Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-09
Silver Quotations.
LOCAL lots.

GUARD mount at Fort Douglas com
menced yesterday.
A BUILDING boom seems to have struck
the business portion of the city.
Mrs. SENATOR EDMUNDs has sent $50
check for the Methodist mission in Og
Ilen.
THE first sprinkling cart for the season
of 1856 made its appearance on the
streets to-day.
Two disorderly DRINKS paid the Gus
tomary penalty, $40 each, in the Police
court this morning.
PEMBROKE, II Main street, has copies
of The WEEKLY DEMOCRAT, containing
the articles of the first issue.
DURING the construction of E. J.
Swaner's building the watch repairing
will be done in a room in the rear.
THERE are great many idle men in
Park City now, and men are warned
against going there for employment.
SAMUEL McNUTT was convicted of
plain, unvarnished drunkenness this
morning, and paid Judge Speirs IS.
By the present time card of the Utah
& Northern, a person can go from this
city to Logan, spend two hours there, and
return the same day.
A GREAT many vehicles were whirling
over Salt Lakes beautiful drives yester
day afternoon The Boulevard is not in
Very good condition yet.
The Montana anti-gambling bill has
passed the Legislative Council. 1t re-
stricts gaming to the second floor and pro-
hibits percentage games.
PREPARE your smoked glass. There
will be partial eclipse of the sun next
Monday, commencing in this longitude
at So am, solar time, or 9:03 standard
time.
The Forge in the Forest" that was
first rendered in this city by Prof. Peder-
sons organization, has been mastered by
the Theatre orchestra, and elected APP
plause Saturday night.
JAMES Mcconnell, charged with
burglary, withdrew his plea of not guilty,
and pleaded guilty in the District Court
this morning. He was sentenced to
serve three years in the Pen.
THIS beautiful June weather will not
last longer than the Goth at the farthest:
The sun crosses the equinox on that date
and spring commences, when we may
look for brief season of wintry weather.
SHERIDAN closed his rather unsuccess-
ful engagement at the Theatre Saturday
night with Richard I'LL" Sheridan's
talents are greatly oyerrated and his sup
port is too weak for Shakespeare great
tragedies.
JOHN Pistonri, proprietor OF the Benite's
dive, was before the Police Court this
morning, charged with keeping a dis
orderly house, but the case was dis
missed, owing to the absence of prescott
ing witnesses.
From Mr. Louis Hymans we have re-
ceived the Science almanac, 1885. The
frontispiece is the Sun from the Harvard
College Observatory, 1873. 1t also con-
tains portraits of the late DIR. Henry
Draper, and Sir VIM. Thompson, both
from Science. Accept our thanks.
THE cases of the United States VS..
John Easthrope, and the United States
VS.. VIM. B. Child, each defendant
charged with perjury, were dismissed
in the District Couet this morning, owing
to the absence of material witnesses, and
the ignorance of the prosecution as to
their whereabouts.
JACK MCDONALD and Ed. Thorp will
engage in hard glove prize fight in Butte
tomorrow for 500 side. In view of the
legislation now pending against prize
fighting in Butte, the sluggers propose to
thump each other with renewed energy
while it is lawful.
THE Fort Douglas band concert yester-
day afternoon was given in the open air,
aud was listened to by a large audience
from the city. These concerts will be
given in the open air every Sunday
hereafter, the weather permitting, and
the programme will always be found in
Saturdays DEMOCRAT.
The latest and best joke comes from
the First Ward. 1t is reported that one
of the aborigines of that part OF Salt
Lake went to Postmaster Lynch and COM
planned that he had been given no key to
the mail box placed in front OF his resi-
dence. "What good dye 'spose the free
delivery ill do me if l can't git my mail
onten the box?" he inquired.
The "Adamless Eden" Company show
in Ogden tonight and open their engage
ment at the Theatre tomorrow evening.
The sale of seats commenced to-day at
the Theatre box Office and the D. & K. q.
Office. Although this entertainment is
participated in by ladies only, the man
agement protest that there is nothing OF
%, inYnodest or indecent nature connected
with il.
s. W. Darke 6 Co.