The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-17

There is a message at the Western
Union telegraph Office for NJ. j. OkarreL.
Fifteen Genus per copy viii be paid for
Semi Weekly Her2ldS date OF December
IL, 1882, sent TO this office.
At a NJ yesterday the thermometer
registered 3, at noon 10, and at 6 p. m.
7i, the maximum temperature being q
and the minimum 8
Upon invitation Of President George G.
Wallace, a number of well-known society
people visited the new telephone building
on State street, last evening.
The funeral services over the remains
Of i. WOLF will be held at i N. today in
the Nineteenth ward meeting house, in
stead of at the family residence
John MidgeIey, IAN Austrian by trade
and miner by birth" was arrested last
night az q suspicious character. He is
supposed TO be wanted for some serious
offenSe elsewhere.
]. ". Roberts. of Riverton. f1led his
bond yesterday as deputy sheriff IN the
sum Of 5000 with James Blake, g, 7.
IeckStead, Edward OrgiQ and Charles n.
Dansie as sureties.
The regular meeting Of the w. c. T. Z.
win be held Tuesday, February 19, in the
Fourteenth ward hall at p. m. All are
invited. Dr. q. B. Ferguson. president;
NJ. Z. Irvine, secretary.
H. H. Griffin Will give an illustrated
lecture on history and temperance in
the Seventeenth ward meeting house COM
mencing at O'Clock tomorrow night for
the benefit of the Sunday school.
A grand character ball will be gwen at
Nephi or the evening of the 21st inst.
The young ladies who constitute the
committee In charge are untiring in their
efforts TO make the affair brilliant sue
cess.
The Mutual Improvement associations
of the Second ward Will hold their month
" joint session next Tuesday evening at
o'clock One feature OF the programme
viii be an address by David MCKENZIE
subject, Christian Evidences.
L L. Wilson, of Wynnore. Neb, an old
friend of F. i. Holland, is in town and
may conclude TO make Salt Lake his
home for the future. Mr. Wilson says
that a great many Nebraskans are think
ing Of coming 10 Utah TO settle.
The checklist act of the season was
performed last night, when a bum ap-
preached a member Of the police force
and asked for ten cents TO enable him to
obtain something TO eat. The officer was
SO completely astounded that he forgot
TO arrest him
Charles ]. e Parker, manager for
Frank Ives. the champion bfnfardist of
the world, and Jacob Schaefer, the Wiz
ara, Is in town arranging Tor an exhibit
Ton game 10 be played by his stars
The local billiard experts are greatly
interested in the coming visit.
Preparations for Sunday weddings were
yesterday entered into by AlVa ]. But
Ter, aged %; Of RutIervilIe and Annie l.
Despair, aged %, Of Granite; George II
Taylor, aged %, and Jane Park aged 90
of Mill Creek; Samuel =. Myers, aged g.
ana Maud Lawrence, aged %, of Salt
Lake city
Chief Compiler George 3. Squires said
last night that the census OF Salt Lake
city would be completed by Saturday
next, perhaps before. Nothing is known
as yet regarding totals, but il is believed
that fha yAnrf1la ffnr1 will IN
compiierS viii begin work on the county
mineral industrial and agriculture
work as soon as the city is completed.
The Utah Strengthening company is TAX
ing care OF about the usual number of
hogs, and during the past week the value
OF its pork products held at the ware
house on West Second South has been
materially increased. AT the Union
stockyards five carloads of porkers were
received yesterday for the company. OF
these two were from Sanpete ana three
from Cache.
One Of the heaviest realty transfers. of
the year IS regards residence property
was conSummated yesterday. james K
Gillespie conducted the negotiations nv
which Ex-Governor Arthur /. Thomas
disf osed Of his Brigham street residence
known mining man, but his name was
not made public by the agent; the b,iver
not wishing any newspaper notoriety.
The clearings of Salt Lakes associated
banks TOOK rather unexpected turn
during The business week just closed and
the total showed an increase OF p Nor
cent, as compared with that of The
same period last year. According IN
Bradsteet,s the increase for the week
ending Thursday was 20 per cent and
this city was well up in the list of in
creases. For the week the clearines were
a,27S,047, as against SE05o, 1893 for the
week show gain, but the day also bad
the spirit and the total of 500, 061 wa 6
S3l.6 heavier than that of the same
day OF last year