The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-01-03

TURN to the third page Of this issue
and see there the announcement of the
grand mid winter sale OF dress goods
at the S. s. Jones & Co. old stand.
Ladies, look at the prices and then go
and look at the goods. Do this and if
you are in need Of any of those goods
you will surely buy them at that store.
IT is asserted positively now that the
PROVO opera house will not close.
j. b. TIdMoNY, deputy q. S. marshal,
is down from salt Lake on business.
The sale of the John Beck properly
which he was to make today has been
postponed till January "a, 1895.
MARSHAL STJRRs, of springville,
was over yesterday. He explains that
he never knew that ''Scotty" or any
other tramp bad stolen an Gvercoat
from Provo until he read it in TIE Dis
PATCH. And this is true, beyond ques-
ton, for Marshal Knight says he never
Gelephoned TO Storrs about the coat at
all, in fact he does not believe that
''Scotty' stole the coat. He is of,the
opinion that pal of his stole it and
that "Scotty" sold il. The tramp.
however, insists that he did steal it
The description that Storrs got of
''Scotty" oyer the 'phone was not such
as to make him think the tramp he had
in tow was the fellow wanted here.
MRS. j. NJ. SCOTT was on Friday
evening last walking on the sidewalk
| four and a half blocks south of the old
b. Y academy site and fell'through a
foot-bTidge. She is now suffering with
! o Sari0nSlv fractured limb.
WORD has been received in this city
| that Albert futile, cashier OF the Manti
| Sayings bank, met with an accident on
New Years day which resulted in his
immediate death. The gentleman was
walking away from the bank when his
foot slipped and be fell heavily to the
ground, fracturing his skull. He died
at once.-S. L. Herald.
LAST night as Mr.. and Mrs. w. d.
| Roberts Jr. were coming up j. street,
near o. FL. Berg's shop, they were
startled by the explosion of pistol and
the singing of the ball very near. The
ball struck Berg's shop. The pistol
was free by son of Bishop Johnson,
who alleges that he was alarmed by
burglars, and the shot was intended to
drive them away. This is just little
TOO reckless. Mrs. Roberts was greatly
alarmed, as we'll she might be under
! the circumstances.
TIE city teachers are busying them
! selves in a whole sOuled manner get
ting ready for the grand midwinter
session Oh the Utah County Teachers
association to be held here tomorrow
| friday and the session and the whole
day will, beyond question of doubt,
| be grand success. The association
| and as many OF the parents of the city
as care to attend will meet at the
| Parker sehoOlhouse at 1880. Alter
| singing, prayer, music an address of
welcome and response, all of which, it
is estimated, will occupy forty minutes,
! DR.. Maeser will deliver lecture that
Will be filed with useful information,
not for teachers alone but for parents
and all interested in the welfare and
proper education of the growing gen.
Grafton. The doctor will begin at 10
O'Clock and he has been allotted one
hour. upon the program. The balance
of the time till O'Clock will be we'll
and prof.ably occupied, at which time
the association will adjourn to the
Fleiner cafe where one OF those grand
banquets for sthe preparation of which
this house is famous. will be partaken
of. There will be music, toasts, etc..
at the banquet. Miss John, the
Boshard and Pyne brothers quartette
and w. D. Roberts, jr., will sing.
President Booth, eX-SupeTintendenu
Wilson and Prof Reese will speak,
toastS will be offered, etc. Success to
the pedagogues,
THE suit for $1,000 back wages al
legged to be due brought by iex-Police-
man Buckley against Provo city, came
up before Commissioner Dudley yester-
day on demurrer, and the ruling on that
demurrer practically settles the case SO
far as the lower court is concerned. At
torneys SaxeY q John filed the COM
plant in the case setting forth that
the city ordinance provides that pc
liceman shall be paid the sum of $4,000
monthly for his services, that Mr..
Buckley had served the CITY eleven
months in the capacity of policeman
and had received only $4,000 for each
months work and that therefore the
City is indebte to him in the sum of
$1,000, ten dollars back wages for each
of the eleYe n months. City Attorney
WhitecOtton filed an answer to the
complaint admitting all the complaint
alleged but setting up private agree
ment by,and between the eX-police
man and a committee of the city coun-
Gil entered into before Mr.. Buckley
was employed that he should receive
only 5000 per month. SaXey 81 John
demurred to this answer on the ground
that the alleged contract was not
proper defense because the contract
is void and ssof no effect, for the rea-
son that the ordinance specified that
the policeman should be paid $50 90 per
month and that the charter as we'll as
the ordinance specified further that the |
salary should not be increased nor de-
mlnished during term OF Office. The |
eX-pollceman' attorneys hold that it |
was necessary to change the ordinance |
before policeman or other city officer |
could or can be employed at Il wer
salary than the salary specified in the |
The commissioner held |
with this view of the case and sustained |
the demurrer. Undoubtedly now judg-
ment will be had on the pleadinss and
the C ise be appealed.
IN its report of the proceedings Of |
the last session OF the county court |
THE DISPATCH mentioned that a petit
ton for abatement of taxes and for a
stipend had been received by
the court from Robert Till. Mr.. Till
now writes this paper saying: please
add the reason l assigned for this petit.
ton was that l claimed to have been
1efrauded of my rights by the acts of
The University land commissioners,
and their secretary in not allowing me
to purchase land l had held peaceful
of for eight years, thereby
causing me loss of hundreds of dollars
n improvements and the crop this sea-
! 4.