The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-02
LOCAL AND OTHER BRIEFS.

LARGEST display OF emma ever seen IN
Salt Lake-Hoock & Clawson's Monday.
They are selling mems shoes at Spencer
& Kimball's for Sl.T5 pair, and they are
stylish and solid, too.
NcCoRNIcK & Co. yesterday received ::
Hanauer bullion, $1,000; silver and lead
ores, 81 800. Total, $500.
ENAMEL ready mixed paint with Culmer
Bros name on the label is the cheapest,
most beautiful and durable.
WELLS, FARGO & Co.'s shipments yester-
day were: Ore, 5000; fine bars, 81, 400;
base bnlliOn, S2,4O0 Total, $l,7OO.
STEPHENS singers are requested to meet
at the tabernacle at the close of the after
moons service to practice for this evening
4 PETITION is being circulated asking
that Liberty park be leased to response
bic party, he to put up swings, hammocks,
etc
The Evening Social club will give their
first select ball of the season at the Gar
field Beach pavilion next Wednesday eve
ming.
ERNEST Il. ELUREDGE of Salt Lake city,
and James NJ. Peterson, of Richfeld, Sewer
county, have been appointed notaries
public.
THE Coop. Furniture company still have
some goods left slightly damaged by their
recent fire, which they are selling at great
bargains.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the Utah
Commercial and Savings bank were filed
with the secretary of the territory and
certificate issued yesterday.
THE case of Thomas Coumory, who is
charged with having stolen $50 worth of
lucerne was yesterday continued for a
few days by Commissioner Norrell.
THE Rev. f. f. Williams, d. D., a
speaker of unusual power, and pastor of
the South Congregational church, Chicago,
will preach for Rev. J. B. Thrall in the
First Congregational this morning.
&c. NJ. l. has Just received large con
signment of the new improved western
washing machine, universally acknowl-
edged to be the best in the market which
they offer for short time at greatly re
duced prices.
A NUMBER of business men have decided
TO call a mass meeting, to be held at the
chamber of commerce at S o'clock Monday
night, for the purpose of taking up the
matter of a Fourth of July celebration. A
full attendance is desired.
A CERTIFICATE was issued by the secre-
tary of the territory yesterday to William
G.. Van Horn, emitting him to act as the
authorized agent of the American Building
and Loan association, Of Minneapolis, in
stead of Matthew H Walker, resigned.
A COUPLE of tough youths, whose brains
were stolen away by benzine, to-wit: James
w. Hewlett, of Draper, and John AllsOp,
of Sandy, got into fight at the latter place,
the other day, and as a consequence both
are s. the poorer. Justice Wilson, of
Sandy, sat on the case and imposed the
fine.
THE chamber of commerce yesterday re
ceived samples as follows: Specimen Of
carbonate ore from the Lancaster mine at
Silver city, aSSaYing 6S5 ounces Of silver;
samples of brick from John Irvine, very
superior quality; also another sample of
brick from Niglini & Cove Y, made from
clay six miles north of town.
CHARLES ORsoN CHRISTENSEN. a child be
tween two and three years of age, son of
William Christensen, was drowned in Tan
ners ditch on Friday morning. The little
one had followed its father to work. and in
endeavOring to cross the stream fell into it.
The body was found about three-quarters
of a mile from the bridge. An inquest was
held and a verdict in accordance with these
facts was rendered.
AT about o'clock this morning fire was
discovered in the little shanties just west
of the theatre, and in a few minutes the
flames lit up the whole vicinity. Our crack
fire department was soon on the spot, and
the blaze disappeared as suddenly as II
came. The loss will amount to only few
hurdred dollars and will be divided
among the Salt Lake Painting and Adyer-
Using company. wiz Wright. the barber,
and the proprietors OF a Cnlnese WASH
house.
AT a meeting Of the board of directors Of
THE HERALD company held Friday, May
81 r. W Sloan rendered his resignation as
business manager of The HERALD, and H.
G.. Whitney. secretary and treasurer of the
company. was appointed to fill the position.
Mr. Sloan retires to accept the special
agency of the Home Life and Home Fire
Insurance companies of Utah, Tor which
Heber J. Grant 4 Co. are the general
agents. and in his new and promising field
of operations he takes with him the best
wishes of all The HERALD force.
OK Friday afternoon May 81, the Twenty
first ward district school closed for vaca-
ton. After the closing exercises had been
rendered in the presence OF number OF
the parents and friends, the members OF
the fifth grade presented their teacher
Mr. Schutt with a beautifully framed
photograph of the class taken in a group.
The third and fourth grades gave him
handsome writing desk. The assistants
also received lovely tokens Of the respect
of their classes The teachers appreciate
greatly the affection manifested for them
by their pupils.
AT East Bountiful, May 49, 1889, Earnest
Wood and two small boys, one of them his
nephew, Nephi w. Wood, were in a wagon
in front of John Woods residence. The
team got frightened and ran away. In
crossing ditch about one hundred yards
from where the team started, Nephi w.
Wood, three and a half years old, was
thrown from the wagon, striking on his
head, and was instantly killed. The little
boys mother died about two years ago.
His father lives at ROckland, Idaho The
wagon did not run over him, as stated in
our issue of May %.
J. A. MCMURTRIE, ex-chief engineer of
the Denver 81 Rio Grande railroad is now
he city sub-letting the contracts for
yy.aaning the guage OF the Denver & Rio
Glande Western track between this city
and Price He says that men have already
begun work and the entire track is to be
completed within four months. 1t IS now
practically settled that the Rock Island
will come to Salt Lake over the Denver 81
Rio Grande Western just as soon as the
guage is Widened and the break OF ninety
miles Is covered between the western
terminus of the Midland, now absorbed by
the Rock Island and the Denver & Rio
Grande Western. A large new depot is to
be put up in this city at the foot Of Third
South street to enable the two roads TO
transact the accumulated business the new
traffic arrangement will draw.
IDA ssSwINBURNE, a little girl aged eleven
wears, boarded the train yesterday morning
with a ticket for Portland, Oregon, where
she was to Join her parents who recently
removed there from this city. Before ar