The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-12
OGDEN DEPARTMENT.
The City in Brief.

1t is stated on excellent authority that the
canal company will shortly erect some costly
Office buildings near Five Points.
The nasty weather is having very discour-
aging effect upon those VINO desire to do bust
ness, especially in the building line
The usual delay in the arrival of the Utah s.
Northern train occurred last evening, and the
Utah Central train waited until o'clock.
Yesterday was genuine winter day, not cold
but prolific of snow squalls and other evidences
OF the lingering of winter in the lap of spring.
runaway made the mud fly on Washington
avenue yesterday about noon, but as usual no
serious Damage was done by the two fly horses.
The new fire engine is expected every day.
The chairman of The fire committee hopes to
have the engine here before the alarm system is
completed. .r.4
heavily loaded emigrant train from the
west arrived here between ana 5 O'CLOCK pm.
yesterday. The union depot waiting rooms were
crowded with people.
The Central Pacific was still In the tolls of
foods. washouts and land slides. The indica
lions were yesterday that the road would be
blocked for several days.
The clerk of the weather has evidently lost
his grippe, which may account for the state of
the weather, as many nortals have found what
the clerk has apparently lost
The Social Session. troupe came in over the
c. P. yesterday and they delighted lovers of
music with some choice selections in front of the
Broom hotel at the dinner hour.
The disagreeable weather has seriously inter
fered with the real estate business in this CITY,
AS March came in like lion, the real estate
mea are praying for it to perform to lamb act
on retiring.
The examination of the parties charged with
being implicated in or accessory to the murder of
Hyrum Gleason at Collnston, was appointed to
take place before Commissioner r. W. Cross at
o'clock last evening.
4 There will not be a citizens meeting to con-
Hlder the railroad question this evening" as the
special committee appointed TO make an inVeS-
ngauon and ascertain concerning the right of
way will not be able TO report
The new Thirtieth street bridge will soon be
under way. When completed, south Washing
ton avenue will become one of the main thor
pughfares of the city, and the result will be to
draw business south Of the city hall.
One case OF drunk aud one of petty larceny in
the police court yesterday. The former will re-
main under cover IL the city jail for ten days
and the latter for two long months, except
when enjoying the free air of heaven on street
work during pleasant weather.
1.-THE Social Session combination appeared
1T the opera house last evening. They were
billed TO appear at Park City last evening but
were unable to get through in time to appear, as
they were delayed on the Central Pacific and
eould not catch train for Park City until last
evening. They go TO the Park this morning.
One of the finest specimens of bovine animal
life that ever was seen in Utah or elsewhere is
to be seen at j. M. Dee's livery stable on Twenty
fifth street. 1t is an imported thoroughbred
Galloway bull one of the herd, consisting of
nineteen cows and four bulls, controlled by P L.
OIIn. Inc GdllOWdYS are noted Tor their tine
qualities as beef producers, and those who are
raising cattle for market are beginning to appre-
ciate that fact.
Orth Littlefield agents, are introducing to
the attention of the Utah farmers a combination
wire and picket fence machine, one of the most
practical of any yet invented. 1t viii prove a
boon TO the farmers who can by its use make
their fences at less than half the cost of the
ready made article and superior to il in every
way. The machine is on exhibition at Dee's
Twenty-tifth street stable
The killing OF little girl, Maggie Mcdonald
by switch engine in the yards of the Union Pa
cidc railway in this city, should call attention
to the necessity of doing something to lessen
the dangers attendant upon crossing the tracks
In the yark. The switch engine, which is con
tinually passing to and fro should at all times
have man on the rear end of it while 1t is run
ming backwards. Fad this been the case Mon
day night, when the little girl was run over the
accident would have been avoided and pre-
cious life saved.
An interesting case was tried in the First Dis
trict court yesterday. 1t was between HobSon
and Dean the former real estate dealer and
the latter an owner of real estate. The plaintiff
sought to recover commission on sale of real
estate placed in the hands OF his firm by defend
ant in the usual manner of doing such things
that is to say, not as special agent. 1t was
known to the plaintiff that others had the land
for sale in the same manner. and that the owner
specially reserved the right TO make the sale
himself in which case no broker was to receive
commission. The owner made the sale. Yer
dict for defendant.