The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-26
The City In Brief.

Inc lily III
'sMiralda" will be presented in the Fifth ward
echOolhouse TO night.
There viii be a general conference Of the
seventies of Weber stake tomorrow.
Prof L. D. Edwards will soon produce an
opera in the Union opera house, entitled katy
Dean"
General Manager Cumming came up from the
capital and went north yesterday on the Utah &
Northern.
The Louisiana lottery's dupes in this city lose
thousands of dollars every month in that sWlnd-
ling concern.
Mrs. E. Meade, wife of the territorial engin-
eer of Wyoming came in from Cheyenne with
the Colorado excursion.
The superintendent s car of the Utah Central
came up on yesterday morning 5 train ana went
east via the Union Pacific.
The Mr. Barnes of New York. company
went west yesterday afternoon TO play an en-
gagemC Mt in San FraI cisco.
The Union Pacific train was late as usual yes
terday, and the Central Pacific and Rio Grande
Western trains waited for II.
C. w Murphy is excavsting for large build
ing on Twenty-tifth street, ADJOINING MS other
buildings, near the corner OF Wall avenue
The oldest child OF the Brazil family, four
teen-y ear-old boy, died Of diphtheria, making
the fourth victim of that terrible disease IN that
family
Some heavy capitalists accompanied the
Colorado excursion. Quite number OF pretty
good deals were made yesterday OF outside
property.
II has been suggested that a frst-class test Of
the wearing qualities of asphaltum could be
made by laying some of it down on the street
crossings.
Ogden, with all its mud and lack OF transpor.
tation facilities is more attractive to the Color
ado excursionsts than the land and climate
where they reside.
The public library and free reading room is
On institution that ought to be well patronlzed.
Il Is really a temperance coffee house, where
lunch is served daily.
Attorney w. L. Maginnis, late chief justice of
wyoming was admitted to membership in the
Ogden bar at the forenoon session or the FIRST
district court yesterday.
John SaItenberger who has been building
houses for sale and to rent the past season has
gone into the real estate business, and opened
IN office on Washington avenue.
The majority CT cases of diphtheria which have
come TO light in this city, have been IN low and
naturally damp places where the houses are
built in which the disease mas appeared
The funeral of the late Rev. j. M. Preshaw
was well attended. Two street car loads of
comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic
preceded the funeral cortege to the grave.
The gentleman who proposes TO build an opera
house if Ogden capitalists will take a part OF the
stock means well enough, no doubt; but he Goes
not know that, as u rule, Ogden capitalists are
not built that way.
David Kay is erecting stone building near
the Bear river bridge below COllinston, on the
line of the Boutwell, cana, and will put in stock
OF general merchandise. +. i. Cushing, OF SAT-
Lake City, will have charge OF the business.
The Union opera house has changed manage
ment. Thornberg & Bond are the names OF the
new managers. They viii have charge OF all
shows and will teach dancing and give social
dancing parties when no shows are on hand.
The meeting of citizens at the chamber of com
MERGE rooms tonight to make arrangements
FOR opening the reform school, should be largely
attended The event should not be allowed TO
pass without being recognized IN fitting man
ner.
T. c,,,,,,;esiorar Cross' court Yesterday in
the case against w. f. White, examined on the
charge of felony. the defendant was held on the
charge Of miSdemeanor and released on his own
TecOgniZance. This is probably the last OF TINS
ease.
The city engineering corps are engaged in
correcting the old surveys OF this city > streets
Property owners will be caused much annoyance
and great expense when II VIII become heces.
sary TO move fences to conform to the lines OF
the corrected survey.
en- Corlew and family have come to Ogden
from Denver with the intention OF making TINS
their future home. Mr.. Coriew lntenus 10 en-
gage in the business of selling paints, oils glass
etc as soon as he can secure suitable place to
put in q stock OF goods.
W r. Porter, of Los Angeles, representing
the Santa Barbara aSphaltum works has arrived
here from the west. He Will remain some time
20 superintend the work of putting down pave
ments and attempting to demonstrate the
superiority OF the asphaltum of Santa Barbara
over that OF the North American company OF
Utah.
Company f OF the second cavalry, United
States army, arrived from Portland via San
Francisco and the Central Pacific railroad early
Yesterday morning and remained here all day
to recruit. 1t required twelve cars TO transport
the men. baggage and horses. The destination
of this company is Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
There was ball in the city hall last night,
given in honor of the eXcurSiOniSts; benefit
ball in the Third ward meeting house; Fruits
OF the Wine Cup" at the Fifth ward school
house; city council meeting, Philosophical meet
Ing meeting of the university board and teach
ers' association and q social supper in the
Baptist church.
The regular daily letter to THE HERALD for
its Ogden department did not appear. 1t should
have left here on the $40 I'm. train OF the Utah
Contra, which left for Salt Lake on time on
Thursday. The letter was mailed in the Ogden
postoftice more than an hour before the mail in
which it should have been sent left Ogden for
Salt Lake. 1t has been customary heretofore to
mail the letter on the train so as TO make sure
that it would reach its destination on time. THE
HERALD correspondent is not the only one who
takes the precaution TO guard against the care
Iessness Of the Ogden postoffice employees by
mailing them in the railway postof1ce.