The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-04
September A, 1888.
TUESDAY
Briefs

IHE collectors were about yesterday
gathering up all the ducats they could
lay hold off.
| FAIR Bros. are erecting q feed mill
| just north of o yden bridge for the bene-
| tit of the farmers of that vicinity.
STEPHENS Bros. are putting down an
asphaltum sidewalk ia front of their
new business block on Fifth Street.
The new gas company has just
bought piece OF ground for their gas
house and work will be commenced in
a few days.
to that extent that the all absorbing
topic base ball is again taking procedure
of everything else.
MEssRs. SCHRAMM & PERRY sold yes
terday % feet by 10 rods in the rear of
their building on Main Street, to MI.
Thomas abby, for 5000.
The temperature was quite low yes
terday morning, but the prevailing IN
huences and old sol com 5ined to make
it a pretty warm day after all.
THE lawn tennis club grounds, corner
Fifth and Spring streets, are almost
completed. They will be one of the
finest grounds of the kind in the west.
D. II. PEERY, JR, has got the con-
tract to build ten tenement cottages
on the corner of Third and Green
streets. WLrk will bs commenced at
once.
THE Willard and Plain City clubs
played a match game of baseball at the
home grounds OF the latter on Satur-
day last, resulting in victory to the
| visitors by score of to l.
ANOTHER baseball game is on the
topic. This time tbs Willard club are
contemplating crossing bats with the
Ogden Amateurs. Lester Park is the
prospective place, and the time will
probably bs Thursday, the 18th inst.
If the Silver Greys Will not be con-
tented without, the Ogden Athletics
will be pleased to accommodate them al
any time or place that can be agreed
upon. The Silver Greys will doubtless
realize they have an opponent when
game is called.
MEssRs. Nathan Kimball, Jr., James
Cunrisk. Fred Keisel, Jr. and Miss
Mani, Keisel will leave for the east to-
morrow morning. The two former &C
to Minnesota and the last two to South
ampton, Mass.-all to attend school
Mr.. Fred keisel, Sr., will accompany
them.
THE east-bound trains on the C. P
road have been running late for seyera
days. The Saturday evening train was
abandoned, and the traiu due at $50 on
Sunday was three hours late. The cause
was said to be the burning of snow
shed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
The train due yesterday morning was
six hours late.
The new time cards will most effect
ually stop the drametic companies, OF
rather prevent their stopping at the
Junction City, as IL would necessitate
their losing two days for one right
stand. As the Opera House
here is small, tbs receipts
would, as rule, hardly justify tbs ex.
ira time and consequent expense.
THE Fifth Ward Dramatic Club,
which was organized recently, held
their first business meeting night before
last and selected play which they are
now at work on. They also decide to
invest $lE0 in stage settings to properly
they will use the old Fifth Ward Meet
ing house for the present, but expect to
erect an amusement place in the pesr
future.
The new engine recently purchase
for the city started on its work yester
day morning. Members of the Council
and others interested went out to see il
at work and all pronounced it sue
cess. The old 16pound rails are rather
light for al engine so heavy, but as
soon as the present work is completed
the old rails will be condemned and
2O-pound steel substituted. All new
track that is being laid is of the latter
material and much better results can
be obtained.