Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-18
OGDEN HAPPENINGS.
y. ,IIr,i Damage Suit of $4,000 is
sill Before the Court
.a,r POLITICAL scRInsAGE'
,u.sptio R''",el'ai' the ,' Chamber Oh
w. c,mmsree.-Eleciric Lighting
The "Baby" Again
,nr POLITICAL schIhhAOF

lu',he s55, 600 damage SUIT OF 80.
si ~ w ~ al. W, Salt Lake CITY, wnlch
AMY. I'm on trial since Tuesday after
bs The pfogress Of the case ~ OK,
I'On. ia, Glow and the hearing VIII
hsu'bii continue three days more, as
iovItai,tiiis still have two witnesses
ibe an the stand. The attorneys
70 p,a dsI.tisp arp Of the opinion thnt
iot'u, W. Of their side VIII not
Nv more than ono day. The three
ee S,lgs The plaintiffs In tue case, were
,,inciual Witnesses yesterday, nuu
Wv ,s.iimony was of substantially
w. nature as the claims made IN
las,an,nlldnt. The story told by them
. In eiiect that previous TO July, lss0,
,irsam which lowed through the
w. ',. nom the n servoir into tue canal
hsi,tee enough to irrigate the entire
'.,r, but "a SOON as the wells put down
y. Sait Lake City along the Jordan
.i,sr beaau /, spout, the spring which
,,i,he Teservoir filled anu tnc water
never since attained depth sum.
ia,i 10 cause It 10 How out into
Nv anal About the 10Th OF Sep.
,srber the city wells were capped anu
,nn,,dlaiely the spring on the Allrei
ann besnn TO dow again, although
aIih hui one.third Of its usual volume.
mi, the Allrrds claimed was due 10 the
,se, that the wells could not be proper.
10 amt an md several OF Thorn broke
"a, ON the surface of the gronni, while
olhefs leaked and the water dubbed up
around the pipes. Some important
evidence will most likely DO intr0-
ducei by the defense toda" Pfo-
bHor Hirsching, TN exper OF con,
siderable note, will be the principal
witness.
The case ofall,g I'd malicious deslruc'
Han o. property against William VIII.
uams. Arthur T. ison ami william
White. momters OF the Democratic
drum corp., was called Tor hearing
Yesterday afternoon before Commits.
,lonet Wafdlelgh. The dtfeDiants de-
mauded a Jury trial and considerable
lime was consumed In securing ak
Jurors, When ut last all was In reldl-
mess the trial was proceeded with and
soon came TO an end, the defendants ali
being discharged by the court after the
inty had rendered "A verdict finding no
csu,e Tor action. The prosecution con.
tended for Continuance, ou tho ground
that an important witness was absent
and could not be obtained. This re-.
quest was denied. From the evidence
Il appeared that the Democratic and
Republican drum corps got badly
tangled up near the corner OF WASH
inyton avenue and Twonty.fourth
street and when the battle smoke
cleared away 1t was found that three
drums, the property OF tho latter or.
gAniration, had been broken In the
thuille.
Captain b. G. de Livrou, late com.
mandef OF the Russian cruiser Nabiaks,
which seized and cOnfiscated the
American sealer q. II. White IN addi-
ton to number OF British vessels last
GUNNER while thoy were poacbing in
Russian waters near Copper Island la
nights Central Pacific train and went
East over the Union Pacific. He Ia
on his way to 81. Petersburg and
landed IN San Francisco last Sunday
from the City OF Peking. The captain
speaks English quite iluently.
Cy Robinson, known among the
boys as the "Baby," aud who has tee :
doing time In the city jail for drunken
nese, was yesterday arraigned before
Commissioner Eulaniski ON n com
plalnt sworn 10 by John McGrath,
charging him with ilcendiarism. Hp
pleaded not guilty and Will bs given
hearing tubs morning. Tho com.
plant alleges that on or about Novem'
Dor liih R,bluson So. fire to three
large stacks OF hay on McGrath's farm,
which is situated southwest Of the city
on Burch creek.
Captain Thomas Couch, suporinten.
dent Of the Boston aud Montana
Smelling company OF Butte, was an
Ogden visitor yesterday. The captain
has great inith In Ogden's future aud
!, Interested In real estate ut Five
Points, having made several thousan
dollats' Investment there through ID. +,
slescy, aud contemplate making sew
,ral important improvements in the
early spring.
Because nothing has been said Of
late regarding the Rio Grand Western
shops and rouudhOuse, the people Of
Ogden must not think that project has
purchased from the Colorado Coke
Coal and Iron company The old iron
works site ard the condemnation suit
now pending VIII be dismissed. Worh
VIII commence on the necessary build
ings In tho spring.
The gear irons for the Ohio and Utah
Natural Gas company's gas well out
should reach Og,ien by Monday, hav
Ing been shipped from Findlay, OHIO
over ten dnys ago. Immediately upon
Their arrival the dcrricks will DO con
blructed and active work commenced
The exact location Of the frat well L
be put down Inns not yet been decided
upon.
The Ogden Chamber OF Commerce
which has been allowed, through lack
ReFlng death, will be- reorgauiLed ant
have new life infused into II. A com
mlttee has been appointed TO draft {
new set OF bylaws and constitution nnc
Al an early date public meeting will
Dc called TO discuss their adoption.
The Rio Grande Western westbount
passenger did not reach Ogden THU
morning until 300 O'Clock, the delay
being occasioned by freight wreck a
Soldier Summit. The damage to tn,
freight train was but slight.
The damage case OF william Drive
q 20. We. Thomas J. StNyner g. al.
which was decided two days ago In tn
Fourth uistric. court In favor OF tn,
plMnin, may le appealed to tn
supreme court Of the Territory.
The meeting OF the arbitration com
mittee which will try and settle tn
xisting difficulties between the Typo
nphical Union and the Jost liza
peon postponed until Monday on az
count OF the enforced absence OF one {
the committeeman.
M.