The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-12
THURSDAY, June IL, 1894
The City in Brief.

get any particulars.
TIE new Methodist church ediice is
rapidly going up in tie direction of the
starry dome, When completed it viii be
beautiful Guiding.
]. S. Shropshire, attorney for the Union
Pacific, district of Montana, headquarters
at Butte, was in the city yesterday. He
left for Salt Lake last evening.
The friends Of the undertaken are ice
cream dealers. Their agents, pushing each
little cart and exercising his lungs, are
met on almost every corner.
L. b. Parsons, Of southern Utah, was in
the city yesterday. He left for the west
last evening to examine some mining prop
critics in Eureka county, Nevada.
+, The county tax this year is 1i16 mills. as
against 49, mills in 1850. Ogden school
district levies q tax of 2115 mills this year
for the support of free district schools.
IT'S broad statement to make. but tits a
fact nevertheless, that all classes of the
people can get anything that they want in
this city now, and tits getting more so every
day.
"Bill' Brown, once sheriff of Weber, aud
City Marshal Metcalf are candidates for
the sherinalty, both on the Liberal ticket
There are score of others yet to be heard
from.
In the probate court yesterday, in the
matter of the estate of Luman A. Shurtiiff
deceased; order appointing Levi j. Taylor,
William Rawson and Peter Nelson ap-
praisers of said estate.
The school elections in the five municipal
wards of Ogden will take place on July IL.
Two trustees will be elected in each ward
and these, with the mayor as chairman,
will constitute the school board.
Workmen will commence laying the
foundation, next week, for the grand
seven-story building of the Utah Loan and
Trust company. 1t will be rushed to COM
pletion and finished this year.
There's big hole in the ground on the
corner Of Washington avenue and Twenty
fourth street, where until few days ago
stood the old Coop. store. The Utah Loan
and Trust company will fill it. @
Alb Gentry, sporting man, has COM
menced suit against the Madden Brothers
to recover the sum of 5000 which he alleges
in his complaint was lost while in the care
and custody of the defendants.
The Pacific Short Line officials have not
yet turned up-in Ogden. The last prom
Use was that they would hold an important
meeting here on the 10th. The information
was given by Sioux City paper.
Mr.. Eddy, formerly of THE HERALD
staff, later with the Commercial and at
present telegraph editor of the STANDARD,
will be one of the Ogden Democrats sta f.
MIR. Eddy is versatile newspaper man.
Ice cream and strawberries and cream.
cakes, coffee and fresh milk. ALI those
delicacies, served by the hands of fair
(ladies, at the old Fifth ward schoolhouse on
Madison avenue, near Lester park, to-mor-
row friday evening.
The Ogden hot springs, nine miles north
of the city, are being well patronized these
days. Two special trains go out daily, and
they are generally well filed. BY the way,
the present proprietors of these springs
are making fine resort of the place.
The tent trade will be fiat after the close
of the carnival, but nearly every resident
of the city will have one or more Thew
kgill come handy for camping out when the
fred-hot days of July and August come to
vex our spirits and make our starched
linen wilt ike frosted tomato vines under
the rays of the sun.
The Rev. A j. Bailey, of the Congrega-
tional church, came near going 20 kingdom
come Tuesday, while passing down Ogden
canon. The accident was caused by a huge
stone, started by blast, which frightened
the horses. He came near backing off into
the river, but fortunately stopped on the
brink.
The Ogden az Hot Springs railway is
creeping toward its northern terminus al
a rapid gait. it will get there about the
25th instant The Twenty fifth street line
has now reached and passed the bench
canal, and few days more will see the
connection made on Mob Hill. Better late
in getting there than never.
Henry Hartman, of this city, has invented
: and applied for patent on a ship propeller
which he believes will cause revolution
IN ocean navigation. 1t consists of al
augur-shaped screw, which is attached ts
the bottom Of tue boat in place of the keel.
He thinks that with this device speed of
100 miles an hour can be obtained.
The weather yesterday was hot. 1t wa:
sultry, reminding one of summer DAYS il
the sunny south, although down iii Dixie
they are deprived of the pure breezes tina
temper the atmosphere in these mountain
regions. Those who are now in Ogdel
from places south of Mason and Dixon:
line feel quite at home here, so far as the
weather is concerned.
Everybody doesn't know what a great
circulation the "Giant of the Reckless has
or else more business men outside of Sal
Lake city would be more exten.
sively represented in its advertising col
umns. For instance, just take The SEMI
WEEKLY HERALD, which has sworn cir
culation Of over 1000 copies per week
That's q paper that goes to the homes anC
p firesides of the people, and those are tn,
people That READ advertisements and are OF
che lockout for bargains.
"What kin yer git a room fer in di.
town. queried a newcomer TO chanc
acquaintance. ''Jf yer want nice clean
room on the bench you'll have to git deer
down in your pocket for much cash, but i
you can crawl into an empty dry goods DO,
and not get caught by tie cop, you can &c
room cheap-just about suited TO the size
Of your wallet THAT'S it, Just about IN
size of il. III hunt around by daylight ana
locate the box"
Tuesday evening fire was discovered
by T. II. Reeder and wife in an old wooGe,
building in the rear CT other old woode.
buildings On Twenty-:iffh street.. JUS
about where tae contemplated street is !
teO through a.ock %. No alarm va
sounded, ana the matter, Ger sone reesol
unknown to this writer, WIS key: ouis.
until yesterday. Had the lire gained. hea5;
way il would certa My have cleaned On
the old rookeries in the vicinity ana PCS
sibiy destroyed other property OF rsa
value. Those wooden shanties Oh L w.snfy
fifth street should be condemned as unsafe
Ogden bids fair 10 become city of tent
by the 25th instant. thousands of ten.
have arrived for the use of carnival guest
and these are being bought up by our peo
pie and put up on the grounds silrround:n.
their residences. Cots By thousands iag'
4 been arriving for the Boyle Furnitur
Il company and these are being carried ava,
~ and placed in the tents or houses OF Ike l.,
xhabitants. 1t begins 20 look now as though
Egdep would be able to take good care O