The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-02
Tie City in Brief.

No business in the probate court yestsr-
day.
The Gilmore band will go north on the
Utah & Northern this morning.
The corner stones of the Cortez block
were placed in position yesterday.
A grand rattle for watches took place last
night at Livingston's cigar store.
Bricklaying has been started on the third
story of the First National bank building.
The finest train ever made up in Ogden
was the Rio Grande Western special which
went to Salt Lake last evening.
The mud on Washington avenue is being
scraped up and carted away, and that
thOrOughfare is thus made passable.
The regular drill of the Utah National
guard was held in the Lester park pavilion
last night. New members are being en-
rolled every day.
Patrons of THE HERALD are requested to
report to the manager of the branch office
any failure on the part of the carriers to
deliver the paper.
The only business in the First district
court yesterday was the trial of the case of
Mary Brooks VS.. James Iverson, to clear
title to real property.
All the buildings on the northeast corner
of Union square are being torn down and
carried off. When all are gone, the city
nall VIII loom up Brauuly
The new Spargo building, on Twenty
fifth street, is up to the square OF the first
story. When completed there will be one
less unsightly gap on that street.
The gravel train is rushing things at a
lively gait nowadays, and good sidewalks
are being put down in many places in the
city where they have been badly needed for
"a long time.
Deputy City Recorder r. T. Hume was
out on the streets yesterday, enjoying the
genial warmth of the sun, after having
been confined to the house for week with
an attack Of indigestion.
\ deed from William Pace to Charles
F.. Lilly for lot =, block I, plat A, Hooper
AZ acre., was filed for record yesterday
IN the office of the county recorder, S25O
being the consideration named.
The funeral of the late John S. Lewis
will take place on Sunday at o'clock p m.
from the Episcopal church on Grant
avenue. It will be in charge of FL Monte
-;ommandery No. ,, Knights Templar.
On account Of the pleasant weather, or
for some other reason which is immaterlal,
Alderman Preshaw was permitted to take
a rest yesterday. He did not have even
nuisance case TO pass upon in his court.
The reason that crosswalks have not
been nut dow ut the foot of Twenty-tifth
street was because utL1SL COulu IlOG NC
mad. IL is the intention Of the city to use
asphaltum, and the work will be done soor.
One baggage-car and two Pullman sleep
ers were sent over the Union Pacific to
Granger yesterday morning, with por
tiOn of the baggage and effects of the Gil
more band. They viii go over the Oregon
Short Line to Pocatello.
BY the close of another week there will
be a continuous sidewalk of asphaltum
from the Broom hotel corner TO the foot of
Twenty street. Now let the city
council put down the walks across Wall
avenue to the depot and receive the bless
inEs of the whole community.
Ex-Governor Emery was in town yes
terday and spent the time very pleasantly
with his old friends, of whom he has many
in Ogden. The gentleman is enjoying good
health He will visit his fine ranch in
Cassia county, Idaho, before returning to
his home in Boston.
g. AS Union Pacific passenger train No. .,
from the east, was coming into the passen-
ger station at l - p. N. yesterday, she en-
countered misplaced switch, which took
II on TO the Utah Central track, where
train was standing. The engine crashed
into the rear coach, the back of which was
badly shattered. The pilot of the engine
and its headlight were broken of, but the
damage was not great.