Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-27
LOCAL JOTS.

alvin Joslin." with the fine orchestra, at
the Salt Lake Theatre tonight.
Mccormick d Co. to-day received three
cars of Hanauer bullion, $500; Crescent
ore, S2,700; and Queen of the Hills ore,
$1,000; total value, $14,7OO.
The last rehearsal for the Sacred Concert
will be held in the Opera House at O'Clock
tomorrow night. All the choristers are re-
uuested to be in attendance with their music
Sheets
The box office of tho Salt Lake Theatre
will be open Tomorrow morning for the sale
of seats TO "The Mikado' performances of
the Thompson Opera Company, Monday and
Tuesday.
The attention of Judge Speirs and other
officials of the Police Court being engaged
at the District Court to-day, there was no
business transacted ut the police department
of the City Hall
Rev. Il. @. lift will lecture TO the Logan
ties next Tuesday evening. the subject being
his. interesting lecture; "On horseback
through Palestine and walks about Jerusa-
lem, including the temple of Solomon"
The front of the Suryeyor-G Generals office
in the Hooper block has been deliberately
decorated in mourning in memory of Vice
President Hendricks. 1t was done under
the direction of the Surveyor General, Gen
eral Richmond Dement,.
The Thompson Opera Company will come
here via the d. IL r. G. Ina letter introduce
ing Mr.. Abrahams, agent of the company, to
some of his friends in this city, Mr.. II. X.
Hooper says: 81 want to say that the Thomp-
son Opera Company is bang up, and You
need have no hesitancy in recommending it
as such.
The expected footrace tomorrow between
Harry Williams, the Eastern runner, and
Dave Reese, of Logan, promises to be an ex-
citing affair. A forfeit is already up, and
both parties will doubtless deposit the bal
defeat Of Tibbetts by Williams proves the
latter to be n professional. The race is to
come of, rain or shine.
On Wednesday evening the Odd Fellows
of Ogden dedicated new hall for the use of
Union Lodge No. G. Deputy Grand Master
G. +. Culmer, of this city, and several other
officers, went up to Ogden to be present on
the occasion. An elegant banquet was
served in the hall, and several speeches made
by the resident as well as the visiting mem
bers.
The third of the series of hops by tho
Knights of st. Dennis was given i'll Olympic
Hall last evening, and was largely attended
by the young society people of the city. As
usual with the Knights, everything was done
in first-class style, and everyone present
thoroughly enjoyed the dance Coffee John
served the refreshments in his most re-
cherche manner, and the general expression
was that the gallant Knights surpassed all
previous efforts in their Thanksgiving So
cial.
Tho Denver Ne,cs says: "Yery wicked in
deed must the Mormons be to send to the
wicked cities East and West and bring in
loose women to Salt Lake to tempt the pure
and guileless Gentiles from the ways of
righteousness which they have heretofore
followed SO faithfully. But isn't it just posi-
BILE the Gentiles are laying it on n little too
thick this time? We have never heard that
the Gentle inhabitants of Salt Lake had to
wear toe-weights in order to avoid being
translated bodily. Somebody must be ~
ing"
Says the Alta California;. 'The Utah
Mormons were lately reported to be raising
money pool to influence legislation. Its
use was for different purpose entirely. The
Gentle papers in Salt Lake print contracts
made with members of the demi-monde in
San Francisco to go to Utah and betray
prominent Gentiles into compromising
situations This is to show that polygamy
is not the only vice there. But what of it,
The Mormons continually make the mistake
of thinking that blackwashing the vices of
civilization whitewashes the Same vices
when practiced by them under the cloak OF
reliUionN