The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-30
FROM BRIGHAM CITY
What the People Of Box Elder
are Doing.
ACTIVITY IN REAL ESTATE.
New Business Buildings in Course of Erection
"A Lively Scene in Commits
sioner's Court.

William Farrell Of Logan, is in town.
o. G. Snow, Esq, is up from the Metro
polls.
Boothe & Pierce are painting the town
black.
Real estate is booming; $500 sales in
two days.
The new city council holds it's first SEES
sion tonight
Everything in the line of home dramatics
here is as dead as door nail.
The Improvements on our court house
grounds are being pushed with vigor.
Miss Tennie Snow recently returned
from protracted visit to Salt Lake City.
The stockmen have had to feed but little
during the past winter, and prospects for a
good harvest are very promising.
Last Saturday the district school teachers
of this county held their semi-annual
examination in the ROrsnbaum hall.
The B. E S. a. NJ. company, within the
last two weeks have made shipments west
to the amount of twenty thousand pounds
of hides.
The Brigham members of the Snow
Houtz dramatic company have all returned
home. They report an enjoyable and sue
cessful tour.
The streets of Brigham for the past week
have been fairly alive with large herds of
cattle and sheep, and companies of travel
ers going north.
John Jensen, of Park valley, was in
town recently, making spring purchases.
He reports everything furnishing in that
part of the country.
Prof. Carl G.. Maeser, of Provo, was in
town Tuesday, and in the evening appeared
before a large congregation assembled at
the tabernacle, where he delivered an able
lecture in the interest of the Brigham City
academy and the youth of Zion in general.
Two more business houses are in course
of erection on Main street. The one under
the management of Contractors McMaster
u FOrSgreen is being rushed to completion
at ? 40 rate; while, apparently by way of
contrast, its companion alongside is NOV
ing at snails pace.
John F. Merrill, one of our energetic dry
land farmers, with his new apparatus for
sinking artesian wells, was successful in
obtaing flow of seven gallons per minute
at depth of 230 feet. while working on D.
Rosenbaum's premises, located in the
western suburbs of town.
A most distressing accident occurred to
a child of John Bott. While attempting to
steady with his foot stick of wood which
was being cut by another urchin, the
descending axe struck the projected foot
severing three toes; surgical aid being sum
mOned the little unfortunate was placed in
as comfortable condition as possible
a novel sight indeed that the primeval
oxen in the public square of Brigham city
toiling at the stubborn glebe. The old
rickety fence having disappeared, the pillow
performing its duty, the scraper is next
applied, and before long we hope to see the
leveled ground present more attractive
appearance.
Andrus Madsen of Mantua was arrested
on the going charge, brought before Com
missioner j. B. Darlington and placed un-
der bonds The bondsmen later wishing
to be released decoyed Andrus into his
sanctum and lovingly turned the key on
him. Counsel for the defense subsequently
interposed and began to investigate the
legality Of the arrest. The commissioner
raised an objection to further investigation
and by way of emphasis sliced the counsel
by the throat and proceeded in a way
that meant business to eject him from
the room. This part of the commits
siOner's originality in criminal procedure
was exceedingly diStasteful to counsel and
most powerful and overwhelming de-
murrer was at once raised. AS this was
being supplemented by proceo dings of very
lively and demonstrative character, the
crowd saw fit to interfere and matters in
the commissioners sanctum were at length
reduced to more rational status.
Madison was subsequently taken to Ogden
and placed under bonds to await the action
o the grand jury.
BRIGHAM, March 90. 1889.