Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-02
LOCAL JOTS.
pod Friday tomorrow.

Good Friday tomorrow.
The caterpillar crop will soon be ready
for harvesting.
The Germania smelter has been closed
for about ten days.
It is the cowboy" band now, instead
of the Firemen's band. =
What has become of that great Salt
Lake & Fort Douglas railway?
Bricklaying has commenced on the
third story of the Jennings block.
Walter Porcher was fined $40 this morn
ing for drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct.
A special conference train will leave
Ogden tomorrow evening at Z o'clock for
Logan, arriving at TO-
The Grand Jury met this morning and
finished investigating the Musser case in
about an hour, after which it adjourned.
w. c. Borland states that it is not
true that he Is wearing a cowboy hat for
the purpose of winning the cattle men
over to the U. P.
1t is reported that surveyors are laying
off route for branch road from a point
on the Utah Central to the salt beds
northwest of the city.
A miniature monument of Thistle mar
bic from Price Canyon is on exhibition in
the d. & R. G. city office This marble
polishes very beautifully.
The dancing class recently organized
by Mrs. DIR. Hamilton met in Sheldon's
Hall again last evening. 1t will meet
hereafter on Friday evenings.
VIM Mcqueen, of Salt Lake and Wood
River, is one of the experts to testify in
the Rising Star-Slver Safe mining case,
set for trial in Butte tomorrow.
The D. &. R. G. ticket Office to-day re-
ports forty-nine through passengers for
the east and twenty on board the west
bound express due this evening.
About sixty patients are now confined
in the Sisters Hospital, but no serious
cases. Young st. Clair, whose foot was
amputated the other day, is doing nicely
Captain John Goldman well known to
many Salt Lakers, and in literary articles
as the author of several works, has re-
Gently written another book on Mormon
ism.
At the meeting of the directors of the
Provo National Bank yesterday, H. H.
Cuff was elected to succeed James Dunn,
resigned. A five per cent. dividend was
declared.
The children's ball that has been ar
ranged to take place at the Theatre Sat
urday afternoon will afford the little ones
another splendid opportunity of enjoying
themselves.
Speculative foreigners" is the term
applied by the Provo Enquirer to Gentle
merchants. We suspect the editor of
that paper is LONG some pretty tall spec
ulating himself just now.
In the case of J. d. Lamb VS.. West
Mountain Mining Company, a verdict
was rendered for plaintiff for $134 and
costs. This suit was brought to recover
salary as mining superintendent.
AT a meeting of the directors of the
Caledonia Society, held last night, it was
decided to give another sociable on the /
evening of the 18th. The grounds of the |
society are to be fixed up and improved f.
Immediately.
Mining operations in Silver Reef are
reported quiet at present, but more activ-
ity is looked for in the coming summer.
The Christy and Stormont companies
shipped nearly 100000 during the month
of March.
Albert Moore, charged with committing
an assault with deadly intent, at Mill
Creek about year ago, was brought in
from the Pen and arraigned this morn
ing He pleaded not guilty and was al
lowed two days to withdraw plea.
The Utah Association, composed of
Congregational ministers and New West
teachers, commenced three days. ses-
sion at Independence Hall last evening.
The attendance is good, delegates being
present from all parts Of the Territory.
A newspaper man of some little ex-
perience called on us to-day, spent a
few moments pleasantly in social chat,
and left without making a suggestion as
to how the paper should be run. This
TACT is noteworthy from the fact that c
II is so infrequent G
There will be no boom for the Ceur
d'Alene country this spring, but the fact +
that nineteen-ounce nugget was picked
up there few days ago, and a shipment :
Of 81 900 in gold dust received at the |
Helena First National Bank last Thurs t
lay, will go long way to redeeming it r
IN the minds of many miners.
The report that a subterranean outlet
@ Great Salt Lake has been discovered
seems to be doubted by some of the
DEMOCRAT readers. They should bear in C
mind that yesterdays paper was dated t
April LIST, and Danish all doubts. 1t
should have been stated yesterday that
several skeletons were found in the cave, I
to be the remains of the same
IDENTICAL band of Indians who chased a p
certain newspaper reporter into the city \
several years ago and came very near :,
lifting his scalp. J