The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-04
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citizen in front of the Cullen last even
ing, "and will be pleased to read you
an extract He IS the proprietor of a
large wooden mill in Germantown and
is interested in Utah mines to a, GER
tain extent. He says: Every one down
here is talking gold and tariff and
business is rotten. 1 do not under
stand it at all. I have been in this
business for several years and never
saw it worse This is merely a. straw
to show which way the wind is blowing
IN that direction. We will get nothing
from the state of Pennsylvania: they
are too firmly welded to the breed of
cattle first propagated by Aaron, down
there"
George Schenck, the veteran insur-
ance man, is back from a trip all
through the south which has covered
a period of nearly four years. He is
firmly married to Salt Lake and Utah
and would not live anywhere else if
he could. AS usual he is. full of good
stories and last night was at his best.
George is a Pennsylvania and was
born in a place called Hopbottom.
which is in Susquehanna county, on
the line of the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western and which derived its name
from the fact that all they can raise
in the bottom lands of which the place
is composed, is hops. Everything goes
by the name of hops back there A
dance is a hop and when person gets
angry he IS said to be hopping mad
They tried to call the place 'Toadville'
once but it wouldn't work People said
that while toad might hop, the in
MI Of he rIrc
to say the least.
Well! George knows every person in
the state, with a few exceptions.
Among them was a man named Rouse
who resided near Parker's Landing
which is near Warren. In that section
of the woods oil wells are the chief in
dustry. Some of them exude a, great
deal of gas and are called "gassers."
1t is crime to go near one of these
wells with pipe, a lantern, or any
thing else calculated to ignite this
gas Rouse forgot himself one day and
lit a cigar inside the forbidden circle
and as a result there was a great deal
of trouble. Rouse was burned terribly
and twelve others met death K
lost his eyes and was told that this.
coupled with other matters, was so
serious that he could not expect to
live more than a day. He was rich.
Although suffering with intense pain
ne remembered this fact and also that
he was man without anyone in the
world who could contest his will. So
ne said: Dictate me a will, 1 am go
ing. l want this county to have .alI the
delinquent taxes paid first of all. The
balance you can use in building
marble court house for this county"
HIS wishes were carried out and War
rem county has marble court house
IN which there is a window commemo-
rating the event,
George told another story In the
town of Scranton, Pa, there is a huge
man named William Scranton called
Bill, who is a gaint in stature and
one OF the strongest men in the world
AT one time, times were dull Scranton
was dull and plenty of men were out
OF work. Bill was the superinten-
dent Of the Lackawanna Iron & Steel
company and as such was besieged
every day with applications. He finally
had AN immense sledge made, which
he could swing and strike a fair blow
on an anvil. Every time an applicant
came for a job, Bill would tell him
If he could take that hammer and hit |
the anvil as he did, at the same time |
illustrating, he could go to work. But |
one man accomplished the task.
Bill was fond of tobacco and used
to buy cigars which cost three for a |
PUNK. But he could not smoke them
himself, so he hired valet named |
Houtz and he used to smoke them and |
blow the smoke in "Bills" face. That
was the way in which he got satisfac-
ton.
Now" said Schenck, "having filed
q 1sNI1I
going to bed and he went
j. T. Chalmers, jr., son of Mr.. Chal-
mers, of the well known firm of Fra
ger & Chalmers. of Chicago. is in the |
city and is at the Knutsford
e. II. Clark, manager OF the Hearst |
in California, was in the city |
yesterday and left for San Francisco |
this morning.
Mr.. Edgar Hall and wife, of River
tree, New South Wales, are in the CITY
for a few weeks. Mr.. Hall is interest
ed in the mining and smelling in |
dustry and will visit Park City and |
the Ontario today.
E. M. Gibson, a prominent stock man |
OF Clarks, Neb., is in the city and is at |
the Cullen.
j. M. Canse. lumber merchant
from Ogden, is Cullen guest
AT the Knutsford-Edward Kiechle,
Evansville, Ind; Harry Peyton and
w. H. Robson, Washington, D. c.;
w. H. Smith, Chicago; Howard Gam
bile, st. Louis; Fred Clark, San Fran /
cisco; W. J. Cooqnbs, wife and daugh-
ter, Brooklyn, N. Y; H. H. Hess, New
York City.
At the Templeton-E. P. Bacon, Lo-
gan; V. c. Roeder. Pocatello; Ernest
c. Bacon, Ouray; Miss Elsie Bacon, !
birmingham, Mass; C. C. Evans, To-
peka; George c. Miner, Los Angeles;
D. w. Code, Denver.
At the Cullen-S. P. Strokes, Denver;
Edwin c. Church. Chicago; Hugh Nc
Cullough, Du Bots, Pa; D. D. Rowland,
Evanston; Miss kittie Rowland, Aber-
deem, S. D.; W. W. Hellis, Los An
geles.
At the Walker-H. B. Martyr, D. T.
Martyr, jr., Columbus, Neb.; James H.
Erickson, Mount Pleasant; S. w. Mel
son, Fairview Andrew Anderson, Moro
nj; r. S. Collect, Vernal; Ellsworth
Jones, Nephi; j. B. Wallace, Seattle;
John M. Seely, Mount Pleasant.
THE BRIGHTON HOTEL,
the famous mountain resort, to the de-
light of many will be opened for this