The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-21
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Large crowds went from here with
the Maccabees to the lake yesterday.
The Fourth ward Sunday school held
services at the reform school Sunday
afternoon.
W. R. White has gone south for
day or two, to attend to business in
Salt Lake and other cities.
P. M. Smith of Dublin, Ireland, has
taken quarters at the Central, eXpect-
ing to remain in the city some weeks.
j. C. Nngent, an experienced the
atrical man of Omaha, is in the city
looking over the town with a view to
starting a theatrical enterprise.
Captain Beck, the blind mariner, de-
livered his lecture on What A Blind
Man Saw Off Cape Horn" at the court
house last night to a not very large
audience.
The board of commissioners of the
Industrial school met last evening, but
only routine business connected with
proposed alterations in the plans for
the new building came up.
J. w .Sammon has returned to his
home in Evanston after visiting a few
days with his. brother. the proprietor
of the Centralg Mr.. Sammon was
delegate to theaGhica go convention.
r. c. Easton arrived in the city yes
terday to begin rehearsals for the
Burns centennial tonight. Mrs. Lizzie
Thomas Edward is expected today.
From all appearances the concert will
be a ma gnificent success.
On the oath inst, Pioneer day, the
Scandinavians of Weber county will
have an outing in Fairs grove, to
which all Scandinavians and their
families are invited. y good programme
will be rendered and a fine time as
sured.
The case of Mrs. Jane D. Brown Bill
lings VS. Willis Brown was continued
yesterday before Judge Hiles. The case
is one involving the title to certain real
estate which mother had decided to
son, but which deed it is now sought
to have set aside on the ground of I'm
due influence.
One Of the events booked for Pioneer
day is a drilling contest between mem
bers of Camp One and Camp Two of
the canyon worllmen Sharp rivalry
has existed between the two camps for
some months, and now it appears as
though the rivalry would eliminate
in a friendly contest. AS mentioned
elsewhere in this column, a petition
was presented to the council last night
for the use of the stockade between the
hours of . and of July "a. 1t will be
a unique and exciting contest and
should draw large crowd.
Sunday night. while out driving on
Washington avenue, Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Bowman, their little boy and
Mrs. Heber Wright. had a narrow es-
cape as the result of a collision Of the
two vehicles Mrs. Wright was driv-
ing down a cross street, and failing to
see the other vehicle, ran into it. Mr..
Bowmans boy was thrown over the
dashboard and his rig tipped over by
the shock, but managed to hold on to
his horse and prevent a complete
smash-up. Mrs. Wright was thrown
out. but not seriously hurt. Both rigs
were pretty well smashed.
/ T. c. Hume, foreman of the X Rays
Office, received from Omaha this morn
ing an express package containing
splints from coach in the wreck at
Logan, Iowa, the other day. These
fragments were from coach No. 2, and
the reason why they were sent to Mr..
| Hume is that the train of which the
! coach was part was designed by MIR.
Hume, as he did service for several
years on the Kearney & Black Hills
/ road, of which Mr.. lNlme was auditor,
and his brother a conductor of the
train. Mr.. Hume will prize these little
! fragments highly.-Evening Press.