The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-13
The CITY I'm Brief.


Excavating for the foundation of Thorn as
Fitzgerald s new building on lower Twenty fl th
street has been commenced.
Mr.. Mcknight O member of the Evanston
wyoming, bar was attending to business in the
First district court in this city yesterday.
There was nothing done in the police court
yesterday. All the toughs were on their good
behavior, and the judge took needed rest
Four through trains arrived over the Central
Pacific road yesterday. The Union Pacific east.
bound train waited the arrivals from the west,
and pulled out about pm.
Yesterday William Fisher sold, through Reed
& Burgett, a vacant lot, 44Xl50 feet, twenty-fo
feetnorth of the old Methodist church on Wash
foot.
Nothing was brought out in the examination
of Paul Numford. for the alleged conplicity in
the murder of Hyrum Gleason Col ton 10
duplicate him in any manner, and he was dis
charged.
W. E. Butcher. deputy United States mar
shal who attends to the Office duties in this
city, is confined to his house with infiammatory
rheumatism, from which he is great sufferer
at all times.
Jim Corbett, the slugger who knocked out
kilrain, came in from San Francisco yesterday
and went east on the Union Pacific. He sized
up ALI Low, with a view TO arranging match
on his return in about four weeks
If the survey made up Lost creek by the
Pacific Short Line engineer corps shall be
adopted when the line is finally located, it will
render accessible quarrles OF the finest red sand
stone to be found in Utah or elsewhere.
The recently established merchants patrol is
already showing the necessity for its existence.
1t found three store doors unlocked Tuesday
night, and their owners absent and in blissful
ignorance of the danger to which their property
was exposed.
The Mardi Gras carnival will not be post
poned on account of the refusal Of the chamber
of commerce to take a hand in it. IL will be
carried out by committee OF live citizens, and
will n aa4 ~
least in attracting widespread attention to the
junction city.
The papers continue to tell what the Pacific
Short Lines intentions are. They tell the same
stories, With Slight variations, that have peen
told for the past two years: yet the work does
not materialiZe, and there is no more prospect
of the road being completed in 1890 than there
was two years ago.
The chamber of commerce discussed the cues
ton OF race track at the last meeting, and de-
eided that the best place for it was at the Og
nen Hot Springs, nine miles north of the city,
TO which the street railway will soon be com.
pleted. The Hot Springs viii be made resort
tor turfmen, and place for races and in the
nature OF things must become popular.
Notwithstanding the large number of houses
built last year and the number of houses fitted
up and furnished for rent, the same difficulty in
nnolng sleeping accommodations. or rooms is
as great now as year ago. The citizens Mardi
Gras committee have called upon the people to
prepare 10 throw open what rooms they can
spare for for the accommodation OF the hosts
who VIII visit the city during the carnival week
The coroner's jury, after examining several
witnesses In the case involving the killing OF
little Maggie Mcdonald by switch engine OF
the Union Pacific company in the railroad ward
last Monday evening, say that said killing was
In consequence of the willful omission and neg
Iect OF the Union Pacific Railroad company by
reason OF their not having proper regulations
nor sufic1ent service in protecting persons ne
ceSS6rily having TO cross the tracks in the
nelghoorhood of the street crossings, and that
in Z
negligent In not ringing the bell OF said engine
BIT the time OF the happening of said accident
The several occupants of the building on the
corner OF Washington avenue and Twenty-fiftt
streets (the old Coop, where the Utah Loan
and Trust company are said to be contemplate
ing the erection of the finest business block il
Utah. have been notified in writing by that com.
pany 10 vacate The premises before the 25th
inst, as on that date it is their intention to com
mence tearing down the building. 1t is under
stood that the company will bring an equity suit
70 settle the dlferences between themselves and
tne tenants. Ii this goes against the tenants, il
is probable that they will sue out an Injunction
to prevent the building from being torn down
The paper read by eX-Secretary Clarity be
Tore the chamber of commerce on the night OF
his resignation, did not place that body in a ia
Forable light as to their efficiency for work in
The interest Of the city. Mr.. Garrity's state
ment having gone uncontradicted, must be as
sumed as being true, and would therefore show
necessity Tor another reorganization, if il is
expected that anything of value is to be accom-
plshed beyond the furthering of the schemes OF
particular set of men who have special axes
TO grind This is what Mr.. Clarity did say: Gas
fatal result Of a months deliberation by this
board only five things have been determined
upon, viz: The getting out OF some circulars
that certificates be issued, the placing OF ar
agent at Salt Lake city, the holding of a carni
val and my removal That is the sum total OF
your two months deliberations and we are now
sailing on the sea of confusion without chart
compass or rudder." The time of holding the
Mardi Gras carnival has been changed iron
April - to May H. This gives more time il
which to prepare for the novel event. and better
weather may reasonably be expected on Tho
date last mentioned