The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-12
BRIEF AND BREEZY.

High council tomorrow CMonday) morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
There are messages at the Western
Union Telegraph office for H. NJ. Black
mer and Mrs. Murphy.
1t was an exceedingly quiet day at the
county court house yesterday. Not a sim
gle order was made by Judge Blair.
The bills which have been before the
mayor for his signature were signed yes
terdays They are the milk bill and the
bill for the repair of sidewalks.
At j. m. yesterday the thermometer
registered IS, at noon 49, and at p. m.
IS, the maximum being 90 and the mini
mum 81. Observer Salisbury'S forecast for
today is: Fair weather, slightly cooler.
Professor w. c. Give, Mrs Lizzie
Thomas Edwards, John Robinson and Miss
Maggie Taylor, leave on the I4th to at
tend a concert at Eureka, to be given TN
der the direction of Mr.. Give.
Companies A and 3, Sixteenth infantry,
returned late last night from Wadsworth
and Reno, New. There are now only three
companies of the Sixteenth out, one being
stationed at New Castle. Colo, and two
along the line Of the Union Pacific.
The police made a raid on a gambling
house over O'Niell's saloon on Second
South street last night and hauled in the
proprietor, who put up $50 for his ap-
pearance, and five of his customers VINO
each Clipped in $40 to secure their APP
pearance before Judge Smith on Monday.
The sewer will be entirely cleaned out
by Monday evening unless another cloud
burst fills it between now ana then.
Sufficient excavations have been made
TO permit OF a limited amount of concrete
being laid yesterday. Next week will
see everything moving forward again
with all hands at work.
a rousing meeting of the Seventeenth
ward Democrats was neld on Friday night
at the residence Of A. Miner. b. T. Lloyd,
f. II. Hyde, F. w. Miner and e. /. Sloan
were appointed block captains. The Sew
enteenth ward Democrats are determined
70 hold up their end of the gallant Third
precinct in the coming campaign.
John Seals, formerly employed on the
Sixth street car line in this city, met
with a fatal accident near p. Y, Junction
yesterday. He was employed as a brake
man on the Rio Grande Western and it
seems that while standing on top of a
box car yesterday, the train started sud-
denly and Seals was thrown TO the
ground, breaking his neck. No further
details Of the accident could be obtained
last night.
At the regular meeting of the Laboring
Mems association last evening, about 15t
members were present and after trans
acting routine business the following new
members were elected: Mason Turner
Alex Myers, F. b. Christensen, Sam Rus
ton, John Sterling, Ben R. Haddock; NJ
T.. Toben, John Mitchell, John Goddard
Joshua Davis, ]. IS. Limminiy. David Lad
better, James Dukes, w. Simpson anC
Hugh Martin.
The board of education is receiving
some OF the school supplies ordered fol
next year. Paper and writing books are
IN and other supplies are expected daily
Superintendent AIillspaugh wants every
thing on the ground before the session
opens. The new buildings are being
pushed by the contractors so that they
can be opened September l. Superinten
dent Millspaugh wants no delays wher
school once begins.
Messrs. Williams and Grant examined
sixteen applicants for postal position:
yesterday. fourteen of which were gentle
Lake with the exception of one from Mil
ford and one from Eureka. The time al
lowed for such examinations has been re
duced from six TO four and one-hal
hours Yesterdays class was an excep
tionally brilliant one and finished the ex
ANIMATION in three hours. It will be siXt!
or ninety days before the results can b.
learned.