The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-25
TOWN TALK.

A notarial commission was yesterday
Issued TO J. II. Bacon of this county
| Yesterdays clearings were 1924. 4S9 as
compared with $23S,129, an increase OF
nearly s1oe.00G
The new fire station, adjoining the old
city hail. viii be formally opened to-
morrow evening at 7:30.
County Collector Spencer was yester-
day presented with a handsome silver
inkstand by the employees of his office.
DR.. Dalby grand master OF Masons in
Utah, was last evening presented with d
handsome jewel of the rank which he
holds.
rill took place yesterday at the Seven
teenth ward Westinghouse and was large
" attended
Santa Claus was in evidence on Main
Street last night. He shook hands with
al the little ones and filled their hearts
with delight.
Councilman ". H. Dale of the Fourth
municipal ward was the recipient yester-
day of gold-headed cane. the gift of
his constituents.
At a. m. yesterday the thermometer
registered 80, at noon g. and at p. m.
3s, the maximum temperature being SO
and the minimum a.
The Herald staff is indebted to Albert
". Game jr- and Royal w Daynes for
Christmas call and a Serenade of eX-
uuisite music in keeping with the senti-
ment of the season.
The faithful work of Captain Thomas
DoDson, the nightwatchman, is appre-
ciated by the merchants on his beat. and
they showered wagon load of presents
upon him yesterday
The Duteh-Americans will meet the
Sixteen-to Ones today in a game OF foot
players all show good training it is ex-
pected that the contest will be ''hot
number"
Bob Thompson and Dick Francis, the
latter from California, engaged in a
friendly boxing bout for points at the
and George Robinson and Herschel Nc
Kinney of California and an Ogden
boxer also spared
Nitghtwatch David Nelson was hap
by man last night. His joy was caused
by the receipt of some tokens of the glad
eve from almost every merchant on his
beat Had children met Davy on his
way home this morning at ). they would
have seen in him a veritable Santa Claus.
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran
church of Our Savior, Rev. Z. Skabo.
pastor. viii hold Christmas services at
: Il a. m. and 1:30 p M in 81 South Third
East street. Sunday after Christmas the
children will have their Christmas tree
festival at 1880 p m. Pastors residence,
81 South Fourth East street.
County Treasurer-elect Lynch yesterday
filed his bond for the approval of the
judges of the district court The amount
of the bond is $500, COO and the sureties
are as follows: Josiah Barnett. s., COO: A.
Hanauer $50, 900; Andrew Brixon, $4,000;
JACOB Bamberger, $4,000: Thomas Kearns,
$50, 600; w. S. Mccormick, 100000; E. II.
Airs, $4,000
The board of public works and the
county commissioners got together yes
terday and decided to readvertise for
bids for the work of contracting the sur
plus canal The bids now may be made
on two sections or less, which viii do
away with much of the difficulty en-
couatered when the other bids limiting
one section to each bidder was en-
countered.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
for Levi a. Sanderson, %, and Susan d.
Forbes, q of this city; Richard Tutin, 81,
Pitkin. Colo, and Annie White. %,
Crested Butte. Colo: Alex. L. Thornton,
20 Park City, and Margaret Crookston,
n American Fork; Alfred J. King, %.
and Laura 9 Hansen. SO, both of this
city: Thomas 3. Slater. 20, and Alice II.
Page, Is. both of this city.
Peter Christensen, who is awaiting
trial in The county Jail on d charge of
beating and robbing an old man at Muir
ray. is likely to have charge OF
burglary to meet also. When arrested;
a bracelet and gold breastpiD We're found
in his pockets and he could give no sat
isfactory account of how the articles
came into his possession A lady who
resides at Murray called at Sheriff
Harlys office Yesterday and identified
the jewelry as her property and at the
same time stated that on the night they
were stolen a gold watch and chain also
disappeared