Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-10
LOCAL J0TS.

Salt Lake possesses the finest weather i'm
aginable.
Some of the markets have on hand the line
Wyoming prairie chicken.
Mccormick & Co. to-day received Queen
of the Hills ore valued at S4,60O.
Two hundred tourists are expected to ar
rive in the city to-day and tomorrow over
the two roads.
Josh Billings delivers his lecture, "The
Possibilities of Life at Park City some
night this week.
Dryers bookstore has withdrawn its
street notice of "Orders taken for the Pal
Mall Gazette. 1t is about time.
About 8 o'clock last night the fire bells
reused the citizens up to the expectation of
witnessing a frst-class blaze, but it was
false alarm.
Two small boys came down City Greek
CANYON Yesterday evening with their faces
badly peppered with shot and powder. They
said they were on a side hill when some men
shooting chickens hit them instead.
Tomorrow the Tonsorial artists play the
Mlxologists of this city a game of ball for
two kegs of beer against $50 shaves. No
ball players will be allowed on either side.
The bar tenders are Dawson, Powell, Sands,
Brown, Price, IRE, Horsley, Dale and Wilson.
Two demi-mondes of Second South street
paid visit to the cemetery yesterday with
a single horse and pheton. The animal be-
came frightened and headed for home. The
traces becoming detached, the horse was
driven into town by the bit. A bruised
arm and two lost hats constituted the sole
damage.
At the caucus meeting in Springville be-
Al,o al ha hlno1c Of OF
town, not being satisfied with the nomina-
tions the bishop and the teachers made
united on another man, Mr.. John Boyer, and
worked for his election. The result was a
majority for Boyer against Noe, the church
candidate.
The cave in the Horn Silver mine some
time ago pretty much stopped the shipment
of lumber from the Beaver Coop. The COM
pany are going on again, however, and the
original contract for timbers and other lum-
Der will be filled probably by the end of
next week. AS much as $4,000 feet were
shipped Friday.-UtOniG3l.
An excursion wagon crammed full of Six
teenth ward music, and bearing on the can
vas sides "Sullivan's Irish Panorama at
Music Hall Tonight made a halt this
afternoon in front of the DEMOCRAT Office
and delighted all within with a few yards of
music which wildly presented all the piano.
ramic scenes of the Emerald Isle.
The turnout of city firemen in the process
sion on Saturday was a credit to the force,
and they presented a fine appearance in
their bright uniforms The alacrity with
which they got out on the street upon the
alarm being sounded last night brought out
favorable comments. The explosion of a
lamp in Sharp d Taylor's Office in Market
Row was the occasion of the alarm, but the
flames had been extinguished before the
tiremen arrived.
A meeting of the Longs and the Shorts
who are to contest for honors on the base
ball field is announced at DR.. Benedict's
Office tonight. So much interest has been
evinced in this expected game that already
twenty-four gallons of beer have been ten
tered the boys for use on this special occa-
sion. The Longs will not dress in the
''hand-me-down" bathing suits, as reported
in the Tribune, but will have nine brand
new suits, furnished by the costumer of
Hotel d'Ireland. They say they are willing
to wear them for five years if the Shorts get
away with them.
One of the editors of the Beaver Utonidn
who is in no danger of going to the Peni
Tertiary for his religions sake, is inspired by
the spirit of the departed Penrose, and don
ming the lions skin brags as follows: ''The
general mistake made by anti-Mormons and
people generally, that the conviction and i'm
prisonment of few is breaking down Nor
monism and destroying plural marriage, is
delusion. Our enemies might as well at
tempt to obliterate the sun and dethrone
Jehovah as to attempt to put down one prin-
ciple of the religion of Jesus Christ which
has been revealed in these last times