The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-08
NEWS FROM NEARBY
CITIES AND TOWNS.
ONYX BEDS NEAR BRIGHAM BEING
WORKED.
A Wedding-EIiasOn's Success-Push-
ing the Garfield TunneI-The BIZ
cycle Craze-CooI Weather Keeps
Back the Strawberries.

Brigham City, June S.-Quite a force of
men is a work at the newly discovered
onyx beds, situated in the mountains
about ten miles southeast of Brigham
City. They are getting out great piles OF
the invaluable material. 1t is being taken
out in large chunks of one TO four or i've
tons in weight. Considerable of this is
being sawed up in Brigham and shipped
to Chicago. There is even talk Of starting
an establishment here for the purpose
of saving, polishing and otherwise put
ting this onyx in a shape for the market
or for use in buildings. There is no reas-
on why such an industry could not be
founded and made to flourish here as well
as any other place. Good water power,
cheap fuel and building material, etc,
are at hand and in abundance.
This week Lon A Merrill, son of
Apostle Merrill, of Richmond, Cache
county, and Miss Ellie Ensign, daughter
u Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Ensign, of
Brlgham city, were welded in the temple
at Logan The bride is one OF the City Of
Homes most charming daughters. She
mas hosts of friends here VINO felicitate
the young couple over the happy event.
dhey Wili make Richmond their home
! ne pride was a successful and popular
school teacher of this city, and numerous
parents VIII regret her giving up her
E9cation and permanently settling else
Salt Lake must feel proud of her re-
narkable production in the person of
mat wonderful young magician, Ellison.
de gave one of his performances in
brigham City Monday evening lie was
simply immense. He performed with sur
prlslnS skill numerous perpieXing tricks.
Ihey We're all heartily applauded. All are
louu IN EiasopS praise, declaring they
never saw his equal
The tunnel near the old Garfield mine is
still being pushed into the bowels OF the
n. a irnr "a =
10 be still hard at work in the thousand
foot tunnel. For some months past the
actual condition OF things in the mine
nave been kept quiet and nobody. with
me exception Of the regular force, are
permitted to hardly peep into the dark
mole. a miner Informed The Herald rep
feSentatlVe that short tine ago he got
INTO the tunnel far enough to see a great
pile OF sacked ore running far into the
tunnel This miner said he was satisfied
TINS mine would turn out big III time lie
saw enough to satisfy him Of that
The wedding bells in brigham have
been ringing right along regularly nearly
eFeIy TWO weeks or oIJener Tor several
months More unions are on The taps
for next week.
Regular sessions this week Of the county
court and city council decided on the rate
II taxation for Brigham City and Box
Elder county this year. Tie county tax
Is placed al mills; direct school tax, =
oils, city tax. mills; total for Brigham
citizens, 10 mills. This ought to be low
clined.
Some half dozen new bicycles have come
to town this week There arc between
thirty and forty cycles in town now.
enough TO form clup and get up some
races.
Although a few Strawberries ripened in
town very early this season, yet the big
sest half of them are later than usual
One large raiser said yesterday that many
their vines. The cool, cloudy, rainy
weather of the past month is the cause
OF this backWarQneSS. This will give the
town a good. long strawberry season This !
year.
Two new bridges are soon to be placed
across the Malad river. An effort will be |
made to have another constructed over !
Bear river, about midway between Bear |
klVer City and Collision. This would be 4 |
great accommodation to the farmers on |
the west side, when the big 75-barrel !
roller mill near Honeyville is completed !
rhis fall. This mill is beng built on the !
of Bear River City.
William II. Anthony. the new Demo |
cratic county collector has come down |
from Portage to assume the responsible |
les attached to that office. The Box |
Elder county collector is required TO give |!
$4,000 bond.
Wool buyers have been thicker than |
molasSes in town the past month. There |
IS sharp competition. The agents with the /
most money and the best prices are carry /
ing off most of the wool Wool that has
exchanged hands inBrigham City already |
this season will probably run close on to |
q million pounds or more. Some large
hockS are still unshorn of the valuable !
fieeceS.