The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-16

The City in Brief.

Yesterday was the hottest day of the
season. At p. m. the mercury IN several |
thermometers was noticed to be agitated
and appeared to be at the boiling point.
Transfers have no right to drive through |
Lester park and if they do so hereafter
they will be arrested for trespass.
The city physician reports one case OF
uiphtheria and one of scarlet fever In the
city. Both cases have been quarantined.
A $1,000 Methodist church edifice is to
erected at Five Points.
Eight coaches, well filled with old people
and their escorts, rolled out Of the passen-
ger depot yesterday morning bound for
Salt Lake, to take in the annual picnic.
The old boys and girls seemed as happy as
children. God bless them.
w c. Warren, one of Ogden's most sue
cessful real estate men, intended to start
north last evening for tour through Ore
gon, Washington and British Columbia,
but feeling somewhat indispossd, and upon
the advice of his physician, concluded to
defer his departure for a day or two. he
VIII return by way of California, and in
September intends to cross the briny TO
the land of his birth, merrie England.
The hobos who have been in the habit of
1ounging around in Lester park, to the
great annoyance of respectable people, Will
do well 10 give that place wide berth.
Yesterday afternoon a squad Of policemen
arrested nine of these fellows and marched
them off to jail. Judge Preshaw Will prob
ably find work for these idle hands to do.
The Ogden bathing club vent to Syracuse
last evening. This is the first trip the club
has made this season.
In Justice Dee's court yesterday after
noon, one Thomas Coddington was tried
on the charge of stealing lot of tools from
one Clark and taken them to Layton. The
sheriff hrOnphf him OGDEN He
then tried on a similar charge, job Reed
being the complainant. On this charge ne
was also convicted, and today will receive
his sentence.
Deputy Marshal Bowman arrested the
alleged fourth wife of Archie McF
and took her before Commissioner Perrin,
who bound her over IN the sum of $1,000 to
appear as a witness in the case of the
United States against McF arland, charged
with unlawful cohabitation.
The work of taking the census of Ogden,
under authority of the city council, will
begin today at noon or tomorrow morn
ing.
Yesterday morning, about O'Clock.
two footpads attempted to hold up gentle
man on Adams avenue, near Twenty
fourth. He scared them off and they took
to their heels. He ran in the other direc-
ton.
TO be well posted, says the records at the
depot show that upwards of $4,000 passen-
gers were landed in Ogden over the vari-
Gus railroads carnival week. Those who
made preparations for such a large crowd
only regret that less than one-fourth of
that number came and stopped over.
The Commercial says: :Ogden can now
invite the most progressive people to come
to her limits from the most progressive
states" Why, of course. If not why not.
There are no strings OMEN, unless they're
short of CASH and if they are, Ogden has
no use for them at present. Induce cap
italists to come and establish manufactor-
les to produce something and bring
money into the country. Then ''culcnaw'
will come also. Less ''culchaw'' and more
capital and muscle are needed to make a
city of Ogden.
Sneak thieves are plying their vacation
in Ogden. Their operations are carried
on in open daylight, as well as when
darkness speards over the face of the
earth.
1t is learned that of the 125 tents which
were set up on Lester park for the use OF
carnival visitors, only eight were occupied
This shows that somebody miscalculated
the number of people who would certainly
be present. Now the tents are for sale
cheap.
On the first Monday of September next,
Ogden is TO have great labor demonstra-
ton and parade of labor union men.
What's become of the wooden mil pro-
1ect! Where's the great wooden mill that
was to have been started in Power Place
several months ago9
The complimentary benefit to Professor
Fisher, leader of the carnival chorus, viii
take place in the coliseum tomorrow even
ing. The Ogden brass band will assist.
The inter-denomnatonal Sunday schoo
excursion TO Syracuse will start this morn
ing. There will be an immense crowd anC
it is the sincere wish of all that they may
have a day of real enjoyment.
Miss Nellie Buchmiller, one Of Ogden.
fairest young ladies to the manner born
will soon start for Oberlin college to tax,
course of study in that celebrated educa
tional Institution.
At the school election in Marriott,
settlement the Liberals had no candidate
and the People cast fifteen votes.
Statewide elected the Peoples part,
candidates = John Knight, ST., Jane.
Slater and II. G.. Hoiley-for school trus
tees by a majority of ten votes. The Lib
eral candidates who got left were w A
Richardson, Thomas Slater and Richare
Howell. Squire Hutchins engineered The
Peoples party campaign.
John Farrell was down from Ogden val
ley yesterday, and from him your CORES
pendent learned tnat everything is goin
on smoothly there. There is a promise o
abundant crops of grain, potatoes and veg
etables, While the hay crop is immense
There is a rumor in the valley that som
prospectors have 'tstruck it rich'' in Broad
mouth canon, ore having been uncovere
which assays away up in the thousands il
silver and copper. There is an abundanc
of water this year and no cause of conten
ton A corps of surveyors are at work O
the Cache valley divide between Paradis
and Eden, about eight miles from the lat
ter place. In whose interest they are run
ming lines is not known.
Chamber of commerce meeting to night
A desperate effort will be made to reviv
interest in the work Of the chamber. ]
ought to succeed.
Work has begun upon the foundation o
the new opera house, which is to be one o
finest in the west.
A fine cement walk is being laid on tn
south side OF Twenty-fifth street hill
above Reed & Burgitt's real estate Office
in front Of the properly owned b. +. A
Reed and his associates. The best Englis
Portland cement is used, and those VIII
are doing the work thoroughly understan
their business.
All the bathing trains should have c
board one or more peace officers. arme
with authority TO suppress hcodiumisn
Decent people must be protected at a
hazards.
Sixteen hundred and thirty two vote
were poliei in the five wards OF this cit
for scfocl trustees. Ghe Liberals got ]. 0l
and the Peoples Gil. TBS result va
brought abDIt without resorting to I'll
Salt Lake method Of arbitrarily strikin
from the registry lists the names Of lega
Sc