Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-08
LOCAL JOTs.

Have you got your ticket for 81 he X of p.
bnll?
Don't forget the "Iolanthe' matinee to-
morrow afternoon.
Sleighing is still good on n number of the
best graded streets.
No Eastern or Northern mail last night, in
consequence of delayed trains.
Ontario pays its 115th dividend of fifty
cents per share on the 31st inst.
There is to be "A dance given on the Hot
Spring lake tomorrow afternoon.
Mccormick & Co. to-day received two cars
of Hanauer bullion, valued at $3.50.
There will be full rehearsal of ''Iolanthe'
this evening at 1880, in the Salt Lake The
atre.
The Contributor has incorporated, the ar
ticles having been filed with the county clerk
to-day.
Hon. John Il. Caine has been reappointed
to the House Committee on Postoffices and
Post Roads.
II is "a pretty we'll settled fact that law
suit will result from the recent accident near
the Palace Hotel.
The wires East were down this afternoon
and interfered seriously with the receipt of
press dispatches.
The Studebaker branch house has done
land office business in sleighs and cutters
the past few days.
The selection of the new dress for the
Tribune has earned for Manager Lannan the
name Alba Tonga.
From Spencer Clawson we have received a
paper weight stand with daily memoran-
dunn pad attached.
The first of the second series of their
social hops will be given by the Knights of
st. Dennis next Friday night.
The railing around the areaway where the
accident occurred the other day has been re-
paired to some extent, but is still very un-
safe.
The Utah Central will run a special train
to the Hot Springs Lake at 11:36 tomorrow
morning, to accommodate those wishing to
attend the dance
The train from the East last night reached
Ogden little before 10 o'clock, owing to
the heavy storms East. The train from the
North was similarly delayed.
It is reported that the owner of that "Pet-
rihed Head" sent an extravagant description
OF 1t to the Smithsonian Institute, placing
an outrageously fabulous price on it. No re-
turns yet.
The case of the People vs. Hugo and Ella
Desprezin was heard before Commissioner
Mckay this morning, and owing to failure
to make the evidence fit the complaint, was
dismissed.
Coffee John has purchased farm in the
vicinity of the penitentiary. 1t is suggested
that he could do good business there if the
population in that neighborhood continues
to increase.
Marder, Luse q Co., of Chicago, advertise
that the new dress of the Tribune was sup
piled by their foundry. If they had any
sense of shame they wouldn't tell that they
furnished that dress.
Those who complain of the monotony of
the news and the scarcity of interesting
reading matter are reminded that the Terri.
torial Legislature meet on Monday next,
when the monotony will be greatly in
creased.
The reporters who besieged Prosecuting
Attorney Dickson yesterday, upon his return
from San Francisco got very little with
which to build up sensational newspaper
articles. The gentleman doesn't interview
worth a cent.
A number of the gentlemen who went to
The Fort Douglas reception this afternoon
were considerably shaken up when it was
announced that there would be no ladies' 40
company the party. The affair was mascu-
line throughout.
Mr.. f. F. Ecces, who is to succeed Mr..
Browe as ID. a. II. G. ticket AGENT is one of |
the few business men here who took the |
trouble to telegraph to Eastern houses dur
ing the late Mormon uprising" He de- |
nounced the sensational reports rs fictitious |
and unworthy of credence.
In every respect the Legislature will be the |
equal of any State Legislature in the Amer |
lean Union, except in that all its powers and |
functions are limited and circumscribed by |
the law which makes the veto of the Cover
nor absolute and fnal.-Ogden Herald. The
Utah Legislature should be superior to any
State Legislature in America, for they mere
ly enact the will of their Father in Heaven.
Engler and Lowery played the fourth
game of the billiard tournament last night,
Engler playing 800 to Lowery 500. The game
was marked by the fine average playing of
Engler, his highest run being n, and the
one brilliant run on the rail by Lowery, in
which he counted Ill points. The game was
won by Engler, score 300 to 32l. Tonight
Arthur and Lowery play their second name