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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1894
Page
2
C. FE Monroe returned yesterday from Colorado points where he has been in the interest of the Senior excursion which leaves Colorado for Salt Lake on October 1. Monroe reports that all eyes are on Utah and that Colorado people have faith in the Territory's future. Many will buy lands in the Uintah and Uncompahgre reservations and others will invest in Salt Lake.
Sheriff Bob Ware returns from Parachute with details of a mass sheep slaughter at Bean Creek canyon and nearby corral. He reports 3 922 sheep killed by throat cutting and notes 50 masked riders, with 1 800 and 2 122 head affected. no suspects identified. Local property owners are Hurlburt Miller and Brown.
In Savannah a telegram from the New York World prompts Governor Northern to protest English inquiry into lynchings. He asserts Georgia handles affairs locally and condemns outside interference, accusing English critics of hypocrisy and bias while citing various racial incidents across the United States. Salt Lake Tribune.
Dr. E C Towne reports a large ball of fire fell in a vacant lot near Austin during last night's thunderstorm. A hole several feet wide and deep tore the ground, with earth seered and cracked for about twenty feet. A tremendous thunder and vivid lightning followed the event.
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