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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-24
MACADAM.
A Correspondent Suggests 1t for
the Streets.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 23d, 1884.

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 23d, 1884.
To the Editor of THE HERALD.
The streets of the city are in a most
'deplorable condition, and little, if any
thing appt ars to be done to remedy the
defects in them, and so, year by year,
we have to submit to the inevitable "sea
ofmud'' which accompanies every storm
of any magnitude. This condition of
the streets should not exist in a city
like ours, where there is such an abun-
dant supply of good road-making ma
terial within easy access, and where so
much money is annually expended on
the streets. The chief trouble seems to
be that when an attempt Is made to
repair the streets, very unsuitable ma
terial is employed for hepurpose, and a
newly repaired street is as muddy and
unfit for travel after a storm or thaw
as one that has been in use for some
time. In my opinion there is only
one real coed piece of road IN the city,
and that is along the west side of the
Temple Block.
What is wanted is something of this
kind: About a foot or eighteen
inches of the surface soil should
be removed, and layer of cobble
stones or small boulders carted III.
These should then be OVerlaid with a
good coating of broken rocks, and the
whole surface smoothed over by a thin
covering of fine gravel. / think road
so constructed would soon settle down
into good solid roadway. and would
be free from so much slush. A heavy
rain would then have the effect Of
washing the surface, especially if the
surface was raised somewhat in the
centre and sloped to the bitches on eacl
side.
1t may, perhaps, be urged that Il
construct our streets would be very ex
pensive, but even if we grant this, /
seems to me that the first eXpenst
would be the least. 1t is mere waste o
time and money to continue the presen
system.
Instead of setting our prisoners Il
work shoveling clay on the streets, o
removing every rock they find on tn
surface, set them to work with ham
mers breaking rock, and employ tn
| broken rock in macadamiZing our street
as above.
| / simply write to offer a few SuggeS
tons on the matter, and l hope tina
some one may feel disposed to take tn
matter up, that an interest may b
| awakened in this direction. which Wi
ultimately result in something" bein
done. y. z. Rosa.
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THE LAND LEASE PROJECT.
Hon. Joel Grover in Defense of
the Measure.

NEPHI, UTAH, December p, 1884
To the Editor OF THE HERALD.
1t is barely possible that in the efforts
now being made to organize into COM
panies or associations our cattle inter
interests, some little strife may occur
through a difference of opinion on the
part of those taking an active part in
said organizations as to measures hey
DEAN desirable or Objectionable, notably
in the question of gOyernmel
leasing the grazing lands that are
undesirable for agricultural pur-
poses. 1t is claimed by some,
and has, believe, been eehoed by a
portion of the press, that the measure
is solely in the interests of the large
cattle owners, and against
the poor man. The idea to me
seems very far fetched and
it appears TO me as we'll might we say
that the homestead, presumption and
desert land laws were for the same pur-
pose and tending to the same end.
1t would appear to me a wise policy
that would makeit possible for theI eople
to acquire title. even if only by lease,
to every foot of the soil of our Terri
tory The poor, well-to-do and rich
alike have had opportunity to acquire
title to the most favored portions OF the
soil, and members of each class have
thankfully aVailed themselves OF the
opportunity offered
There is yet a vast area of unOccu-
pied land that the poor man cannot
afford to pay $1.25 per acre for. The
/ rich man can, and in many instances
will, but if government would throw
open to the people the right OF lease
at, say, 1 or cents per acre, Is it
not certain that the poor men would
quite as eagerly avail himself of the OPP
pOrtunity to possess himself Of a little
pasture land as even the rich man
would; and in our country settlements
would not our masses of poor people
very eagerly acquire title to their cow
backgrounds. that to-day are either be
ing ruined byscattle or sheep herds or
are being taken up by more well-to-de
people.
+ Is it not possible that our nti-leasing
friends are mistaken in their views and
that it would be a policy to dc
all in our power to have the entire
acreage of our country thrown
open to the people so that they could
acquire such a right of occupancy as
would 1uStuY Inem IN making tnOSe
permanent improvements that are SO
necessary to build up and develop al
the resources of our country.
1 say let the poor people of our town;
acquire a title that will enable them te
hold their cOw-herd grounds. Oul
farmers their pastures on the hills. Oul
dairymen their herd grounds, our sheep
men their Landing and sheariDg
grounds, and even our cattle kings, Il
we have any, their ranch grounds.
JOEL GROVER
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BEFORE JUDGE ZANE
The Smith Will Other Proceedings
in the Third District Court.

Phoebe A. Smith VS.. W. S. Smith Judg e
Zane sustained the demurred to the petit
ton of Mrs. Smith on the same grounds
as those taken by the County Court
that the petitionIwas insufficient to war
rant the wills being revoked; leave was
granted TO amend the petition until the
first day of the February term, 1885.
Ketchum and Human; the plaintiffs
motion for a new trial was denied
Exception.
James De Couycy at al. rs. Gustaye
Johnson; IN. NJ. Kaighn attorney for
plaintiff, and Arthur Brown for defend
ant; a number OF witnesses were exam
ined; the case is still in progress.
Ole HalyO sen VS.. Julia HalvoTsen-
the charge of adultery having been
proven, tie deer ee of divorce was
allowed
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NOTICE OF SALE
OF
Heal Estate.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
I'm N pursuance of an order of1ha probo+a
T-tsb' VI Ihe County of Juab. TERRITORY nj
49, Audue on the 18th dav OF Nover,'bar
rarEo II me matter Of the guardianship of tbe
nc 9U ia Slu estate OF Timothy B. Foot vard
nareo,I lol,esI5>lgned, the guardian of the said
"a tba b;, le estate, viii sell at private sale
10 confi,ES,i--.. Qder' Tor cash, and subject
No1,d'..1 ~. Il. 'li0n by said Probate Court on
o'cIda,ts the Eth day Of January 1855 ar IN
r1ioSI' III and Tor six months theraaf to-,
Tn:0r' n 95ich sale be sooner completed OF tbe
NJ IL III 10tel' IN the Town of NeDbi Conn.1-
intero'-1i' territory OF Utah. all the RIGHT titio
the cs- eHu estate OF said ward in and 10 ali
situste an IOtS, pieces or parcels of land
Of Juab rs; aLLo oelng in the said County
DESERT iieIIt1ory OF Utah. and bounded on5
Dinet,, eu as follows, to wit: Nine acres e+d
ousrter US ~ OF farming land in the sOutbaaSt
nm, YET teI OF Section number IN TC,--uiSt
east ~ :. 10 south, and OF RANGE nnmLa.P
Of 1aS -o eJe ~ Lake meridian Ty11 60
ousrter - ol farming land in the so,,fb,1,ors
ship and p section number s. in the Town.
said Fj.eahge and OF the meridian . So
s0nti-,,-11LV eve acres of FARMING IonS q; lore 1I
Townsbi,re quarter of Section nnmbar - 'tie
and NJ lumber L south, and Of tho 49, ~
beino sr-S-lSn Aforesaid; all Of soiS TuSSs
said ordes ful and particuIsri IN 1S to
Offers or ~ SSoeurt directing the sale
BY said gporS !s IN writing win be receives
se 1eflns and Conditions % fH mon Hotel.
said S u me purchase Money - GIasn, ~ per
on cor 6, Ian on the dAy of the colo 6oi-.eO
Court D1.1suon CT sale nv soiS p 1oi-l,e
Apense Of purchaser.
OH, SSg9S5disn of the person e. or +. FOOT,
3 Foot, ward ana estate of Tim
III Utah, December 79.h zoo,
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Married.

Mr.. John F. Clark, of Pleasant Grove,
of the firm of Clark Brothers & Co, and
Miss Leonia o. Alexander, OF Provo,
were united in the bonds of everlast =
ing wedlock, by Bishop John Brown.
Thursday, the 18th inst, at the resi-
dence of the brides sister, Mrs. Helen
A. Harvey, Pleasant Grove.
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To the working Men of Utah.

Being acquainted with the wants ok
the working men, l have concluded to
manufacture a new style of Tobacco
free from all chemicals and adultera-
tions, known as the Spanish Gin
pings" at the very low price of soc. =
pound. Call and get sample Whit, II
will cost you nothing.
Country orders solicited by
SAM LEVY,
TObaccOniSt-
III and 173 S Main Street, Salt Lake.
CITY.
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NEW FIRM.

HAvING PURCHASED THE B, .INEss
III of F. r. Madeira & Co., we III con
tinue same at the old stand, under me iTm
name of Price & Needham. We hope by
promptness and attention &, business and
handling only the best goods, to retain all
he old customers and add many new ones.
ELI L. PRICE.
THOMAS B. NEEDHAh.
October LIST, 1852
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The Holidays.

Watches, Jewelry, Precious Stones
etc. Joslin & Park, $50 Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah, announce that
their importations of goods include
Gem Diamonds of exceptional brill
ancy and perfection; White and Fancy
Colored Pearls, Emeralds, RubieS,
Sapphires, Cats Eyes and other Pre-
cious Stones; Watches, of the finest
grades; Bronzes, of latest models; Eng
fish and French Chime Clocks, Opera
Glasses, etc, etc. Our stock of Sterling
Silverware contains the very latest de-
signs, and is unsurpassed in size and
excellence of assortment. ALI goods
marked in plain figures, at prices that
cannot fail 10 satisfy the closest buyer.
Visitors always welcome.
JosLIN & PARK.
If YOU want genuine Elgin or Wal
tham Watch, in Gold or Silver Cases, go
to = ELIASON'S.
For FINE Opera Glasses, Gold and Sill
yer Spectacles and Eye Glasses, go to
ELIASON'S.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate Of CLAUS Stone. qiias claus Sjobcrg,
deceased.

deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN By THE
y uudersi ned, administrators of the es-
tate of Ola StO e. alias CLAUS SjOberg, de
ceased, to the creditors of, and ali persons
havint claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers,
within te month. after the first publication
of this notice, to the said administrative, al
the law office of 9 JOnassOn, I73E Second
South >treet, Salt Lake City, in the County
of Salt Lake.
Dated at Salt Lake City. December 18th,
1884. MARY STONE,
Administrators of the Estate of CLAUS
Stone. alias CLANS SjOberg, deceased. d
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LOST. sTRAYED OR STOLEN.
$4,000 Reward

VIII be paid by A. G. Bechtol, OF the
Opera House Bar, on the return of his
business. which was lost or stolen o7s
the night of the fire, Oct Is. Thar
popular resort is again open to the pub
lie with A. G. again on deck. which is a
sure guarantee to the pablo that the
stock therein dispensed Is equal to the
best in the city. A G. BEcHTOL.
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Xmas Cards.

Received. last evening, a splendid lot
of new Raphael Tuck'S Christmas Cards
at Dryers.
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Fox LADIES or Gents Chains. of als
patterns, go to ELIAS0N'S-
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CHOPPED Barley $1.OO per cwt. at Sears
& Liddle's.
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THE best xxx Flour for $3.50 at
Sears & LiddIe's.
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Popular Opera Prices Will Prev

15c., SOC. and ESQ.
Reserved Seats in First
Secure your seats early.
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You Are Interested Yourself.

We are prepared to sell to families, ar
the Occidental, Pure California and
Imported Wines, at Reduced Prices
The best of Liquors and Cigars always
on hand. You will become convinced
by trial.
AUER & MURPHY,
PrOprietOrS-
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ADMISSION: 81.
Parquette, SOC. extra
Boxes, $40, SO, SO.
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UTAH Oats S1.OO per cwt at Sears &
Liddle's.
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HAVE YOU seen those handsome
French Clocks at Joslin IL Parks that
strike the hours, quarters, half AMI
three-quarters.
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Especial Attention Paid to Orders By Nail.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-26

children started out 1t is known that they
reached the straw stack, and each having
secured load, started back; but in chang
ing their course they lost their way, and
wandered aimlessly about until, exhausted
and benumbed with cold, they could go no
further. The father then appears to have
dug cave in a huge snow drift at point
as little exposed as possible, into which he
put the children. He then started out in
search Of assistance, but finding none he
succumbed to the snow and the cold. Be-
coming tired Of waiting for him, and prob
ably craz"d by her suffering, one Of the
girls left her retreat and wandered aim
lessly about the prairie. All perished. A
searching party found the body Of one
little one in the cave, that of the other q
few rods away, and that Of the father
about half mile from his own door.
Almost every blizzard that sweeps over
this section causes similar cases Of suffer-
ing and death. They will continue until
people coming here to settle understand in
advance that they are Drawing an Arctic
climate in winter, and that when the
blizzard rolls about their habitations they
must stay in doors and wait for clearing
akiaa
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SHOT AND LAssoED.


AUS Deuu Mate.
IN. Y. sun.1
Two fur seals, estimated TO be about five
feet long, were seen lying for several hours
yesterday on large ice foe that the wind
had driven close to the shore near South
Beach, Clifton, Staten Island. Two Young
men named Robinson procured rifles and a
boat, and tried to get out near them. The
foe was too thick for them to make head
way, however, and they hauled the boat
ashore again. They then singled out a seal
each, and fired simultaneously. One OF the
two creatures threw It's head about for q
1t was apparently mortally wounded. The
other, which did not Seem to be hurt, flop
ped off the ice into the water, and began
to swim around its companion. The ice
soon turned red about the latter. The
young men fired several shots at the head
of the live seal, but the excitement Of hunt
ing gave place to pity at the evident devo-
tion to the dead one, and the firing ceased.
A crowd stood looking on for two hours,
until the seal in the water tried to crawl
up on he ice again, when the weight of its
body tipped the cake over, and the carcass
OF the dead seal rolled into the water.
Neither was seen again.
Another large.sized seal was noticed on
the ice close to wharf at Stapleton. A
saloon keeper, who was formerly a ranch.
man, took lariat down from behind his
bar, CREASED IL, and went down to the
wharf. He got his hand in first by lassoing
a spile in handsome style. Then he crawed
out to the end of the wharf, gathered his
long leather thong up, and sent it circling
through the snowhakes. The moose fell on
che seal. The thrower gave jerk as the
seal started up. 1t Topped off the ice, but
It was seen to have been caught by the
moose directly around its neck and under
one hipper A crowd on the wharf began
TO haul In on the lariat amid wild excite
ment. When the seal was within few feet Of
the wharf, however, and had been plainly
seen several times, the moose slipped from
its smooth skin, and the coveted prize
glided away.
Another seal was discovered on an ice
cake little North of the Tompkinsville
I Basin. A boat containing three men put
out from a cod.hshing smack at anchor in
the basin, aud when the crew had pulled
about mile to the windward Of the seal
they shipped their oars lay down fat in
the boat, and permitted the yawl to drift
with the wind. One ofthe three lay on his
stomach in the bow with a rife pointed
toward the seal. Another was iiT the stern
holding an oar with which he kept the boat
headed for the seal. The seal did not notice
the boat, which came so close to him that
as soon as the riheman discharged his
weapon the other two sprang up, seized
boat hooks, and before their victim could
get into the water they had plunged the
hooks into it. 1t was soon killed. It was
five feet long.
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TO CRAFTY HIS WIFE.
An Interesting story "A Hopeless Case
Cured by using DIR. Hennedy's
"Favorito Remedy"
Statement OF Mr.. washington Monroe Of Catskill.
Greene County, NY

,"For many years / had suffered from a
complaint which the physicians called Gravel.
I had employed some of the most noted doc
tors without obtaining any permanent relief,
and for q long time my case was regarded as
hopeless. All who knew the circumstances
said I must die. Finally, my wife induced
me to try bottle of DR.. Kennedy's Favorito
Remedy which she had somewhere heard Of
OF seen advertised. Without the slightest
faith in II, but solely to crafty her, bought
bottle Of druggist in our village. used
that and two or throe bottles more, and-to
make q long story short-Iam now as healthy
man as there is in the country.
"Sinoo then have recommended 'Favorits
Remedy to others whom knew TO have suf-
fered from Kidney and Liver complaints; and
assure the public, that the 'Favorite Rem
edy has done its work with similar COM
pleteness in every single instance, and trust
some other sick and discouraged mortal may
hear Of it and try the 'Favorite Remedy q,
I did" ~
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A YOUNG GIRL, s pEATH.
Strangely Verified In the Experience Of
Amelia Maag.


IT,: Predictions Of Fortune.TeIler
Strangely Verified in the Experience Of
Amelia Maag.
philadelphia Speclal.l
This afternoon in Bridesburg, a suburb
OF this city, Amelia Mag, brunette
twenty-five years of age, cut her throat
In her mothers kitchen, and died soon
with her mother aud brother, the latter,
John +. Mag, keeping prosperous beer
saloon. In house joining that Of the
Maags lives Mrs. Fritsch, whose daughter
Mary has been Amelia's most intimate
friend. When she came into Mrs. Maag's
kitchen to pay her usual afternoon visit
to-day her young friend lay on the floor
writhing, covered with blood from the
deadly cash in her throat. Mary Fritsch
said, through her tears: ....
"Oh, God, that this should have hap
pened through the predictions OF a for
tune-tollerl About a month ago a little
dried.up old Dutchman-a Rip Van
Winkle, whom no one had ever seen be-
fore-wandered into the village. He had
q queer, quiet look, and when he registered
at an old-fashioned hotel over the bridge,
he said he was fortune-teller. Amelia
and were sitting In the back parlor. He
seemed struck with Amelia, and at once
proposed in grave way to tell our for
tunes. He took Amelia's hand, and TO
my intense astonishment told her of
many things Of which we had often talked.
You were born unlucky,' said he, and
you will bring evil on all whom you love.
Those who give presents TO you and those
who receive them from you will die. You
will meet dreadful end.' We were dumb
founded, andthe old man quickly got up
and went away. have never seen him
since. From that day shadow seemed 70
fall over Amelia. She never told q soul
what the fortune.teller said, and neither
have Iuntil now. She seemed TO have q
great weight on her mind. She was much
affected whom young man came 10 sec
her three times and suddenly ceased his
visits without giving her any reason for IL
u am fated,' she would say TO me, and
tried In vain 10 reason her out OF IT,"
Her mother came into the room as
Amelia stood over the sink with long
butcherknife In her hand. the blood
pouring from her throat, which was split
from ear 10 ear. nge
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al am slowly working my way upward

"'I am slowly working my way upward
to higher circles and to higher life.. I
have been happy ever since coming here,
and have not changed my mind but that
some day some one will discover method
by which the air can be navigated. 1 am
obliged toyou for your kindness. and will
be pleased to talk to you again when our
eyes meet here or elsewhere. have other
thoughts, too, of dear ones for whom am
waiting in peace and happiness. Good
hve.'
Now" continued the medium, ''theiface
vanishes with smiles. He must have been
good man on earth. see that he never
drank or swore, but led an exemplary life.
lie was brave, warm.hearted, and gener-
ous."
In few moments the young medium was
out OF her clairvoyant state, and soon after
ward the company departed, considerably
impressed with the story.
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A CLEVER RUSs. S'1,S:slsrr
"Lucky' Joe Wilson, the Chief OF "a ng
OF Desperadoes, Feigns Death TO Escape
from North Carolina Prison.


from IA North Carolina Prison.
GLenoir IN. c. speclal.l
"Lucly" Joe Wilson, chief Of gang Of
desperadoes who have infested this State,
was caught some time ago after many
fights, and sentenced to ten years in the
Penitentiary. Tuesday his counsel obs
tained an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Early this morning the Warden of the jail
entered Joe's cell and found him lying on
bis mattress, which was covered with
blood, as was also the prisoners shirt and
mouth. His eyes wero wide open and
staring, his jaws fallen, and his limbs
cold. Help was summoned, and the body
was carried from the cell into an outhouse,
laid out for burial, and placed in a plain
coffin. The mother and sister OF Wilson
stood by the coffin and bewailed his un-
timely end. At dusk this evening, when
every one had left the apartment save his
sister, she was Mortified TO see the corpse
rise from the coffin, put his hands omi-
nously on his lips, and bolt from the room.
She screamed and tainted. The ruse was
not discovered until an hour afterward,
and "Lucky" Joe had succeeded In eluding
all pursuit. A visit to his cell showed how
artfully the escape had been planned.
Wilson had killed chicken and saturated
himself with the blood, then ripping open
the mattress he had concealed the chicken
In 1t. He had scraped in lot Of snow and
Ice from the cell window and kept his
hands and feet well frozen in 1t, and when
he heard footsteps he threw the snow into
bucket. Therefore, when the jailor en-
tered he found Wilson's feet and hands SO
cold as to leave no doubt Of his death.