The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-30
LOCAL BRIEFS.
BrNJAmrN scoopED 'em yesterday

b. at the aIGSrnOou fbIHlCeS LO-udys
THE MUSIC rendered so successfully
By Gle Catholic church choir on
christmas VIII be repeated at St.
Marv's to-day.
CALDER's ESTABLISHMENT has turned
out some elegant holiday printing,
sample of which has been sent THE
HERALD in the shape of calendars.
EDMUND LEAvER. recently appointed
a selectman for ToOele County to I'LL
the vacancy existing there, was yester-
day commissioned by Governor West.
In THE Seventeenth Ward Sabbath
school, this morning, prizes will be dis
tributed to the younger children. The
parents of those who attend the school
are invited to be present.
BY REFERENCE to our Geographic
columns 1t will be seen that President
Cleveland has pardOned John Hess,
rOw serving term IN the Petltentiary
for unlawful cohabitation.
At THE dance at Clawson's, six miles
above town, on Christmas night, a
young fellow, on dollar wager, swal-
lowed live fish about five inches long.
Boise (Idaho) Statesman.
AN EXCURSION from Salt Lake and
leading cities in Utah to Old Mexico,
will take place on Thursday next. 1t
IS designed to give people who desire 1t
an opportunity of seeing that country.
THERE ARE q number of gold and
silver medals and diplomas awarded at
the late fair still awaiting their re-
deemeIs at No. 2, City Hall, which the
secretary is anxious to dispose OF.
CLARENCE NEsLEN, 8 year old son of
Robert f. Neslen, while c0asting on G
Street yesterday, ooiiided with a
schooner. The result was badly cut
leg. The lad had recently recovered
from case of scarlet fever.
GEORGE R. NOBLE exhibited in this
Office yesterday specimens of carp,
which he raised in Factory Greek. a
3-yeei old W ighed eight pounds, a
2-year-oid pounds, and 1-year old
three and one-half pounds.
DE-. q. SCHMIDT, Wartenburg,
teacher OF languages at the Deseret
University, has baen commissioned by
the Smithsonian Institute, to gather
all the information possible concerning
che language OF the Indians in this Sec
zion of the world.
TIE UPRIGHT water pipe at the spill
opposite the Tithing Office burst yes
terday afternoon and the water shot
up fifty feet into the air coming down
in showers upon everything in the vi
cinity. The break was probably caused
by the change in the temperature.
CARL c. AMUssEN, the jeweler, made
q heavy Inrosd on his stock during the
holidays, his cut prices attracting
great deal of trade. What he has left
ne says he will close out at once, Ire
paratory 20 his final withdrawal from
business. His fine store on Main Street
sTiU be occupied by another line of
business.
TEMP FEATURE YESTERDAY, as reported
from the Signal Service otice.-At Ga.
H.: SsIt Lake City, %; Helena, 10
below; Fort Custer. 2 below; Boise
City, I6; Fort Washakie, II below;
Rawins, 2 below. AT IL a. NJ: Salt
Lake City, %: Ogden, %; Stockton,
d; Bingham, 80; Park City, IA ; Provo,
81; Alta, s.
The UTAH Produce Exchange is now
in working order. and as soon as their
printed matter comes TO hand, active
operations will commence. The officers
are: TIC. Armstrong, Jr., presiden
e. Z. Rich, first Vice-president anu
treasurer; f. Il. Hyde, second vice
president. A competent secretary has
been engaged.
The WAY THE CHRISTMAS HERALD
~aenorallzd all the mails in this section
vas something terrific; complaints
poured into this Office for three DAYS
after the number was issued, stating
tbat the paper had failed to arrive.
The papers began to arrive at the
Provo postoffice from soma unknown
quarter on Friday; where they had
been in the meantime, it passes the IN
Outstanding Of man to divine,
~pHE EcI1PsE of the sun which occurs
on TUESDAY next will be total on a line
running from Los Angeles, California,
to Butte, Montana, aud nearly IL digits
Of the suns face will be obscured from
observation in this city. This will be
sufficient OF an eclipse to cast consider
able of a gloom over our city, and if
the weather is favorable, some interest
ing observations may be taken from
this point Look out Tor it.
MAYOR ARMSTRONG goes east early in
the new year with the view OF looking
I'M the various modes of locomotion in
use on street railways. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. MoGune, Mr.. Arnold
and other stockb olders in the City
Railway are in favor of rapid transit on
their lines. aad should Mr.. Armstrong;
trip win him over 10 their ideas some
thing faster than mules will doubtless
be pulling our bob tail cars about before
another year is ended.
Delicious VI arm Beverages
The decoctious served to the thirsty
and cold at the Occidental are delicious,