Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-28
A Boy Terribly Burned While In.
psrsOnaiing Santa Claus.
CREATION or A SINKING FUND.


deorgo Mole, proprietor VI wv N.Y.
stone saloon, was arrested last night
charged with keeping gambling
house. lie will nave hearing this
morning.
Becker still retains the territorial
gunners' championship medal, having
defeated BiglOw, his challenger, ON
Monday with score Of forly-nlnc TO
iorty-five.
All OF the city officials elect have
filed their bonds with the city recorder
and the county officials elect have
done the same thing IN the office Of the
county clerk.
Major J. NJ. Laugsdorf Is = candidate
for the appointment Of postmaster IN
Ogden. A petition If being circulated
by his friends anu already numorously
signed.
Charles Morris aud small party OF
Ogden prOspectOrs viii leave for the
Idaho diamond fields this morning 10
take up some claims and make a search
for the precious stones.
The pipe vt the old gas well has
reached n depth OF 800 feet and lie being
Htllk 'NtAJ h''Nt'H"F
eighteen ieet were driven. The indi-
cations are Of the best. The pipe Ia
now passing through u stratum VI grey
ciay anu quickssno.
Al meeting Of the county court yea
terJay the bonds OF ID. Hamor, county
! collector. elect, were fixed ut 100000,
So, 900 to the Territory aud $4,000 10
tho county. John g.. Child anu
tWtnty-teven othefs petitioned for the
appointment OF Z. A. Bybee, TO the
oliice Of road supervisor OF Rlverdsle
district. Laid over Tor one week.
The board OF directors Of the Terrl-
torial Reform school was held yoster.
DAY. The directors made personal In.
spectlon Of the building, which IL fast
nearing completion. The action Of the
executive committee In pardoning
Walter Greenwell Of Ogden, and dis
charging Francis Shredder and May
Krsut OF Salt Lake, was approved.
Last evening special train of eight
cars came grinding into the southern
Pacific fret hit yards from the west
aud went east al once over the Rio
Gtnnde Western. IL was billed through
| 10 Chicago anu had ON board about $50
tons Of exhibits which will be placed
| la the special building being erected
on the Worlds Fair grounds by the
government OF New South Wales,
Australia.
Judge Miner yesterday granted the
motion for a new trial In the damage
case OF Oliver G.. Meyers Va. Union
Pacific Railway company. The mo-
ton WAS overruied some time ago, but
since looking up some additional au-
thorities the judge made the decision
named. Meyers claims $4,000 for a
broken thigh and numerous additional
injuries sustained by him In 1890 while
In the employ OF the railroad on the
Oregon Short Limo.
At the city council meeting last
night, the ordinance granting an elec-
tric light franchise to the Ogden City
Electric Street Railway company was
killed on its third reading. Councillor
Graves introduced nm ordinance Great
Ing q sinking fund Tor the payment Of
the interest and principal Of the
bonded indebtedness OF Ogden CITY
aud providing that one.fourth OF the
revenue collected for 1892 anu one
fourth Of the revenue which shall he
collected for each year thereafter be
placed IL the fund. Under n Buspen.
sion OF rules the ordinance was read
the fist and second times and referred
to the commlttee ON laws.
A petition asking for the pardon OF
Thomas =. Tod, who was convicted OF
voluntary nanslsughter In the district
court OF this district In the latter part
June, 1890, II being circulated by his
counsel. II contains the names Of
nearly every member OF the Ogden
bar, and the county and city officials.
Tod was the man who shot and killed
T.. J. Desmond in saloon on Twenty
nth street In February, two years ago
Desmond had been threatening his life
and the testimony clearly showed he
was trying to put his threats into exec
cution ut the time ho received the fatal
shot. The police officers OF the county
and city ara unanimous In their opin.
ion that Tod should have a pardon.
Johnny Mcguire, son OF Councillor.
elect JOhn,Magulre, received serious In.
jurles on Sunday evening while impeT.
sonating santa Claus at the entertain
ment given by the Catholics ia their
hall In the Peery annex, by being
burned. The lad was dresseu in full
traditional ~. Nicholas style and be.
slowed his gifts with lavish hands,
In making Que Of his trips around
the Christmas tree no walked
too near lighted candle and
the cotton mask which covered his face
caught fire and before assistance could
reach him he was terribly burned about
the head and ON the neck, arms and
hands. But for the calmness OF some Of
the level.headed ones present panic
which might havo resulted very
seriously was averted. AS IL was the
alarm called out to lire department,
but II was not needed. The boy was
much improved last night, although