Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-03
LOCAL JOTS.

LOCAL JOTS.
The chief question to-day is, how long
will this weather lastp
"Hazel Kirke," the great pathetic drama,
Mt the Theatre tonight.
The Peoples Party Ticket is knot hole-ly
satisfactory to the orthodox brethren.
"The Pirates of Penzance'' will have a
general rehearsal in the Theatre tomorrow
night
The account of the Prosecuting Attorney
this afternoon.
Wells, Fargo IL Co.'s bullion shipments
from Silver Reef for the month of January
aggregate S29,307.66.
Wells, Fargo & Co. to-day received ore
valued at S11, $780, and base bullion valued at
$3.50; total value Sl274O.
Mccormick q Co. to-day received one lot
of Crescent ore, 81 $50; one car of Hanauer
bullion, S3,240; silver and lead ores, 81 800;
total valve, $16,69o.
Court for vagrancy and continued drunken
ness, and was consigned to the chain gang
for twenty-five days
Harry World gave bonds to-day and was
released from the Pen. DR.. Benedict and
j. @. Leavitt were his bondsmen, and $500
the amount of the surety.
1t is becoming fashionable now in cross
ing Main street, or in fact any of the streets,
to carefully remove ones rubbers and carry
them in the hand; it avoids going back after
them.
If the dry bench people in their commend
able fight for equal privileges with the rest
of our citizens should be compelled to stake
WATER" they will perform the act with con-
siderable grace.
Phillip Steinhart was to-day granted an
order of the court to attach and sell n mare
and colt, the property of the notorious
Fanny Davenport. 1t is not the Herald
nightmare, either.
Professor Brown, the mind reader, will
return to Salt Lake and give another ex-
hibition after his trip to San Francisco and
other Western cities, which he expects will
take up about six weeks time.
Some interesting developments are looked
for ii the Dement, matter when the news
paper correspondents tell their story to the
Committee on Public Lands tomorrow.
The colored gentleman i'll the wood-pile has
got to come out, sure.
A batch of Police Court appeal cases,
which have accumulated in the Third Dis
trict Court during several years past, were
yesterday dismissed by Judge Zane, on mo-
ton of City Attorney Richards.
g. F. Culmer g. Bros. attracted consider
able attention in front of their store last
night with an engine head light beautifully
illuminated with their Rose Head Light
Oil, which they were selling to-day at % per
cent. discount.
Ex-U. S. Surveyor General Saloman tele-
graphed General Logan Monday to ascer-
tain whether the alleged statements made
by General Dement,, respecting the sur
veyor-generals office here, had been really
made. The reply gave assurance to the con-
trary.
Articles of incorporation were to-day filed
with Secretary Thomas by the Manti Sheep
herding and Wool-growing Institution, of
Sanpete. The capital stock of the company
is represented at $1,000, which is divided
into shares of $40 each. The stock may be
increased at any time to $4,000.
"Junius'' is the nom de plume over which
the cranky reporter OF the Herald writes
communications to his own paper. In this
mornings issue he says: II profess myself
a friend to newspaper men in general, but
an uncompromising foe to liars without ex-
ception." How the poor idiot must hate
himself!
The reporter of the little church fiddle
actually interviewed that universally re-
speoted,' young mans relatives to ascertain
whether they believed the fine, stalwart
young man" beat his wife. That reporter
should next interview Fred. Hopt to find out
whether convicted murderer is in favor of
capital punishment.
The Lewis Morrison Company played two
very successful engagements at Park City,
Monday and Tuesday nights, and will con-
clude their engagements IN the Utah circuit
by playing Hazel Kirke" at the Theatre to-
srht r. ,v,to n,rrp KtrI,a
The sale of seats has been good, and first
class house will witness the performance.
SAL statements in regard to his (McMur-
rin's) ill-treating his wife are utterly with
out foundation, as anyone can learn by in
quiring of Mrs. McMurrin. ''-Deseret NeiUs.
Yes, and the ridiculous charge that Angus
Nj. Cannon and good many other pets of
the Ne.os have more than one wife is malic-
iously false, as can be proved by the several
Sisters Cannon and by the testimony under
oath of the accused himself
When the incendiary haired scribbler of
the ife-beater's organ was on the stand in
Commissioner McKay's court, lie had .for-
gotten" where he received the information
ON which he wrote two-column article ON
"a Foul Murder" If he We're put upon the
stand to deny the statements Of the DEMO-
cRAT in regard to the McMurrin wife, beat
ing, his memory would fail him in the same
Latter-day manner. The Herald has neither
the merit of consistency nor the shrewdness
of lying deprayity.
If such evidence as the Herald adduces to
protect the reputation of its pet, young Nc
Murrin, were TO be accepted, those persons
consigned to the penitentiary for polygamy
and unlawful cohabitation have been
cruelty and falsely imprisoned. There is
scarcely an instance among them all where
the wives have not tacitly or openly denied
the facts to shield their husbands,and where
the husbands themselves have not in man
ner repudiated the wives whom formerly
hsa aos 70 InG tSont WITH
to hide the facts. We shall next hear of the
Heraid's ignorant reporter interviewing Nc
Murrin as to whether he waylaid Collin with
the intent to do him injury.
The human race started with men ten
feet high and who lived several hundred