The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-10-05
UTAH STATE NEWS.


unstinted praise with his latest work
I'm the east.
Emancipation day was appropriately
celebrated by the colored population
of Salt Lake last week.
w. Burney of Ogden was injured
in railway accident at Omaha on the
10th, but is on the road to recovery.
Hans u. Larsen. well.known aud
respected citizen of Spring City. died
suddenly last week from Brights dis.
ease.
A solid block OF twenty.four homes
are TO be erected in Salt Lake City
in the near future. at a cost Of over
100000.
The BARRIERS union of Salt Lake
last week advanced the price OF shaw.
ing and haircuttlng from 10c and 25c
TO 15c and Csc.
All the sugar factories in the state
are running full blast and II is said
the output OF this article will eclipse
any previous year.
Murray is petitioning the city coun.
ell to consider the question of install.
ing and maintaining a water system
for fire protection.
A real, live mountain sheep Is TO be
on exhibition at the Utah state fair, a
rancher from the northern part OF the
state having made the entry.
The erection of poles to string wires
for the purpose Of lighting the streets
many miles south Of Salt Lake has be.
gun and In a few weeks will be com.
pleted.
September in the ore and bullion
market closed on settlei. ents aggre-
eating s2,O55.3SS, this compared with
s1,956,912 for the corresponding period
last year.
David Lloyd, an employee OF the
smelter at Bingham Junction, was So
verely burned last week by having hot
Stag poured over his right foot. He
may lose his foot
The town Of Chester celebrated the
opening OF its new school house last
week. The building is modern in every
respect and for its size has not SUI
perior in the state.
c. w. Dickinson, deserter from the
United States navy. surrendered him
self to the authorities at Salt Lake.
last week. and will be held awaiting
formal notification.
-Four years ago Leslie Williams nose
began to bleed SO frequent were the
lhemorrhages that he became enact
ated and died last week at Peoa. He
was II years of age.
Work has commenced on the ward
meeting house at Pleasant Grove. IL
is reported that the building will cost
fully $4,000 whom completed. II Is
an elegant structure.
Charles Myers OF Park City attempt.
ed to clean a shot gun without first
extracting the shells. and as a result
shot himself In the left hand. sustain.
ing painful wound,
The cities OF American Fork, Lehi
and Pleasant Grove are TO begin work
this week on the construction OF tho
Silver Lake reservoir, in American
Fork canyon. The lake has a surface
area OF ten acres.
The Bell Telephone company OF Salt
Lake has been granted a franchise TO
run wires for line TO Union. and tho
Independent company was granted its
request to string wires to Bingham
junction and West Jordan.
Douglas Bennett and Claude Sadler
stole wagon load OF groceries In Salt
Lake last week and tried to dispose
of them at reduced price. They may
be committed to the reform school and
given a chance to mend their ways.
Robert Hatch. the negro who com.
mitted an assault with loaded revol.
yer on Clarence Denton In Salt Lake
last April has been sentenced to six
months Imprisonment in the county
Jail and TO pay a fine OF 500 or serve
400 days in default,
Nels sorenson, proprietor of shoot.
ing gallery in Ogden. was accidentally
shot through the hand by a stranger.
who was evidently intoxicated. His
careless handling OF the gun caused II
to explode. the ball passing through
Sorenson's right hand,
While Mr.. and and Mrs. T. J. Para.
dice Of Salt Lake were packing their
trunks preparatory to move. their 1S.
months-old child climbed into the win.
dow and fell three stories TO the pave
ment below. Not a bone was broken
and the child will recover.
John Benson of American Fork. pur.
chased from a druggist what he sup.
posed to be rochelle salts. and took a
large dose. dying in a short time. An
examination disclosed the fact that
the drug. LIST had given him anthony
tartrate instead OF the salts.