The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-15
TUESDAY,
The City i'm Brief.
July Is, 1890

About all the carnival visitors have left
the city for their homes.
The carnival committee are disposing of
the tents which they had left over.
The day has not been definitely set for
the laying Of the corner stone of the Utah
university.
Kansas City parties propose to erect
houses in Ogden and sell them on the in
stallment plan.
The new sewer system must be COM
pleted by December L. That's the way the
contract reads
Mayor Kesel is determined to enforce
the Sunday closing law. II he gives the
proper orders the law will be enforced.
Those unsightly buildings in Lester park,
which served purpose while the carnival
was on, have been torn down and removed.
The gravel train is still running on
Twenty fifth street, east of Madison ave
nue., and that street will soon be brought TO
the established grade.
The chamber of commerce will meet to-
morrow evening. There is an attempt to
revive interest, which is the only way to
accomplish good results.
Judge Henderson returned from Salt
Lake city last evening in company with his
successor and will hold a session of the
First district court to-day.
The inter denominational Sunday school
excursion and picnic to Syracuse will take
place to morrow. The fare for the children
is 10 cents and adults % cents.
Real estate matters are pretty quiet these
days. The weather's too hot and there's
too much building going on to allow of
much time for dabbling in dirt.
The Syracuse bathing club will make its
first excursion of the season tonight, the
train for the lake leaving the depot at 6: 80
and leaving the lake at 10 o'clock.
Professor Fisher, who drilled the carni-
nival chorus, is to be given benefit on the
night of the 18th. The ente rtainment will
consist OF d musical concert anu a dance.
A gentleman who was around town on
Sunday last, says that larger number OF
saloons than usual kept both front and back
doors closed tight during the entire day.
The train carrying the old folks to Salt
Lake will leave the depot this morning at
S:15. It is thought that 250 people will GO
from here. May they have a good time
and return safely.
The "boys'' handled Saturday nights
fire in good shape, showing that they have
practiced hard and to advantage. Our fire
department is now well equipped and in
good working order.
The death of General John G. Fremont
calls up in the mind of this writer reminis
cences of the long agos, when he (the
writer cast his first ballot for 1.-The path
finder" Those were stirring times.
Joseph Metzler has backed out of his
promise to build a hotel if the citizens
would raise him bonus of S12,5 800 The
bonus was raised and rendered to him, but
last evening he declared that he would no.
build
Sundays Syracuse and Hot Spring,
trains captured more people than did all
the churches. Those who attended places
of worship did so as duty, while the
others took little outing for pleasure and
recreation.
]. d. Negus is still in New York, ant
work has not yet commenced on this end
of the Pacific Short line. Time flies, an6
the working season for 1890 is CROWNS
shorter. Negus yield a point and let the
work so on.
The Weber county Liberal committe,
have called delegate convention to NEE
in this city at . o'clock pm on the 19tl
instant. The primaries will be held on tn
18th and voting for delegate will continu
from 5 to $50 pm.
A fire at u o'clock Saturday night par
tally destroyed an unfinished two stor,
house on Monroe Avenue, between Twent,
sixth and twenty streets, owned b.
James Iyerson. it is said that the insur
Rnce has just run out
The local press have not yet made u
their minds as to the character and purpCs
of the grading outfit now operating il
Ogden canon. The Commercial reporte
thinks they are cutting path through tn
wilds for Barnum's elephants.
The school election yesterday occasioneC
no excitement in this city. Both partie
worked earnestly and steadily to cleo
their men, each convinced hat If the othe
was successful the school interests of til
city would still be in safe hands.
The derrick to be used in prospecting fo
gas and oil near the university grounds j
made of heavy timber is twenty fee
square at the base, five feet square at tn
top and sixty four feet high. The well [
be bored will be nine inches in diameter.
Printed lists of the fire alarm box locs
tons and showing where the keys to th
boxes may be found, as well as how TO tur
in an alarm, Should be in every house an
business place This is the custom in a
cities that have the electric fire alarm sys
TEN in operation.
Ogden lodge No. 9 Knights of Pythias las
night installed their officers as follows:J {
White, chancellor commander; Carl sHes
mark, vice-chancellor; Joseph ID. Ferris
prelate;s w. A. e. Thornton, master
arms; 7. j. johnson. inside guard, J. v
Macintosh, outside guard.
Not much interest appears to be man
Tested this season 10 regard to prospectin
hereabouts. Nothing has been heard
the promising prospects that were discol
cred last summer, yet some of them are b
ing worked and before the season close
some rich developments are likely to
made.
The speed with which the gravel tram
way train is run through the streets
suggestive of danger and death No on
ever saw anything like it in any otter cit.
ii goes whizZlng along as though it ia
only one day in which to do great amour
of work. Such reckless running should /
stopped.
Ogden canon, which was formerly such
pleasant place for camping out, is not an
longer either safe or pleasant. This is op
ing to the fact that much work IS going c
there, such as ditching, grading, blasting
etc, and thedust is intolerable. Howeve
there are many camping parties in IL
canon and more preparing TO go.
The result of the school election her
yesterday was as follows: First war
W. w. E'unge, Liberal, IA majority: Sc
ond ward, l.. X. Adams tboth tickets ..
majority; Third ward. Thomas ID De-
People, ~ majority; Fourth ward, Ra
Smith, Liberal, liz majority: Fifth ward
w. w. Corey, Liberal, ll3 majority.
Yesterday WAS the quotes; election da
Been in Ogden for many years. No perso,
rcngregated about the polling places e1
rept the workers Of both parties. Votel
marched up, deposited their ballots al
then left to attend to their business I'll
HERALD representative met several me
who dion even know that an election w;
in progress.
a villainous looking tramp came foolir
around the back door Of an uptown res
5ence day or two ago. The head of Il
house saw him through the window al
went to the door, earring in his hand 81.
thQnfpl. Dnpninp a crack in r flro1 I;