The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-23
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Saddle Rock restaurant.
NUMBER 1877 drew the prizs doll at D.
G. Mullen's last evening.
TIE Saddle Rock restaurant sports
hard shell olams and fresh Holsters.
WELLS. FARGO g. Co.'s shipments
yesterday were: tine bars, $lO,2O2.5O.
MARSHAL DYER set up a nice, fat tur-
kew TO each of the employees of his
Office yesterday.
MCCoRYICK & Co. yesterday received:
Hansuer bullion, 81 800; silver and lead
ores, 81, $50. Total, So $50.
The STREETS were crowded yesterday
Yith an anxious throng. sill bent on
preparing for the holidays.
A GAME OF pool between two cham
ions created considerable interest at
the Walker House last night.
BLUE P oINTs, and New York Counts
on the half shell are the attractions at
the Saddle Rockrestaurant to-day.
NEwsBoYs CAN obtain job by ap-
plying at the HERALD pressrooms early
this morning or tC-nOrroT morning.
JAMES LITTLEY, the young man who
fell from load of ties in Parley's Can
yon a few days ago is in very critical
condition.
THE BEAUTIFUL spectacle, the Fairy
Fountain, for the Children's BallChrist-
mas Day, is the great theme with the
young folks.
The COMMITTEE in charge of the Chill
drens Ball, Christmas, have decided to
make no extra charge for the great at
traction, the Fairy Fountain.
AT trial exhibition of the Fairy
Fountain last night everything moved
like charm and the young folks can
expect treat on Christmas day.
THE Dramatic and Lyric department
of The HERALD, for the first Sunday in
over six years, will not appear in to-
days issue. 1t will be found in the
CHRISTMAS HERALD to morrow.
The SHEEP case, in which James
Williams was fined $42 80 for taking his
sheep from the possession of Charles Gill
more, has been appealed. Bonds were
fled by the defendant yesterday.
THE. YOUNG Ladies' Aid Society in
vite the poor children of Salt Lake City
to come to the Grand Opera House on
Monday, December oath, at O'Clock
pm. Admission for spectators 1Oc.
The EVENING Social Club give bail
at the Opera House on Christmas
aight, which promises to be the event
c OF the season. Olsen's band furnishes
zthe music. and Z. lillian will prompt. |
TEE BEST holiday gift is life Insur-
~ r1nII0u in 20 nf foV -
the reliable Manhattan Company, es
tabiished in 1850, payable in ten, if |
teen, or twenty years. Fuller e Dung, |
agents.
THOMAS ELsMoRE, who has been i'll ct |
the City Jail for the past few days, died |
at 7 O'Clock yesterday morning. He |
has led very dissipated lie for some |
time past, this being the cause of his |
death. He was 65 years old.
AMONG THE Christmas sdishups OF |
meats Durham steer, raised by Joseph |
e. Jennings, attracts no little atten-
ton. Its live weight was ,316 pounds;
dressed and ready for the butchers |
block it tipped the scales at $50.
ORDERS FOB THE CHRISTMAS HERALD
came in thick and fast by all mails yes
terday. They will be on sale by news |
dealers tomorrow morning and deliv-
cred free to daily subscribers at the
usual nour. The issue consists Of Il
pages illustrated.
CARL G. AMUssEN, tie Main Street
ieWe!er, reported a fine holiday trade u
to last evening, and expects to made a
big hole in his stock tomorrow. He is
in earnest in his intention to close out
and retire from business as soon as his
stock is disposed of.
TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY, as reported
from the Signal Service officer.-At 6 a.
m: Salt Lake City, 35; Helena, 80;
Fort Custer. %; Boise City, "a; Fort
Washable, IA; Rawlins, 40. At11 am:
Salt Lake City, As; Ogden, A; Stockton,
46; Bingham, 49, Park City, AZ; Provo.
AZ; Alta, "a.
A NUMBER of the Idaho legislators
mostly members of the CounCil-made
brotherIy calls at The HERALD Office
yesterday, admired the working off of
the Christmas and SUNDAY HERALDs,
and showed their keen literary acumen
By leaving their subscriptions for this
paper.
ANOTHER petit larceny case is on the
docket. 1t appears that three boys
narued Conner, Hanks and Foster stole
a box of figs of Hardy & Young and
some Xmas trees of J. w. Smell. They
were not discovered on the first trip
but On returning after a second box
they were caught. They will have a
hearing on Monday.
SEVERAL PRISONERS were released |
from the Penitentiary yesterday. their |
terms having expired. The list is as
follows: Rasmus Henningsen, of
Manti; Samuel Wagstaff, of American
Fork; Daniel King, of Spanish Fork;
Redick r. Alfred, of Spring City; Alex
ander Baird, C. H. Monson, Hans q.
Hansen, G. II. Monson, all OF Brigham
City.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON a mule walked
ont OF the alleyway just east of the
Cullen Hotel, drawing a blackboard
without any occupant, He started up
street on a dog trot, and when he
Teocbo6 tba crowded crossing someone
said ssi whoa. The mule stood still and
waited patiently until the way was
cleared, then he walked to the next
4 faora for G0mp ladies