Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-22
Notes on Evanston.

The history of Evanston remains to be
written. 1t remains to be written be-
cause its history remains to be made.
On the twentieth day of October, in the
year of grace one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty-tive, Evanston was dull,
dreary, dirty, and sinking. Its streets
are stiewn with old shoes, old rags, ash
heaps, rubbish; in fact the streets oil
Evanston are filled with everything but
flowers. A day in Evanston is as thou
sand wears and no dweller there can cry
with Job-"My days are swifter than
post" "Better day in Paris than a
cycle of Cathay." Better a cycle OF
Cathay than day OF Evanston. There
are those in Evanston who have no de-
| sire for change they care not whether
| the winds of heaven blow chill and
| biting or whether the winds of heaven
blow warm and pleasant; to them the
ms and downs of life have no interest,
and men may come and men may go but
thew never ask whence or whittier. Who
are they for whom life has no joy, no sor-
row; to whom pain and pleasure are
alike Indifferent? They are the dead.
"Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord Thrice blessed are the dead who
died in Evanston.
The streets of Evanston run at right
angles to each other if they run at all:
1t has all the appearance of railroad
town, and such it is, and were it not for
! the railroad, would not be. There are u
number OF buildings going up, and some
of them are of size and style to be pre-
tentious, and are being built Of brick A
new hotel is being built at the depot, and
when finished will be quite pleasant
place. Around and about Evanston are
a good many Cinnamon, and they all APP
peared to be sober and Industrious, and
seemed to be minding their business.
Only one company of infantry is there at
present, and this company belongs to the
Ninth Infantry. The soldiers are camped
about quarter OF mile out of the town,
on Bear river on the wagon road which
leads to Amy. Their presence may be
needed in Evanston yet, rs it was COM
mon talk there Tuesday that there was TO
be a strike along the entire line OF the
Union Pacific on Friday tomorrow, the
Knights OF Labor having given the rail
road an indulgence until then. The strike
is to be ordered because the Union Pacific
|
demand by the Knights that they be
discharged.
There are few things to interest one in
Evanston. Some distance south of the
depot hotel is an open square every
thing is square in Evanston except the
meals), in which is an old dismounted
field piece. The timber and carriage are
fast going to decay, while the field piece
itself lies upon the ground. In some hard
fought battle, in which John Sherman
probably led the nations armed hosts tt
victory, this gun burst at the first re
inforce. John Sherman burst at Mt
Gilead.
In Evanston are some very fine trottin,
l horses, all standard bred. The horses
are chiefly the property of Mr.. Beck
with, while Mr.. Jesse Knights has
couple OF standard bred animals In hi
f, stables he has some six colts and file
: by Strathmore, 40S out of mares by Nam
5 brina Patchen, So. There was one year
g ling by Dictator, 1l3, out of n mare by
: George Wilkes, $40. Mr.. Beckwith has
=, number Of standard mares in Kentucky
: where they are bred te the best trottini
t stations. He has foals by Harold, 413
/ the sire OF Maud S., and other celebrated
/ horses. Next year he will bring all hi
4 horses from Kentucky, when he will
!, have forty-one head of trotting animals
4 The coming spring he will move mum
!, Der OF his favortes to Salt Lake, wher
t he will train them on the trac
e OF the Utah Driving Association
: Already he is in correspondence with MI
S Mulloy, the Secretary Of the Association
! endeavoring to arrange for the use of te
$ or twelve stalls. Mr.. Beckwith is erec
i ing a new stable which will contain thirt
It box stalls, ten will be fourteen by sixtee
:. feet; ten twelve by fourteen feet, an
: ten will be ten by twelve feet Thi
y stable is in mountain pasture OF som
= six hundred acres, and the pasture nc
e Joins the town on the southwest. Nj
. Beckwith's horses are the most interest
, ing thing in Evanston.