Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-16
LOCAL JOTs.
% you. Judge Smith.

Horn silver stock stood Mt 500 yesterday.
case of diphtheria is reported near the
Valley House.
There are ten sons and four daughters in
ex-Mayor Jennings family.
There is rumor that John II. Winder will
be Salt Lakes next Mayor.
DR.. Faust has killed the cattle interests in
the Legislature. He calls the members
saloons"
Senator Ramsay was expected to arrive
last night but for some unaccountable rea-
son did not come.
The Grand Jury will attend the funeral of
Mrs. Chas Read in body. Mr.. Read is fore
man of the present jury.
Mr.. Edmunds' new measure practically
throws the Mormon church into tho hands
of n receiver'-Neto York World.
Judge Powers opinion rendered in the big
mining suit ut Provo, is spoken of by some
attorneys rs containing too much poetry.
The next attraction ut the Skating Pa
vilion is the masquerade, Wednesday night.
Several prizes are announced for distribu-
ton.
Ex-Mayor Jennings was member of the
Alta Club, and was the first member of the
Club whose name death mas removed from
the roll.
The ball given by the Knights of st.
Dennis last evening was attended by some
forty couples, and was n thoroughly enjoy
able affair.
The big mining case recently decided at
Provo, will be appealed to the higher courts,
by the plaintiff, the Bullion, Beck and
Champion Mining Company.
Do you notice how calm and quiet it il in
the city2 The Legislators have ceased from
their fiery and stormy debates. On Monday
they renew their angry discussions.
z. @. M. l., the Eagla Emporium, Teasdel's,
Empire meat market, the Deseret National
Bank, l. W: Jennings and several. other
the late Mr.. Jennings.
Warner, the chief detective of the Ameri-
can Express Company, with his identifying
witness, failed to.show up last evening, and
Harrison the supposed embezzler, will have
day or twO's more grace Mt the Pen.
The" Encouragement has completed
arrangements for sociable and ball to take
place next Monday evening in Calders Hall.
Invitations have been extended to only n
few persons outside of the members of the
Opera Company.
Judge Speirs takes exception to the state
ment made in the DEMOCRAT recently in re-
ference to the Griffiths case, where it was
matter from going on the record. The
judge insists that the affair did go on the re-
cord. Maybe so.
Speaking of printing and kindred things,
how are we to reconcile honest dealing with
the price charged when Secretary Thomas,
without suffering anybody to bid, gives work
to the Tribune office, and the latter folks
charge the Government $500 for a single
item of work, executed by other parties,
which cost only $40? Did anybody say any
thing about 'jobs?"
prominent news dealer said yesterday:
"The DEMOCRAT is the only one of the papers
on my counters which continues to daily
grow in demand. / order some extra copies
nearly every day." All the daily papers of
Salt Lake are on those counters, and have
an equal opportunity with the DEMOCRAT.
If the Government appropriates $4,000 lin
round figures) to do certain printing which
ought to be done for $1,000, and if by the
hocus pocus process of "vague" bid the
execution of the work costs the Government
the entire appropriation, and in addition
thereto the printers get 200 copies of some of
the work (Which they dispose of at, say So
copy how does the Government get its
moneys worth9 Is this conundrum couched
in language too "vague!" for the Tribune to
grasp its meaning?
The public may expect to hear next of the
Deseret Nelcs disputing with the Tribune
over the printing of the Utah Commission,
which would be almost as consistent as the
vigorous fight which the Tribune has been
waging over the local legislative print
ing. The nepotism which Mr.. King re-
ferred to in the House the other day cuts
quite figure in this peculiar community on
all sides.
The Tribune of this morning emits wall
as long as your arm because it failed to
receive the contract for the Legislative
printing, and alleges as reason why it
didn't put in a lower bid than the Ne,os
folks, to whom the contract was awarded,
that the specifications were so vague as to
render it impossible for the bidders to get
clear idea of the nature of the work to be
performed. Let's see. Wasn't there some
thing little vague" to say the least, about
the Tri6uae's bid which secured for It the
Government printing two years ago? Maybe
there wasn't, but if that be so, perhaps the
Tribune can explain howit is that two reams
of paper at 81 a ream is lower figure than
one ream of paper, twice the size Of the 50
article, and quality the same, at 50 a rean.
Perhaps Secretary Thomas can help the
Tribune to solve the oonundrum.