The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-02-23
UTAH NEWS.


II Is said that an effort Is being made
W connect the Utah & Arizona railroad
with the Utah & Pacific.
There is quite an excitement among
prospectors and mining men over the
strike recently made Ia hort canyon,
near Alpine.
out Of ten candidates just examined
before the state board Of pharmacy for
license to practice pharmacy, only three
passed muster.
A lone highwayman held up John
Isaaoson and Jim Nelson, at Silver
City. securing $50 for his trouble. Isaac
sou being the loser.
During target practice at Circle
Vile. willis johnson accidentally shot
Jesse Apologize with 2a-calibrc gun
iunicting a painful wound
II IA said that william j. Bryan win
be In Utah TO take part In the coming
congressional campaign aud that be
will make tour Of the state
The prospects Tor irrigation water
have been greatly improved by the
storms Of the past week, there having
been a very heavy fall Of snow In the
mountains
one million acres Of grazing land In
The strawberry valley on the Uintah
reservation Ia 20 be leased soon Tor
period OF ave years. the lease TO be lie,
10 the highest bidder
The coal company nt sunnyside has
finished thirty comfortable cottages, a
bunk-house, boArdlng-houss and store
house, and that place Is putting on a
pleasing look Of prosperity.
The coal at sunnysIde having been
subjected 10 critical analysis and found
10 30 very superior eoking coal, coke
ovens will be built al the mises aud n
great deal Of coke made there.
william l.. Jones, Of Winter Quar-
tiers, was taken to u Salt Lake hospital
last week for an operation for blood
poisoning, resulting from n cut on the
hand made by tin In opening a can.
Now settlers are coming In daily aud
purchasing land near Green River tina,
Is To be reclaimed by the aid OF the big
canal which IA being constructed by the
Green River Land 4 Irrigation Co.
-Four men are under arrest at Provo,
charged with having blown up the safe
At the Rio Grande Western railway
depot at Spanish Fork, and the officers
believe they havca clear case against
A saitLaise man las, week forwarded
10 Lady oNsllia soldiers and snilors
fund siss which he had collected. This
fund will he distributed among Irish
families made sufferers by the South
African war.
That Green River Ia to enjoy a sub
stantial building boom this season IL
evident from the fact that tho new
brick plant TO be established there has
already received orders enough TO keep
going all summer.
The new management Of the salt
Palace has decided To present first class
vaudeville and light opera during the
coming season, aud TO that end a now
theatre will be built on the grounds
The palace viii open Tor the season In
May or June
The telephone company Is putting In
telephones among the farmers At low
cost and connecting them with the toll
lines running into salt Lake This plan
win be put In operation In every COM
munity Ia Utah contiguous TO an ex.
change station,
Henry Oldham, Of Paradise, while
hauling logs In East canyon, last week.,
was caught In snowslide aud I'M antly
k'iled his neck, back, arms aud legs
being broken. His team wa also
killed, while teams In front a. = behind
him escaped uninjured.
James Kirkman, a Sprlnvlle farmer,
was seriously injured In runaway at
Mammoth. The tongue Of the wagon
came down, the wagon was upset and
Kirkman was thrown violently TO the
ground, suffering the fracture OF
shoulder blade aud two ribs.
Governor Wells has departed for
Washington, where he will attend the
meeting Of the committee to arrange
for the one hundredth Anniversary OF
the establishment Of the seat OF gov.
eminent at that city lie viii probably
be absent about three weeks.
The state auditors report for the
year ending December 81, 1900, shows
that the receipts from all sources for
the year amounted to 81, iGa, 6sb. "a.
while the expenditures reached the sum
Of 81, l5p, 3S3pl, There was balance
on hand Of sis9, coast, ON December
81 1900.
II Rasmussen, the Utah sheep man
who was hned Ia Oneida county for
violating she Idaho sheep quarantine
proclamation, has taken the case 10 the
United States supreme court on a writ
OF error II IA claimed that the Idaho
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