The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-29
! NEWS Oh THE TERRITORY.
sHeavy Damage and Libel Suits
Filed at Ogden.
REDUCTION WORKS PROJECT.
Social and General Events at Park City
During the Week.
Death of a Pioneer-A Fighter with an
Ak Three Teams Drowned in
Utah Lalxe-Manti and Her
skating Rink.

OGDEN, Jan. pa party OF the gen.
tlemen at the head of the smelter enter
prise were in Ogden today looking over
the several proposed sites for the mills.
Nothing was decided, however, and the
matter viii be LETT open until the return
of Mr.. Shettle from Chicago, where he
goes on Tuesday to superintend the ship
ment of the necessary machinery.
Speaking this evening to a representa-
tive of THE HERALD, the gentleman
stated that the contracts entered into
were satisfactory and there will be no
bitches in the completion of the build
lngs. Work will commence early IN
March, at which time the machinery will
all be on the ground. Upon his return to
Ogden, in about twenty days. Mr.. Shet-
tie will open an Office here and devote MS
entire time to the work.
NO DRINKS TODAY.
Sunday will be another dry day. Orders
have been issued to the marshal TO enforce
the Sunday closing ordinance, and most
all the saloonkeepers have consented to
the change-their reward being the wink
ing at the u O'Clock closing clause.
A GREAT WATER CASE.
Judge II. w. Smith returned this
morning from Albion, Idaho, where he
has been for two weeks in attendance on
the district court. The great water case,
which involves the entire flow OF Cassia
river below its confluence with Raft
river, was after a twelve-day hearing
submitted and taken under advisement.
Over 250 witnesses were examined.
LIBEL CASE.
Sackett Cornell, one OF the publishers of
the EUeaiRq journal, was arrested this
.rff los - 4
of the Post, who charged him with GRIM
lnal libel. Cornell on two occasions pub
lished articles to the effect that Goddard
had jumped the town and intimated that
he was short IN mis- accounts. He was re-
leased or $500 bonds by Judge Cross to
await preliminary hearing on Tuesday.
HEAVY DAMAGE SUIT.
William Best has commenced suit in the
district court against Thomas G. Cham
berlain, proprietor of the Broom hotel, for
SIS, 900 damages alleged to have been sus-
tanned by reason of his arrest and short
Imprisonment early in June last. Best
created disturbance in the hotel and was
arrested on complaint of Chamberlain.
He was subsequently discharged, alter re-
manning in Jail twelve hours. The trou-
BILE arose over disputes regarding the pro-
prietorship of the Broom. Best being one
OF the lessees.
THE MERCANTILE MIDDLE.
Judge Miner was occupied all day and
last evening in hearing the contempt
of court cases against Judge II. w. Smith,
counsel for Stephens Brothers in the
South Ogden Mercantile company mud
die, William j. Stephens, Solomon G.
Stephens, J. o. Stephens, Paul Bues, A.
S. Root and Frank Carr, the Waterman
who took a shot at Deputy Marshal Gill.
The case from its very inception to the
present day was reviewed and a better
showing was made for the Stephens fac
ton than at any previous hearing.
Counsel for the defendants brought out
the fact that Judge Miner had on the
evening the first restraining order was
issued authorized the retention of Carr as
Waterman under the impression, of
course, that the latter would be fair to
both parties.