The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-31
THE NEWS IN OGDEN.
What Our NeighbOrs in Ogden
are Doing.
MORE REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
The Coming a-Depot1Ch Opening
Up the Streets-ThOse Dangerous Poles
The Town in Brief.
SALT LAKE HERALD BUREAU, !
MAIN STREET, T
OGDEN, March 81, 1889. }

OGDEN, March 81, 1889.
The Commercial, a new candidate for
journalistic honors and patronage, VIII ap-
pear next Tuesday morning. A. Is. John-
son will be editor, and he has an e1lclent
force of able pencil-pushers to ald MN.
The mechanical department IS under Jae
skillful care of Foreman Sylvester, late OF
the Salt Lake Tribune, ably assisted by a
number of compositOrs from Salt Lake
City, and members of the Typographical
union.
"Cox and Box is to be presented to-
morrow evening. The opening piece IS the
grand anvil chorus, from III Travatore, " to
be followed by a song or duet. The opera
proper will then be presented. rms should
not be COMPOUNDED with the farce BOX and
Cox, - used by many companies as an after
piece. The company is composed entirely
Of home talent and made decided hit at
the Third Ward westinghouse some two
weeks ago. The company deserves the lib
eral patronage it is bound to receive.
It is reported that the bar room at the
Depot hotel will close tomorrow night as
the Union Pacific company which has lately
acquired the hotel property all along the
line will discontinue the sale of liquor at
all points when they take possession.
The Union Pacific came in in two sec
tons yesterday both heavily loaded with
passengers.
Two special cars, one containing railroad
officials and the other distinguished visitors
from the east, were attached to the Utah
Central last evening and went to Salt Lake
city.
The Utah Central was forty minutes late
last evening caused by the two sections of
the Union Pacific, one of which was an
hour later than schedule time.
The Thalia dramatic club of Salt Lake
city are announced for the opera house on
next Thursday evening.
William R. Cole has petitioned to be ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of his
son William Riley Cole, Jr.
A stray horse with portion of the har-
ness attached alarmed the pedestrians
along the sidewalk from the Coop north
ward. He came from off the bench and dis
appeared in the northwest part of town.
Whose it was or how he got loose was not
learned.
The city by its accredited committee will
negotiate with the street railway company
for steel rails to extend the tramway
service.
1t looks as though an injunction would be
invoked to step the building of a Touring
mill in close proximity to school house.
Both institutions are a necessity, but to
have them side by side is not to the ad-
vantage of either.
A. Nelson was adiudged insane by the
court and will be removed to the Provo
asylum tomorrow.
More than a score of tramps are doing
time for the city in the gravel pit.
The city council have at last decided on
opening the continuation of the present
streets in the south part of the city, but
the width is to be less than the streets
now existing. This is a mistake. The
streets of Ogden are wide and airy and the
pride of the citizens as well as the admira-
ton of visitors, and to make unsightIy joys
in the corners incidental to reducing the
width of those contemplated would be
constant source of annoyance and an eye
sore. Let them be cut the same width as
those already layed out of which they will
for the most part form a continuation and
the blocks win be of the same size and
row of shade trees will be in line.
Many persons supposed that the poles
and posts that disgrace the streets inside
the curbings would receive legislative at
tention at the hand Of the council at its
last meeting, but for some reason or lack
of attention the matter was not brought
forward,