The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-12
UTAH STATE NEWS

The opening or The puhlir schools nv
Manu has been postponed on account
Of the prevalence Of an epidemic OF
diphtheria
The board Of education Of salt Lake
City has decided to raise the salarie,
Of practically oil the teachers In tn,
city schools
DR.. Peterson, Of Kimberly was se-
verely injured one day last week by
being kicked 10 the region Of the solar
pleEus by horse.
The linemen In the employ Of the
Rocky Mountain He'll Telephone com
pany In Salt Lake City are on a strike
for an increase ia wages.
The ore and bullion settlements In
the Salt Lake market during the pas,
week amounted TO sait.7oo. The stock
sales amounted TO ssi7,5G7
Willie Ilalloran Of salt Lake, aged
II. who was shot In the abdomen by
another boy while on pleasure trip,
has sueeumbed TO hIs injuries.
The city council Of Provo has granted
n franchise to local capitalists for the
construction aud operation Of an cleo
trio street railway In that city.
A gang Of robbers have been operAt-
ing In Davis county recently, two
stores being robbed In broad day light
at Bountiful one day last week
Gus Blumenthal n young plumber
Of Lehi, attempted suicide last week |
by taking laudanum. but his life was
saved by prompt medical attendance.
young woman Of Salt Lake City |
secured divorce from her husband
one day last week, aud took another
husband ON the evening Of the same
day.
Peter Mortensen. convicted OF the
murder Of James Il. Hay, has been sen.
fenced to be executed on October n.
Mortensen chose shooting ns the mode
OF execution.
Edward johnson, n young sheep
horder, Il behind the bars, charged
with embezzlement aud abduct!ng
i7-yeAr.old llountiful girl. johnson
admits his guilt
Fire broke out In solid row OF
wooden buildings Mt Kimberly on the
9Th, but fortunately II WAS gotten I'M
der control after damage to the amount
Of $500 had been done.
o. Flanders q function met death in
tee Anpie t.aurle mine q, lSimbcriy ON
the 4th, when eave-in occurred.
Fiander, was caught against a timber
and died before help reached him.
John Gray, the convict who killed
Mike Mccormick, fellow convict, at
the state prison, will not be prosecuted
for the deed, II developing that the
deed was committed ln self defense.
Thomas Lund aud wife aud two Of
their sons Of Ephraim. had a narrow
escape from death by poison last week.
Tho poisoning was caused by drinking
coffee which had been roasted In cop
per utensils.
George A. Maxwell ~ Denver, ON a |
single motor rode an exhibition mile |
on the saucer track In Salt Lake City |
last week In i'i7 s-5, The time il the
tastes, ever ridden on western tract,
by any kind Of a machine.
Eugene Duggns, thirieen.ycar.old |
Provo boy, was shot IN the forehead |
by ea.ealibrc ride Ia the hands Of a
youthful companion the bullet faticu.
ing against the boys skull Strange
TO say he suffered no serious wound
barney Eckslein, a bartender. shot
and instantly killed j. A. Jennings. a
bridge builder employed by the Oregon
short Line Railroad company at a re-
sort near salt Lake City. Eckstein
claims the shooting was In sci f.defcnse.
but the sheriff IL Investigating the
ease on the suspicion that Jennings
hau been robbed and murdered.
a potato Is being exhibited In Salt
Lake City than which more perfect
fst could scarcely be- modelled by
skilled worker In clay than this tuber
had. Every finger is perfectly shown
even TO ineipient nails, while the pro-
portions are all correct.
A small child Of David ShaBd, IT,,
OF Mantl, met with painful accident
few days ago In which three OF her
fingers were badly bruised by accident.
ally putting them into feed chopper.
II may prove necessary that tho tips
OF the fingers be amputatod
la all portions Of the mining dis .
trieta Of Beaver county the greatest
activity il apparent Properties Boa
every direction are being worked and
from not few Of them good reports
are daily being made a. Mills are
literally alive with prospectors.
While attempting to cross the big
Sewer river bridge at neseret
threshing engine and tank broke
through the bridge aud fell 10 me bot.
tom Of the river Engineer 81, won't
down with the machine rf when
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