Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-06
DESERET EVENING NEWS.
Tuesday. January s. 1884.
FRAGMENTS.

ITiS rumo.ei that the legality OF
the election of City Recorder J. F.
Jack is TO be contested IN the
courts.
J. II. WARD viii deliver his
popular lecture. "EuFope Illus.
trate.i,o in the Twelfth Ward meet
ing horse, tomorrow "wednesday
evening.
II is sal that \ i,ew detective rs
ISOLATION has been formed in the
city which viii operate eight men,
beginning January 18th. F. A.
Miller is named as president and
msnager.
LAST evening the city architects
adopted their resolutions Ia favor of
free competition in the City and
County Building plans, and will
present Them TO the Council this
evening.
GOVERNOR THOMAS LEFT yester-
day for Pittshurg, Pa, on visit to
his father, who has been III i'll
health for some time. 1t is stated
that the Governor viii 20 TO Wash
inyton before his return 10 Salt
Lake.
OS Saturday next, at noon, Coun-
~ Superintendent William NJ.
Stewart will distribute the county
school money 10 the various dis
tricts. The amount thus put in cir
cuiatinn will be nearly, If not quite,
80 aa1-
JAMES Il. ANDERSON, son of
Judge Anderson, an 4 who mas been
for the last three yelrs n clerk in
the Geuei4l LaaG Office at WASH
ington, arrive; in the city yester-
day, ami is stopping az tue Cullen.
He will become n resident Of Salt
Lake
A STRANGER entered a Second
South Street store last evening and
asked to look a; Waterbury watch |
that was on sale. 1t was handed out |
70 him, ghereupon he made OF |
and disappeared up a neishboring
alley He has not yet been caught |
JUDGE ZANE yesterday announced
that on Saturday next, at 10 a. M.
he will hold a session OF court for
the purpose cf drawing eighteen
names from the jury box for grand
jurors, and thirty names for petit
jurors to serve duri1g the February
term.
THE Sears, Jeremy Company in
corPorated today with a capital
stock of $50, 900 and several business
men of Salt Lake will bsceme
identified with the new company.
The business now carried on by
Sears. Jeremy d C,. viii be con
tinued.
THE Central Democratic Club OF
Salt Lake county, in honor OF
Jackson's day, will hold a meeting
at the Federal Court room, Thurs
day evening, at 7:30 O'Clock. Hon.
J. w. Judd will deliver an address
upon the principles, duties and
Aims of the Democratic Party. The
pablo are invited.
THE Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Firemen held their seventh annual
ball last evening in the Salt Lake
Theatre. over 6J0 were present.
The balcony was decorated with
three headlights, while at the CEN
re was locomotives numeral disc 4.
AIKEN from the front of a Union Pa
INC locomotive, and hanked by a !
coop and shovel The music pro- \
'ided was excellent, AMI the dan 4
ers We're called by the ringing of !.
locomotive bell Firemsn from | :,
u the toads were present. The !.
1air vas decided success. :.
ABOUT 8 O'Clock last night q small 7
Ire dropped on an electric .iybt 10
Ire at the corner of First So;Ith Al
id west Temple street, causing tn, 70
nail wire TO burn in two. At the e
me time the arc lamp in the cen v
OF the street crossing went out. IN
four arc Ianps in sc
continental Hotel and one in, 9,
'nt began Pickering with the 4:
ut IN fuL, then went out, leaving fol
IN darkness Atlength the cover f,
= OF the cole tUvk Ere snd burned Al
ntting the f0o,Bs with smoke rel
etec;rician eventually arrived, coi
ned OH the current, AMI so nut cis
ngs straight again. col
Ariast nighp- meeting of the Cbo- -.
Sociefy'C onductorEvan Stephens w.
owed a photograph OF sliss Abbott ~
the character of Ophelia, which ,a
Deen sent TO the society by the no.
'meers or the Abbott company.
paid a tribute to the dead singer. -,
said, as for himself. he fell
.tesuf to her for the many admir- ~
le representations Of opera she
y given since she first began to IN
III SAT- Lake. She was noble -
man, In many respects n great -
aste, and her greatest fault was ar
~ sue always worked 50 hard anu
foc the public thai 40
could notdo herself full justice. ~
The police yesterday arrested a ce
txican cook, who hat been en- pc
'yed at Raymond & Johnson's. in
ar the Rio Grande depot, for dis all
rbisg the pence. Last evening tn
!. Johnson went to the police ha
'tion to give bail for the Mexicaa,s far
pearance. The oflioer refused 10 th,
'ept 1t and johnson became very
len excited and was stricken with he
oplexy. Dr.. Bower was at one, mi
LED ia ami the unfortunate man an
S tasenin a carriage 10 his home. mis-
e physician ente.tains hut slight lie.
pc loi sAe recovery Of bis pltieut. ito
partner, Frank RAYMOND. ]
nov IN me county jail for killing iol
ckey O'Brien. VIII
THE large increase in the pos.-
Ice business sin no way diminish 'es
There We're delivered during
month OF December i,03J regis r raa'
ed pa ;klgss. Other business "
as follow: Mail letters col '"I
ted f'v carriers. IS go; nostaI >
De, =, i5; papers, 1885. Mail oth
'ers, delivered 10y carriers. lla95l: ~
tai cards, II 63I; newspapers. he l
',O5)- Local letters, collected by =
rt-rs, .9,5lS; postal cards. 7.eg5: 'e
Tsptpers, 6,S65. The total mum. sn9
OF letters dropped a. the past- . nlu
&c were 3j.eS5; postal cards. sne
l)5; papers, 1856. rhese Fl mrs Snl
an Increase over the same -
nth Of the year previous Of at ta
It lo) per cent. xol
Store Piuudered. mo.
he Fifth Wand ;s:ore was on bis