The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-11-01
UTAH STATE NEWS


The Arrapine Commercial club OF
Manti has filed its articles of incor-
poration
The Independent Telephone COM
pany has finally begun construction
work in Park City.
The city council OF Coalville has
6xed the rate for electric lights at so
cents per month. fiat rate, for each
lamp.
Some of the Logan athletes are or.
ganizing a football team, which they
expect to make champions of the
State
o. /. Reed of Snowvile was kicked
in the face by fractions horse one
day last week, his nose being broken
and his face severely cut.
Second Vice President Daniel VIII.
lard. in an interview at Chicago. con.
firms the statement that the Burling
ton road will be built to Salt Lake City.
Thomas Carter of Ogden was found
in an unconscious condition on the
sidewalk at midnight, he having been
sandbagged and robbed. He will re
cover.
N. l.. Jacobson, aged 30, OF Bancroft
Idaho, s'uclded in Salt Lake City. on
Saturday, swallowing a large quantity
NJ Ia hnA hpi NIL N
hard for some time.
Arthur Benere Grant the 2-year-old
son of j. F. Grant of Ogden, died last
week, after being operated on to re
move peanut kernel which had
lodged in the windpipe.
DIR. Alfred b. Putnam. for many
years a resident of Hooper, was found
dead sitting in chair at the Lawrence
house in Ogden DIR. Putnam was a
veteran of the Civil war.
Western Union telegraph business IN
and ut of Salt Lake has increased sc
much Of late that II has been found
neceI iary to string additional lines to
accol modtte the business.
A party OF men has been in Parowan
recently looking over the field with
view of establishing an auto line from
Cedar City to Parowan, and probably
extending the line through to Beaver
The 2-year-old daughter of yam Beck
of Alpine was sitting on the well-curb
when she fell into the well, distance
OF 25 feet. She was rescued with a
broken arm and several bruises, and
will recover
The millers OF Salt Lake county
failed to come to any understanding
in regard to organization and It is be
lleved that the organization of a mill
ers' cooperative association is now a
thing of the past.
A long cherished hope on the part OF
the Greeks of Utah was realized last
Sunday morning. when the new East
ern Greek Orthodox church. recently
completed, was dedicated with appro
pirate ceremonies.
The Utah building at the Portland
exposition has been sold for 1915. The
commissioners are confident that there
will be between $4,000 and $4,000 OF
the appropriation left after all the
business is closed up.
Western Pacific engineers have sue
cessfully closed the thirty-eight mile
gap heretofore existing in the line OF
the Western Pacific across the desert
The line was run a few days ago after
encountering many difficulties.
Harry Wilson, a colored plano play.
er, 22 years of age, was shot down by
Jesse Thomas. a colored porter, 1S
years of age. Saturday night in
olive" in Salt Lake, during a quarrel
over a card game. Wilson will prob
ably die.
Jim Gemmil took a shot at Lor
Perry, proprietor of a saloon in Park
City, but missed him, and then left the
saloon and shot himself dead. Gem
mil had been on a protracted spree
and was probably insane when he com
mitted the crime.
The Score club OF Park City is max
ing arrangements TO give a minstrel
performance some time next month
The club is composed of twenty of the
young men Of town and they promise
that the entertainment to be given
will be of high class.
Wild animal bounty certificate No.
since the new law went into effect was
issued from the office of the county
clerk Of Salt Lake county last week.
The public library building donated
TO Salt Lake City by John Q. Packard
was formally opened last week.
A new departure on the Hartman
lines is the converting of some coaches
into hospital cars. One of the cars will
be stationed at Ogden and another
possibly at Pocatelo. A surgeon will
be assigned TO the car, which will be
equipped with all necessary appliances
Eric Ostlund, a resident of Utah fol-
more than thirty yaars dIed M his