The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
BOX ELDER COUNTY.
Senatorial Contest the Theme-Cut-
ting Ice.

Senator1al contest the Theme-Cut-
ting Ice.
Brigham City, Jan. 23.-The senator
! ial contest is the an-absorbing theme
here now. Many of the people are
/ intensely interested in the outcome.
/ Every mornings Herald is eagerly
caught up and its senatorial intelli-
gence devoured. Most people admit
that the three leading candidates are
/ good, representative men, either one of
whom would do honor to Utah If
elected, yet every man land many of
the women, too has his own candidate
and is anxious for his choice to win
1t is generally conceded that the choice
of Box Elder county people would be
either Thatcher or Rawlins, but if
Rawlins continues to lose, Thatcher
would be first choice. Still Henderson
has a good many ardent supporters.
UP to within two weeks ago it was
| thought by Messrs. Rudger Clawson,
Charles Kelly and Adolph Madison.
presidency of this stake of Zion, that
the rebuilded tabernacle would have
been entirely completed, paid for and
ready for dedication Sunday and Mon
day, the time set for the regular quar-
terly conference; but the building is
not yet finished and the conference
and dedicatory service will have to be
put off several weeks in consequence
A grand ecclesiastical time is antici-
pated at the dedication.
The January thaw this week has
ruined the sleighing. 1t was so warm
all Thursday night that it failed to
freeze ice during the "a hours
The county commissioners of Box
Elder are making preparations to build
a bridge across Bear river at a point
west of Deweyville Such structure
will prove of great benefit to the
farmers in that vicinity, especially
those on the west side who are penned
up between the two rivers
One day of this week a son of Coun-
Gilman L. P. Johnson of the First ward
died after an illness of only a week
The young man was % years old and
the cause of his death was heart dis
ease. The funeral services Will take
place in the ward meeting house today.
The grief stricken family has the SYM
pathy of a host of friends and rela-
tiVeS.
The heavy fall of snow the latter
part of last week, followed by the Sc
we're cold snap, had a beneficial effect
upon the diphtheria cases in Brigham.
Very little is heard from them this
week. Not one new case is reported.
1t is feared that this second warm
wave may start the disease again with
renewed vigor.
This seems to be proving an I'M
usually lively season in Brigham for
socials. Several are being held each
week. Saturday evening a jolly card
party was given at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. l.. Snow, where about 20
invited guests spent a pleasant evening
and tonight Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Dunn !
will entertain. Then Miss Alice Man |
sen also had card party Besides !
these, several surprises were perpe- |
trated in various parts of town. All |
in all, it is proving an enjoyable social |
season.
Mining news is not very brisk of |
late. Yet reports come from the west |
ern part of the county that work is
being prosecuted on several promising |
claims out there. All that some of |
these western properties seem to lack
is little capital-enough so the work
might be carried far enough to show
what exists below the surface. Good
rock from the surface and at a depth
of less than so feet has been found in
places But up to date not
one claim has had enough develop
ment work done on it to prove CON
that 1t is a paying property.
Quite a lively little legal battle took
place in town a few days ago, when
the case of Charley Ford against Fred
Hillman came up. Ford was suing
for alleged wages due, while the de-
PENDANT claimed Ford owed him. The
lawyers had hot exchange of words
The result was that the jury returned
a verdict of $40 and costs against Hill
man.
Dray wagons have for long time
been running regularly between Brig
ham and Ogden. Most of the business
men Of the town seem to, patronage this
wagon route. Since the railroad raised