Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-11-15
LOCAL JOTS,
Another fall of snow.

The religions editor of the church second
fiddle should HE him TO primary school,
and learn that there ia no such thing as n
"female sect"
The u. p. excursionists who arrived here
on Saturday night left for the coast last
evening. Another car of them came down
on the U. @. last night.
The Kiralfy Bros. who appear at the
Theatre here on the Both inst, will present
"Black Crook" which is having success
full run on its revival in San Francisco.
The sidewalks on upper Main street were
badly flooded this morning by the blocking
up of the water ditch. There was no dam
age done, but it made walking very disagree
able
Every one has read of the death of Mrs.
Stewart, with all the affecting details, but
no one ever could realize how really very,
very dead the poor lady is until he has seen
the cut published in yesterdays Herald.
Governor West to-day appointed Samuel
A. Merritt rs delegate to represent Utah
Territory at the meeting of delegates to be
held in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, on December 2nd, 1886, to prepare
for National celebration of the anniver-
sary of the framing of the Constitution of
the United States.
The old G. p. Silver Palace Sleepers are
Withdrawn from service; their places on the
road to be Immediately supplied with new
ones now being built by the Pullman Pal
ace Car Company, in Illinois. Seven of the
new cars, which are to be furnished in the
most approved manner, are to be delivered
next month.-ELkO Independent.
The trial of young Pearson, charged with
murder was at last concluded in the First
District Court at Provo, on Saturday last,
after having consumed thirty days time.
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manslaughter and recommended the prisoner
to the mercy of the Court. The maximum
penalty is five years imprisonment.
Late Saturday afternoon the motion for
new trial in the case against Jones and
Treseder was overruled by Judge Zane and
the application for an appeal was denied by
the court. The oulprits were then sentenced
to serve n term of three years each in the
Utah Penitentiary Their Imprisonment
Mormons who are inclined to monkey with
United States officers.
special correspondent of New York
paper in speaking of the address of Bishop
futile, on the Utah question: at the Epsco-
pal Convention at Chicago, says: "He spoke
in tone of lofty enthusiasm, of righteous
indignation. The enthusiasm was inspired
by his belief that the gospel will yet triumph
in Utah. His indignation was reused by the
unholy and corrupt domination of Mormon
ism in that great Territory. His impassioned
speech ELECTED an outbreak of applause"
AT Silver precinct, in this county, there
were but two votes cast on election day
only two of the election judges having voted
the other one probably not being n citizen
And yet, when the bill came in from the
Silver Judges, it charged not only for the
days work for the three men, but contained
an additional zone hours work for canvass
ing the votes" There are some slow men
in this Territory, but three men who can
consume one hour in counting two votes are
curiosities that should be preserved.
Several other bishops have caught it from
Whitney, of the Eighteenth ward, and have
inaugurated the system of holding meetings
on week nights at the residences of the
different brethren. The reason assigned foI
the scheme is that people will not go to the
meetings, and they have decided to take the
meetings to the people. Parlors will be
turned into receptacles for the mud off the
shoes of all the ward Stun, who will go to
their wealthy neighbors' houses more out of
curiosity than anything else.
Bishop Pallas briggs, of Sugar House
Ward, was arrested and the members of his
family were subp9naed this afternoon by
Deputies Cannon and Pratt. They were all
before Judge Mckay this afternoon, and
when the defendant had entered plea OF
not guilty the examination was proceeded
WIN. Inc evidence went TO snow tnat the
defendant lives with his first wife, Cornelia
and that he visits the second wife, Melvina
Kimball, to express it as she does, when
ever his business will permit" There was
ample cause shown for holding the defend
ant, and his bail was placed at $500 pend
ing the action of the Grand Jury The
second wife and one lady witness, Carrie
Richards, were each placed under $20C
bond to insure their appearance before the
indictors.
A map has recently been published by the
Arizona g. Nevada Navigation Company, in.
dicating the route of the Union Pacific
Railroad extension to be constructed to the
Pacific Coast. The road will cut across
from Echo to Salt Lake City; thence down
the Utah Central to Frisco, and southwest
ward to Callville, in extreme southern Ne.
yada, where there will be junction with
the Atlantic IL Pacific. Thence the survey
runs northwesterly along the eastern Cali.
fornia border and into San Francisco
Branches will run from Callville to Virginia
City, Austin and Eureka. 1t is claimed that
the proposed route via Tintic, Eureka and
Austin to the Coast has been found to be
impracticable, The Omaha Republican had
report that work was to begin in short
time on the terminal extention.- Virginia
Chronicle.