The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-18
BITS FROM BRIGHAM.


SOME of our shippers are heavy losers
by the recent break in Butte.
o. P. CHRISTENSEN, a practical and
proficient matchmaker and jeWeler, died
here last week.
A NEW floor is being laid in the lower
room If the RoseDbaum Hall. It will
b. used for dancing.
| A, CONSIGNMENT of household goods
from Logan TO James Bywater, Jr.,
looks rather suspicious.
BISHOP MEACBAM, of Park Valley, is
laying over to doctor a valuable animal
that was badly snagsed.
One sociable. one surprise, two dane
ing parties. four meetings ana min
strel show in town tonight.
Mr. and Mrs f. H. Blackburn have
the sympathy of a large circle of friends
in the Il SIS OF their youngest cnlid, a
big, bright, buxom baby boy.
iMEssRs. JENSEN and CritchlCW have
dissolved partnership. The tx-shsriff
goes into the stock business or becomes
full hedged cowboy from choice.
MORE pneumonia amongst the chill
dren now than was ever known before.
Mrs. DR.. Nelson has seventeen lung
fever cases alone. Jacob Jensen and
wife have been called upon to mourn
the departure OF little darling
APRIL showers in the middle of De-
cemberi As one extreme generally
follows another, sleis his, sleds. skates
and snoWshoes may take back seat
until next winter when they will be
" .nted.
JAMES HANSON is serving out sec
ond term for unlawful cohabitation, his
plea was guilty" and the punishment
severe, it being the second offense. He
will not be caught Dapping the third
time.
SARAH A. Snow, wife of Apostle Snow,
who has been Frustrated with a nervous
aft iction, couple of weeks, has recov-
cred her Usual health. Miss Snow
her daughter, has returned to Ogden to
renew her studies.
Dept WARD is coming into promi-
hence. The smoke stack of the new
salt refinery towers skyward. w. h.
Craghead will move into his old quar-
tiers with grocery, lunch stand and
fruits on January 1st. and l.. Halling
is building for a similar line of bust
ness across the track west.
GOODNESS" is not characteristic of
railroad officials generally, but as
cleanliness" comes next to it Superin-
tendent Rapelje approached the mark
nearer than any of his predecessors. He
has issued orders that Offices and wait
ing rooms at all depots on his division,
must be scrubbed every Saturday and a
section man is delegated to do the work
as we'll as to tidy up generally about the
premises.
THE stake conference of the Y. NJ. M.
l. A. convened in the Tabernacle on
Sunday. in a three meeting session,
President Charles Kelly presiding A
programme was followed, consisting of
lectures on historical, biographical and
scientific subjects in addition to doc
trinal adiscourses, the whole pleasipgly
interspersed with glee and quartette
singing and instrumental music by the
Christensen Brothers oriental band.
Elders Wells and Anderson were pres
ent, and did much to make the confer
ence the browning success that it was.
The Relief Societies and Y L. M. l. A.
also met in conference capacity on
Tuesday and Wednesday, at same
place, with good attendance.
BRIGHAM is credited with having
more fine and costly residences, in pro-
portion to population than any other
city in the Territory. L. Snow, Jr., is
adding to that reputation with So 600
dwelling that will be ready for occu-
pancy beginning with the new year. He
purchased the old II. r. Jenson home
stead on South Main. and has modern
lied the substantial structure so COM
pletely that the original builder would
never recognize it except by location.
The exterior is more grand than gaudy,
more imposing than picturesque. but
the interior shows up the elegant, the
handsome and costly. James PETIT is
the architect and William Wrighton the
builder. Judge Aleters, go thou and do
likewise.
That was a mammoth surprise in the
First Ward Westinghouse on Tuesday
evening, given in honor of Bishop
Mingey, Counselor Fosgreen and Elder
E. A. Box, all candidates for the Pen
from that ward. Each was presented
with an appropriate memento, and
each in turn acknowledged the gift and
invoked Heavens choicest blessings
upon the givers. The evening was
pleasantly spent in songs, Rotations,
sports, pithy speeches and picnicing.
Speaking of candidates for the Pen,
Brigham will have full quorum at the
Hotel de Government this winter, made
up of men whom we have always re-
garded as our very best citizens.
BRIGHAM CITY, December 15, 1888.