The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-10
The City in Brief.

The Utah q Northern was reported two
hours and half late yesterday
n. L. Bannister, assistant engineer of
the Pacific Short Line, has gone east.
E. A. Reed, the live and rustling real es-
tate man and hotel builder, made flying
trip to Salt Lske city Yesterday.
- G. r. Savage, the Salt Lake artist, was
in the city yesterday and took several
views of the Union passenger station.
~ The contract for putting in the founda-
ton of the university BUILDING will not be
z let until after the arrival here of Rev. Tiff.
A heavy real estate transaction took place
on Tuesday, and another one is being ne
gotiated with favorable outlook for its con-
Summation.
H H. Smith, of Corinne, was in town
yesterday dickering for Ogden real estate.
The little 'burgh on the Bear is looking
up and may yet become busting place, as
it was twenty years ago.
The rain of Tuesday night and which fell
at intervals throughout the day yesterday,
caused a temporary cessation of work on
the foundations of several buildings now in
course of construction.
All three of the men who were arrested
for arson are now in durance vile. French
is held on the charge of having fired the
Novelty theatre, Golden for the alleged
crime of highway robbery, and Simms for
Vagrancy.
The snow-capped peaks of the Wasatch
range aer reminders of the near approach
of win ter. The granger smiles. and prays
that the SNOWFALL will be heavy, for ano-
Their dry winter would bring dire disaster
to the agricultural and other industries.
E. r. Chase, the Corinne lawyer who is
alleged to have been too intimate with a
seventeen-year- girl named Lille Da
wilson, and who Is now under bonds to
answer for the alleged infraction of the
letter and spirit of the Edmunds- Tucker
law, was visitor in this city yesterday.
The reported sale of Murphy's store and
stock, corner of Wall avenue and Twenty
fifth street, was a false alarm. Mr. Muir
ply denies that he has sold out or has any
present intention of selling, as he has one
of the finest business locations in the CITY,
it being 'forninstn the union passenger
station.
David Moore, the well known Ogden nur-
seryman, and G.. g. Crowley started nur-
sery on Sand Creek, ten miles from Eagle
Rock, Idaho, about two years ago. Their
venture proved a great success. They have
now more than seventeen thousand fruit
trees ready for market and have more
orders than they can attend to.
The California firm who have commenced
using the asphaltum from Santa Barbara,
laid a small piece of sidewalk on Washing
ton avenue TUESDAY evening. Yesterday
morning they took it up again. The reason
assigned for doing this was that the mater
ial had not been properly prepared and did
not harden as it ought to have done.
The able and talented Ogden correspon-
dent of the Salt Lake Tribune is away off
his base in the Ogden postoffice matter
The writer is probably as familiar with the
postal laws and regulations and their appli-
cation as the other fellow is, and would be
lid 70 ba &c h1,n1
ened and his allowance for clerk hire in
creased; but it does not necessarily follow
that the failure to make an exception and
break over the law in this particular case
ought cause the government to be abused
by the Tribune'S sapient scribe.