The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-14
Logan Lines.

LOGAN, March 13.-The many Salt
Lake and Logan friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. G.. Thatcher, of this city, SYM
pathize deeply with them in their re-
cent bereavement Mrs Thatcher was
confined Sunday of a son. 1t was a
premature birth. brought on by a
heavy cold and violent coughing spells.
The little thing lived but a few hours
and died Sunday evening at 6:15
o'clock Burial services were held
Monday and the child was inferred in
the family lot in the city cemetery.
The fourth quorum of seventies,
comprising several wards Of this city.
has launched out in a new direction
for the purpose of securing increased
interest in the work by its members
and friends. On Monday evening Pro-
fesSor Jacob F. Miller, of the faculty
of the Brigham Young college, who is
teacher of the seventies class in
ecclesiastical history, delivered pub
lie lecture in the Brigham Young col
lege building, taking for his subject
1.-The Life of Herod.' The professor
eXcels in historical knowledge, and
the large audience was highly de-
lighted with his treatment of the sub
iect.
AT the regular weekly meeting of the
6HlIOudlHlC society OF the Brigham
Young college Friday evening the fol-
lowing programme will be rendered:
Flute solo, H. Farr; piano accom-
paniment. by Alex Nibley; lecture,
THE Bible as Literature" Professor
James a. Langton; instrumental quar-
tette, Paul Won Nordeck, Professor
Shepard, B. Easton and Tulsa Gates.
The report of the city superinten-
{dent of schools recently made to the
board of education, shows a total at
tendance of children at the twenty
schools in operation in this city for the
second or winter term, Of 1.106 The
board of education, at the said meet
ing, passed q resolution allowing the
treasurer of the board, for his services
for 1896, the sum of IS.
Marriage licenses have been issued
this week as follows: Willard S. Han
sen, of Brigham City, and Amelia
Jacobsen, of Logan; Charles B. Rosor,
of Collinston, and Meachy Gleason, of
Sunset, Box Elder county; Willard R.
Peart. of Fielding, and Rosamond B.
Rushford. of Kaysville.
The annual reunion and iollifica ton
of the Scandinavians of this city was
held in the Eccles- Howell hall Mon
day evening. The large hall was bril-
liantly lighted and stretched clear
along the length thereof was a table
laden with the most toothsome edibleS.
Various sorts of refreshments were
served, singing and reciting was
listened to, and altogether a most en-
joyable evening was spent, Features
of the evening were the tug Of war
contest, wherein five Danes We're
matched against five SWedes The
former won; and the mock champion
ship prize fight in which the recent
mill between Fitszimmons and Maher
was realistically reproduced.
Mrs. Vaughan. of the First ward
was the recipient of pleasant sur
prise party Wednesday evening, the
occasion being the seventy-ninth an
niYersary of her birth. The party was
gotten up by the Relief society. Mrs.
Vaughan was the president of the first
relief society ever organized in Cache
stake
Lyon, of this city, has just arrived
from England. He came in response
to a telegram informing him of the
serious illness of Mr.. Lyon in a hospital
in Salt Lake city.
The Seventh ward meeting house
now boasts the possession of electric
light.
A ball will be given in the EccIes-
Howell hall this evening for the pleas
ure of the officers and teachers Of the
Seventh ward Sunday school.
a committee from the Logan cham
Der of commerce will go to Salt Lake
today for the purpose of securing
cheaper conference rates from points
in Cache Valley.
Yesterday Mrs. John Morley gave
birth to twins.
c. A Venness, the representative of
the Hubbard. Spencer & Bartlett hard
ware firm, of Chicago, spent yesterday
interviewing our hardware merchants.
Charles O'Brien, of Salt Lake a
director of the Union Mercantile union,
of this city, was in Logan yesterday.