The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-01
PROVO POINTS.
Heavenly Music py the Tabernacle
Choir General Notes.


EVERYBODY wants rain storm.
THE cool nights are appreciated.
ROBERT SMITH will exhibit his piano.
rama at the theatre Saturday night.
THE First District Court will COM
mence the September term on the l7.t,
IN Provo.
JOHN GREER has removed his restau-
rant from the basement of Snow Bros.
store to the Central Hotel.
NEVER before have the main streets
in Provo been kept so we'll sprinkled as
within the last two weeks.
THE people are anxiousIy waiting for
the new postmaster to make some i'm
provements in the interior CT the post
Office.
DoCToR KING. the Indian healer, is
becoming quite popular with large
numrer Of people here in Provo and VI
cinity.
A NEW building is in course of GREG
ton immt diately north of the bank,
which will be occupied by Mrs. Halii-
day for her millinery store.
THE work of finishing the interior of
the Stake Tabernacle Is progressing
rapidly under the supervision of Bishop
Johnson, of the First Ward.
The Lewis Morrison Co. came to a
full $500 audience in the Theatre
Paris was presented in all its horrid de-
tail and needs no special scenery 10
give effect 10 the situations, or 10 make
il equal to Faust and marguerite. Lewis
Morrison as Jagon the Stranger, IS
fully equal 10 bis eph:stopheles for
misanthropic cruelty and cold calcu-
lating intrigue. as only Morrison can
portray the character. Miss An9ie
Mayer as the daughter of Jagon, had B
somewhat difficult role and was equal
10 The task AID was repeatedly ap-
lauded. The other characters were
fairly rendered, though in contrast
with Morrison and Miss Mayer they
made an amateurish appearance. The
next time Lewis Morrison comes to
Provo he had better arrange for al
least two nights.
WHILE indulgirg in a promenade
Wednesday evening We, that is 10 and
|, saw lights in the new Stake Taber-
nacle and heard sweet sounds Of music
floating out on the evening air. We
the ught Of the Manti Temple. and as
VIC QICW VIC dDu tGclUE
one of the doors partly open, we deter
mined to enter through the "gete jar
and see for ourselves, ii possible, tie orr
gin of these divine manifestations. AS
we cautiously entered the building we
observed the neTly-painted seats all
vacant and in the rear OF the speakers
stand was our Tabernacle choir re-
hearsing some new music preparatory
tC the quarterly conference, with Pro-
lessor James q. Daniel TO lead and Il
E. Gates at the organ. Looking about
we noticed the new seats were wet with
new paint, and finding one dry, IN
painted seat near the center of the
room we took poss. ssion, while the
singers kept right on with their prac-
tice, seemingly uncons cious of the au-
dience that had stolen in to listen 10
their music. AS We sat and listened the
choir sang one piece after anotbe r in
perfect time and tune. and al
though unable to decide if it was on
| account of the choir singing better
or was it because we had the full bene-
III Of the singing calculated to edify 8
large audieDc-, we never heard them
s pg in the OLD meeting house when we
could so plainly distinguish the words
of the singers as We did on Wednesday
| night. b.
Provo, Sept. 1, 1888.