The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-02
PARK CITY PICKINGS.
The Financial Showing Made by
Summit County.
THE SNOW PACKED IN THE HILLS.
The N0rthland- North Pole Trouble-New
Mining Claims RecOrded-A Grist
of Newsy Items.

| week.
William M. Ferry was in the city during
the week.
Superintendent r. G. Chambers came up
from the city on Saturdays train.
w. H. Dodge is suffering from a relapse
from pneumonia, caused by getting out too
soon.
Mrs. Sylvester johnson went to the city
Tuesday for a two weeks visit among
friends.
The change of time of the Echo and
Park City road seems to give general salts
faction.
A large number of Parkites will go down
to the city Friday to take in the big Liberal
parade.
Justice Hayt had great time OF it this
week, not even drunk coming up before
his honor.
T. K. Snow has been on the sick list for
nearly two weeks now, but is improving
and will be out soon.
Judge H. Shields spent the week in Salt
Lake on business connected with the North
Pole Northland difficulty
There will be preaching in the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday by theme pas
tor, Rev. Charles II. Cook.
Now that the snow is lot bothering the
trains, plenty of coal is being brought in
and the coal famine is no more
Alderman E. c. Williamson, who has
been. confined to his bed for nearly two
weeks with neuralgia, is around again.
Mr. w. NJ. Curtis, superintendent of the
Comstock and Glencoe companies, is out
again after a struggle with pneumonia.
John Drake, of Woodside fame, came up
from Provo on Friday to look after some
business interests he still has in the Park.
Charles Johnson, the brakeman who was
injured here last week. was taken to the
Union Pacific hospital, at Ogden, Monday.
F. E. Harding is making arrangements
to get into the postofficeas soon as his com
mission narrives, which is expected this
week.
G. H. Whitney, secretary of the Crescent
mining company, returned home on Friday,
from q two months visit with friends and
relatives in the east
The warm south winds that have pre-
vailed this week have played sad havoc
with the snow, and in many places on south
hillsides the ground can be seen.
1.-THE Great Metropolis is the next at
traction at the Park opera house. 1t will
be presented by the metropolitan Opera
House company" of San Francisco.
The Ontario shipped during the last
week sixty bars of bullion, valued at
s35, 15S. The shipment is large one owing
to there having been none the week before.
The benefit ball of the Park City brass
band Thursday night was a pleasant affair
but was not so well attended as it should
have been. The band deserved better sue
cess.
News was received from Butte this week
of the death there of Ed. Petit, an old
timer in the Park. The cause was
erysipelas with heart complications. Petit
had many friends in the Park.
There are few cases of pneumonia in
town, brought on by la grippe. One case
resulted fatally this week. Mrs. Abigail
Hood, wife of W. H. Hood, died Thursday
afternoon and was buried Saturday.
Its another boy, and the biggest that
ever came to town." is the translation of
the immense smile that overspread the
countenance of Mr.. j. L. Osborne this
week. All concerned are doing nicely.
The knights of Pythias have secured
the Park opera house for Friday, February
q, the eve Of Washington's birthday.
They will celebrate the event with a grand
ball. Tickets are out and fine time is
promised.
Hyrum Steele has interested capitalist
with him in his property below town and
has put in blacksmith outfit and lot of
new tools. A force Of men were put on
Saturday and the ground will be thor
oughly developed.
f. S. White, E. Thompson, D. Melon
aid, w. A. Wilson and w OConuell the
lessees of the Northland Nevada, have
been in Salt Lake during the week attend
ing to business connected with their trou-
bic with the Mayfower lessees.
Residents Of Park avenue, in the vicinity
of the Congregational church, were some
what frightened this week upon noticing
that the loose snow had started to slide
from the top of Treasure hill. 1t ran
short distance, the upper end being caught
by the trees and the whole mass stopped
The Salt Lake passenger train was
showed in about a mile below town on Fri
day night last. The passengers We're
brought up in sleighs. 1t was not until
The rotary ploW did some good work on
this end and now everything is running
smoothly.
There were four deaths in Park City
during the month of January Two were
caused by pneumonia and two were from
children's complaints. La grippe has
RACED the entire month, aud in commu-
nifty where pneumonia thrivcs. there has
only been enc death from its effects. The
above is a good winter month record for a
mountain town.
Another progressive euchre party this
week was the source of much pleasure and
enjoyment. Mr.. and Mrs. W. D. Motfatt
entertained their friends Tuesday night.
Among the ladies, Mrs. G. &. kidder, Mrs.
K. &. Williamson and Mrs. A. Il. Richard
son secured the prizes and Mr.. P H
Lynch, Mr.. Fred. Young and Mr.. A. B.
Richardson secured the honors of the
gentlemen.
A paragraph in the complaint of William
NJ. Ferry, against the owners and lessees
OF the Northland property is both interest
ing and significant: THAT the top and
apex of said North Pole lode and mining
diaries of the claim as located and surveyed
that the lode, on its dip downward and un-
derneath the surface, extends northerly
into the ground adjoining the said North
Pole claim"
Tickets are out for grand ball to be
given on st. Valentines evening. They
read as follows: "Grand ST. Valentines
ball to be given for the benefit of Mrs.
Dawson and her needy little ones, Friday,
February IA, in the Park opera house.
Tickets, s.. co." A committee of ladies
have the affair in charge and their names
are guarantee that it will be success
They are Mrs. D. G. Mclaughlin, Mrs. A.
b. Emery, Mrs. a. B. Richardson, Mrs W.
V. Rice, Mrs. G. A. Short, Mrs
A. G. Reese. Mrs. O. c.. Lockhart
Mrs. c. H. Whitney, Mrs. E. PECAN, Miss
Mary Ferguson, Miss Hartwell and Miss
Moore. The cause is a charitable one and
will no doubt be well patronized.
THE coUNTY's FINANCES.
The published statement of the condition
of the finances of Summit county at the
close of the fiscal year ending December
81, 1889, shows the county to be in
fiourishing condition. The report com
mences March l, 1889, when there was
balance in the hands of the treasurer of
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