The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-05
General Glimpses.

There was the usual big rush again yes
terday.
The exposition closes this evening at 10
o'clock
Brig Hampton is rapidly gaining fame as
the lightning ticket seller"
The Woman's work department is a fea
ture that no lady should miss.
Denhalters Utah bred elk, Red Cloud,
attracts considerable attention.
Recollect the prettiest girl at the fair
this afternoon gets a gold medal.
1t is not true that Jack the Ripper will
attempt to compete for the Johnson beauty
prize
A cotton plant grown in Southern Utah
is among the novelties that attracts no
little attention.
1t is now proposed to hang Jack the
Ripper to the main rafter this afternoon
before the fair closes.
Probably no handsomer display than that
of the Utah Soap company has ever been
made at a territorial fair.
| Most of the awards have been made; the
committee on horses, however, are still
struggling with the subject.
Several schools, headed by their teachers,
visited the fair yesterday. In this capacity
they are admitted at the rate of five cents
per head
About 2 this morning the night watch
man detected Jack..the Ripper rummaging
among the V. T. R. remedies in search of
face powder.
The prettiest girl on the grounds to-day
will get Johnson's gold medal. We may
reasonably expect food of beauty between
the opening and the close of the exposition
to-day.
The horse and cattle show attracts a
great deal OF attention, and is worthy OF
the highest commentator. Cache valley
has done herself proud, and Utah valley is
also to the front
1t is to be regretted that Weber county
is so lacking in enterprise as to send down
nothing but few chickens. She could
have made q most excellent showing, had
her residents but taken the meter in hand.
In the mention of the Photographic eX-
nibit of Morris & Co., yesterday morning,
the name of the operator, given as Sauls-
bury. should have been Hyrum Salisbury.
Mr. Salisbury was for many years with
G.. r. Savage.
Great Sarah janet don't you know that
my name is C.. E. Johnson and not g. s., as
YOU have it in the fair notes!n was a mes
sage that came from V. 7. r. over the tele-
phone wires so loud this morning that it
sprained the larnyx of our telephone.
Grant Bros. company offered SIS to the
man who would put harness on a double
team in the quickest time, but there being
but one entry, Harry Vaughan, the contest
was declared OFF and the donors told the
board of directors to use the money in any
other way they might see fit.
J.P. Freezes bull took two silver medals
for beef and milk. His COW Regina took
the gold medal and her calf, Utah, took the
silver medal; Eudora, a two yearold bel
fer, took diploma and $50 special prize.
Two-y old EudOra's calf took silver
medal,
The awarding committee on horses an
nounce that all their awards will be made
to-day at 10 a. N. Horses in all divisions
both on regular and special premiums must
come into the ring where the awards will
be made. AT y noon, sharp, the trial OF
gents, driving teams, ladies horseback con-
| test, etc., ETC., will take place at Liberty
park.
There was to have been contest for the
most successful scholar in grammar
school" for adults, to be held at the fair
grounds last night. James I. Holt, II. G.
| Bradford, Josie Seaman and r. H. Brad
| ford entered, but there was not enough
| time left in which to hold it, and the matter
was allowed 10 go over until 10 o'clock this
morning. The spelling committee last
evening recommended that James T. Holt,
of Fort Douglas, be given a second prize
| for his excellent spelling.
Calders music palace has an exhibit that
attracts no little attention. There are but