The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-25
WEDNESDAY,
The City in Brief.

The City in Brief
The Evangelical Sunday schools OF the city
will have an excursion 10 Syracuse on July6
The fence around Lester park, which was Or
oered taken down by the city council. still re-
mains intact.
Tie high wind yesterday filed the air with
aust and it was not confined TO the unsprinkled
Streets either.
The county court was in session YESTERDAY,
3ut transacted no business beyond allowing
few oils of the usual nature.
a large number of wall tents have been
erected in Lester park. There is room In that
park for several hundred more tents.
Jack Davis. pugilist. champion of Colorado.
has come TO Ogden to take in the carnival and
do little business in has line II possible.
In the probate court yesterday, in the matter
of the estate of Simon S. Higginbotham, de-
ceased; return and account OF real estate,
Ben Bachman, jr.. deputy clerk of the First
district court at Provo is officiating for Clerk
II. H Henderson during his absence IN the east
Henry E. Steele, ex-deputy United States
marshal, is in the field for the nomination Tor
sheriff. He is the sixteenth candidate Tor that
honor, with several precincts TO hear from.
Keep your eyes peeled and your powder dry
and look out for thieves, burglars and hold ups
Don't waste any powder Oh the scum OF lhe
earth who are floating in here TO ply their Voca-
lions.
A few OF our patriotic store-lleepers have dec
GRATED their places Of business on the principal
streets. Others Will 90 so during the week ana
lcarance.
iliG the police court Yesterday q number OF
Inca We're arr2igned for Vagrancy and discharged
upon proof that they were worklngmen looking
for jobs. Several DRINKS and one VaS were sent
up tcr ten days.
The carnival excursion rates for railway
tickets from Omaha and all points this side OF
the Missouri river are SPY for the round trip
These tickets VIII be on sale IL the onlceS OF the
companies tomorrow.
In accordance with instructions from the city
council the city marshal has ordered the side
walks cleared OF all distinctions, but they are
obstructcd all the same. The order should be
Strictly enforced without fear or favor.
D. IL. peery. Jr., guesses that the population
of Ogden is rising 5000. Henry'S head Is level
on that point The census will show from 900
TO 1900, which is about double the number Of
people that resided here about year ago.
Lucern hay, which two weeks ago was sell
ing on the street for IS per ton, is now on slow
sale at So This is owing to the fact that there
Will be more than enough cut this season to
supply any probable demand for home use.
Work has not yet been commenced upon the
81 .500,OOO stock yards and packing houses, and
probably they will not be built until after the
neutrality-suspicious. not before the Pacific Short
Line commences to build from this end OF the
line
The boxes for the reception of mail matter
have been placed in position throughout the
city After the list OF July it will not be neces-
sary to go to the postoifce to mail letter or to
get mail If addresses for delivery are sent in to
The postmaster.
The Ogden Light guards will be at the tour
nament grounds tomorrow evening to guard
the knights during tie fitting. An admission
fee OF IS cents will be charged, one-half OF
which VIII be given TO the Light guards TO help
purchase uniforms.
J. NJ Hams foreman of the Red Cloud mine
in Taylor's canon. came down yesterday. He
reports work on the mine as progressing favor
ably. He has driven tunnel into the noun
tain a distance of l40 feet. The ore of the Red
Cloud shows no well in clnnabar.
The hearing OF the case against Thomas S.
Todd for the killing of Pat Desmond occupied
the attention of the First district court yester-
day. great many spectators were IN he
court room and considerable interest was mani
Tested by them. The jury IS of the usual intel
ligent KIND OF men who never read the neWspa-
pers.
Joseph Metzler, who recently disposed of his
business in Denver and removed to this city,
viii not only engage in the erection OF large
hotel and the putting up OF tenement houses
bnt will also manufacture brick large
scale He said yesterday that three carloads
of machinery for his brck-maklng plant mad al
ready arrived and more was TO follow Soon
There are now forty four prisoners in the city
- 1ail which is as many as can be protitably uSeC
In the chain gang. What to do with the grea
number of fellows who VIII undoubtedly be ar
ceSted during the carnival season is a mooteC
question. 1t has been suggested that they bt
confined in the basement of the city hall an(
there guarded until the close of the carnival
good plan.
purposes and lawn sprinkling the city has 5eel
divided into Two districts, enc on the bench ans
The other below It, The down town users o
water may sprinkle their lawns from to
am and hose on the bench from t. 10 10 I. m
Alg this rule be faithfully carried out there Wi
hoe no trouble. but THAI Il Is not faithfully car
ried oat is reasonably well understood. Ii thos
whose business IL Is 10 see the law enforced WI
look around a little between 10 pm and am
Il is not at all improbable thai they Will INT
the nozzle of many hose and the hose lyini
~ r1Ya6 K-lfh IrsarR a
That's agains; the law
This city is enjoying n healthy building boon
but the manufacturing boom has not get put |
an appearance; that is, no-eXtenslye plants hay
Net been located here although there has ice
a Great deal of talk about what was going 10 b
done in the manufacturing line. Oguen need
and must have producing enterprises before sh
can flourish permanently. Talk alone VIII no
bring capital here or cause II to be invested
ano the sale OF real estate alone Will not pull
up the city. There has been too much talk b
irresponsible boomers and not enough actu5
work by those whose interests are here an
whose future prosperity depends upon the IL
PRODUCTION and establishment OF manufacturer
Enterprises.
A Queer case Of fasting has just been mad
= public just mouth ago last Monday, on
john Halberg, Swece, WAS examined by Ia
city and county physicians To ascertain Whetht
or not he was insane. 1heY could not SallSi
themselves OF the fact. The man acted queer.
hut was not st all violent 30 they had nm ser
10 the poor farm Where he remained until ye
terday. when he was again brought in for exam
inatiou by Drs. Powers and Alien, who adludge
him III subject for the insane asylum at Prov
- which he will be taken this morning bySheri
Jieinap Since the man was taken 10 the poo
farm lie mas not eaten d mouIhful OF food of an
lind and has seldom drank anything. Any a
tempt 10 iced ain met with Resistance
Three strong men were unable 10 handle hi
and inject food into him. He has grown thi
under this long continued fasting, and,
course, Nyil soon pass Ii his checks unless
can be made 10 eat.
Tie University Home Building aSsociatio
was organized yesterday in this city. The oil
lects OF the association are TO carry out
private enterprise the cottage system AID
build houses aud fiji them with respectful
people, who viii own them, after they ha'
paid for them by monthly nstallments. BY tn
means the university people Will be able
secure homes for the university student.
the same time little settlement, distinctive
its character, viii be built up in the immedia
vicinity OF the university. The officers OF u
association are: s. NJ. Preshaw, president;
Wesley Hill. vice-presldent; J. c. Ware
secretary: c. Il. Hank, treasurer. and the
officers, with W. c. Emerson, constitute u
board Of directors. jt is the intention OF 4
association 10 proceed 10 business Immediate
and before The season closes scores OF hous
will dot the grounds OF University Place.
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