Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-13
LOCAL J0TS.

The Mikado' ut the Theatre tonight.
"a Trip to Africa" at the Theatre to-mor-
row night.
The weather has moderated considerably
since yesterday.
Don't fail to hear Zelda Seguin as Katisha
at the Theatre this evening.
To-day's reports quote silver at 97$%, a
rise of three-eighths since yesterday.
The mountains to the north and east of
the city still retain their coat of snow.
Mccormick d Co. to-day shipped Hanauer
bullion, 1920, and silver and lead ores,
$l9,650. Total value, $22,920.
T. II. Jones & Go. to-day shipped base bull
lion valued at 81 700, fine bars valued at
4l08 and ore valued at $18,CCO.
Robert Tate and William Morgan both
recently convicted of grand larceny, have
been pardoned from the Pententiary by
Governor West.
People who have been holding back in
order to learn something of the Duff Opera
Company, rushed to the Theatre box Office
in large numbers this morning for the pur-
pose of engaging seats for the remaining
nights.
The Mormon Heliion calls the Republican
Trombone n crank, and the latter retaliates
by calling the former an ignoramus The
DEMOCRAT has too profound respect for the
Judgment of both to question the opinion
of either.
If the Territorial Democratic Committee
persists in recognizing John L. Caine as the
quasi Democratic candidate to Congress the
DEMOCRAT will be forced to bolt the ticket.
1t will never place his name at the head of
its columns for it isn't that kind of a DEM
ocratic hairpin.
Reed, one of the young men found in the
disreputable Pierce establishment last Sat
urday night, pleaded guilty to the charge of
resorting to house of ill-fame in the Po-
lice Court yesterday afternoon, and was SEN
fenced to pay fine of 500 and to serve Il
term of thirty days in the city Jail.
Kate Flint and two of the inmates of her
house of ill-fame were before Judge Pyper
late yesterday afternoon to answer for their
conduct. Kate was fined 800, and one of the
girls, an old offender, paid the same amount,
while the other, a new girl, was fined $50.
Kate stated to the Judge that it was her in
tention to sell out her property here and
leave for greener fields
Last Saturdays edition of the DAILY DEM
ooRAT was exhausted long before the demand
for the papers was supplied. There has
been continuous applications for them since
that time. The SEMI WEEKLY DEMOCRAT
issued to-day will contain the communica-
tion by "Hymen," which appears to have
caused such sensation and created such an
unusual demand for the number of the
paper containing it,.
The motion argued before Judge Boreman
yesterday afternoon to dismiss the case
brought against Edna Dixon in the Police
Court on a writ of habeas corpus, was sub
mitted last evening, and this morning His
Honor decided that it should be overruled.
The defendant, Miss Dixon, was allowed a
stay of proceedings for ten days in which to
decide whether or not to appeal the case to
the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Philemon Debating Club starts up
their meetings tonight at 8 o'clock, at the
Ninth ward school-house. An interesting
programme is prepared, and everybody is
invited. This club has been running for
several years, the object being general i'm
provement. Every young man should be-
come n member of an association of this
kind in order that he may learn to express
his feelings in public meeting, besides be-
coming familiar with all the various inter
esting topics of the day, by thorough dis
cusson.
gentleman in from the Big Sandy and
South Pass country reports that there are
no less than three surveying parties working
in the interest of as many railroads in that
section. The Wyoming & Utah. the North
western and the Burlington IL Missouri are
the lines represented. The former is osten-
sibly Salt Lake company, but is really
owned and controlled by Drexel, Morgan d
Co. All of these roads are working west
from the South Pass country, having
reached that point from the Sweetwater
yalley.-Ogden Ne'cS.