Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-18
LOCAL J0TS.


LOCAL JOTS.
Theatricals enjoy respite for n week
or so.
The Union Band give an excursion TO the
lake tomorrow.
The canyon breezes have cooled of the hot
wave considerably.
The BARRIERS and bartenders contested for
baseball honors on the diamond again to-
day.
The Nationals of this city went south this
morning TO play the Draper boys match
game of ball
We call the attention of the city dog tax
collector to the number of unlicensed ours
running around the streets.
This has been the dullest day OF the sea-
son, and the clerks in the different stores on
Main street have had picnic"
The M. E. Sunday school will have an ex-
cursion TO the Lake next Friday, August
21st, 1885. Trains will leave at $40 a. m,
ITO and 5:10 p. N.
Reports from Silver Reef say that both the
Christy and Stormont mines are working
full forcess of men, and the mills are turning
out their usual quota of bullion.
The Presbyterian teachers met in conven-
ton at Logan last night. Their session will
last week, and will be attended by nearly
all the Presbyterian teachers of Utah.
Mr.. Tom Little went to Ogden to-day to
perfect a game of ball between the Athletics
and Reds. They may play here Friday and
Saturday of this week.
Shipments of ore from Star district, Beav-
er county, are being made to Salt Lake. If
the price of lead keeps up the shipments
will soon assume larger proportions.
The Stanton mine at Ophir is making
large shipments Of ore to Mr.. Conklin's
sampling works in this city. 4 shipment of
ninety tons has come in within the last three
days.
VIM. James and party send word TO
friends. that they have struck it rich over in
eastern Utah. Steve Kelly, o. S. Carver and
Others talk of joining the party.-SoUthe'n
Utah Times.
The Welsh people hold their grand annual
reunion at Fuller's Hill on Thursday. The
Sixteenth Ward Band will enliven the occa-
sion with Welsh airs, and a right Joyous
time is looked for.
Cholera does not attack girls who abstain
from ice cream, says an exchange. This is
another addition to the literature that every
Salt Lake young man should constantly
carry around with him.
laware of campers" now returning
lo3T .0 e muzzle with marvellous tales
Of > and adventures in capturing the
bear and fish. They all have their little
Il j hatchets with them.
Colorado gentleman is in the city for the
purpose of arranging match between the
Leelvillo Dr Denver baseballists and any
picked U5sh nine. Such r contest wonld
prove interesting 20 Salt Lakers.
The Sixteen ward band played some fine
selection on W alker Bros. corner last even
ing, and thu pJt 'oable improvement in their
renditi1u Of IN o. two difficult pieces was
very mani. The band Is bscoming g
very creditGole usiitution.
Will the Sal / Ike Herald please publish
a copy of that circular describing its bank
rupt condition and pleading for help from
the wealthy members % the Church? But
of course the Rcrd3d will decline to an
swer; in fact, il vii he silent-"it cannot
answer"
1t is understood taat, if the Campbell con-
centrating anG lea hing works at Milford
prove success, low grade ores of the Horn
Silver mine, which have not paid to ship TO
the smelters will be worked by this process.
Activity will again prevail in Beaver county
if the report be true.
w. B. Sullivan, ESD, President of the !
Blue Church, came into the DEMOCRAT Office F!
this morning TO make inquiries regarding |
the absconding treasurer. Billy reports a |
shortage of nickel in the accounts, and saws |
he has a strong suspicion that Kenner sank /
it for beer. 1t is rather rough to suspect S. !
A. X. of anything of that kind, though.
The Eliza Shaffer habeas corpus petition !
before Judge Zane in Court Chambers yes
terday afternoon was argued by MIR. Kirk
patrick for the petitioner and Mr.. Narjan in
behalf of the government. The case was
submitted to Judge Zane who will render
his decision at some future time. Eliza
Shaffer was admitted to bail in the mean
time.
The calm serenity and gall displayed by
the morning papers in transferring most of
the DEMOCRATS local page to their own COL
umns is widely appreciated. The fact is
that our contemporaries, like the people, are
fast finding out that the DEMOCRAT is the
only live paper in the city, and accordingly
use their scissors with complimentary dis
erection.
In 1880 a liar was legally. punished by
having hole bored through his tongue. IF
that law were III force now the parties with
the anti-Mormon press of this city would
have tongues like nutmeg graters. ''-DeSeyet
NeicS. If that law were IN force the man of
the NetoS would have no tongue at all by
lnlS llnltt ana 10 nave marked MN IL would
have been necessary to extend the piercing
10 his ears, which are tremendous.
The Office of the Tolca TGlk, one of the
liyliest papers of Butte, was committed
To the flames last Friday night by the torch
of an incendiery. The publishers issue
diminutive edition and announce at the [
head of the local column:
The fire has "swiped" US,
At last it got here
But pending a reissue
Wen keep in good cheer. '