The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-16
CHIPS.

The petit jury assemblies on Mon.
day.
The Union Pacific was on time
last night.
Another big storm in a short time
is Predicted.
The police station was compare
lively quiet on Friday.
The boss colt race on July 25th.
Trot out your blOoded colts.
Have a reserve force that viii
come out when you need it.
Bullion shipments ON Friday ag-
gregated in value S26,3S7.53.
The Deseret Telegraph office at
Alta Was reopened Tor business on
Friday.
Street Supervisor Livingstone is
piling gravet ON First South street,
beyond the City Hall.
A half-dozen bicycles, speeding
along the sidewalk in single file,
was one of the sights on Friday
afternoon.
With the lifting of this last of the
blockades, there is some prospects Of
merchants getting their long de-
layed freight.
The mercury is ascending the
thermometrlcal scale pretty lively.
1t reached 720 on Friday, and did
not drop below 4S0.
Good Friday was generally OBJ
served yesterday through the
medium OF hot cross buns, by ma
tives OF Hold Hingland.
The shipment of potatoes from
Utah has ceased, or nearly so, doubt
less owing to the scarcity of the
article in these quarters.
If the weather continues good, we
may look for a free attendance of
country visitors to-day, and a cor
respondingiy brisk trade.
The present rate of fare from
Ogden 10 BellYue, in Wood River
District, 0iG Blackfoot, is
S31.75, or $3.50 from Salt Lake.
Improvements of every character
are in progress in all parts of the
city, and it is now difficult to find
an unemployed mason or mechanic.
A more beautiful place than Salt
Lake is at present, it would be diff
cult to find. The trees are all III
bloom and the air filled with their
The excavation for the new block
10 be put up by Hooper and Ed
redge makes an immense hole. The
Did Hunter lot would not be recOg-
lized now.
The arrival of freight is now in
Seven car loads of Iocal
freight came down over the Utah
Central on Thursday and the same
number on Friday.
Fred SOmerfleld has challenged
Ben Arthur to glove match for
he champion amateur medal anO
Arthur has accepted, the fl hi to
,ome off next week.
On Friday an order was issued by
Judge Hunter directing subpenas
20 issue in the case of the People Us.
Il. l.. Courtney, or La Poer Berres-
ord, indicted for forgery, at the ex-
Jense of the people.
The grand jury entered the court
md returns two indictments under
he laws of the territory. This
makes ten indictments in all, two
# which are for violations OF
United States statutes.
a large number of folks, consist
ng of The family and friends of Mr..
w. Moss, of the Eleventh Ward,
assembled at his house and gave Mr..
VI. pleasant surprise last evening.
The occasion was his 18th birthday.
Secretary Thomas has been ap-
pointed special agent to collect fol-
,he tenth census, the statistics OF
Utah churches, schools and libraries,
Is well as the statistics generally Oh
he Church of Jesus Christ of Lat
5er-day Saints.
divorce" will be performed at
he Theatre on Wednesday and
evenings next, by the
Home Dramatic Club, assisted by
Miss. A. A. Adams, who has re-
;eHtly returned from San Francisco.
The club has been hard at work on
he new piece for some time.
The grand jury paid visit to the
2enitentiary on Friday, being taken
tut in Mulloy & Paul's drag, with
our in hand. They must have had
pretty dry ride, judging from the
gait in which they drove up
o quarters ON Main street OH their
eturn. They found the Penitentiary
n good condition.
young man residing in Keene
Kissed his sweetheart behind q large
screen.
he made too much noise
And was heard by some boys
Who informed the girls pa-which was
mean.
II ~ Beecher.