The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-18
LOCAL AND OTHER BRIEFS.

! MCCORMICK & Co.'S shipments Yesterday:
Hanauer bullion, $4,000; silver and lead ores,
! S2l,7J0.
| A SwEDE, S. Johnson, of Santaquin, Utah
county, was killed last week by falling over the
! cliffs in the mountains. Johnson was cutting
timber high up in the mountains and'wa alone
when the accident happened. His body was not
found until the next day. His neck and hips
were broken by the fall.
A GENTLEMAN in this city bought dozen i'm
ported chickens alive. So far five of them have
been killed for the table, but all had to be
buried, being entirely unit for use. They all
had enlargement Of the heart in one case the
organ being as large as an ordinary tea cup.
Besides this symptom o; disease other organs
were badly affected. Better look out when you
eat chickens. t
| THE postoffice voting for the east and west
side locations will be closed up to morrow night
as the indications are that the postoffice will
stay for the present whore it is, and the contest
no longer possesses the same interest IL did. Up
to now the voting has been remarkably even. If
you wish to cast q vote do SO before tomorrow
night and indicate your preference.
ABOUT 100 persons saw the foot-race between
Edward B1dwell, the champion of Willard
county, and William Engel, the champion of
Salt Lake. Croppen, who was backing Bidwell,
took all the bets in sight on an even thing, and
as soon as the start was made offered 81
to 81. Bidwell led from the jump, and after
looking back three or four times to see what
had become of Engel, beat him 10 feet. ,rhe
race was 100 yards for SlU0 side. Time 1OZ
seconds.
j. II. BURROWS vas riding horseback near the
city hall last evening, when the ambulance
from Fort Douglas came along. Mr.. Burrows
horse, becoming frightened at the cracking of
the drivers whip backed into the ambulance
which was going at G rapid rate with the con-
sequence that the horse fell and rolled com
pletely over his rider A number OF fremen
ran out thinking he was killed. but strange to
relate, he escaped with only a few bruises The
ambulance rolled gaily of and Mr. Burrows
s.. O1nSe1 ho
was dead or alive.
| j. NJ. RICKETTS, returned from Washington
yesterday. He said there was nothing in the
Postoifce situation but that THE HERALD gave
10 Its readers almost before it was known in
Washington. The matter, MS stated by THE
HERALD, Is in allegiance Z Mr. Ricketts, did not
know whether an insre ,tor would be sent out.
ON Thursday last Mrs. PreSendia Kimball and
Mrs Bathsheba w. Smith, of this city, were
thrown from a buggy at Big Cottonwood and
both were so severely injured that they re-
manned unconscious for half an hour alter the
accident The ladies were removed to house
| IN the vicinity and DR.. Roumania Pratt was
! sent for and remained until Friday, when Mrs,
Smith was able to return home. Mrs. Smith
is still at Big Cottonwood.
To MISS M. A, PIcKARD belongs the credit
| OF capturing the first poSsum ever seen in
Utah. The marSupial Quadruped was creep
ing along the fence back of Pickard's ware
house on Third South and Third West, when
Miss ickard set eye on it. She first thought il
a musRrat and to capture the rodent leveled
| her pi stol and fred The animal fell wounded
to the ground when the fair huntress bagged
her game, little dreaming that she had reduced
to captivity the first opossum found in Utah.
1t is now on exhibition at Pickard's store on
Second South street, and doing well, though
showing It's .possum nature by feinting
| dead. The darkies have their eye on "dat pos
sum, shure nuff' and will make dreadful uick
work of 1t unless Pickard keeps his eye on dat
niger
| THIS is how they do 1T in Leadville: "When
the city council went into executive session
last evening the city dads discussed the condi-
! ton of the roads leading from the mines and
through the CITY, After mature elaboration. it
was decided to have an ordinance framed which
would impose tax of s. upon every citizen who
resided within the city limits. The fund thus
| raised to be called "the special street fund. %
The ordinance will be drafted by the next regu-
| lar meeting and no doubt passed but whether
the city fathers have the, authority to impose
this tax upon an already overburdened commu-
nlty remains to be seen. The county commits
siohars want 50 head from all citizens, and
now the city council will demand 80; the regu-
lar tax collector will soon be around for his per
cent. and the chances seem good for an exodus
from the city before long."--DiSpatcb.
| THE adjourned meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Descret Agricultural and Manufac-
turing society was held last evening at the office
of Architect r. Kletting. After thorough in
spection OF the plans Of the proposed additions
to the territorial fair buildings on the Emposi-
ton grounds, Tenth ward the executive and
building committee were instructed to advertise
for sealed bids for their construction, at an ap-
prox1lnate cost of twenty-five thousand dollars
and the committee were authorized TO open said
bids and award the contract On June next, so
that the building may be fastened to compile
ton and without delay, for use at the October
next fair. The advertisement, ''Notice to Con-
tractors, will be found in another column of
this issue The leasing of the Agricultural
Park grounds, in the northwest part of the city,
was referred to IL committees; other general
matters were discussed, and the meeting adj
journed subject to the call of the president