Lake City
on the End inst. a. the result of sun
stroke Thi. IN believed TO he the first
fatal case Of heat prostratlon recorded
IN salt Lake.
Douglas Young, a Utah boy who
has been In Manila, will arrive In salt
Lake this wcel, accompany sl bya young
Filipino. which he brought across the
waters with hun
Fully 10000 people visited the dif-
fcrent resorts In aud around salt Lake
City on the Fourth. Figuring that
each person spent one dollar, total Of
$4,000 was put into circulation.
The All llallows college will erect
$4,000 building on their io.Acre site
In Salt Lake City during the next year.
The building will be- three or four
stories high and up.to-date In every
vespect
plan Is ON foot to have every vol.
int4r brought to Salt Lake City, as
soon as the soldiers la Manila return
home, and have reunion OF yolun-
teers At thu tune the medals which
the Legislature made provision for will
be presented.
Richard jimlslns Of Nephi, has dled
suit against Charles Foote for $751;
900 damages, alleged To be resulting
from gun shot wound which he no.
cclved at Foote's hands last summer In
water light, aud FROM which tho
plaintiff nearly lost his life.
The Utah batteries reached Cayite la
July, 1898, aud the Utah men have seen
continuous service throughout the in
surrectlon. aud the Organization has
been represented In every engagement
OF Importance. It lost eight men killed,
sixteen wounded aud four from di-
seasc.
Stone fruits are practically total
failure aud there will be very few 10.
caliles report good crop of all kinds
OF fruit. one OF these localitleA IN cx.
treme southwestern Utah, where
peaches are now ripening aud the yield
will be good. The fruit Ia small ON ac-
count OF the drought
Notwithstanding the order OF the
war department to the effect that NO
state organizations will he accepted as
such for service la the Philippines, II
~ reported that u body OF men Ia To be
recruited In salt Lake from different
parts OF the state. to bo offered 10 the
United States government
The southern experiment fruit farm
for the establishment OF which the lasl
legislature appropriated $4,000, will
probably be located on forty acr,
tract tweuty.four miles east OF 81
George aud six miles south Of Toqucr
Vile.
A terrific hailstorm occurred at Cir
eleville on the 3rd, causing consider
able damage TO vegetation. A tire
mendous cloud seemed to empty iisel
In the course OF q few minutes falling
rs one could Imagine the sudden fal
OF a meteorie shower.
A. H. Tarbet, formerly Butt,
miner, but now u resident Of Salt l.ah'
City, has Invested in a high class M
insurance policy OF 100000. A mum
Der Of wealthy mining men appear L
be providing for the future OF thei
families 10 this minner,
While celebrating the Fourth a
Murray, Jacob Canncgether aud Waite
Cooper were injured by the explosion
OF an improyised cannon, Cannegeths
lost two fingers, while Cooper wa
pretty badly bruised aud will carry III