Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-17
LOCAL JOTS.

heis, HdrRo q 10 To-Day received or
valued at S1,050.1S.
'The Mikado" received thorough re
hearsal at the Theatre last night.
Mccormick & Co. to-day received two car
of Hanauer bullion, valued at So, $50.
Bar silver was still notch lower in New
York to-day. being quoted at $1.O2 PEI
ounce.
Commissioner Mckay handled the helm o.
the Grand jury to-day in the absence of Mr.
Dickson.
Roll Taysum, of the Herald, says to the
boys a second time, ''What will you have?''
Mother and baby girl doing we'll.
"Iolanthe" will be practiced at Calder'e
tonight at 7:30 o'clock. A prompt attend
ance of all members is requested.
All persons along the Denver d Rio Grande
road will be given half rates to attend the
Denver and Salt Lake base ball games in this
city next week.
The quarantine physician reports five ex-
listing cases of diptheria in the city. They
are scattered throughout four wards, and the
malady is said to be waning.
DR.. Allen Fowler returned Yesterday from
Park City, where he was professionally
called IN consultation on Mrs. GRAY who is
lying in critical condition with few chances
for recovery.
A great many old and young wendell their
way to FulleT's Hill to- day at the meeting
of folks of the Liverpool, Preston and Man
chester Conferences. a good time marked
the occasion.
Mrs. Henry Dinwoody met with severe
accident this forenoon at Godbe, Pitts &
Co.. corner while out riding She received
several Commissions, of which none, however
ho,,,
we expect to see the lady out again in few
daps.
The remains of the infant daughter.
Frances Idaho, of Col. S. A. Wall and Mary
+. Wall, aged Is months. arrived in Salt
Lake from Bullion, Idaho, Yesterday, and
the funeral services took place this after
noon from the residence of Mrs Wallis
parents.
One of those regulation easy back rockers
IN use at the Penitentiary by the "unlawfuI'
subjects was sent to Eliza Shafer-Snell to-
day. The chair was embellished with tides,
cushion, and made perfectably comfort
able for the silent witness to while away her
sentence in.
The dead dog still ornaments the corner of
Sixth East and Second South streets, to the
disgust of every passer by. Perhaps the
canine will become so strong in time that it
will walk of by itself and save the citv
oihcer the much dreaded trouble of perform
ing his paid duties.
Tomorrow evening the Knights of St.
Dennis tender Mr.. L. A. Trip of their
ancient order farewell respect on the eve
of his departure for college in the East A
fine dance and supper will be given at Shell
don's, at which all Sir Knights and ladies
will be present.
Mrs. E. H. Murphy left Culmer Bros.
tn 90 10 ba
Lodge. On reaching the sidewalk she
stubbed her toe and fell, breaking her left
arm just above the wrist. DR.. Benedict at
tended the painful injury at the lady's home,
and left Mrs. Murphy as comfortable as pos
sible.
Bishop David Williams, of Pleasant Val
ley, is In the city, and says that the colony
at Price, Utah, is getting houses, irrigating
bitches and all conveniences ready as fast as
possible for prosperous season next sum-
mer. Colorado market for produce is be- |
ing opened up, and a road has been made |
from the Indian agency to their settlement. |
The last sad rites of earth were performed |
over the remains of Mrs. E. L. Sloan yester- |
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the Eigh- |
teenth ward meeting house. Hon. John II. |
Came, Messrs. McGhie, Preston and Whit |
ney spoke consolingly to the bereaved |
friends, III terms of praise of Mrs. Z. L. |
sloan, who was most estimable lady.
The Singer Machine Company has caught
the fever of improving their premises. A /
new floor has been put in and the front part
of the establishment covered over with car
pets; the ceiling and walls received several
coats OF paint, giving the place n cheerful
ana go-ahead appearance. All in all the
residents of W First South street are to be
commended for their enterprising spirit
The base ball players intend to make an
m hri no I2r7tA ,,,,, I
match game with picked nine of the
Wood Rivers. To this end 800 will have to
be raised, and the Haley boys expect the
business men to "stand in" The Butte
boys are said to be fine players and most
excellent gentlemen. Here's our S2.-Wood
Rirer Times, I4th.
Fred Moss, now in the Penitentiary for
burglary, presents the most awkward ap-
pearance OF any of the prisoners, but DURING
his four months incarceration he has, by ]
dllhgent study, mastered French, Spanish. | ,
and learned to write shorthand with ease |
His latest ingenuity presents itself in an odd
sort of box, with which he is learning to tele-
graph by means of spoon.
The Grand Jury waiting room was liter
ally packed to-day with city and country
cousins subpenaed in U. @. cases. A smile {
o erspread each countenanoe as Clerk Mil |
Ter issued the longed-for certificate fee.
The Tooele witnesses, and those In the Can =
non and Musser cases, were conspicuous
among the crowd. [
rumor about the city this morning that 7
a young lady had committed suicide last +
night in st of disappointment, caused a J.
reporter to spend SLIGO and take ten-mile "
tramp to learn that it was but prac-
tical joke. The facts prove that the maiden Z
went to draw bucket of water when the
windlass struck the crazy bone of her arm,
and she swooned. Only this and nothing !;
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