The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-16
LOCAL BRIEFS.

tenth Ward Hall occurs tom orrow
night.
A BLAST of $500 pounds of powder
viii be fired at the Judson lime kilns,
north OF this city In few days.
ISAAC j.. WADDELL died yesterday
morning after an illness of two weeks.
The funeral service will be held at II
o'clock to-day in the Seventh Ward As
sembly Rooms.
TWAS stated yesterday that Zane &
Zane are still very busy collecting evil
dence against Receiver Dyer. Just
when and where they expect to use il is
matter of conjecture,
ABOUT O'CLOCK this morning an in
diVidual with more benzine than brains
was standing On The HERALD corner
and aroused the sleepy citizens of the
vicinity by accidentally discharging his
revolver.
THE FUNERAL services over the re-
mains of Daniel Greenig, who died at
his residence on Thursday, OF general
debility, will be held at 81 Third South
Street e at II 80 to-day. Friends of
the family are invited.
In THE coming season OF 10y and
plenty the Well-to-do should not forget
the Orphans Home and Day Nursery.
Donations are solicited for a Christmas
dinner for the little ones, and anything
left at Mrs. III. Johnsnn's, 266 S, Second
East, will be forwarded TO the Home.
TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY, as reported
from the Signal Service offcer.-At 6 a.
M: Salt Lake City, 81; Helena, %;
Boise City, IS; Fort Washakie, 20;
RaWlins, 80. At1l an: Salt Lake City,
As; Ogden, 40; Stockton, IS; Bingham,
sc; Park City, "a; Provo, 50; Alta, %.
THE EIGHTEENTH School District
trustees have q notice in to-day's
HERBLD calling a special meeting to
vote on the proposition to raise S. 500
by taxing the district for the purchase
of school grounds and sohoolhouse.
There is liable to be strong opposition
to the move.
The HOME Library Association of
Chicago is now taking memberships in
this city, presenting with each mem
bership the Panorama of the World {"
Miss Duffy, the agent. is meeting with
gratifying success, and is securing the
names of many psrsons well-knoWn in
literary and educational circles.
81 AM for Statehood for Utah first,
last and all the time, Democratic or Re-
publican" proclaimed Andy Brixen in
a crowd OF Liberals yesterday. with
Statehood we'd have boom that would
knock all other booms sky high. Let
her come ssy-I'm not afraid of State
hood"
w. L. PICKAaD has returned from his
trip to Boston. He says if anyone
wants the Church sheep at 40 cents a
head they can have them on applica-
ton. He laughed at the idea of any
COLLISION between himself and Receiver
Dyer aud wanted to know what all the
fuss was about. Mr.. Pickard reports
the wool prospects as very favorable.
YESTERDAY WAS the FIRST big earnest
day of the Christmas purchases, and
to- day is the first big earnest day of the
Christmas advertiser. No dealer who
expects patronage thinks of remaining
out of THE HERALD, and the SUNDAY
HERALD to-day tells an eloquent tale
in its advertising columns, which
thousands of watchers for bargains will
pay full heed to. laEQt8
THERE is no more suitable Christmas
present than an original oil painting of
our home scenery. Yesterday Mr.. John
A. White bought for Christmas gift
Mr.. Harry Culmer's beautiful painting
of Paradise Valley, Big Cottonwood
Canyon, and Mr.. Gunner has on view
at his Office several others OF his recent
works. Callers are welcome, and no
doubt purchasers would be equally go.
WIcKERsHAM & GRIFFITHs yesterday
sold seventy acres of ground over JOr-
dan to Messrs. w. j. ConnOrs and G.
w. Whitmore, members OF the Board
of Trade of Omaha; and started for the
west last night. They paid $1,000 for
the piece, and will plat it out presently.
Both these enterprising young men
have invested pretty heavily here and
propose to come here and locate. They
are wise in their generation and will be
very acceptable contingency to the
growing population of Salt Lake.
JOHN W. SMITH is in the city repre-
senting the Old Well Cigar Company,
of South Norwalk, Connecticut. The
object of his visit is to look up looa-
ton to establish a branch house and
distributing point Tor the great west.
This house is one of the largest in the
east and manufacture some forty
brands of cigars of established reputa-
ton. It will be of considerable advan-
tage to this city to secure the location
of this house, and an effort should be
made in that direction.
FURTHER PARTICULARS of the accident
in Parley's Canyon, mentioned in yes
terday's HERALD, are to the effect that
the wounded man was taken to the Sis
ters' Hospital, where he still remains,
and that he met with the accident
while pouring in gravel after attaching
the fuse. 1t occurred at MoCalIough q
Johnson's camp. half mile this side of
the Summit. The wounded man is
John A. Cummings, miner, who came
here four years ago from New York
City. He is an unmarried man and
has no relatives IN Utah, but has an
uncle liz Idaho. His injuries are prin-
cipalIy in the face, and it is thought
that he has lost both his eyes. There
is also deep cash across the bridge of
the nose, and his face is powder black
ened and scratched. A note from John
Cunnington states that the powder