The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-12
TUESDAY,
Tie City In Brief.

E. A Littlefield will go to California this
week.
Ogden's buildings for the past year will
make an aggregate of S3,00O.oO0.
Labor Day will be the biggest day Ogden
has ever had in any home celebration.
The ladies' social for the benefit of the
free reading room was fairly well attended
last evening.
The Ogden Typographical Union is hav-
ing an elegant banner made to carry IN the
Labor day parade.
The new Broom will sweep clean-on the
18th. The restaurant part will not be
opened until later
Colonel Copp, manager of the Ogden
Marriage Endowment association, went TO
Salt Lake yesterday.
The fires of the prospectors were burn
ing brirhtly on the mountain side directly
east ogden last night.
SUI is great day for mountain
climb and many Ogden people take
their ,bath's rest IA that way.
A Selson went to Oakl and, Cal, Sat
urday ght, in answer TO a telegram an
round the serious illness of his mother.
Lib band excursion to Syracuse to-
morrc Several prizes will be given
away Id an interesting programme
rende
There as not been robbery or hold-up
for two weeks. Our carnival visitors have
all left town, except those stopping at the
Hotel de Tochett.
The members of Ogden's city council
must all be great men. AT least their opin-
ions differ widely on questions OF needed
public improvements.
John McQuary, who returned from the
interior of China week ago, where he had
been on a mining expedition, is in very poor
health and may not recover.
The Salt Lake mail pouch closes at
O'Clock every evening. HERALD correSpon5
dence mailed at frequently fails to reach
fits destination. What's the reason!
1t is said that the applications for ap-
pointment on the police force would make
q small regiment. That's right. The
force is too small and should be increased.
One of the most needed buildings in Og-
den is an opera house. The present one Is
but burlesque. Some enterprising man
should see that Ogden is no longer without
one
Ogden had a little rain Sunday evening,
and the mountains east were deluged with
water. The Ogden river in consequence is
t1ushy and rendering Ogden's water service
pasSable for the first time since the last
rain.
a Mitchell, of Albany, n. Y, is the
latest acquisition to Ogden's bar. h. with
r. L. Rhoades, one of Denver's leading
lights, and for six years attorney of Ara
pahoe county, make quite an addition to the
array of legal talent.
1t is generally considered that there is a
s'nigger'' in the proposed Sullivan Jackson
glove contest that is alleged it willscome off
here in the uncertain future. The money
is not in sight, and it is believed the Com
9nerciGls sporting editor only wanted to
start breeze.
Four hundred little children, with long
drawn out faces and look of disconsolate
woe, stood in and around the depot yester-
day morning, shivering and watching the
rain spoil the nice picnic that had been ar
ranged especially for their benefit. Amore
disappointed, disguised lot of juveniles it
would be hardito.fnd. But at 10 80 the train
pulled out for Syracuse, the rain ceased,
and their spirits were much raised, The
day turned out nice, and the little ones had
very enjoyable time, returning late in the
evening well satisfied.