Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-27
LOCAL JOTS.

The lawn fete of the ladies of the First Bap-
fist Church takes place tomorrow evening.
Lead made another jump of % cents to-
day, and is quoted in New York at 4.1219 per
hundred.
Wells, Fargo & Co. to-day received one
bar of Christy (Silver Reef bullion, valued
at $1,904.
James Mcknight has been permanently
disbarred from practising in all the courts
of this Territory.
The Last game of the Denver base ball
series was played yesterday. Result-Den-
vers Ii, Salt Lake z.
Charles Popper, a Utah stocl-raiser,
landed twenty-four cars of cattle at the
Omaha stock-yards last Thursday.
Mccormick & Co. to-day received Crescent
ore valued at $4,000 and Queen of the Hills
ore valued at 81, 200; total, $4,000.
The Opera House was filled last night
with listeners to Rev. Mr.. Lambs lecture on
1.-THE Book of Momon-Is it from God?'
The three trunks of the John Thompson
company were sold at public auction to
satisfy the Judgment of his agent, John
Hammond, and brought $50.
The Committee on Finance for the Grant
night at the Deseret Bank, by order of the
chairman, Mayor James Sharp.
The "3-7-77'' notices published about town
are a strong hint which the thugs thieves,
and sure-thing men would do well to heed,
Judging from the acts of the ''3-7-77'' organ
ization in the past.-Butte InteI-Mountdin.
The funeral of S. j. Johnasson, held yes
terday from the Thirteenth ward school
house, under the auspices of the A. o. u. w.
and the members of the bar of this city,
was largely attended. The Opera House
band was also in attendance, and addresses
were made by p. l.. Williams and Mr..
Weinberg.
There is some little excitement in society
circles over the divorce proceedings brought
against Rudger Clawson by his first wife
Florence Dinwoodey Clawson. Rudger was
brought in from the Pen this morning to
file his answer to the complaint. The de-
PENDANT waived the time to answer the COM
plant, and consented for a default to be
entered.
On Saturday night, while returning from
the Theatre, Earnest Lyon. Walter Wis
combe, Byron Crosby, Matthew Lyon and
Fred. Squires saw large porcupine on the
fence in front of Mr.. h. Bamberger's resi-
dence on First South Street, between Second
and Third East streets, and after consider
able trouble killed it. Upon being weighed
it was found to weigh fifty pounds.
An old gentleman in one-horse wagon
was given pretty hard tumble while pass
ing the DEMooRAT Office this afternoon, by a
couple of long gas pipes which he had in his
wagon coming around Unexpectedly and
knocking him off the seat. He was badly
bruised about the back of his head by the
fall. The horse was stopped by the specta-
tors, and the old gentleman was driven to
his destination by friend.
Saturday night another smash-up occurred
on the State road, a buggy containing two
girls and child being upset by coming in
collision with another buggy in which a man
was driving a span of fractions horses. The
girls took an unceremonious header into the
road, and were considerably scratched and
bruised, while the man received a kick on
the head, knocking him senseless and re-
quiring six stitches TO sew it up. The man
acknowledges the blame of the affair. as he
was on the wrong side of the road.