Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-19
LOCAL JOTS.

IatLl ana N6IslbE VIII III XII iliODdOllliN
visit Salt Lake this next season.
The Knights of St. Dennis will give their
select social in Sheldon's Hall this evening.
Secretary Thomas has to-day issued GER
tificate Of Incorporation to the Idaho Land
and Cattle Company.
Mccormick d. Co. to-day received Crescent
ore, 81, 800. and one car of Haneuer bullion,
S2,450; total value, 1880.
Josh Billings lectured in Ogden last night
on "The Probabilities Of Life" His iectur-
ing tour in Utah is now ended.
Yesterday Mccormick & Co. received Hick-
ory ore valued at S 2,054.S0; Creedmore ore,
$39240; Osceola ore, S44379; total value,
$2.890.99.
There exists bad gas excavation north Of
tho Eighth ward square, which has been left
open to the inconvenience of parties driving
since last February.
Eliza goes to the pen, and her alleged hus-
band has his liberty on $1,000 bonds. Good
text for the DeSeret N2lCS on The Protec-
ton We Furnish Our Women"
Jake Leviberg d Co. are to-day placing
their cherry furniture AMI modern tailoring
fixtures in the new establishment, 106 south
Main street. The place will open by the LIST.
Yesterday the Salt Lake Nationals went to
Calder's Farm and defeated a picked nine
from Draper, Cottonwood and Milk Creek.
Eleven innings were played, with a score of
16 to II.
Donations of cold victuals and cast-off
clothing will be thankfully received by the
Herald for the next thirty days, or until
their "poor mouth" circulars can bring
some help to the bankrupt institution.
Gilmer's Grand Spect ocular Combination
is heading westward. TIE Devils Auction"
and "Za-M ara" are in their repertoire. Sol
Smith Russell and NJ lton MOBILES are also
on the track of the setting sun. Salt Lake
may catch them all.
The highest temperature of the month of
July was on the 18th, when the signal office
gave it as trihe over 80 degrees. On last
Sunday the mercury in the same place was
over 100, showing that August leads July by
n lap of 10 degrees.
The sentence of Eliza Shaffer commenced
at II o'clock to-day, and she will be released
from the pen at that time tomorrow. pro-
vided payment of the $25 be made. If the
fine be not paid, Eliza will have TO stay in
the bench palace thirty days longer.
The Territorial Canvassing Board appoint
ed to canvass the returns of the recent cleo
tion have completed the count in thirteen
counties. The work viii be finished by to-
morrow afternoon il is expected. Summit
county vote will be canvaSsed tomorrow at
10 o'clock a. IN.
Pedestrians having occasion 10 traverse
Brigham street sidewalk from the Eagle Gate
to G. street, complain of the loose rocks
scattered along the walk and the weeds and
grass overgrowing the cross streets. A little
attention to this popular thoroughfare by
the city would prove public blessing.
The medical authority of the Salt Lake
Herald reports the diphtheria in the city as
being ''miId' cases. AS 40 per cent of these
so-called mild cases die. perhaps the
truthful Herald can explain. Or has the
narrow-headed reporter of that sheet got a
chronic desire to make an ass of himself
Several new cases of diphtheria are re-
ported in the lower wards, and no diminu-
tion in the number of cases may be looked
for till the hot weather subsidies. 1t is rum
ored that the City Council will appoint some
competent nuisance inspector about next
fall, but nobody places much reliance upon
the report
The Chicago, Milwaukee IL; St. Paul Rail
way has issued a new and handsome card
board folder setting forth in an attractive
manner the many advantages of the great
system. Their gentlemanly representative,
Mr.. Alex. Mitchell, is politely furnishing
tourists with all the information possible of
the famous line.
Judge Zane this morning decided the
Eliza Shaffer hdbedS corpus case, and denied
the writ. He sustained the decision of Com
missioner Mckay upon every point in re-
spect to the power of Commissioners TO pun
ish for contempt. Miss Shaffer now goes to
the penitentiary to serve out the sentence
imposed upon her by the Commissioner.
One old man, one old horse and one old
cart completes the stock in trade of the Salt
Lake scavenger business The city is at
present exerting superhumRn efforts in
throwing the foul muck out of the water
secs on Main and First South streets, where
1t accumulates to the disgust of a few per-
sons much faster than the little old outfit
can remove it.