Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-13
LOCAL .JOTS.

Horn Silver stock is quoted at 1910 "a
$2.15.
Wells, Fargo d Co. to-day received Homer
inc ore valued at S5,153.
The Chautauqua Circle meets tonight in
the Methodist Church parlors, at 7:30 o'clock.
1t is reported in society circles that Lieu
tenant Morton is to be the next benedict.
The Grand Jury will meet tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock, pursuant to adjourn
ment.
There is dress parade at Fort Douglas on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings
of each week.
Mccormick & Go. to-day received one car
of Hanauer bullion valued at $4,000. and
Crescent ore $1,000; total value, $4,000.
In the District Court the case of Thomas
Fenton VS.. Salt Lake County, was referred
to George Fletcher to take the testimony
and report his findings.
In the case of rape against Robert Weston
defendants counsel to-day entered motion
for new trial, on the ground that the YER
dict is against the law and evidence.
The arson case against Robert Lowrie was
quashed yester' y by flaw in the indict-
ment. The F" If Is now unbounded in his
delight, and no is going East
The criminal calendar of the District
Court III Beaver is exhausted and the civil
docket will i've been finished by Wednes-
day, when juuge Foreman will probably ad-
journ court
The case of E. c. Cook and others against
M. +. Eakel came up in the District Court
this morning, and judgment for the plain
I'm was rendered as prayed in withdrawing
the answer.
Several ward bands, filled the air with
music last night on the occasion of Musser
and Watson's release from the Pen and the
going hence of Andrew Smith and John
Nicholson to-day.
Jim Watson is still taking hands with
his many friends On MS Ielease from the
Penitentiary. Jim is cLoe1 full of satisfac-
ton now, and don't care to play 'Mascotte''
by tending turkeys any longer.
Typhoid fever is prevalent to a certain ex-
tent at Fort Douglas, owing to imperfect
drainage, which perhaps may BE due to the
newly-dlscovered sulphur spring, better un-
derstood at the Post than anywhere else.
The Directors of the Crescent mine held i.
meeting in Mccormick bank yesterday
evening and adjourned to convene again to-
night. The stockholders annual meeting
takes place tomorrow morning al IOoclock.
at the bank.
In an article in last nights DEMOCRAT
entitled AN Expected Crescent BOOM" the |
position of Mr.. Josh Nichols was mistakenly
stated. Mr.. Nichols has naught whatever to
do with the management, or smoothing
away the rough corners. He declares he is |
only stakeholder; only that and nothing |
more.
Price d Needham had another runaway
THIS afternoon, the result being a badly
smashed delivery wagon, load of eggs,
butter, fruit, vegetables etc.. scattered
~hlther and yond,'' and boy a trife hurt.
having had about dozen such occurrences
this summer, Price & Needham should .call
a halt
Messrs. Evans and Odinga, representatives
OF the Labor cause, will address the public
III front of the ID. a. r. G. Depot Hotel. to-
morrow Wednesday, evening. The sub
2ect is Hard Times, and the Causes and the
Importance of Organization They desire
an lovers OF liberty and equality to be
present at O'Clock sharp.
The copper telephone line to Bingham is
sala TO conduct message with startling
rapldlty and with such loudness that the
have been requested to adopt
some sound-reducing system to prevent
deafness among the Binghamites. ID. N.
swan, IN speaking to fair Zionite the other
day, SAID: Thou art so near, and yet so far
A bright meteor was noticeable in the
western heavens between 4 and 5 O'clock
this morning. 1t had the appearance of
powerful flash of lightning. leaving path
way OF great brilllancy, perfectly straight at ,
lrst, but gradually assuming a serpentine
appearance, and finally changing to reg
llar bow, with the curve to the north. 1t {
1ld not fully disappear for about fifteen
minutes.
Directly after receiving his death SEN
'ence Hopt went to the Marshal's office, lit ]
cigar and entered into conversation with ,
nose ABOUT MN, when Elder John Nichol :
son, sentenced for U. c., entered the nriyate
'oom. The doomed murderer asked by- I
'tander who the lame man with flowing S
beard was. That is Nicholson" was the
'eply. Cdr said Hopt, "how I'd like to
yet those whiskers for hair bridle.''