Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-04
LOCAL JOTS.

The case of H. b. Mattison vs.. William
Wright was dismissed on motion of s. w.
Darke, attorney for the plaintiff.
In the case of Howard Sebree VS.. E. p.
Terry, n note was offered in evidence, and
Judgment was rendered as prayed.
James Furrey was arrested early this
morning in noisy and drunken condition
and locked up in the cooler to await trial.
Mr.. b. b. Young will hold his chorus
practice for the next sacred concert tonight,
mt Calder's Music Palace at 1880 o'clock. A
full attendance is requested.
You See Sison, the Mrs. Sisons and all the
little Sisons, from Sandy, were before the
Grand Jury to-day in company with two
other cases of the prevalent u. q. troubles.
Tomorrow night the Criterion Club meets
in the Tenth Ward schoolhouse. There will
be reelection of officers and interesting
proceedings. The public are cordially in
vited.
Bishop Halsey, of the African Methodist
Church, says that the want of wife will
give a'man the dyspepsia. If the Bishop is
right, says the San Francisco Post, digestion
out in Utah ought to be mighty good.
The technical meaning of unlawful cohab-
itation awaits the ruling of the United States
Supreme Court after hearing on the 10Th
inst. Angus M. Cannon, now imprisoned
appealed the point in question, and now
awaits the result with great expectations.
Judge M. H. Owsley, of Kentucky, one of
the candidates for the Utah Prosecuting At
torneyship, has acquaintances in Salt Lake
who pronounce him a reputable man and n
judge of large experience. He was candi-
date before the last Gubernatorial conven-
ton of Kentucky.
Judge Hoge's little boy hasrecovered from
diphtheria and is playing soldier with the
yellow flag. 1t would be well for the 'com-
petent' quarantine physician to look after
outstanding signal banners and save the city
the unnecessary expense of buying any more
of the useless things.
The case of John Cunnington et al. Vi.
John s. Scott ct. al. involving quantity of
ore, was introduced in court this morning by
Woods IL Hoffman and A. G. Sutherland for
plaintiffs, and Marshall & Royal for defend
ants. The suit promises to create lively
fight and will last a few days.
Last nights presentation of "The Mikado''
was IN improvement in many respects over
that of Monday night and the second act
made up for many of the defects in the first.
cellent singing. Mr. John Spencer created
the usual merriment, and altogether it was
an improvement on the initial perform
ance.
Mr.. WA. Burke is busy adjusting some
thing new in the way of pooled freight. He
is in receipt of car load of carrots, beets
and turnips consigned to him as a gift from
a philanthropic friend at Price station. Not
being able to play even on the "white ele-
phant," all poor widows and hungry orphans
are invited to share Mes gift from Thistle
Valley.
The four silver cups exhibited in Swaner's
display window are to be given to the sue.
cessfnl contestants in the Friday night ex,
hibition at the Pavilion. Two of the cups
% n ha haGt np1 Iirl,t tpht
rers. The third cup goes to the man raising
5S-pound dumbbeli the most times, and
the fourth prize is for the best Indian-cl
swinger.
Two weeks ago young man by the anne
of Frank Brady came down to the Sisters
Hospital from Blackfoot, Idaho, with O
badly decomposed foot, caused by being
severely frozen last winter. The amputatior
of the foot at the ankle joint became neces-
sary, and yesterday afternoon DR.. Benedict
performed the operation and the young man
il now on the road to recovery.
A German employee of the Beck Eureka
Hill mine was brought to the Deseret Hos
pital last night for an operation. While
working in the mine the handle of wind
lass struck him on the head, breaking his
jaw and tearing the flesh off one side of his
face in frightful manner. DIR. Anderson
dressed the wounds and left the sufferer as
comfortable as could be expected.
The Mormon press of Utah, which is fond
of girding at the Alta, should understand
that we have no virulence against the people
OF that Territory. In fact, We love every
bone in their bodies, but we do hate their
tarnation ways; and, because it is better fol-
their welfare, moral and material, that they
should be in line with the spirit of the age
rather than at angles with il, we wish them
to be disciplined into knowledge,-S. r. Alta
Nor. 1.