Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-28
LOCAL JOTS.

LOCAL JOTS.
Several young couples went to Logan from
Salt Lake last week-to eat turkey, of course.
The z. G. M. 1. employees hold their re-
union concert and ball in Olympic Hall on
Friday night, January LIST.
The ball for the benefit of the Masonic
library occurs at the Walker Opera House
tonight, and is expected to be most bril-
liant social event.
wagon collided with telephone pole in front
of DIR. Beatie's residence Christmas day and
laid the twenty-foot pine mast low in the
mud.
The Theatre box Office opened this morn
ing for the sale of tickets to the "Iolanthe"
performances. Early in the day they were
going off very rapidly, and large audiences
are looked for.
young man named Fields, living over
Jordan, sustained n fracture of the left leg
below the knee night before last, by his horse
falling on him. The injured limb was prop
erly set and is in fair way to recovery.
Mrs. Sellers, the lady operated on at the
Sisters Hospital last week by DR.. Benedict,
for an ovarian tumor weighing fifteen
pounds, is almost entirely we'll, and will be
able to return to her home in Provo valley
within few weeks.
John Shafer, who some weeks ago in n
Main street fight threw beer glass and
severely cut mans head, came out of hid
ing Saturday and surrendered himself up to
the city protectors of law and order. Judge
Speirs let Shafer off with $40 fine.
Tonight at the Salt Lake Theatre the
attaches of that popular place of amusement
give their annual ball to the patronizing
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ing the affair in charge feel sure of plens-
ant evening to each and every one attending.
Tho children's annual ball takes place at
the Salt Lake Theatre tomorrow afternoon,
doors opening at o'clock. Every thing in
the way of music, refreshments, comic views
and shadow scenes will be furnished by the
select committees for the entertainment of
all present.
The Christmas tree entertainment at the
Methodist Episcopal Church on Saturday
night was we'll attended, and n first-olass So
cial time enjoyed by all. One of the Christ
mas tree gifts was purse to the pastor,
Rev. s. j. Carroll, as token of appreciation
from the members of his congregation.
Tomorrow morning at II o'clock DR.. j. M.
Benedict will perform an important opera
ton upon lady from p. V. Junction, now
at the Hospital of the Holy Gross. A num-
Der of members of the medical profession
will undoubtedly be present, as the operation
is delicate and critical undertaking.
The dissolution of all railroad pool asso-
Citations on Utah and California traffic on
next Tuesday creates no little comment
among railroad men, and more especially
Utah shippers. The general impression is
that the present rates will be maintained by
the roads, as no cutting of rates is desired.
The Beaver Utonian reports that the u
@. cases before the First District Court have
been continued for the term. This is to en-
able the prosecution to obtain certain wit
nesses necessary to the cases. A sharplook-
out, it is expected, will be kept for those
missing ones, and arrests made as soon as
found.
A few survivors of Christmas gathered
within the Tabernacle yesterday, afternoon,
and were addressed by Apostle Lorenzo
Young in few fatherly admonitions to the
young men of this kingdom. The patriarch
and pillar of the church was followed by
three young men in their maiden'efforts, and
then the congregation dispersed.
Mary ]. Shannon has been granted de-
cree of divorce against her husband, Will
liam A. Shannon, by Probate Judge Smith
of this city, on the grounds of negligence
and habitual drunkenness. The marriage
bonds are declared severed and the plaintiff
is given the custody of their six-year-old
daughter Mary, who lives with her mother
in this city.
Vice. President Geo. w. Goss, of the Pleas
ant Valley Coal Co., and Receiver w. II.
Bancroft, of the Denver IL Rio Grande
Western Railway, are doing the Samaritan
by presenting. to the poor of Salt Lake City
100 tons of their celebrated coal. Messrs.
Sells, Burton d Co. have joined in the char
liable act by kindly distributing the cold
dispenser, and they request the conference of
all benevolent societies, in order that the
Christmas gift may be properly distributed
where deserved.
Butte, Montana, has complained for a
long time of the depredations of an infest-
ing gang of robbers and cut throats. Last
Monday night vigilance committee of 200
respectable citizens determined to purge the
city of its scum. They held up City Jailor
w. +. Jordan for his keys and going to the
prison took out number of foot pads,
ordered others of that stripe to fall in line
and marched them few miles out of town
with orders to never return on penalty of
death.
Mr.. George Needham, the Oldest employe
of the Union Pacific Company at Salt Lake,
relinquishes the contracting agency of the
company he has filled 80 satisfactorily the
past three years, and shoulders the duties
abandoned by Mr.. Tebbets in his late promo
ton to Kansas city. Mr.. Needham is the
right man in the right place, and is to be
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broader field, affording him an increase in
purse and popularity.
Light comes into the mind through in
struction, bat there must be teachers to in
struct. Within the quiet walls of the Ma
sonic Library room there are nearly seven
thousand of patient, true, inspiring teach
ers. They have absorbed the varied treas
ures of centuries of thought and feeling and
aspiration, and with no slow hand they i'm
part to high and to low, TO rich and to poor
alike, the garnered treasures of loving hearts
and lofty minds from all the fruitful past
The society that inaugurated and has, with
the assistance of helpful hands, sustained
the Masonic public library and free reading
room, deserve the profound gratitude of
every good citizen, and tonight at the
Opera House there should be such a royal
collection for the benefit of this institution,
in the shape of solid dollars, as will add to
the present well-flled shelves many good
books, and cheer the self denying laborers
who have engineered this enterprise to its
present high position.