The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-15
OGDEN DEPARTMENT.
The City In Brief.


The motor line makes regular trips, but
it is hard work to keep the track clear OF
snow.
Union lodge No. 6, 1. o. o. F., will in
stall install its officers at the regular meet
ing tonight.
1t is understood that the Pacific Short
Line will come down the Weber instead OF
the Og6el canon.
A great many people are stopped in town
by the storm. They prefer to remain here
to taking chances on getting over the rail-
roads.
S. H Cave was in the city yesterday. He
will OCCUPY the first floor of the Cortez
block. as soon as it can be got ready, with
a stock of wines, liquors, etc, and will do
a wholesale and iobbing trade.
The free lunch counters in the saloons
are well patronized nowadays. There are
scores of wayfarers in our midst who are
down to bedrock and unable to move out In
search of work, aid all these men have to
eat.
Governor Thomas recommendations in
regard to the preservation OF our food hsh
and the punishment of offenders against
the game laws, are good. More stringent
laws should be passed and their enforce
ment made easy.
Orders for..THE HERALD, which will,con-
tain full reports of the proceedings OF the
Legislative Assembly, may be left at the
branch Office on Washington avenue, and
will receive careful attention. Enter com
plants of non-delivery of papers or negll-
gence of carriers.
Old timers say that the depth of snow
now on the ground hereabouts has not been
exceeded since 1855. 1t is fortunate that
there have been no high winds to drift the
snow, otherwise it would have been al
most impossible to get through the coun-
try over the main thoroughfares.
The Sioux City Tribune says: "The
greatest railroad project for everal years
is the line from Sioux City to Ogden.
Sioux City people have invested $500, loo
and New York parties 81 ,00O, 900 in the en-
terprise, and its financial standing is solid
1t is actually shorter by 1863 miles than any
other route between Chicago and San
Francisco. but adding to this the difference
in gradients, makes it really 225 miles
shorter than any other route.
The utmost harmony, good feeling ant
enthusiasm prevailed in the annual cham
Der of commerce meeting Monday night
Twenty-siX new members were taken IL
before the election of directors took place
The room in which the meeting was helt
was filled to its fullest capacity. The sec
retary's report showed that the chamber
of commerce have done great deal of gool
work for Ogden during the year just past
The new board of directors is composed OF
live. active business men, and it is almost {
sure thing that there will be quorum
present at every meeting during the pre-
sent year.
Yesterday afternoon one McLoughliI
went into a saloon on Twenty-fourtt
street, where he filled upon bad whisk.
and prepared to clean out the place. Ton
Fiery ordered him out, but he would no
go. Tom got a club and used it to convinc
Mclaughlin that he ought to be quiet. Nc
Loughlin received severe cut on the head
which severed the temporal artery. Bot
Mclaughlin and Fiery were arrested b.
Policeman Studio. DR.. Powers dresses
McLoughlin's wounds, and at last account
he was all o. K. His wound was yer.
dangerous had not medical aid been sum
moned Immediately.