The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-16
TERRITORIAL TOPICS.
An Interesting Budget of
Home Items.
PLEASANT PROVO PARAGRAPHS
Richfield Racket-Nephi News Notes
The Stock Raising Industry
Entertainments.
Provo Paragraphs.

~ vary mOuOtOnV We nave some
snow to day.
The boys are fitting up their sleighs
and the girls are happy.
THE City Council is still wrestling
with the ordinance to create board Of
health.
So far as d9zz' ing show of holiday
goods is concerned our tin shops take
the shine off of all the others.
THE trustees of Provo School District
have invited the taxpayers to meet in
The Central Schoolhouse on Monday
evening, to vote for the rate of taxa
ton.
The people generally desire to enjoy
the holidays, and as many have saved
but little money. they do not like to
be annoyed with taX-coilectors, or bill
collectors OF any kinu just at present.
IT is calculated that more work has
been accomplished on the streets in
Provo this season than in any two pre-
ylOus years. and yet Superintendent
Slaws is looking after delinquent poll
tax.
Mrs. SIMoNs, late of the Deseret Tel
egraph Office in Salt Lake City, is now
IN the Provo Office She has to keep
her Office open till pm, and being
situated in lawyers office she thinks
the attorney should furnish her with
lamp light and reading matter, as it
gives to his Office business appearance.
THE wooden mills will close next wei k
till after the holidays, to give the oper
atives a vacation and the secretary an
opportunity to balance his book
accounts and sum up the years doings.
The factory being provided with an en-
gine to help out the water power, did
not have to close down during the low
water season as has been customary in
previous years, consequently the fac
tory hands did not have the usual mid
summer vacation.
IT may be generally known and yet
not so well understood as it should be,
that the Provo Free Reading Room.
upstairs in the Bank Building, is open
every evening, and all who call in there
will be made to feel they are welcome
by the gentlemanly librarian who is
always on hand. Young men, and
older mes too, for that matter, can there
find large collection of books to select
from, and most of the newspapers pub
lished in the Territory on file. Every
body is made welcome free of charge,
though anyone feeling disposed to help
the institution along will notice con-
tribution box near the door.
PRov), December Is. B.
FROM ANOTHER WRITER.
SANTA CLAUS will have full share OF
work to do this year in Provo if he fills
all the bright antioipations that are
being formed nowadays. What with
the theaters aud balls in preparation
and the bazaar and radiant show win
doTs about town, one would think be
must almost dispair.
MISS LYDIA THoMPs On S Opera Troupe
is booked at the Provo Opera House
for the evening of the 9th inst. John
S. Lindsay and his troupe will favor Us
again during holiday week, a grand
party will be giVen-but there is no use
to name them all; you oould't remem-
Der half of them, anyway.
Mr.. HAFEN, the well known artist of
Springville, was arrested this morning
by The deputies on the usual charge, but
the young lady who was brought along
as the chief witness, closed the examin-
alton quite summary by saying that
though she is not married now, she ex-
poets to be soon, but not to Mr.. Hafen
L. A. w.
Provo, December Is, 1888.