Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-22
LOCAL JOTS.

This is snow-side weather.
''1'he Galley Slave by the Lewis Morrison
Company tonight.
Late reports from Park City this after
noon state that it is still showing hard.
The bodies of the Park City snow-slidt
victims were recovered and brought to town
yesterday.
The will of the late William Jennings wa.
read yesterday, in the presence of the family
by LIE Grande Young.
Miss Hattie Chambers whose condition, az
result of the coasting accident, was re.
garded as critical, is getting well.
The McMurrin-C Collin case is the all alb.
sorbing topic to-day. McMurrin declined to
be witness against Collin. How good.
Mr.. McLaughlin's bill for the punishment
of sexual crimes is pronounced ga terror -
The gentleman himself doubts its passing.
John Lang, of Beaver, after serving his
term in the Pen for unlawful cohabitation.
was yesterday released and brought to town.
Horn Silver has taken another shoot up-
wards, reaching its highest point for the
past year. 1t was quoted yesterday at $4.O0.
The mother of Hon. W. W. Ritter, who fell
on the ice few days ago, breaking her leg
improving.
Joseph G. Bently has been appointed pre-
siding judge and Richard Bently and Arthur
b. Court associate judges of election for st.
George.
Those who have witnessed the rehearsals
OF the PIRATES of PenZance' say that Mr.,
Gorlinsh will make decided hit as the
Pirate King.
The Underground has had baggage car
added to the regular passenger train. The
question is, who has the check for the hat
McMurrin wore?
The fight over Judge Powers confirmation
is waxing warm in Washington. Two of
Utah's abIest lawyers are pitted against each
other in the fight.
Lorenzo Snow, for unlawful cohabitation.
now under appeal, will be heard in the
supreme Court, next Wednesday.
The ID. & r. G. train from the East was
delayed about two hours, yesterday, owing
to heavy SHOWS along the road. There is no
danger of blockades, the company state.
The report circulated on the streets YES.
terday morning that the deputies had given
another of their surprise parties at the meet
ing in the Eigth Ward school-house We'd
nesday night, lacks confirmation.
A full company of pedestrians are now /
playing In the ''Sea of Mud'' in this CITY. |
There is wonderful unanimity in the |
opinions they repeat as they slosh' around, |
and which are entirely unfit for publication.
The case of Fred Hopt on its fourth ap-
peal, which was argued Wednesday in the
supreme Court, is still under advisement.
There is good ground for supposing it will
reach the United States Supreme Court
again.
Representative McLaughlin's bill for the
suppression of immortality is all very well as
far as it goes. The clause which states that
man shall not marry his mother or his
grandmother, etc., etc., is the correct idea.
But how about 1.-The deceased wife's sister,"
The Board meeting of the Deseret Natio-
nal Bank was held to-day and resulted in
the election of Feramorz Little to the vice.
Presidency. vacated by the death of Mr..
jennings and John A. Groesbeck to fill the
vacancy in the board. In all other respects
the old officers remain the same.
The general excellence of the Theatre
orchestra was a subject of especial COM
mendation by all last night. Some new i
selections were especially noticeable, and
their beautiful execution was highly COM
plimentary to Prof. Weihe and much appre- {
eiated by the entire audience. /
About midnight last Tuesday fire broke /.
put in the boarding house of the Honerine !!
Mining Company, at Stockton, burning the !
building to the ground. The cause of the I
IRE is unknown. Foreman John b. Kelly II
lost $500, besides his clothing, Tim Kelly, @
proprietor Of the house, lost about $4,000, n
loss on building, $4,000, no insurance. h
The county records are being examined I
with wonderful scrutiny throughout the v
Territory, with view to ascertaining if the y
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porations and individuals some time since !
is placed securely beyond the reach of even v
a teehnicality of the law. The new Ed U
munds bill might pass, you know. II