The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-20
THE NEWS IN OGDEN.
Some Wise, Useful and Proper
Suggestions.
MORAL EFFECT OF THE FORTY"
A Furious Wind Storm Strikes the Town
An Assay Office Wanted
General Notes.
SALT LAKE HERALD BUREAU, J
No. s2502 WASHINGTON AVENUE, ,
OGDEN, August 10, 1889.

NO.s<0US WASHINGTON AVENUE,
OGDEN, August 10, 1889.
Mr. M o. Johnson leaves this morning
on business trip to Bear Lake.
Warranty deeds were filed yesterday VI
to pm. amounting toSl1,7 80.
Both the Ogden canneries are at work,
giving employment to about sixty people.
Mr.. H. H. Henderson, clerk of the court,
left last night for a ten days trip to Cali
fornia.
The Deserets, of Ogden, and the On
Syracuse Thursday.
1.-The girls" taking the cue, are following
the gamblers in their search for new
worlds to conquer"
A committee is out collecting the sub
scriptions made by the business men to-
wards the new Methodist church building.
Caldwell, Idaho, is talking strongly of
forming a stock company to build an opera
house. VIII Ogden let Caldwell take the
lead?
Judge Henderson and wife and Mrs.
Frank H. Dyer, of Salt Lake, left this city
Friday, for two weeks outing through
the Yellowstone Park
A water spout, causing washout on the
Union Pacific, four miles east of Uintah,
delayed the passenger train yesterday, and
leaving our daily mail blocked.
The annual meeting of the miners of
Weber mining district, will be held at the
court house, Monday, August 26, at 7:30
o. m. There should be large attendance.
w w Waters & Co., real estate dealers,
have moved their headquarters from the
Manders & Mitchell company Office to the
room recently vacated by the d. 81 r. G.
express company
The First district court has adjourned
until August 26. when either Judge Zane
OF Judd will occupy the bench. The first
case set is that of Stanford VS.. Smith, in
the school trustee election contest.
Governor F. E. Warren and E. A Slack,
editor of the Cheyenne Sun, arrived in Og
den Saturday and spent Sunday looking
over the metropolis. They left Monday
morning on trip through Yellowstone
park
MIR. Pearl Keller, formerly with Smith
& Smith, Ogden's leading attorneys, but
for the past year or more reporter for
the court, leaves this week for three
years course at Harvard college to COM
plete his studies.
H Anderson was arrested Sunday by
Deputy Marshal McLelland, charged with
deadly assault. He was committed to jail
until Monday at a. m, when he was
brought before Judge Cross. Anderson
pleaded guilty to battery and anted up
Sl4.75 fine and costs.
Rev T. c.. Tiff, of the NJ E. church, ar
rived in Salt Lake Saturday after an ex-
tended trip to Lincoln, Neb.. where he has
been examining the Lincoln university
with view to adopting the plans of that
university for Ogden's building. Mr.. Tiff
came up to Ogden yesterday to confer with
the other trustees.
Word is received from Brigham city and
vicinity of grand Publications over the let
ting of the Boutwell, contracts. A few
nossbacks attempted to stay the tide, but
their influence cut but little figure. The
material and supplies will be shipped prin-
cipally from Ogden, Brigham coming in for
= share.
Mr.. John Winslow, proprietor of the
canon resort was down bright and early
Monday morning and reported all serene at
camp. All were supplied with good, tight
tents and had jolly time in spite of the in
clement weather Several outfits have
come down for good, but the resort won't
be deserted before October.
While prospectors are roaming the hills
in search of precious metals, if they will
keep their eyes open for good tagging or a
marble quarry, they will have a bonanza
bigger than they dream of. There is good
tagging in these hills, and the city is sadly
in need of such rock at the present time. |
Good specimens of asphaltum have been |
found in this district, but no locations have
been made that we can learn of. A good |
asphaltum deposit at the present time !
would be the largest scheme of all.
Mr.. Garrison, one of the lucky owners of |
the Firth mine, east of town, left for |
Sandy, Utah, last evening with couple of |
hundred pounds of ore for a mill run. Sew |
eral other mine-owners will shortly send
few hundred pounds for a mill test, but |
no carload shipments will be made |
until the Ogden smelter is ready to pur- |
chase ores.
An assay Office is needed in this city, and |
it will be paying investment for some one
10 put in an outfit A few months ago an |
assay Office was opened, but the proprietor |
pulled up stakes before he had given the |
matter fair trial Since that time mining
affairs have received great impetus, and |
plenty of work can now be had to warrant |
steady employment.
The present will be a week of excursions
to the lake resorts, probably the most elab-
crate programme being arranged for of
any week during the season. Monday, the
Lynn Sunday school goes to Syracuse;
Tuesday, the Presbyterian and Congrega
tional: Wednesday, the Congregational |
Sunday school, of Salt Lake, joined by
Ogden friends; Thursday, the a. o. wv.
take possession; Friday the clerks have
their day, and Saturday the Provo band |
make things lively.
For Lake Park-Wednesday the brother
hood of Railroad brakemen, and Thursday,
Salt Lake drum corps.
Sunday evening, at O'Clock, a wind
storm was noticed approaching, which
struck the city with fury unusual here
abouts. The wind storm was followed ten
minutes later by hard ram, which gradu-
ally settled down to a good steady storm
lasting until 10 O'Clock Monday, a. m The
rain was sadly needed and there is rejoicing
among the farmers as well as the "city
folk'' who nave become thoroughly tired of
the flying dust. No damage was done by
the wind and rain so far as we can learn,
more than the breaking down of a few
small poplar trees.
The motor line which was originally laid
out to run down Twenty-fifth street, has
been changed and it is now officially an
nounced that the line will come down
Twenty second instead. Iron is now laid
as far as Reimbursement street and it was
expected the belt line would be completed
hy the 25th inst. but a delay has been
caused by the non-arrival of iron which
will throw the company back several days.
A switch is to be put in on TWenty-tifth
street though and excursionists will have
the pleasure of riding this far, and return
ing over the same route. When completed
the line will be as follows: Out Washing
ton avenue to Thirty-siXth, up 'Ehlrty-slxth
to Madison, north on Madison to Thirty
fifth, up Thirty-fifth and around University
place to the new university thence to Mob
hill on Fillmore as far as Twenty fifth
street. The line will run down Twenty
eth to Jefferson avenue, north on Jefferson
to Twenty-second, down Twenty second TO
Washington avenue.
Some Suggestions.