Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-11-24
LOCAL J0TS.
No DEMOCRAT tomorrow.

No DEMOCRAT tomorrow.
"The Silver King" at the Theatre to-mor-
row night.
The Pleasant Hour ball at the Opera
House this evening.
Mrs. Louie Turner has presented the Lieu
tenant with promising son.
Charles Wanless, petit juror, has been
excused from further service.
The Utah & Northern and the Union Pa
oifo are both reported on time tonight
The Scientific American hand book for
1887 is out, filled with valuable information.
Andrew johnson, for being just "leetle"
drunk, was fined $40 in the PoliceCourt this
afternoon.
Frank White, vag., was given 80 days
for plying his vocation, in the Police Court
this afternoon.
For Thanksgiving Day the Western road
has instructed its agents to sell tickets at
half rates between all points.
Goldsmith and Co. are having big rush
to-day. People are jumping at their big re-
auctions and grabbing them quick"
The Cheney -Tolmie company performed
to an almost vacant house last evening.
The concert was quite as good as on the first
night.
The calendar for 1887 gotten out by the
ladies of the st. Marks Guild is an artistic
piece of work. See the reference to it on the
second page.
There will be sweepstake pigeon shooting
tomorrow afternoon, at the Half Way
House on the State Road. All the "cracks"
are expected to attend.
Mrs Miriam H. Thrall, wife of the Rev.
=: r. Thrall and mother Of the Rev. j. b.
Thrall, of Salt Lake City, died suddenly at
Galesburg, ILL.,, on the 22nd inst.
Daniel Brown, a man who got up before
breakfast just to get drunk, was picked up
on the street by the police at 2 O'Clock this
morning. He paid So for the sport.
John W. Smell has at last given satisfao-
tory evidence of his poverty after two
months' time, and was yesterday allowed to
take the poor debtors oath and was dis
charged from the Pen.
In the case of Salt Lake City vs.. Peter
Tomney, for keeping disorderly house,
which was appealed from the Police Court
to the Third District Court, the jury this
afternoon brought in verdict for the city.
The ball at the Opera House tomorrow
night will be grand affair in every respect,
the st. Dennis boys having spared neither
expense nor trouble to make it totally
eclipse anything heretofore undertaken by
them.
The philosophical bishop of the Seventh
ward is prompt with every fall of snow to
clear the sidewalks in his diocese. If every
bishop in the city would do likewise, they
would do the citizens a service and hide
multitude of sins.
On Monday evening the City Council of
Provo passed a bill repeating the prohibi-
ton ordinance, by a vote of seven to three.
Whisky was sold freely in the town in spite
of the prohibition" and the city might as
well get little revenue ont of it.
Thomas Fenton, the Sixth Ward Nursery
man, was arrested late yesterday afternoon
on the prevailing charge. He went before
Judge Mckay, waived examination and was
bound over in the sum of 1000 to appear
before the Grand Jury when wanted.
George Dunford, the we'll known shoe
dealer, was arraigned in the Third District
Court to-day on the charge of unlawful CO.
hadltatlon. he pleaded guilty and was sem
fenced to serve a term of six months in the
Penitentiary, and to pay n fine of $50 and
costs.
Herbert Slade, the Maori was fined $3.50
in the Police Court to-day on being CON
yicted of q battery upon an old man named
Woods, who runs Beck's stables. Slade says
that Woods claims to be lightweight
and that he has frequently threatened to
knock him (Slade) out.
s. B. Smith, the Tenth ward pirate, who
turned the southeast corner of town upside
down few days ago, had a preliminary ex-
animation before Judge Piper yesterday
afternoon. The court took the matter
under advisement until this morning, and
then bound Smith over to appear before the
Grand Jury, in the sum of $500.
The Congregational Association of
Preachers and Teachers will convene at In
dependence Hall on next Friday morning
and will be in session for two days. The
New West teachers from different parts of
the Territory will be present and make in
teresting reports. Secretary Bliss of the
New West Education Society, will attend
the convention and take part in its proceed
inRs.
The next book to be produced from the
pen Of local author will be entitled From
the Poker Table to the Pulpit" the writer
of which will sail under the nom de plume of
"R. W. s." The book will give detailed
treatise on the beaties of "stud -horse' and
will show the different steps to be taken in
reaching the pulpit. 1t is rum ored that the
author has decided not to dedicate the work
to James b. Stoddard, as he considers that
gentleman too much inclined to accept
principles of morality, as they are under
stood by the people Of The United States, and
therefore fears that he (Stoddard) could not
properly appreciate the work. Published
by Penny, Ante & Co. Price, in green cloth,
two reds.