Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-12
LOCAL JOTS.

from the east, but 1t is not known who
he is.
IT is said that all the attorneys of Utah,
south Of Salt Lake, are employed by the
defense in the Tidwell-Anderson murder
case at Provo.
THE Butte Inter Mountain is authority
for the statement that Manager Mcguire
has secured Theodore Thomas for the
Opera House in June.
THE Emporium corner presented a
barn-yard appearance this forenoon,
caused by the topping over of a large
load of hay in the center OF the street.
NOTHING transpired in the Police Court
this morning, unless a game Of "seven-
up between Attorney Fletcher and Off
Ger Salmon could be called an incident
JOSEPH DAVIS, who was convicted in
the District Court last week OF stealing a
Winchester rifle from a penitentiary
guard, will be sentenced on Saturday
IT is understood that Mr. Amos Howe
is contemplating the purchase OF a stand
ard-bred horse for stud purpose, and the
horse has done it double under 2 80.
AN article in yesterdays DEMOCRAT
stated that the Last Chance tunnel would
be pushed 1900 feet in six days. 1t
should have been six months, of course.
A CHILD of family named Hepworth,
in the Sixteenth Ward, died of diphtheria
yesterday, and four other children of the
SEVERAL members of the James B.
Mexican post, G. A. r., left over the D.
& r. G. this afternoon to attend the
Grand Encampment now in session in
Ogden.
THE quarterly conference of the center
stake of Zion commences in this city to-
morrow, and continues over Sunday. 1t
will bring big crowd into the city Satur-
day.
You are all invited by the ladies, to be
present at the social given by them, at
the Methodist Church tomorrow even
ing. Everybody welcome. Come and
have a good time.
COMMERCIAL street is being cleaned.
Go on with the good work, conscript
fathers, and hasten the time when every
hill shall be made low. 1t will certainly
exhalt the looks of the valleys.
Two saloons have succumbed to hard
times and high license-Benites' dive and
the Cabinet Now that the Benites rem
devious is locked up, the sneak thieves,
burglars and bummers are thrown out of
a home.
THE yellow flag that has been displayed
in front of Spencer Clawson's house for
the past two weeks, was taken down last
night, the child Of Burke Spencer having
almost recovered from its attack of scar
let fever.
OLIVER BYRON will present the next at
faction in Salt Lake, presenting "Rags
and Bones" at the Theatre Saturday af-
ternoon and "Across the Continent in
the evening. His performances here a
few weeks ago were conside red good.
THE base ball season will soon be here
and it is rumored Salt Lake will have
paid nine during the coming summer,
composed of the crack players of this
city, with possibly two or three from
Denver. Messrs. Brown & Whiting are
backing the scheme.
THE body of Mrs Cooke, of Eagle Rock,
Idaho, who died at the Sisters hospital
last Monday, was buried in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery yesterday afternoon. Mrs. E.
B. Ellis, the mother of the deceased, and
Mr.. B. L. Cooke, the husband, started for
their home at Eagle Rock to-day.
MAcKNGHT was received with open
arms by the prisoners at the Pen. The
usual invitation to either Glance, sing or
put on the gloves" was extended to him
and he responded with a song, followed
by recitation. His vocal and Evolutionary
efforts were warmly applauded by his
auditors.
Hon. FRANK c. GoUDY, who is assisting
the prosecution in the Provo murder trial,
is one of the most brilliant young law
yers of Colorado. In criminal cases he
has proved his ability in several hard
fights with Hon. Thomas Patterson, OF
Denver, who is said to be the peer OF any
criminal lawyer west of Chicago
THE United States Marshalship of
Utah is said to be worth, in clean cash,
S. 900 per annum. This is the most
lucrative Federal position in the Terri
tory, with the exception of the Utah
Commissioners sinecures. Those func-
tionless functionaries are paid $1,000 per
annum for spending their summer vaca-
tons in Utah.
A. MOORE, mentioned in yesterdays
DEMOCRAT as having been arrested for as
sault upon Richard Powell with intent to
kill. waived examination before Commits
sioner Mckay yesterday afternoon and
bonds were fixed at $1,000. Failing to
procure sureties Moore was sent to the
Pen until the Grand Jury acts in his
case.