The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-01
UTAH STATE NEWS

Peter Brocchini, an italian. was
billed as the result Of an accidental
explosion in a stone quarry in Weber
canyon. near Ogden
A barn, several tons of hay. fences,
ETC. belonging to Hans sorensen of
Redmond we're completely destroyed
by fire last week
Peter Schroeder. the oldest man
in Logan, II not in Cache county. died
on November %. on his 9th birth.
day. He was a native of Sweden.
II develops that the state fair held
In Salt Lake City cleared the fair
association 1854, the receipts being
s29,576 and the expenditures S2G,035.
p. G. Christensen, who has been
the mail carrier for Mayneld for
number OF years. was run over by
passenger train last week and killed.
William Marley, who built the Hrst
lime kiln in the state of Utah. died
at his home In Salt Lake City on
November 20, at the age Of II years
After being divorced for one week
Salt Lake couple who had aired
their domestic differences In the al.
vorce court, were remarked last
week.
The forestry service office located
in Salt Lake City Is being removed
10 Ogden. where the headquarters for
the service in this district will hence
forth be located.
The annual session Of the grand en-
I...I
Fellows of Utah was held In Salt
Lake City last week, about 40 dele.
gates being in attendance.
A movement has been started at
Mi. Pleasant for the installation OF
an independent telephone system. a
committee Is now canvasslng the
town to find out how many people !
will install phones.
A. ~ Terry was acquitted OF the |
charge OF mayhem in the district !
court AZ Ogden hast week He was
charged with biting off the ear of |
John Cullen in saloon brawl in og |
den several months ago.
The teachers who attend the meet.
ing of the State Teachers association
10 be held In Salt Lake City ON De
cember 81. 22 and 90. are to be roy.
ally entertained by the teachers In
the Salt Lake public schools
The case against Andrew w. Mel
son. charged with the robbery of
&10G,250 from the reserve chest OF the
Utah National bank. of Salt Lake
City. was dismissed last week. upon
the motion OF the district attorney
The census Office bulletin OF Stats
tics on marriage and divorce made
public last week, shows that six hus-
bands in Utah secured divorces from
their wives between the years 1887
and 1906 on the grounu OF nonsupport.
Minnie o. Parker has commenced
TN action against the city Of ogden
70 recover $1,000 for injuries alleged
20 have been sustained Sept % last.
The plaintiff alleges that she fell and
broke her ankle by reason OF a de.
fectivc culyert
w. II. Fitzgerald. arrested In Salt
Lake City on charge OF forgery
committed in Texas, escaped from
the officer who was taking him back
for trial, by jumping from car win
dow. near Pueblo, Colo. while tho
train was running thirty miles an
hour
In the year 1880 the rate of d.
vorces granted In Utah averaged ia
TO the 100000 population In Wyom
ing, Ill; In Nevada, 1O6; and in Ida
ho, 5S. In 1900 the ratios were as
follows: Utah. 92 in 100000 popula.
tlon; wyoming, us; Nevada, III; Ida
no. 100.
Hotel men throughout the west are
planning TO organize the rransmissis
sippi Hotel Mems association, and
meeting OF the committee OF hotel
proprietors now working on that
Idea will be held in Salt Lake next
January, TO report on the success OF
IT'S efforts.
Plans have been accepted by tho
inland Crystal Salt company for It's
new salt factory to be erected At Salt.
cir to replace the old salt factory
which went up In flames in the dis
nstrous blaze there about one month
pgo. The building and machinery,
VIII cost 100000
Former Bishop Edward W. Wade,
who had been a resident OF Weber
county for iifty-two years, and was
one Of Ogden's most prominent men.
died al his homo In Ogden on No.
yember Is. from an attack Of diabetes.
from which he had suffered for the
past eleven years,
Placing the barrel OF 22 caliber
Winchester rifle to his mouth, Wal
ter Lucky, a gambler of Ogden, pulled
the trigger with a cord which he had
attached to Il and sent bullet
crashing through his mouth, which
lodged AZ the base Of the brain, death
being instantaneous
J.. f. Holcomb. on his way to va.
lima, Wash, was made the victim OF
g bnnco game AZ the union depot In
ogden. liolcomb was loser 10 the ,
extent Of $50 Il was tho same old
game OF cashing a draft for a fellow
who Represented himself to be a pas
senger on the same train.
by reason OF the declUion handed
down last week by the supreme court. /.
the University OF Utah becomes one :
Of the most richly endowed educational I
IN tho United States. AZ i
the least calculation. the decision n
rendered gives the university saline 4
lands valued az s700O,o0O.
The report Of tha state canvassing