Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-24
LOCAL JOTS.

George Chainey will deliver another
lecture at the Opera House Sunday even
ing.
An application for the postmastership
of salt Lake was circulated around town
to-day.
The county officials are employing
spoilers to discover violations of the
county license law.
Rosenheim and Sherlock, the alleged
butter embeZzlers, were acquitted in the
District Court this afternoon.
A young man named Henry Payne
was fined S. by Justice Speirs this morn
ing for stealing ride on the Utah Cen
trail.
The Molecular Telephone Company,
of this city, is awaiting decision of the
New York case before proceeding further.
This decision is looked for any day.
Davis, the Stockton unlawful, sue
ceeded in securing bondsmen yester-
day afternoon and is a free man until ar
rested under the Grand Jurors indict-
ment.
A base ball game will be played to-
morrow afternoon, between the Fort Doug
las nine and the Rough and Readys.
The match will take place at Washington
Square
In the Murphy murder trial yesterday,
it was the deposition of Dwyer that was
ruled out instead of the dying declaration
of Egan. The DEMOCRAT reporter was
misinformed.
There was a slight frost last night,>but
vegetation does not seem to be damaged.
Neither were the young caterpillars,
which are squirming around to-day with
great activity.
James B. Paxton, of Stockton, was in
dicted by the last Grand Jury for grand
larceny. He was arrested and taken be-
fore Commissioner Mckay yesterday,
and furnished bonds in the sum of $500.
An inspection OF all the posts of the
Grand Army is now being made and the
reports will be sent to the Inspector-Gen-
eral. James B. Mexican Post, of this
city, will be inspected this evening by
Captain Bynon.
Would it not be well for Prosecuting
Attorney Dickson to investigate the case
related at length in the Herald this morn
ing by "Half Told" Ietthe Herald man
go before the Grand Jury and tell the
other half Of the story.
The May Century will not be published
until the LIST of May. Hereafter it will be
published and dated on the first of each
month. The first edition for May will be
100000. If it keeps on at this rate, it
will be 100000 within a year. i
The case of the People VS. John r. Gil
lespie, charged with grand larceny, came
up in the District Court this afternoon
The Indictment in this case was found in
February, 1884, and charges Gillespie
with stealing two horses from Hans Han
son in Tooele County.
The big ditch at Osceola, New, to sup
ply the 0sceola Placer Mining company
with water, is now finished. Its cost was
about 100000. Reservoirs are now to
be constructed, and then the company, of
whom several are Salt Labers, expect to |
be ready to commence operations.
Deputy Marshal Vandercook was
looking for Joseph Dean, who is wanted |
IL. /
Dean is said to be the Oldest cohabitant |
in the country. In fact, he is said to be
co-eCH with the establishment of poly /
gamy.
T. ID. Mckay, the Pacific Coast agent
of the ID. & r. e., has telegraphed that a
large number of English and Australian
tourists will arrive from the West to-mor-
row and remain over Sunday Their
luggage" is checked through over the d.
& r. q. and c. B. & @. routes.
The case of the People VS.. James Sher-
lock and Phillip Rosenheim came up for
trial in the Third District Court this
The defendants, it will be re-
are charged with embezzling
500 pounds of butter belonging to Hyde &
Petit. Mr.. Dickson prosecutes and Major
Woods defends.
The announcement in yesterdays DEM
DCRAT that Governor Murray intended to
send the Democratic Judge to Beaver and
ieep Judge Boreman in the First District
has aroused the indignation of the Demo-
rats of Salt Lake, and emphatic pro-
est will probably come from Provo and
Ogden. Governor Murray may change
his mind when he discovers how strongly
'uch action would be condemned, even by
Ills own friends.
Judge Zane this morning decided the
question as to whether legal service in a {
nit against a foreign corporation could !
Ne made on any other person than the {
me designated by the company. The {
question was argued and submitted by C. :
}. Whittemore and Judge Rosborough ]
afternoon. The court held 2
hat service coult be made upon any t
gent or manager of company. AS
here are great many foreign corpora
ions doing business in the Territory, this
ecision is of importance.