Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-19
MASTIFF DOG
ATTACKS BABY.
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Especial TO the News.
ogden, Utah. June i9.-Little 7-year-
old Yernan Smith fell from a cherry
/ tree on Liberty avenue yesterday af-
ternoon and received severe Injuries.
He was gathering the fruit for a neigh
Dor when he lost his footing and fell
to the ground, distance Of 10 feet.
He struck on the right side Of his head,
which was badly lacerated and his
right eye was seriously injured.
DOG ATTACKS BABY.
A 2-year-old baby Of Henry Taylor's.
who resides ON Fishers Row, was Bit
ten by large mastiff dog belonging
to II. A. Lawrence yesterday after
noon. The child was playing In the
road when the animal ran out and
sinking Its teeth In the small OF the
baby's back, shook II until It's terrified
screams called some people TO us rh-
cue. The matter vas reported to the
police and Chief Browning sent an off,
Ger to find Lawrence and notify him he
must dispatch the animal ut once II
he would escape prosecution. The baby
is severely hurt but Is under the care
of physician.
The safe In the Office OF the Continent
tai oil company was broken into ye&-
terday at noon while Manager Williams
was at lunch, The bold burglar Sc
cured $3.50 In postage stamps, which he
later in the day sold at the Kline Sec
ond-hand store for 81,
REPORT CAUSES ALARM.
Deputy Sheriff Cave was plunged in
to- a state bordering on nervous pros
tration last night by the report that
came TO him, to the effect that nearly
ali the prisoners In The county jail were
at work with saws and there would In
all probability be an elaborate iail de-
livery ere morning, Mr. Cave at once
put on some extra guards and kept
them on all night This morning every
prisoner and his cell were carefully ex-
amlned but there was no indication Of
"A saw IL Is believed that the one who
started the report must have mistaken
the clinking Of Waddelrs Oregon boot,
for The working of saws.
TEXTBOOKS ADOPTED.
The board of education at It's meet
Ing last night adopted the following
textbooks to be used In the city schools
Tor the next nVe years,
Readers Basic Series Stepping
Stones to Literature; Wheeers Prim-
ers for the first grade.
Cyr's Series-Second, Third and
Fourth readers
Supplemeatary-H oltons Primer and
Lights TO Literature,
Language a.d Grammar-Buehler's
Modern English Lessons for Teachers;
Wheeler's Language Lessons Reed 3
Kellogg's Higher Lessons In Eng
lish.
History Eggeston's First Book on
American History. American Leaders
and Heroes; Thomas History Of the
United States.
Spelllng-The Modern Speler
Wrltlng-Rondebush System; the
Electric System and the New Era Sys-
tenn.
Drawlng-The Prang System.
Music-rhe Natural Music Course.
Geography--The Natural Geography
Supplementary-Tarr & McMurry's
Geography.
Arithmetic Halls Primary for the
teachers Of beginners; Halls book No
l, for the third and fourth grades;
Halls book No. ., for the fifth and
sixth grades; Mines Standard Arith-
metlc for the seventh and eighth
grades.
Physlology-Cutter's Beginners; Ma.
ture study Talmage's Domestic Sci
ence; Talmage's Nature Study.
The board will adopt more supple.
mentary readers and the high school
textbooks OF It's next meeting.
SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Mrs. Kate MacEvin has filed through
her attorney, T. r. 0'Connoly. a suit
for divorce from her husband, Hon
ard MacEyin The ground for her plea
is non-support She also asks for the
restoration Of her maiden name, Kate
Scott. The couple were married In Og.
den on May "a, 1898.