The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-26
BRIEF AND BREEZY

John Walkers friends now say he left
this city on Wednesday night for Den
yer for the purpose of purchasing some
sheep.
On Monday night the executive COM
mittee of the Deseret Agricultural and
Manufacturing society will open the bids
for the privileges at the fair
President L. s. Hills, of the Deseret
National bank, was ut his desk again yes
terday having just returned from his va
cation, spent at Parley's park.
1t is important that 4 strong delegation
shall go to the Irrigation congress at
Denver. The commission is working
hard to secure a good attendance.
VIII Lynch now again wears the gun
club championship medal, having cap
tured it at the last shoot on a score OF
twenty-nine out of a possible thirty.
Ex-Fire Chief Stanton has returned
from a trip to Mercur. He reports mat
tiers in that camp as being very lively
and says that the new Eureka mill is a
daisy.
The horticultural society of Salt Lake
county will meet at the county court house
next Saturday, September /, at p. m.
The inspector viii make report in regard
to spraying.
Yesterdays clearings were 1852, 4s2, as
compared with $S1, 167 for the same day of
last year. The weeks clearings footed. up
soe7, 1872 as compared with $3.50, 104 for the
esme week of 1893.
Two special insurance agents are now
IN the city inspecting agencies. They are
John Marshal, jr., of the Royal Exchange
and Queen Insurance companies, and
Dixwell Hewitt, OF the Union Assurance
company.
At a. m. yesterday the thermometer
registered 81, at noon s., and at p. m.
the minimum g. Observer Salisbury's
forecast for today is: Possible showers,
cooler.
Henry Bennett was arrested by officer
Leavitt at an early hour this morning
fer being drunk and disturbing the peace.
The prisoner resisted the officer, but was
sailed and Justice W. j. Harvey was also
placed under arrest for interfering.
John Heinrich. one, of the princi-
pany, who has been looking after his
Utah interests for a few days, left for his
Nebraska home last night- He was ex-
tremely pleased with the showing made by
the companys property.
]. w. Houston has received informa-
ton from San Antonio, Tex, that his
brother, A. W. Houston was the unani-
NOUS choice of the Democratic conven-
ton for Congress to succeed Hon.
Thomas Pascal.
Delegates from labor unions are re-
ouested to meet in Scandal hall No. 46
East Second South, Thursday, Sept. 13,
Cor the purpose Of perfecting the organi-
cation of a workingmen'S political club
on q non-partisan basis.
At the meeting of the Laborirg Mems
association last evening, p. W. McCSffery
presided. over a hundred members were
present and some good speeches were
made. Fifteen new members were elect
ed and it was decided that the associa-
tion should spend Labor Day at Liberty
park.
The immediate attention Of the super
visor of streets is directed to the Brigham
street crossing over the Fort Douglas
railway at Thirteenth East. 1t is pro-
rounced to be rough beyond the descrip
tive powers of She ordinary civilian
Soldiers, owing to their training in the
use of forcible language, appear TO be
able to do the crossing full justice.
The complaint received by the Utah
commission in regard to Deputy Regis
trar Miller was from East Mil Creek,
instead of Mill Creek, as enormously re-
ported. AS already stated in these col
umns, ii was found to be wholly ground
less. Mr.. Miller has done his work thor
ougl,ly and had not gone to Provo on
private business as reported.
Mrs Jennie Wilson. the erratic female
who has created several sensations of
late, her last public appearance being in
the police court, when two young men
were tried for having made a criminal
assault upon her. bobbcA up serenely
again last night. Jennie took in the
muscle dance and appeared to be some
what under the influence OF liquor. She
approached several men, and conducted
herself generally in a way that indicated
that the sympaty heretofore bestowed
upon her has been misplaced. She was
placed under arrest and taken to police
headquarters.