The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-03-16
UTAH NEWS.


Is succeeded by David Prior.
Governor Wells has returned from
his trip to Washington, where he at
tended a meeting Of governors
H. c. Loose, mining magnate, has re-
signed a. member Of the Provo city
council. giving as his reason pressure
OF private business.
In the vicinity Of st. George peach
trees are In full blossom aud bounte-
Gus harvest Of the luscious fruit this
season Ia predicted.
The grand lodge A. u. u. W. met 10
Salt Lake last week and changed the
assessment plan Of this jurisdiction
from the level TO the graded plan.
All the schools In Manu have been
closed, owing To the recent outbreak OF
smallpox. and the school rooms will DO
thoroughly disinfec,ed during the vaca-
tion.
V. $. Pect, emigration agent for the
Hear River Land company, last week
brought In ak families and a carload Of
baggage from Nebraska The new
comcrs will settle at Dewcyvillc.
burglars entered store nj Woods
Cross one night last week and appro'
priaied quantity ofclothlng and a few
dollars In cash. Tramps are supposed
TO have been the guilty parties
Charles Read, lately held In Salt Lake
on suspicion Of being wanted else
where. il wanted In Nebraska for The
murder Of man he was travelling with
last summer. near Grand Island.
Mrs NJ A. Mclean has been ap.
pointed nntron Of the Utah county In.
Urinary at salary Of $50 per month.
Mrs. Mclean was for number Of years
matron at the state insane asylum.
Governor Wells has announced his
intention 10 appoint senator to hn
utah'a vacant scat In the United States
senate, la the event that Quay Of Penn.
sylvania Is seated, aud expresses the
opinion the Quay will be seated.
a stock eca,pauy Ia being organized
In Lehi FOE the purpose Of erecting,
during the coming summer, a modern
opera house, costing la the ueighbor-
hood Of FROM $4,000 10 en-, 200, aud the
success OF the project seems TO be as
sured.
Work on the tunnel nj Altus Is being
rapidly pushed To completion by tho
Rio Grande Western people, aud ths
two gangs. which are working toward
each other, will meet about April J.,
Altus IA one Of the busiest places la the
state just now.
The home Of james Anderson, four
miles east OF Richnrld, was destroyed
by drc while the family was at Sunday
school. A little bog was seen about
the place by nelghbors aud IL Is III,
opinion Of some that he set Ore TO the
building
Leo Whitehead of Salt Lake, who was
arrested la Washington nj the instance
Of his wife, who claimed that he had
deserted her aud children In Salt Lak,
aud married another woman In Balti
more, has been held la $4,000 bonds fol
further hearing,
II Is reported that there u consld
cradle number OF smallpox vases In tn
vicinity OF Koosharcm, and that Their
are no quarantine regulations la force
and the state board OF health has bee
asked to investigate the report and 80
that the law il complied with,
An unusual railway accident ocearrc
near Ccntcrville last week whoa bot
side bars on the engine, connecting m
drivers, broke squarely In two, viii
the train was running at the rate :
sixty miles an hour. the cab being tor
on, but NO Que injured.
Morgan 4. woodhouso OF Lehl HI
accepted an eight months'eontraetw wit
the T.. II. Dyer company In the capacil
OF agricultural expert for a sugar ia
tory they are creetingat Cleveland, q
during which time he will instruct u
farmers ia the art Of growing bcets.
From Lake canyon, an oirshoot
Spanish Fork canyon, comes the repo
that valuable collaborating rock hl
been found, aud that at a point abol
eight miles FROM Thistle many colo
have been exposed, There is a gre
rush for the new district.
Annette Jensen Of sandy, recent
released from the state insane asylu
as cured. has been recommitted TO IA
institution, her malady having I
turned with great violence, she havll
driven her husband from home Al
threatened 10 cut his throat.
The wooden mills at Provo are ga
to DO running at their fullest capacit
with orders ahead for long time
come. Strange TO say, the large
shipments from this mill go to caste
states, while large percentage goes
the Pacific coast
After escaping the pestllence for on
three nontba notwithstanding n CO