Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-12-23
LOCAL JOTS.

Amusemcnts crowd the programme during
next week.
Tickets for b. Il. Young's sacred concert
next Sunday night are now on sale Mt the
usual places.
"Iolanthen paper of mammoth size is billed
over the town, and its production is expected
to mark quite a local event
Juryman @. w. Lyman, gave way to-day
under the killing evidence in the Hampton
case. He was provided a bunk beside the
witness stand in preference to postponing
the case.
"Brig Hampton goes into the fight with
all the chances against him." says the Salt
Lake Herald. Yes and apparently all the
evidence is against him, too /: but then the
Herald doesn't dare say so.
The editor of the Tribune devotes column
this morning to prove that the Ne,us lies
about the McMurrin- Collin affair. But such
efforts are useless. The Ne,cs is the organ
Of "Truth and Liberty" and never, never
lies.
The Marsac mill is now being run daily,
in order to get the heavy machinery in
proper line with view of starting by the
first of January in active operations. The
mill presents n handsome appearance since
being painted, and adds greatly to the show
ing of Park City.
There is on exhibition Mt the new store,
1O8 s. Main street, the richest and most
beautiful bedroom sets of high art furniture
ever placed in the market. The elegant sets
are of mahogany upholstered with the finest
Turkish damasee, and of the very latest
patterns known to the East.
match three-ball billiard game between
Josh Arthur, of this city, and W. r. Lowry,
of California, will come off this evening at
the California Wine Depot, Lowry playing
pected from both players, and at the close
Lowry will give an exhibition of fancy shots.
1t is our opinion that the best Xmas pres
ent a gentleman can give his lady-love is an
invitation to the Masonic ball next Monday
evening at the Walker Opera House. II
would certainly be n great pleasure to the
lady to share the merry dance, and next, it
would assist the Library in its growth and
usefulness.
Mr.. John j. Schmelzle, n comrade of the
Grand Army of the Republic and respected
citizen, has disposed of his lunch stand Mt
No. 81 w. Second South street, and with the
aid of II back pension just received, Mr..
Schmelzle will open up restaurant in
Stockton, where the Stars and Stripes have
always had full sway.
AS the Salt Lake Herald, with it's usual
thieving propensities, stole from the DEMO
Graf the report of Rev. McNiece's Sunday
uikub SeEluOl, OulttlllS tub uUte uDDeuueu
by the reporter, it should tomorrow morn
ing steal the correction in last nights DEMO-
Graf. Some of its chief subscribers would
probably feel proud to read about 'the knot
hole brigade"
The fifth grand annual ball of the Wasatch
Division Uniform Rank of the knights of
Pythias is advertised to take place at the
Walker Opera House January 18th. The
different committees have been appointed
and will work to make this one of the finest
social events of the season, and as the repu-
tation of the X. of p. has always been Al
in this respect, there is no doubt that this
will equal all preceding affairs in its line.
General Traffic Manager L. l.. Kimball
and General Freight Agent p. p. Shelby, of
the Union Pacific accompanied by Mr..
Frank Langford, private secretary, arrived
in Salt Lake this morning from San Fran
cisco in u special car over the Utah Central.
Mrs. Kimball and son Richard are also with
the party and registered at the Walker
House, where they remain until tomorrow
News reaching us from the Eureka-Tintic
district indicates great activity in the mining
business, result probably of the recent
notoriety given to the locality by the great
mining suit of the Beck" and Eureka com
panies. We learn that last week two we'll
known gentlemen of this city acquired a
half-interest in one of. if not the most, val
liable properties in that now historical
camp. The gentlemen referred to are rustl-
ers, and we predict benefit to the region
by the addition of their enterprise.