Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-18
LOCAL J0TS.

Who will be chosen to represent the Uta
Democracy at the fall election?
Jobnson's Colored Combination q
o.. Islker Opera House this evening.
Tao next attraction at the Theatre will b
After Dark" to be played by the Hom
Dramatic Club.
The DEMOCRAT is in receipt of a breez
and interesting letter from Park City, whicl
is unlVoidably crowded out until tomorrow
The drv wind and dust of yesterday mad
it one OF the most disagreeable days of thu
season. wO-day's shower was refreshing IL
the extreme.
Osnlonl Tearle, who was to appear at thu
Salt Lax I" ne early in November, hal
cancelled bis "a 2. The eason assigned il
that his new Q = is failure.
The residence ing erected by ]. L. Raw
Inns at the corner Of First and b streets il
now about finished. 1t is modern in style
and is decidedly handsome house.
Henry Yinger, Who vas tried in the Polio,
Court on Saturday afternoon on the charg,
of threatening 10 Kill Captain Douris, was
placed under $l)00I0nds to keep the peace
The lectdre of DR.. Mclean at the Walker
Opera House last evening was well attended
are all anxious to hear more of the great
mind cure" system.
George w. Thatcher, 4 prominent saint
residing in the Mormon Cache county Mecca
has been arrested on the charge of q. c.
He was bound over in $1,000 to await the
action of the Grand Jury.
The schoolhouse on the Muddy on the
Utah Border was recently swept away by a
flood. A Mormon trustee is charged with
having secured the doors and windows and
placing them in his own residence-Nerddd
Union.
Travel over all the roads is lighter
than ever before in years. Very few tickets
are sold for eastern or western points, and
the through travel is very light. The dull
ness seems worse by contrast with the lively
travel during the summer.
The season of the Duff Opera Company
closed on Saturday night with the presenta-
ton of "Trip to Africa" The perform
ance of the opera was better than ever, and
it is seldom that better satisfied audience
is seen within the walls of any theatre.
Thomas O'NeiI presented himself before
the city bar of justice this morning to
answer to the dual charge of getting drunk
and obtaining a meal without paying for it.
He pleaded guilty to the charges and was
Remember that low prices will prevail
during the engagement of the Lew Johnson
Oolored Combination, which begins at the
Opera House tonight. All can afford to at
tend and those who take advantage of this
opportunity are promised genuine treat.
The DEMOCRAT acknowledges the receipt
from Secretary of the Territory A. L.
Thomas, Esq, of copies of the House Jour-
nal, Laws of Utah and the Council Journal,
embodying the proceedings of the Twenty
Seventh Session of the Legislative Assembly
of Utah.
The funeral over the remains of the late
j. d. Farmer was held yesterday morning
from the Jewish Synagogue, under the aus
pioes of the l. o. o. T. The services were
largely attended by the friends of the de-
ceased, and a large number of carriages
followed the hearse to Mount Olivet Gene
terry.
John Gray, of the Eleventh ward. was
arrested by Deputy Pratt on Saturday after |
noon. He was too sick to 90 before the |
Commissioner, but he pleaded guilty and |
furnished q $1,000 bond as surety for his |
appearance before the Grand Jury. He says |
he intends to plead guilty in court and |
promise to obey the law.
The fire bells rang out vigorously on Sat- |
urday night, making the audience at the |
Theatre considerably nervous. The blaze
was a slight one in the rear of the Occi-
dental Saloon, and notwithstanding the fact
that il was extinguished minute or two
after the alarm sounded, wild ringing was
kept up for ten or fifteen minutes.
The Helena Independent has this to say of
The new telegraph line which will shortly be
attended to Salt Lake: Within six weeks
he Rocky Mountain Telegraph Company
hoS fla lsr,a 80 A. |
will have their line extended
from Medicine Hat on the Canadian Pacific,
and to Butte. They will also immediately
string loop wires to Great Falls and Marys-
lille. The company is intimately allied with
he Canadian Pacific and Mackay- Bennett |
ystem. The Rocky Mountain Company
brought the military line from Helena to !
Assinaboine for 1926.
Elder b. II. Roberts, of the morning
,hurch organ, posed before the Saints at the
tabernacle yesterday afternoon. He talked
! good deal without saying anything and re- {
erred to good many subjects without al {
uding to any of them. He did, however,
make one remark and that was upon the !
ttitude of the Church toward the Govern /,
nent. He said that there was force :
rrayed against the Saints, such as would
ave an ordinary people the d. t., but that l
his people was perfectly cool and calm. '
caring nothing. Elder Roberts is right.
or cold gall the Mormons beat the world. I
The two fires which broke out in the sa- |
BON of Kelly Bros. and in stable belong {
lg to John Franks, at Stockton on Friday +
list, played sad havoc with greater part of t
he town before morning. Late at night a q
lird fire broke out in the drug store of Z. l,
+ Shoebridge. The flames were not extin- :
uished until late Saturday morning, and it !
as evening before word was received in h
ais city. There is no absolute clue to the C
lcendiary, but a Mrs. Provost is strongly "
lspected from the fact that she had threat il
led TO burn down every saloon in town if I
ley did not quit selling her husband a
Risky. The actual loss has not vet been :,
armed, but it is thought that it will reach ~
bout $4,000. Some of the houses were in q
lred. K