The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-23
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t The telephone wires look like
r business.
Mayor Little contemplateS going
east in few days.
The masquerade last evening was
an immense success.
/ Washington's birthday is past for
another twelve months.
The bullion shipments on Tuesday
aggregated in value S9,534O4.
Everything will assume its Gus
tomary working aspect to-day.
Bullion shipments do not con-
tinue as brisk as they have done.
The maximum thermometer on
Tuesday, was $40; the minimum, So
The livery stables and billiard
saloons We're we'll patronized on
Tuesday.
a good many of the boys were
speeding their horses on the streets
yesterday.
Davis, Howe & Co.'S machine
shops have been running night and
day lately.
The Third District Court will re-
sumo the ordinary routine of bust
ness to-day.
The streets were very quiet last
evening, everybody being at the
masquerade.
A few more such days and people
will be led to believe spring has
come III earnest.
The petitioning of the City
Council for licenses under the new
ordinance has commenced.
What will be the next theatrical
attraction? Anything before the
English Comic Opera Troupe?
The Utah Central train was one
hour and forty minutes late last
night, and the mail was not dis
tributed.
The new ordinance passed by the
City Council, establishing Washing
ton Market, is published on the
fourth page.
Col. J. c. Little is in from Little
ton, en- route for Provo, where he is
summoned to appear as juror on
Thursday next.
Monday was the first day since
November that the stores generally
displayed the open doors which
come with spring.
The street car track is being e1-
tended to the southwest portion of
the city. Work was commenced on
the grading yesterday.
Z.C.M.I. will be closed for stock
taking on the 1st of next month. So
SAYS a notice published by Hon.
VIM. Jennings, superintendent.
The report concerning the beating
of a person on the head. with a six
shooter at Park city on Sunday
night, the result of a gambling row,
has been confirmed.
Two companies of the Fire De
partment were out drilling on
Washington's Birthday. One COM
pany, with steamer, on Second South
Street, and one on First South.
The receipts of the bal masque
last night amounted, at a rough esti-
mate, to $500, which. when all
expenses are paid, will net some
thing ike $500 for the benefit of
Hebrew colledge to be established
here.
1t is expected that Judge Stephen
P. Twiss, who heard the arguments
in the mandamuS case, at the re-
quest of Chief Justice Hunter, will
deliver his opinion in the case this
morning, or announce at what
date he will be prepared to give it.
In answer to a great many in
quirieS rs to when the trial of Emer-
son, indicted with Hopt for the
murder of John F. Turner, will take
place, it will suffice to say, that it
will not come up at this term of the
Third District Court; and it is a
question if jury can be secured at
the next term.
Seven or eight of the bicyclists
had Il meet on Tuesday afternoon,
and a dash about town on their
never-tiring steeds. They purpose
establishing a bicycle club, and will
hold regular meets, with match
races and other sports, as soon as
they can effect an organization and
secure Il satisfactory place for
track.
The pOstoffice department Oh
served Washington's Birthday on
Tuesday, and the manner in which
those calling at the Office were made
acquainted with the fact was quite
novel. A rough drawing of a
hatchet, natural size, was pasted on
the window, and on the handle was
inscribed the words, Remember the
boy that never told lie"
Electric ielegrAphs, printing, gas,
Tobacco, bSllooDs and steam,
Are little events that have come 10 pass
Since the days Of ,he I'D regime;
And spite OF LeDpriere'. dazzling psge,
I'd giva-though it might seem bold
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