Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-07
LOCAL JOTS.

No Conference, but about the same old
Conference weather.
Strawberries and cream are already
thrust upon the attention of Salt Lakers.
The travel on the D. & R. G. from
West TO East is four times that from East
to West.
The reports that John Taylor and
George Q. Cannon have been arrested
are simply-reports.
A man caught stealing a ride on the
Utah Central was fined $3.50 in the po-
lice court this morning.
The wards in the Hospital of the Holy
Cross are at present filled with patients.
No serious cases are reported.
Bishop John Sharp has been planting
trees around his residence and they
greatly improve the neighborhood.
By general request the beautiful Easter
music given in the Catholic Chuch last
Sunday will be repeated next Sabbath.
Montana received an appropriation of
$4,000 for new penitentiary, at the last
session of Congress. What about Utah's
pen?
The "Mother Goose" party for the little
ones at the Opera House, next Satur-
day, promises a host of fun for the little
ones.
The present general conference is the
first in the history of the Mormon Church
where the Presidency of the Church has
been absent.
A pleasant dime social by the ladies of
st. Paul's Church will be given at the
residence of Mr.. Kimball, Main Street,
tomorrow evening.
The publisher of the Secier Vulleu
Echo announces to his patrons that he
will take change of base from Richfeld
to Manti. Poor Manti!
Would it not be q good idea to do a
little cleaning around the streets Just
now? Remember that stitch in timetetc.
5" - early street cleaning.
Many Of the visitors prefer to take their
Conference in Salt Lake to taking it in
Logan. The city hotels are well filled,
aud the streets fairly lively.
The rsceI ion to Patti and Scalchi in
Chicago las night will be found in our
dispatches Il is afternoon. 1t will not be
found IN eitAc~ of our city evening con-
temporar.es.
Two VI table women tramps srtuck
Salt Lake ibis morning and attempted to
paint the town reu by getting awfullv
drunk. They viii probably be cooled off
in the cooler.
The Utah Central Railroad ran
special Of six car to Ogden yesterday, in
expectation of a big crowd from Logan.
The crowd consisted of only thirty-seven
persons, however.
The waste OF water upon the lawns of
numerous residences should be attended
to by the Watemaster. The restrictions
in regard to lawn sprinl1ling need to be |
enforced.
The meeting of the Wyoming cattle |
men, detailed in the dispatches of the |
DEMOCRAT tonight, will be full of in |
terest to Utah stocl1men. 1t can only be
found in the DEMOCRAT.
The U. S. Assay office and the banks
of Helena, Montana, received the past
week about $4,000 in Ceur d'Afene
nuggets. Gold from the new camp is
now being received almost daily in that
city.
Rumors are current that some Salt
Lakers have struck pay dirt in the
Ceur d'Alene country, the "big find''
being in the shape of galena running
high in silver. Parties interested in the
strike are expected in town daily.
Professor Sheldon had an agreeable
surprise at his dancing academy last {
night. A number of his pupils captured {
him en- masque and carried the enioy- t
ment out quite royalty. With dancing :
and feasting everyone had good time. '
Baseball matters are beginning to be
talked up by our local ball-throwers.
There is no reason why Salt Lake cannot
have the boss nine OF the Rockies the ,
present season if petty jealousies can be T
silenced and harmony restored in the .
ranks of the players. We hope such will :
be the case. :
Hog-pens and other nuisances are very
common in the southern part of the CITY.
md are complained of loudly by those
who prefer a fresh atmosphere to one
which causes such an unpleasant and I'M c
healthy odor. Marshal Phillips should get |,
lis nose in good trim and make general =
Inspection for nuisances the first warm q
lay he has some leisure time.