The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-09

The City in Brief.

1ut Olbg III bflct.
The water on the bench was not turned
OFF yesterday. Housekeepers were sur
prised
In the police court yesterday, Harry
Emerson, for disturbing the peace, was
fined $50
Some of the heavy cut stone for the Reed
hotel superstructure were being placed in
position yesterday.
Nine carloads of old California pioneers
came in from the coast yesterday morning
and went down to Salt Lake
w. w. Ritter, superintendent of the Utah
division of the Union Pacific system, came
up yesterday in his special car.
The artillery of heaven volleyed and
Numbered yesterday forenoon, and quite a
refreshing shower came down from the
surchargeG clouds.
In the police court yesterday, in the
matter OF the estate and guardianship of
Alkaline R. Wright ct al, minors; order
confirming sale of real estate.
Yesterday was a day full of April
showers and May smiles, sunshine and
clouds, but the real estate men kept up
their end of the teeter board and ''got
thar.n
The city council meets this evening,
when 1t is expected that the vital question
OF sewerage will approach nearer to its
cOAObAO1 dlUSE oil bL6 weighing duu
glng Tor many weary months.
The Monte Cristos of the Rocky noun
tains held an important business meeting
last evening. Its said that the sum of
$4,000 has been pledged by local parties to
insure the success of the carnival.
1arney Tibbals, of the Little Queen, who
has been occupying rooms in the old Jen-
nings' corner has bought out DIR. Higgins
place and will remove from his present
quarters before the building is torn down.,
Mr.. Matthews has everything in readi-
ness to put out the first number of his new
society paper, The Three Frdte7nities. 1t
will be devoted to the interests Of the
orders of Odd Fellows, Freemasons and
knights Of Pythias.
Work will be commenced on the founda-
ton OF the new Roman Catholic church. on
the northeast corner of Adams avenue and
Twenty fourth street. as soon as the build
ing now on that corner can be removed and
the ground excavated.
Ogden bridge is secure, the street car
company having done their very best to
secure that important part Of inter-com
munication between city and country. Car
loads of stone have been piled up to
strengthen the foundation.
Application was made yesterday for a
petition for another knights of Pythias
lodge in Ogden. The present existing
lodge has q membership of about eighty.
The new lodge will start out with from
fifty to sixty charter members.
A notice posted in front of the Equitable
Coop. store informed the public that in
consequence of the death of Robert G. Ber-
rett, Of North Ogden, director in the con-
Germ, the store would remain closed be-
tween the hours of and pm. yesterday.
H. M. Bond s. Co., the old, well-known
and decidedly popular groceryman, will
''glt up and git out of their present quar-
tiers on the corner of Washington avenue
and Twenty fourth street.-the old Jen-
nings corner-and in day or two can be
found ready for business in the room on
Twenty-fourth street formerly occupied
by @. J. Wright.
The people Of Ogden are too much en-
gagged in business matters to throw away
much time on local politics. 1t is thought
that there will be at least three tickets in
the field at the ensuing fall election Sew.
eral states have been constructed, so it is
said, with some good material in all Of
them. Generally speaking, those who are
devoting much time to politics nowadays
have no legitimate business to engage their
attention.
1t Is dangerous to fool with the members
of the health commission. Harry Emerson
found this to be a fact yesterday when
Judge Preshaw fined him $40 and taxed
HILL WIFI b1CCOSlS u d SOlO DIOuSuG
him for abusing the sanitary inspector who
made some inquiries about and desired to
look at his pig pen, which is located close
to the well which supplies the Union pas :
senger station with drinking water.
A burglar came to grief about 9 o'clock
yesterday morning at the hands of w. P.
Thompson. The gentleman, upon reach
ing home, found his wife screaming MUIR
der, saw an open window and at once took
in the situation. The burglar hadn't been
able to ''burgle'' any when Thompson got
home. The latter named held him up with
a toy pistol and triumphantly marched him
off to the city jail Mike Conner is his
name, Yesterday the grand jury found a
true bill against him and he will go UP for
term in the penitentiary, as sure as fate
Dread diphtheria has again made its un-
welcome appearance in our midst This
time it has broken out in what is supposed
to be the most healthful part of the city.
The health officers yesterday quarantined
the house No. 2i2S Jefferson avenue, be-
tween Twenty first and Twenty-second
streets, and also hung out the danger flag
at the residence of John Houtz, on Twenty
sixth street, between jefferson and Mad
ison avenues. 1t is the duty of all to report
every case of malignant disease that comes
under their observation, and thus assist
the health officers and prevent an cpl
demic.