The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-23
BRIEF AND BREEZY.

JOHN READING, the florist, presented
THE HERALD with a box of beautiful
flowers from his Conservatives last
evening.
THERE WILL be an important meeting
of the Press Club tomorrow evening at
O'Clock. Every member is requested to
be present,
A TELEGRAM nailed over the Knutsford
desk contradicts rumor that the Brown
Palace hotel of Denver is about to go out
ofthe hands OF Bush and Tabor.
TRERE are messages at the Western
. Union Telegraph Office fer d. Hewitt,
George Price, Thomas Moran, care Ed
ward Brooks, and Eugene Church.
GEORGE W. SNOW, who on Thursday
received his commission as surveyor gen.
eral, assumed the duties OF his office yes
terday, succeeding Ellsworth Daggett.
BISHOP ScANLoN made the hearts of
the little ones at St. AIMS Orphan asylum
happy on Friday evening by treating
them to some of Trumbo's ice cream and
cakes
THE funeral of Donald Chisholm will
be held on Monday, 9th inst, at p. M,
from Collins undertaking establishment.
Interment will be in the Catholic ceme-
terry. Friends are invited.
WHILE shooting at mark few days
ago, Mr.. Ecker, Tooele man, was shot
in the leg through the accidental dis
charge of his pistol. The wounded man
is at the St. Mary's hospital.
EPHRA1M ORTEN, a stage driver resid-
ing at Parowan, shot and killed James
Matthews of Panacca, at Phoebe last
week. Both men were intoxicated, and
the shooting was the result of row over
horse.
THE Utah commission yesterday
amended the instructions to registrars to
make them conform to the decision of
the supreme court, requiring those
officers to file the oaths at the Office of
the county clerk on or before the second
Monday in October.
DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK JACK issued
marriage licenses yesterday to Henry
Cromwell, aged 35 and Florence Kensel,
aged 10; to Edward Nash. aged % and
Inga Olsen, aged &c; to John h. Nc
Hugh, aged q and Caroline 1. B. Shelton,
aged IS, all of Salt Lake city.
THE funeral of George Hanks, the boy
who was drowned in the Jordan on
Thursday, took place yesterday after
nool. DR.. Mabry delivered touching
address and long line Of carriages fol-
lowed the remains to the city cemetery,
where the interment took place.
THE lfilleniGl Star, Liverpool, England,
has the following: ssElder A. i. Farrell
is honorably released from his labors as
president of the Netherland mission, to
return home. Elder w. j. Hyde is hon.
orably released from his labors as travel
ing elder in the Netherland mission, to
return home"
BUSINESS will be entirely suspended to-
morrow, Pioneer Day, and the various
resorts will doubtless do rushing bust
ness. Besides the concert at the taber-
nacle, the day will be fitUingly celebrated
at Garfield and Saltair. Held's band
viii have an excursion to Castillo Springs,
and the Germans will have an outing at
Calder's Park.
SEVERAL weeks ago Andrew Ninck,
one of the oldest contractors in the city,
was appointed by the city as an insnec-
tor. The position seemed to be a purely
honorary one, however, as Mr.. Ninck has
not yet been given anything to do, al
though the other inspectors, two of
whom came here but recently from out
side towns, are drawing their salaries
with due regularity.
CORONER TAYLOR held an inquest yes
terday over the remains OF Wogn ].
Wognson, the old Scandinavian who on
Thursday afternoon fell down in the
street and died shortly afterwards. Drs.
Marshall and Worthington held an au-
topsy, which showed that death resulted
from cerebral hemorrhage, and the jurors,
Thomas Bolase, f. Boyle and C.. NJ. Ham
mond, so found.
Mr.. o. H. PETIT, who has interested
himself largely for the benefit of the tax
payers, as relates to street sprinkling,
desires to meet representative from each
ward on Tuesday afternoon. July %, at
his office, IL Main street, at clock.
This is important to all who desire to OBJ
tain Justice in regard TO the sprinkling
tax. viii each ward please send one
delegate to attend this meeting?
CHoNG Sc QUoNG, a Chinaman, who
has lived here several years, died at
Wong Hops laundry on Commercial
street yesterday after an illness of several
days. The Celestial who attended the
deceased said that Quong's illness was
due to drinking too much ice water.
Coroner Taylor decided that an inquest
was unnecessary and the funeral will
probable be held tomorrow.
A NUMBER of admirers at that good old
fashioned sport, quot pitching, met last
evening and organized the Salt Lake
Quot club by electing William White as
president, Alex Wilson vice-presidsnt
and j. w. Wilson secretary. The club
starts out with twenty five enthusiastic
members and has fine grounds situated
on Seventh West and Third North streets,
and invitation is extended to ali who
are interested In the game to become
members.
BANKING, brokerage and real estate business
transacted by b. b. Schettler, at GO South
Main street. Interest paid on deposits.
Abstracts furnished, titles insured and
8 per cent. paid on deposits by Utah Title
Insurance and Trust Co., 16O Main street.
Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Company
is the oldest savings bank in Utah; has
more deposits than any other bank in
Utah; had more new accounts last year
than all other savings banks in Utah