The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-15
TOWN TALK.


: Over 5000 was taken in yesterday by
the city treasurer from water rate payers.
Sunday school missionary meeting to-
; day al 10 a. n. in the Constitution build
ing.
Last week the health department made
q tests of milk for water and found all
samples, except one, normal
State Superintendenpo of Schools John w.
Park returned yesterday from a visit to
the southern tier Of counties.
The water committee of the city council
yesterday concluded its labors as u board
of equalization of water taxes.
Judge v. Higgins of Nephi is being
congratulated over the arrival at his
: home yesterday ora line baby boy.
The Sunday. School. union viii hold its
regular meeting on Monday evening next
an the Fourteenth ward assembly rooms.
Colonel Nelson, managing editor of the
Tribune departs today On his vacation
"trip 10 California. He viii be absent
thirty days.
The new school registers. which viii be
IN general use throughout the state in
time have been printed and are ready 10
be distributed.
The examination of applicants for GER
Tificates 10 teach will be conducted at the
University of Utah on the 26th inst, be-
ginning at a. m.
Miss Da-ies and Mr.. James Stephens
of Telluride. Colo, We're united in mar
riage by Rev. T. G. Collins at Young
hotel, Wasatch block.
Marriage licenses We're issued yesterday
by the county clerk to Stephen Faulkner
and NetIie Purdin of Evanston and
George II. Rey and Charlotte Condel of
Sandy.
Yesterdays clearings were S2Sl 742 as
compared with S147, $50 for the same day
of last year. The clearings for the week
footed up Sl,6O4905, as against M,l@ 4lO
for the corresponding week of 1896.
Hon. Thomas Kearns of the Silver King
is preparing to build a residence terra ce
at the corner of Sixth South and State
street, at a. cost of $200000. 1t will have
a frontage of $50 feet on State street.
Y. NJ C. A, IS West Second South street.
young mems gospel meeting today al
p H., addressed by Rev. William NJ. Pa
dew M j. O. McCracken will sing All
men are invited and viii be cordially well
coined.
The health department record for the
past week shows: Births 81 males II fe-
males IS; deaths Il, males 9, females :;
contagious disease flags standing 6, scarlet
fever cases >. diphtheria .; infectious dis
eases reported ,, typhoid cases reported
3, diphtner1a cases reported 5.
Mrs Ann H Evans. relict of the late
John IL Evans, and mother of Evans,
the well known foreman of the Utah &
Nevada shops, died early yesterday
morning. The funeral services will take
place from the Fifteenth ward meeting
house at 4:S0 D. m. today. Friends are
invited to attend.
Marshalltown Ia. Republican:
There has been. according TO the Salt
Lake papers, another development in the
Payne Griffin divorce case, which is to
be finally heard the last of this month
The husband has added another charge.
amending his counter-Detition In il he
boldly attacks the character of his wife.
II was the last thing which the people
here who knew her so well would have
expected, and at this distance it appears
foully ridiculous. That il is also so taken
TO a great extent at Salt Lake is appar-
ent from the reports. 1t seems TO be the
last act-the resort dernier-in a desper-
ate case.