The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-08
BRIEF AND BREEZY.

Ed Cromett has started a freight line
between Salt Lake and Ogden.
Thomas w. Clancy has been commits
stoned postmaster at Corrine, Box Elder
county.
The meeting of the directors of the
chamber of commerce was last night post
poned until Monday at p. m.
L. L. Downing, formerly the Red
Line" man here is now holding down a
dispatchers trick in the Union Pacific
Office in this city.
Sam Gordon has leased the large store
IN the Dolly block and will spend con-
siderable money in fixing it up as a ton
serial establishment
The Rock Island Office in this city, To-
Gated in the Dolly block, was closed up
yesterday morning, orders to that effect
being received from the eastern general
Offices.
Mrs. Jacob Peart, daughter of Police
Officer Hilton, died yesterday morning.
She gave birth TO her first baby about 3
week ago. The sympathy of large circle
of riendS will be extended to the bereaVed
families.
Yesterdays clearings were s159,391, as
compared with S15S,914 Tor the same day
of last year The weeks clearings footed
up $913,64 as compared with SS56, S64 for
the same week of 1893.
The enterprising merchant, Mr. S. P.
Teasdel anticipating a run on sugar and
a consequent famine in that commodity,
took time by the forlock yesterday, rugged
Up a four-horse team and wagon and sent
it to Ogden after a load of saccharine
sweetness.
Resident Agent Purock, of Farson
Leach &Co., Yesterday received Geographic
notification that his bid on $4,000 of Ban
had captured the issue. The paper is Sc
1O-2Os.
The fire department was called out yes
terday morning at AS O'Clock by a tele-
-1rr-Y flosa h1azo hnT-1 in fror,
house on Mortensen's avenue. The dam
age did not exceed S25. It was evidently
the work OF an incendiary.
Another eastern letter mail was received
over the Union Pacific yesterday morn
ing. 1t was taken out of Ogden by wagon
as far as Hooper and there placed aboard
the train. The postoiiice people have been
promised q large amount of matter for
today.
The, monthly priesthood meeting of the
Salt Lake stake was held yesterday in
he assembly hail. The speakers were
Angus NJ. Cannon. George Goddard. Nelson
A Empey, Robert Dansie. William g
Crump, Joseph Bodell, c. W. Penrose and
Joseph E. Taylor.
Charles Roberts, one of the parties ar
rested during the little dlfTilclltv al the
Rio Grande Western depot on Friday
wishes 1t stated that he is not a mem
Der of the Labor Trust. the Home Re
serve or any similar organization.
At the meeting of the Building Trades
adopted condemning the action of Chief
Pratt and Captain Donovan at the Rio
Grande western depot on Friday. and
strong resolutions expressing sympathy
for the strikers We're also adopted
The Fourteenth ward assembly hall was
hlled last evening with an audience anXi-
Gus TO hear Countess Wachtmeister's lee
ture on India. The subject was we'll
handled by the lady who is fully CONVEX
SAINT with the customs, and especially the
religion OF that country. She viii lecture
at Odd Fellows hall this evening on
The Difference between Hypnotism and
Nlesmerism."
A special meeting of the Wcrkingmen's
Democratic club was held last evening
president 2. w. Mccartney presiding. The
REPORTS of the committee on the Fourth
OF July celebration ana of the executive
committee were received and vote of
thanks was rendered to the merchants
who aided and to the Tuscarora society
for active interest in the celebration. The
club will hold its regular meeting on
Thursday night.
Colonel Moore, of the Smith Industrial
army, Is in town. He came w from
Grand Junction few days go for The
purpose of taking back some musical in
StrumentS belonging TO the army which
were left here. He says the members of
the Smith division still hang together and
are quartered at Green River and Grand
Junction to The number OF 30. They got
very , hard up for provisions and the gen
electric instruments TO buy food for the!
men. He says Smith is standing well by
the men and sharing equally In their
hardships. They hope to get from Grand
Junction to Cripple Creek A few have
obtained employment of various kinds and
have left the organization.
The Salt Lake County horticultural So
ciety held its monthly Ineetin~ at the
county court house yesterday afternoon.
After disposing of some routine matter,
MI LoEesy gave an instructive lecture on
me frult grolnS and offered some advice
III regard to carrying on the provisions
q the horticultural law. Daniel Jensen
Followed with an address on fruit GROW
ing for profit. Others who spoke were
Nh. Fogg, Mr. Wallace and Heber Ren-
Mon. New members admitted We're d. !
Austin, Salt Lake; Heber Bennion Tay-
louisville, James McGhie, Sugar House !
and John Boice Granite. At the next |
meeting, TO be held on August 4 Mr. Aus |
tin will speak on fruit growing as an oc-
cupatfon, James McGhie on the kind of
fruit that pays best, and James Wallace
on nursery stock.