The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29
Brigham City Bits.

BRIGHAM CITY, March 81 he
lively rains of Thursday night and to-
day will be productive of much good to
farmer and pomologist in this section.
The ground had become quite dry and
the rain was warmly welcomed by all.
It will be of inestimable benefit to the
fall grain.
This week. A. E. Barnes. well
known sheepman of Corinne, dled al
his home in that place from an unu-
sual cause 1t seems a few weeks ago
he accidentally got small silver run
into one. of his fingers. penetrating the
flesh to the bone The slight wound
grew sorer AMI daily became more
painful and troublesome. Finally fei-
on started at the bottom Of the wound;
blood poisoning came on; it perVaded
the whole system of the suffering pa
tient and in time got such foothoid
on his person that it finally killed him.
Mr.. Barnes was about fifty years OF
age and leaves a wife and famlly III
Corinne to mourn his untimely loss.
Thursday night a large number or
ScandinaVians gave a masquerade bail
in Brigham City. They are a jolly lot
when they get together on these occa-
sions and they make Rome fairly howl.
There is so much wind in the new
Republican city council that they must
have more time and room; so they
have decided to meet three hours ear
lier in the day so that they may all
get through blown-off by midnight.
Several surprise parties have taken
place in Brigham City this week. Mrs.
Nels Jensen got up pleasant birthday
party for her husband, the county at
torney, in commemoration of his tHIrty-
sixth natal day. Then the Third ward
people treated their bishop, A. A. Jen-
sen. to a big surprise in honor of his
SEVENTEEN birthday
Some of Brighams sheep shearers
were caught in the wreck of the pas
senger train near Shoshone, Ida, this
week, but fortunately none of them
were injured. The boys got fearful
scare and do not care to participate in
another smash-up of the kind.
The people are beginning to save up
their spare dimes in anticipation of a
visit to the mecca of the Mormons dur
ing the approaching conference. A
goodly outDouring of the saints from
this city and county is looked for
Thousands of choice young fruit trees
have been ordered by the people around
here and will be set out as soon as the
weather will permit, some having al
ready commenced planting. But only
a small part OF the trees that will be
planted has been received so far.
About May /, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L.
Snow of the Bugler, expect to leave
for New York. where they will spend
the summer visiting Mrs. Shows pa
rents and other relatives. During Mr..
Shows absence, Nephi Anderson, prin-
cipal of the Fourth ward school, will
see to blowing the Bugle.
William Taggart, young man of
Salt Lake, was in Brigham today, in
the interests of a piano firm of the
capital.
Mr. Taylor, publisher of the Broad
AK of Salt Lake, was in town this
week. He says he is a Democrat to
the backbone and don't you forget If.
Nothing definite can be learned in
regard to the real worth of the "Con-
solidated" Mining company, whose
mines are located on the mountain side
four miles north of Brigham. But IN
quiries continue to pour in from the
east. where scores of people seem to
have invested pretty heavily in the
stock which has been floated in these
parts for several years. A force Of
miners continue to pick away in the
great tunnel which is now said to be
in TO a depth of about 1000 feet. But
strange TO say, though the work has
been pushed energetically forward for
four or five years. the shipment of ore
has not yet begun.
A great deal of trimming of shade
trees is being done in Brigham this
spring, but in a few cases, it is being
carried to excess by cutting every limb
off the trees, leaving only the trunks.
Considerable sand and other build
ing materials are being collected on the
tabernacle grounds in preparation for
the rapid reconstruction of that edi-
flee. Salt Lake parties have made lib
eral contributions to the fund; the
church proper has made a handsome
present of funds and the remainder of
the money necessary to complete the
structure is being raised by an equit-
able assessment on the individual men,
berS of the various wards in the coun-
ty. The largest sum asked of any
one person is said to be 500.
1t is reported that considerable Wig
or is being displayed in pushing for
ward some of the best claims in the
Willard mining district Quite a large
number Of good prospects there will
be worked this summer. Many assays
of rock from that district FUN hun
dreds of dollars to the ton. There are
also tens of thousands of tons of al
most pure iron ore locate in that vi
entity. Some day big iron plant will
be erected there, or as great many peo-
pie will be much mistaken.
Some of the old gardeners hereabouts
claim they have made thorough in
vestigation of their orchards this
spring and do not find nearly so many
signs OF foliage and fruit worms as
they did last year. Consequently they
predict larger and superior fruit crop
for many years.