Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-11-20
LOCAL JOTS.

The Cheney rolmie concert at the Theatre
on Monday night.
The grand athletic exhibition at the
Theatre this evening
The wind is doing considerable towards
thawing out the ice and snow.
The street beggar nuisance is again begin
ming to flourish, and it is now almost ifnpos-
sible to walk the street without being asked
to ante up for a meal.
The monthly report of the Day Nursery
and Orphans Home has been received too
late for publication in to-day's issue. The
showing is good one.
The streets are quiet for Saturday. The
dsagreeable state of the weather seems to
have kept the country people at home and,
in measure, spoiled the day for the mer-
chants.
Speaking of Belva Lockwood's declaration
that her "voice will yet be heard around the
world" the Burlington Free Press says she
must be living in constant dread of finding
mouse up her skirts.
The effort of the morning Church organ
to slur at Mr.. Stoaddard in personal man
ner, instead of trying to crush his argu-
ments, is the best proof that could possibly
be given of the fact that what he said
hurt them to the quick.
Grocer-I don't have to crack up that but
ter, Uncle Rastus; it sells itself. Uncle
Rastus (testing it)-Yes, sab, dat butter
oughter sell itself, tie up itself, oliver it
self, eat itself, an still have strength
huff lef' ter diges' itself. Wot yo' cha'gi
fo' axle grease dis mawnin', Mister Scales.
-ET.
Governor West has appointed Lewis j..
Holmes, of Salt Lake county, and Charles
ID. Evans, of Utah county, as Notaries Pub
(lOmm1gSlDng lagupl H.
Dougall, Selectman, Payson City, Utah
county; Il. ii. McDougall, Justice of the
Peace, Graviss Valley, Piute county, and
Oscar F. Westover, Constable, Pinto, Wash
ington county.
On Thursday and Friday evenings next,
the Home Dramatic Club will present the
great drama which has attained such re-
markable success under the name of "The
Silver King" The cast includes Messrs
Wells, Spencer, Cummings, Young, White
and Taylor, Mrs. Birdie Cummings, and
Misses Florence Whitney and Ivey Clawson
The play has been under rehearsal for some
time past, and the management will prof
by experience and see that everything goes
off smoothly. The piece is sure to be a
success
The athletic exhibition at the Theatre
this evening will doubtless draw out an i'm.
mense crowd, and there is no danger that
anyone will be allowed to go home dissat-
isfed. The Olympic boys have shown III
the past what they can do in the way OF
muscular antics, and as each exhibition is
an improvement upon the one before it, the
show tonight should be almost perfect
They offer more of variety for the money
than can be had at any exhibition of the
kind ever given here. There is nothing in
the performance that ladies cannot witness
with propriety, and it is the desire of the
club that the fair sex should attend.
The reference made by Mr.. Stoddard last
night to the custom among the Mormons of
importing girls as wives, brings to mind
many instances of the kind which have
come to public notice. However, in these
cases it is not always the maiden who backs
out of the contract, and it is often that the
promises made to induce her to come here
are broken, and she is left to rustic for her
self. Not many years ago young Mormon
missionary, of rather prepossessing appear.
ance, won the heart of poor but pretty
English girl, during his labors in that
country, and agreed to marry her on con.
dition that she would first come to Utah
The girl saved up what little she could earn
and even paid her own way to this Territory
Arriving here, the young missionary decided
that he preferred n native Utah girl and SC
he broke his contract with the English girl
who has since been forced to make her owI
living by hiring out as a mental.