The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-13
LOCAL BRIEFS,


MoCoRNIcK & Co. received yesterday
Hanauer bullion, 81 $50.
FINE UTAH potatoes are selling on tbs
streets at Is cents per bushel.
A BALL was given at the Twelfth
Ward school house last evening.
Howard A. KING, of the Walker
House bar, and Miss Anna Holden
were married on Wednesday.
AN INFANT child of Samuel II. Hill
who is now in the Penitentiary, died
from diphtheria yesterday morning.
A FULL AND complete list of the awards
made at the Territorial Exposition will
appear in the SUNDAY HERALD. 1t will
b. good paper to send abroad.
SEVERAL HoRsEMEN while attempting
to make a 81 1000 match lace late last
night, got into q quarrel and the race
went up in q free-for-all 6ght. No one
was seriously injured.
JAMES DIVER has gone east to get all
the novelties in toys, etc for the COM
ing holidays. Dryers return from a
fail trip is always characterized by con-
steruation and amazement among the
little ones and those interested in the
toy line.
FOLLOWING ARE the entries so far
made for the type writing contest this
evening. to be held at the rooms of
Clayton's Commercial College: Mrs. L..
S. hewitt, w. A. Parkhurst, r. B.
Whlttemore, A. ]. Mcintyre, w. G.
Miller.
TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY, as reported
by the Signal Service Office: At am
Salt Lake, 81; Helena, Sc; Fort Custer,
80; Boise, 81; Fort Washable, A.; Raw
Inns, "a. AT IL a. m.-Sslt Lake, 20 :;
Ogden. SO; Stockton, 60; Bingham, "a;
Park City, "a; Provo, 81; Alta, So.
AMONG THE wheeImen who have sig
nified their intention of making the run
to Provo on Sunday next are Herbert
Pembroke, Osborn Angel, MIR. Mayo,
George Gushing, Lewis Peck, Sam Don
eison and @. E. Johnson. Others Will
doubtless Join the gang to day.
FARMERS, FRUIT GROWERS and all 9th
ers should take pride in sending speci-
mems of their choicest productions to
the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
This is most effective and inexpensive
way Of making known to visitors just
what our climate and soil are capable
of.
A BOY named George Clark, aged
about IL years, has been brought to
this oity to receive medical assistance.
SEhile endeavoring to open a sack with
"a large jack-knife, the instrument
slipped, aud the blade caught him in
both eyes. One eye was cut out and
the other injured. It is thought, how
ever, that the sight of the latter can be
saved.
IDAHO DEMOCRATS recently placed,
through Doc Winslow, of the Walker
House, S., 600 on the Presidential cleo
ton as follows: Two hundred dollars
in each case that New York, Connect
cut, Indiana and New jersey would go
Democratic. and 5000 that Cleveland
would be the next President. The
same parties have again RENTED an
other 81 900, to be similarly placed, if
takers can be found.
FoUR Or five bushels of potatoes, I'M
7doubtedly the finest of all the fine Utah
potatoes, we're on exhibition at the City
Hall yesterday. They were grown on
,theI Jordan Lake Stock Farm-oni a
piece of ground formerly occupied by
and monsters. Judge Piper is authority
Tor the statement that one of these sup
piled a family of five persons for two
meals and then there was enough left
to feed halt dozen city prisoners.
THE OLD steamer, which has done
such good and faithful service for the
city, has been temporarily abandoned.
Chief o finger says it can be made as
good as new for So, 400, while new one
of equal power will cost nearly double
that sum. The committee on fire de-
parLmenU will be asked to recommend
that the chief be ordered to have the
necessary repairs made. This done, the
Salt Lake Fire Department will be fully
equipped so far as steamers are con-
cerned, for several years to come.
Nh. E. B. BOND. of Peoria, Illinois,
is in Salt Lake, the guest of Mr.. Phil.
Margetts, his brother-in-iaw. Mr..
Bond will be remembered by many of
the old timers, " ho will doubtless be
pleased to meet him. This is the
gentleman's first visit to Utah. He
started for this point thirty eight years
ago, but through an accident was de-
tanned, and has but just reached here.
He is an able and skllful engineer, and
during the time intervening between
his start for and arrival in Utah, has
been Furnishing in Peoria.
A CAULIFLowER forty-s six inches in
circumference is the latest acquisition
to the Chamber of Commences exhibit
of Utah's resources and attractions.
Among the large number of inquiries
contsined in yesterdays correspon.
dence. we're several asking the opinion
of the Chamber as to the ACCESSIBILITY
Of establishing canning factories. 1t
would seem that no point N the West
offers similar inducements. IF Den YER
can make four such institutions pay"
said secretary Forhsn yesterday. with
out any native fruit to speak Of, it would
certainly seem that Salt Lake, being, as
she is. TIE center of large area of fruit
growing country, offers ali the induce
ments that the heart of man could de-
SIRE"