Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-14
LOCAL JOTS.

Have we city quarantine physician?
Lead still remains at $4.25 per hundred in
New York.
The yellow flag hangs out in several places
in the Eighth ward
Two or three cases of diphtheria are re-
ported in the Twentieth and Twenty-1rst
wards.
P.D. Sprague lost one of his sorrel hack
horses last night from sort of typhoid
fever.
Forty-six bars of Ontario bullion were re-
ceived by Wells, Fargo d Co. to-day, valued
at $27, 225.51.
The theatre orchestra will enjoy rest
from rehearsals during Conductor Weihe's
sojourn in the mountains.
The mercury stood at 100 in the shade yes
terday at o'clock, and this afternoon
reached nearly the same figure.
Mccormick & Co. to-day received two bars
of Stormont silver, $1,000, Crescent ore
$3.50, and Queen of the Hills ore, $1,000 !;
total value, $3.50.
Judge Dusenberry, of Provo. was in the
Capital yesterday, and impolitely remarked
that he thought sheol was a cooling off place
alongside of Salt Lake City.
The Ogden Knights of Labor are united
IN an effort to boycott the Chinese, and
numbers of celestials have lost their ''washee
and cookee' jobs during the past week.
"a Chicago girl died suddenly from eating
too much ice cream at picnic recently"
No Salt Lake young man should allow him
self to be found at picnic without 8 copy
of this paragraph in his pocket-book.
Robert Smith, a 14-year-old son of An
drew Smith, the policeman, living on Sixth
South street, was attacked with diphtheria
on Monday and died yesterday, the case
being of virulent type. The funeral &C
CURED this afternoon.
Much sympathy Is expressed for Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayton, of the Sixteenth ward, who
on Wednesday lost their only remaining
child-a bright little girl 3 years old-by
diphtheria. A few weeks ago their little boy
died of the same disease.
In the report of the proceedings of the
knights of Pythias excursion to the Lake, it
was stated that Mr.. Hiram Christy and wife
took the prize as the most graceful couple in
the dance. This was for the mazoUrka. In
the waltz Mr.. Meyer Secllel and Mrs. Sprague
carried off the prize-a silver cup.
The gas we'll discovered yesterday on the
premises of Mr.. Joseph Duckworth, in the
Seventh ward, has ceased to flow a stream of
instantaneous combustion, and curious
newspaper reporters are in no danger of set
ting fire to the works with a match, as is
reported to have been done yesterday by
morning sheet.
A large number of people gathered at the
Ogden depot yesterday forenoon, with the
expectancy of seeing Maxwell. the murderer
of Preller, in the Southern Hotel, st. Louis,
some months ago. They were much disap-
pointed, however, as the alleged assassin
was taken to Missouri's metropolis over the
southern route.
Landlord Roach, of the Halfway House,
on the road to Park City. tells the boss bear
story of the season, because it is short. He
says: Il went into my garden last Wednes-
day night arter some taters and there was
three black bear in the patch and l didn't
want any taters arter all.' Bears are get
ting quite tame about Salt Lake.
The present hot spell is causing the gar
ba 70 and filth of the city to reek with
so ne wards are SICK snng, and it is no Won
der that diphtheria is prevai.in :; the wonder
is that typhoid fever and other diseases are
not accompanying it. M lrshal Phillips
sanitary bureau having proved such fata.
failure, what will the City Council do about
1t?
The most phenomenal piece of acting on
record appears IN the Music and Drama of
August Sth. The actress is known to thea
tre-goers here and we clip it for their bene-
fit: Louise Rial played Susanna O'Hara at
five minutes notice, Tuesday night. 1t was
a remarkable achievement, necessitated by
the non-appearance of Helen Rand, who |
thought she was not to begin until late in |
the week"
About thirty five insane patients are now |
in the Territorial Asylum at Provo. Those |
taken from the asylum here two weeks ago |
are reported to like their new quarters very |
much, one of the female patients exclaiming, |
when she sat down to her first meal, "Ah, |
this seems like civilization againT' Sherman
is the only inmate confined, and it is the in
tention to allow him the privilege of the cor
ridors in little while. Two cases are re-
ported as hopeful of recovery in short time.