The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-02
TOWN TALK.

9. F Boyd and wife of this city. left
or Kansas City via the Rio Grande
Western yesterday.
A marriage license was issued yester-
DAY for James w. Brown, aged 81 and
SaraS J. Boddison, ageG q, both of this
city.
Miss liza Rreyer, the clever little &C
sress, is now away attending school She
VIII return home for the summer vaca-
tion.
At a. N. yesterday, the thermometer
registered q, at noon IS, and at 6 o. M;
~ the maximum temperature being a
and the minimum 25.
Jim Flanagan, the waiter who refused
no partaloe of the delicacies served by
Tailor Kimball, was yesterday pardoned
by Mayor Glendinning.
The officers Of the Y. NJ. Nj. I. A. will
meet in the Social hall, Al South State
street, this morning at II o'clock. A tull
attendance Is requested.
There will be a special meeting Of the
Y. NJ. and Y. L. ]. A. officers Of this stake
held in the Social hall. a South State
street on Monday, February Bird, at I;5O
%. m All NJ ]. a. officers are urgently
requested to be present.
Auditor Raybould yesterday issued the
check Of SS1 001.S5 for the contractors on
the final estimate of the gravity sewer.
The receipt reads as per final estimate
of city engineer instead of the usual
The fr a7ce committee of the city coun-
Gil held d consultation in the auditor S
Office YESTERDAY afternoon, but did little
except acquajnt themselves with the force
employed in the different departments.
The course to be followed by the com
mittee in the matter of retrenchment IS
practically as outlined in The Herald
over week ago.
According 10 the report OF the health
department for the past week, there are
now but eight cases of scarlet fever IN
the CITY. Two new cases of typhoid te-
yer were reported, indicating that this
disease is on the increase. The deaths
numbered twelve equally divided as 10
sex. OF births there were eleven reported,
nine of which were males and two fe-
males. Three bodies were received for
3nterment from other places.
A contest reading was given last
evening at Mrs. Boyden'S school of eX-
preston. The subject was one to i'm
prove the articulation and was both IN
Structive and interesting. The judges
were Mr.. w. s. Webster and Misses Kate
and Blanche Thomas, who awarded the
prize TO Master Foster Curtis. After the
contest. the balance Of the evening was
spent in singing, dancing and recitations.
Mrs. Boyden intends giving q series Of
these contests.
The county selectTnen were in session
yesterday and heard representatives of
the different elevator companies, VINO
have nut in bids for an elevator for The
Joint building, debate on the good points
of their respective lifting machines. A
tour of inspection was also made through
the larger buildings uptown, and the
working of several machines examined.
No action was taken, however, on de-
Gliding upon the lowest bid. but then
its long while till Christmas yet
At the annual meeting of the Salt
Lake Horticultural society yesterday,
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Heber Bennion, Tay-
louisville president; John Boyce, Gran,
Ate. vice-president; n. d. Jensen, Mill
Crek. secretary and treasurer. Some dis
cussion was had on the fruit tree spray
ting law and it being considered that some
important changes We're desirable
committee consisting of Heber Bennion.
r W. Price, n. D. Jensen, P. A. Dix
and John P. Sorenson, was appointed to
draft proposed amendments and present
rhem TO the committee Of the State Ag-
ricultural society Tor approval. and then
present them to the legislature The
committee viii meet next Wednesday at
2 D. m. in the city and county building.
TIE report Of the county fruit tree in
spector was read and approved.