The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-29
A TWO PER CENT CASE.
Judge Blackburn Lowers the Rate
Charged by a Provo Bank.
Provo Society and Amusement Notes.
Budget from Heber-Stock Dying from
tavatlon-Midway improvements.

Provo, April 2S.-National banks can't
charge 2 per cent. month. So decides
Judge Blackburn, in overruling the de-
murrer to the complaint in the case of ].
W. n. Whitecotton VS.. the National Bank
of Commerce. The demurrer set forth
that there was no cause of action, and
was sustained in the lower court by JUS
tice Wedgwood. Blackburn's ruling dis
poses of the case and decides that the
statutory law should govern the interest
chargeabie where none is specified. King
and Woods, attorneys for the bank, gave
notice of appeal.
Mr.. Whitecctton was indebted to the
bank for certain amount due on a note,
and in going to make settlement was in
formed that the interest charged against
him was at the rate of 2 per cent. Pay
nent OF the exorbitant interest was re-
fused and Whltecotton instituted suit to
ind out if the courts would allow banks
10 do business that way.
NEWS NOTES.
Southworth Bros. have secured the con-
tract Tor furnishing the Castle Gate and
Pleasant Valley Coal companies with
1900 pieces of timber to be used in the
coal mines.
Wilson & Neibaur, proprietors of the
Occidental saloon, came before Justice
Booth this morning charged with per-
uniting gambling in their place of bust
ness. Wilson satisfied the court that he
had been absent from the saloon at the
time the offense is said to have been COM
united and was discharged. Mr.. Neibaur
pleaded guilty to the charge and sentence
was set Tor 2 p. m.
Grant Brothers of Salt Lake, have sold
n rcs, CHI ,.a
stallion, which has a pedagree running
back for many generations. The animal
weighs over l, 800 pounds, and is perfect
beauty.
SOCIETY AND AMUSEMENT.
A very pretty wedding took place on
Tuesday evening, the principals in which
were Arthur d. Sutton and Miss Lizzie
Clark, both young people well known
and held in high esteem by the people of
Provo Mr.. Sutton has built very neat
re. Idence in the Fifth ward, and it was
tn re their friends assembled to witness
tn ceremony ana extend congratulations.
Their new home was crowded with
guests, who brought with them many
beautiful tokens OF remembrance. Miss
Clark is the daughter of Deputy Marshal
d. I. Clark of this city, and has been en-
gagged as clerk in his Office since ne took
the position. Judge Blackburn per-
formed the marriage ceremony.
There was a good representation of
Provo society at the 1. o. o. F. hall
Wednesday evening, the occasion of the
anniversary ball given by that lodge.
Mayor Dusenberry and daughter are in
Ogden. The former went as delegate to
the Trans Mississippi congress and the
latter for pleasure.
Great preparations are being made for
the presentation of ''The Last Sister. - on
May l at the Opera house,
The Provo Minstrel company are re-
hearsing some new business, and will
come to the front in about two weeks with
q splendid show. There is good talent
among them and they should be given
every encouragement.
On the evening of May the Provo fire.
men win give ball at the Southworth
hall. They will appear in uniform, and
decorate the hall in an appropriate man
ner.