The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-04
March 4, 1890
TUESDAY,
The City in Brief.


his southern trip and yesterday was at
tending to business as usual.
There will be social dance in the Third
ward meeting house tonight. Tickets, 90
cents and good time assured.
The county court held its regular quar-
terly session yesterday. Only the ordinary
routine business was transacted.
Three fellows. confined In the city jail
and suspected of being burglars, will be
examined in the police court to-day.
The curbstone real estate brokers of
Ogden differ from those of Salt Lake.
There isn't gutter snipe among the whole
lot.
In the probate court. in the matter of the
estate OF William Pool, deceased; petition
of Merlnda Pool, widow, for letters Of ad-
ministration received and filed.
The SUNDAY HERALD, with its lbs col
umns of interesting reading matter, was in
demand in Ogden. Such paper would be
a credit to any city in the country.
The authorities of the military academy
are surveying on their premises with view
to making an artificial lake, which will be
supplied with water from the Bear river
canal.
c. E. Mayne, president of the Ogden
Power company, will return from San
Francisco tomorrow. Secretary o. D.
Banks is holding the business down in Mr..
Mayne's absence.
Judge Gibbons, the portly mayor of Col
linston, honored our city by visit yester-
day. He reports that his balliwick is on
4 boom now, which promises to grow to
larger dimensions.
The examination of Tod, the alleged
slayer of Pat Desmond, which was set for
10 o'clock a. III. yesterday, was postponed
until the same hour to-day. 1t will be held
before Justice Dee.
Shakespeare's lambs in the chain gang
were clearing off the sidewalks around the
city hall lot yesterday. They were short of
tobacco, and hailed every passer by to beg
chew Or some money.
There's a revival going on in the Meth
odist church, and the building is filled with
sinners every night. On Sunday night
there was jam and a tumble of saints and
sinners, but no accident.
E. A Mcdaniel is sweating over the
non-arrival of his press and printing ma
terial, which were ordered several weeks
ago. He cannot get cut his paper the Mon
day Morning, until the necessary material
gets here and is placed in position.
Some of the enterprising storekeepers on
the principal business streets have not been
enterprising enough to clear the snow off
the sidewalks in front of their places of
business. There should be city ordinance
compelling this to be done after every
storm.
Mr.. Wilson, the contractor for building
the dam and houses of the Ogden Power
company, which are to be completed in
ninety days. was yesterday moving his out
fit into Ogden canon. He viii put 200 men
at work, and says that he will complete his
contract on time.
The prospects are bright for govern
ment building in Ogden. 1t is very prob
able that $3.50, 600 will be appropriated for
that purpose during the present session OF
Congress. The amount will nearly all be
expended on the building, as the cost OF
the site will be nominal
A J. Warner, the owner of considera-
bic valuable real estate in Ogden, intends
to build number of houses for rent on
some of his lots. He has let contract fo1
a six-room house on the east side of Jeffer-
son avenue, between Twenty sixth an6
Twenty seventh streets, which is a fine
location.
Last summer there was a rush Of
strangers to Ogden and everybody worked
in concert to entertain them. Mann
private houses were thrown open for theil
accommodation. Then some houses were
built and the renting of furnished room:
became lucrative business. Now agar
there is a scarcity of rooms, as well as
houses, and the expected rush has moi
talrly commenced.
The collapse of the American Buildins
and Loan association of Minneapolis
Mimi, should cause the people of Ogder
TO be careful about investing in foreign
institutions of that kind, especially whe1
they have at home an association-tht
Ogden Building and Savings association
with whose officers and members they ar,
well acquainted and in whom they hav,
perfect confidence. Keep the money a
home, where it will be used in the buildin,
up of Ogden.
There is a bright promise of abundan
crops Of fruits in this part OF Utah thi
year. Last season was not an average one
yet with the exception of apples, there wa
more of different varieties of fruit, such a
peaches, pears and plums, than could b.
utilized. The dried peaches and apples o
Utah are the best in the world, and nee
with a ready sale at good prices. In view
of the prospect for this year, it has beef
suggested that evaporators be put in oper
alton to utilize the crop. 1t is to be hoped
that the suggestion will be acted on.