Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-23

A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
i. l.. Crouch yesterday morning. All
well.
/. w. Fletcher, l.. C. Miller and Saml.
Best of Salt Lake are registered at the
Hotel Roberts.
The family of ]. p. r. johnson will
hold n reunion in the First ward meet
ing house tomorrow "wednesday
evening.
The local county commissioners met
yesterday and accepted the bridge at
the mouth of Provo canyon from the
contractors, the Andrews bridge conf
pany OF Salt Lake. The bridge is sat
isfactory in every respect.
The w. fisherman Post and women's
Relief Corps will give an entertain
ment In Springville Thursday evening.
Music, reading and historical tableau.
and New England Thanksgiving din
ner will be enjoyed by the guests.
Harmon b. Hales, aged rs and Han
nah Boyack, aged %. both of Spanish
Fork have received marriage license.
Mr. John A. Baum and Miss Susie Il.
Bunnell, both of Midway; and Mr.. Fay
Heron and Miss Lizzie Hay, both OF
Pleasant Grove We're married here yes
terday by Justice a. l.. Booth.
The Brigham Young Academy kin
Thanksgiving entertainment on We'd
nesday, November 9ith at the kinder
garten room. A pleasing feature of the
entertainment will be gifts brought by
the little ones for distribution among
those children whose parents are not
well off financially.
The NJ. !. A. conference held here
ed, and many valuable Instructions
We're given by Elders John Henry
Smith, Hull, Morris, j. Don c. Young.
Brimhall, Reed Smoot and other
speakers. Elder Ernest d. Partridge
was sustained MS second counselor in
place Of Elder Guy c. Wilson removed
to Mexico. The concert given Satur-
day evening was a fine musical enter
tainment and highly appreciated.
Sheriff storrs and County Attorney
King went to Salem yesterday to in
vestigate a fight that is said to have
taken place there, Friday evening,
between two young men, Hyrum
young men we're fighting and Davis
started to take n hand In the AFFAIR.
Stone took hold of him and pulled him
back; this made Davis angry and he
struck Stone on the side of the head
with nm AK fracturtng the skull. 1t Is
said that bystandcr struck the aN
rs II was raised and that n II had nor
been for this Interference the wound
would have been much more serious.
A Mrs, wilder came to Provo Sunday
from Grand Junction, Colorado. with
three small children, She tells that her
husband left her In Silverton. Colorado.
sometime $50, and afterwards wrote to
her from Grand Junction asking her
TO come there, She sold her house
hold effects and went TO Grand juno
tion. when she arrived there her hus-
band had left word for her that he had
gone to Utah. She had no means and
did not know where to go II she had.
The people In Grand Junction gave her
money "a come to Provo and the c0un-
~ authorities are caring for her and
trying 20 locate Mr.. Wilder.
Saturday a Mr.. Duke came down
from Provo valley after a load OF mcr-
chandise. In the evening his team
ran away ana after searching for ii
Sunday and the greater part of yes
torday. he found IL In a gulch near the
mouth OF Provo canyon. a little dog
that was ip the wagon Mt the time the
horses levanted had remained at his
post and was highly pleased when Mr.
Duke arrived ON the scene. No damage
was done to the runaway outht.