The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-06
SUFFER PARTIAL AMPUTATIoN
Young Man injured by Fire Cracker
Explosion Loses Two Fingers.

Park CITY. July This morning the
condition of VIII Dickert, the young
man who was so badly injured by the
explosion Of a giant firecTaCker, is quite
encoura ging. In dressing the wounds
last evening il was found necessary to
amputate the fOrefnger and to take a
piece of the end of the third finger of.
/ The wounds about the abdomen Of the
injured man. which at first were
thought To be Of a very serious nature,
have proved 10 be but slight. and in n
short time. EXCEPT for the condition of
his right hand, the injured man viii
be well again.
The display of fireworks given by
the celebration committee last evening
was not as successful as was antici-
pated. owing TO the fact that the dis
play was made on a hill a little too
far from town for the best display to
the people
The Park City ball team returned
from Evanston today, where they
played two games of the Utah-Wyo-
ming league series Park took the frs
game by q score of i to s and dropped
/ the second by a score Of 1 TO 1. The
Park team has been strengthened
somewhat during the past week, and
with the addition of Hodson. the St.
Joe pitcher, VIII be without doubt the
strongest amateur team in the state
As far as the Eureka proposition is
concerned. the local team is anxious
to play them for $500, but ii is impos-
Sibie TO have the same lineup for Park
City like any large mining camp. has
a transient population. and not infre-
queHt1y are some Of these men good
ball players and are on the local team
while they stay in town As mat
ter Of fact, though. Parks team is
nearly the same as the one which
played Eureka on Miners Union day.
and if Eureka wants 10 play ball as
badly as the men claimed they did
when the challenge was issued. there
viii be no difficulty in getting the
teams together.
Mrs. J. A. Weller has on exhibition
a handmade bed spread made Of Bat
! tenburg lace. which measures 40 by 90
inches. The making Of the spread re-
quired three years. and it is one of the
most magnificent specimens Of needle
work ever exhibited in this locality.
Quite a number Of social affairs were
given last evening and fireworks were
the chief entertainment
The special meeting Of the EIks was
postponed last evening, owing to the
fact that the day had been a busy one
Tor most Of the members and the spe-
/ cial would not have been as largely
attended as was desired On the 18th.
/ however, at the regular meeting. the
business OF last nights session viii be
taken UP, together with final action ON
I the club matter which has been before
the lodge for some time
Several parties went TO the Hot Pots
today to spend the day
William Waters came back from a
short trip 10 Zion this morning.
John Mcleod returned from a Salt
Lake visit this morning.
Gus FaTendOrf made a flying visit TO
the capital yesterday
jim HOWells returned from a short
visit to the metropolis.
Farley Christensen, who has been in
town for several days. returned to Salt
Lake today.
James COrrigan returned this morn
ing from the metropolis
sherman Fargo has been confined to
his home for several days with a bad
attack of rheumatism.