Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-24
LOCAL JOTs.

Coffee John sold 200 boxes of oranges
yesterday.
]. H. Dupaix' stamp mill at Minersville
will soon be started up again.
Salt Lake will have a conference, after
all. A conference crowd, at least.
Ida Hitchcock's benefit at the Walker
Opera House. The event Of the week.
Professor H. S. Krouse will conduct the
musical programme at Ida Hitchcock's
benefit.
Mr.. Conklin, who is now in Wood
River, telegraphed this afternoon that
everything is quiet.
The notorious Mrs. Passey was fined S.
by Justice Speirs this morning for the old
offense, drunkenness.
"A correspondent of the Beaver Utonidn
T is authority for the statement that sale
of the Cave mine is on the taps.
The receipts of the patience" COM
pany during their northern tour were
nearly $3.50 in excess Of their expenses.
We have received the Report OF the
Director of the Mint for 1884, from the
Hon. H. C. Burchard, Director. Thanks.
Thomas E. Armstrong and T. S. lib
bets were appointed notaries public for
Salt Lake county by Governor Murray
this morning.
Walter Porcher was the luckless indi-
vidual who was found in a drunken con-
dition last night and fined S. by Justice
Spiers this morning.
A great many stock raisers of the Ter
ritory will doubtless take advantage of
the low rates and attend the big cattle
convention that meets next month.
For the benefit of the morning press re-
porters and other deadheads, we will
state that no round trip passes will be
issued over Utah roads under the new
pool.
While the Herald was thanking the
DEMOCRAT this morning it forgot to re-
turn thanks for the mining museum arti-
Gle that it stole from last nights issue of
this paper.
The Opera House box Office will open
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock for the
sale of seats for the Ida Hitchcock benefit.
A great many tickets have been sold and
it is advisable for the holders to be on
hand early.
The -Marsden suit was before
Justice Piper again this afternoon. This
case has been pending in Justice Pyper's
court for about two months, and when
he gets through with it, it will probably
go to Judge Zave.
Wash. Barber, the half demented old
man who has been around the City Hall
for the last twenty-five years, died this
morning and was buried at the expense
of the city. He came to the Territory in
1857 with Johnson's army.
Mr.. FranCis Cope, general passenger
agent of the Utah Central, returned last
evening from the Transcontinental pool
meeting in Denver. He reports the
meeting a very harmonious one, and
states nothing was done that will affect
Utah traffic.
The Herald wreck. shivering with fear,
chatters forth thanks to the DEMOCRAT
for giving the public some of the law on
lotteries. 1t should not waste its graft
tude. 1t may be called upon to thank
Mr.. Dickson and the Grand Jurors for
putting the law in operation.
The Grand Jury came into court this
afternoon and presented six indictments,
three of which We're found under
the Territorial statutes and three under
the United States laws. Farley P. Pratt
and John G. Graham are supposed to be
two of the violators of United States
laws, but there is considerable specula-
ton as to who the other offender is. The
cases of President Taylor and Geo. Q.
Cannon were both investigated last week.