The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-06
THE NEWS IN OGDEN.
The Closing Exercises at the Cen
tral School.
THE NEW OPERA HOUSE SCHEME.
A Change of Time in the Street Railway-'A
Dream Of Wealth''-The Bear River Canal
Real Estate Matters.
SALT LAKE HERALD BUREAU, !
OGDEN, April 6, 1889.

OGDEN, April 6, 1889 }
Straw hats have been placed on sale by
enterprising dealers in the city.
The carpenters are framing the rafters
for the roof of the territorial reform school,
The Utah Central had twelve heavily
loaded coaches last evening, all apparently
bound for conference.
Judge Williams delivered an address last
evening before the Philosophical society OF
the Weber Stake academy.
Those interested in the building OF new
opera house should remember that tne pro
ject will be aided materially II SlOO, UOO more
local capital be subscribed.
The Utah & Northern came in yesterday
about forty minutes late, with ten coaches
and two locomotives. Travel has been very
heavy on this line since the conference rush
commenced In fact, unprecedented.
"a Dream of Wealth. was presented to
a crowded house last evening by the Third
Ward dramatic company in the Third ward
meeting house. An afternoon performance
was also given by the same company yes
81 ferday.
S S. Hand, publisher of Handbook on
the resources of the great west, has left for
Salt Lake city where he stated he had
succeeded in dispOsing of several pages Of
Vie coming edition at $50 per page. 1t Is
not known that Ogden took any.
The closing exercises OF the present term
Of school at the Central school house were
given yesterday afternoon. The programme
was long one and showed much patient
study on the part Of the scholars. The at
tendance as usual, was large.
For the accommodation of those desiring
to attend conference, the Denver " Rio
Grande railway will run trains to and from
the Main street depot simultaneously with
those from the union passenger station,
leaving both places at SO a. N. Returning
viii leave Salt Lake city at 44O p. m, ar
irving in Ogden at p. III. Excursion
tickets, Sl.50.
A change of time on the street railway
yesterday. The early morning car goes
north at 5.45 am, through to Five Points,
returning in time to bring down the work
men before o'clock. In the eveEing two
additional trips are made to Five Points,
leaving the Broom hotel corner at $50 and
20 respectively, with an additional the
atre train when there are attractions at
the opera house. The new arrangement
will be a great convenience to the people IN
the north part of the city.
IA new eating house to be known as the
Palace restaurant will be opened on Fifth
street this afternoon in TIE store room
lately occupied by J. w. McNutt as a drug
store. Mr.. McNutt has removed to the
corner store west Of his former location.
The baseball team were out again for
practice last evening.
The Standard of yesterday had a two
column article descriptive of proposed
irrigation system evolving an outlay of
some two million dollars. The water which
is expected viii irrigate many thousand
acres in the vicinity of Ogden, is to be
brought from Bear river above the falls
and about six miles above Hampton bridge,
and follows the base of the mountains via
Brigham city TO Ogden. A full and com
= plete account appeared in THE HERALD
several weeks ago,
N the police cour5 yesterday four inebri-
ates were sent up for ten days each and
the gang at the gravel pit is thus aug
mented.