The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-01
TOWN TALK.

Marriage licenses We're yesterday is
sued TO Z. 3. Carter and Grace NJ. New
ton OF Ills city; Fred 4. Lewis a nd Sa-
ran Z. Parker Of Salt Lake City.
The annual conference Of the Y. NJ. and
y. L. NJ J. A of the Latter-day saints
win be held in this city on Saturday, sun
day and Monday, July H. IS and -.
5. 4. Kenner's Great Campaign has re-
appeared, and is as Interesting and read
able as OF yore- Silver is the issue now,
and The paper viii continue to fight till
the battle IS won.
Hon. W. J. Bryans lecture this evening
begins AT $50 o clock. His representative
here j. Frank b. SteDhens his former
s'choolmate. VINO Is attending TO the busi-
ness ARRANGEMENTS
The west side fire department was called
out yesterday evening TO a small blaze
IN he residence Of John Smell. $50 South
Second West street. The fire was eXtin-
guished with a loss of about SIS.
Yesterdays clearings were $23907S. as
compared with S192. 49, for the same day
of last year. The months clearngs also
showed a neat increase footing up $685.
100 as against S., 1928 for June, 1896.
Hebe- J. Grant & Co, agents of the
Home Fire Insurance company, have ad-
justed the loss sustained by Harding d
90. of Willard at S6g5S.10. The loss was
entire. not pound Of merchandise hay
ing been saved.
George c. Trip Of East Mill Creek had
his home completely destroyed by fire on
Sunday. It was fortunately insured in the
Home Of Utah. and yesterday Grant Il
Co. gave MIR. Trip a check for sS45.25, the
full amount of mis- loss.
The paving tax on TIE block between
West Temple and First West, on Second
South, becomes due today. and if not
paid viii draw interest al the rate of 10
per cent. City Treasurer May IS going
20 send out the notices today.
Frank Maltese IS again Il theatrical
the Lyceum. and Frank is 10 have entire
charge. Re says he VIII play combina-
tons ard during Jubilee week he will
either bring out the play of Joseph Smith
or produce light opera
FRS. 7 .. Manchester, president of the
National Association Of the Loyal Women
of American Liberty. viii arrive in this
city on Saturday from her home a Prov
idence. r 1. She viii remain a few days
before going on 10 the coast. and viii de-
liver an address TO the women of Utah,
the time ana place TO be arranged later.
Tnree prominent Salt Lake institutions
Yesterday 2alc their regular quarterly
dividends The Home Fire of Utah paid
its 36Jh dividend of lls per cent o. the
capital OF a quarter of q million: Heber
/ Grant &, Co paid dividend No - of >
per cent, and the Coop. Wagon & Ma
chine company paid its 10Th dividend of
~ per cent on the capital of a quarter of
a million.
P. c. Wood. formerly of Utah. writes to
Inc Herald from JudIez, AleAicO. as IOl-
lows We are having very warm
weather at present; our plum trees are
breaking down with fruit; our potato crop
is very good, ana potatoes are worth
cents per pound in the field. The COM
ing railroad is within thirteen miles of
this colony"
AT a meeting of the executive commit
tee Of the High school yesterday il was
decided 20 hold the long-delayed reception
10 Prof. Malone and the class of % Fri /
day evening Of this week 1t viii be held /
at the home OF ! 7. Goodwin. 450 East
Brigham street. where all graduates of
the High school VIII assemble nj 9 D. m ]
10 say goodbye TO their retiring principal. 1
Notice mas been received that the post
Office at Drum. Millard county. has been (
discontinued ana mail VIII hereafter be /
sent 10 Huxley The name of the post
office at Leon, CElckhamaS county, ore /
gon, has been changed TO Garfield. Cam
.ron Ferry and York, formerly in Meagher |
county, Montana, are now IN Lewis and I
Clarke counties. CALAIS. formerly in Too
ele county, Utah, IS now in Juab county.
At the session Of the city council on
Tuesday evening Councilman Diehl had a
resolution 10 offer which provided that ali
persons paying their water tax before
July Is should be entitled 10 a rebate of
per cent The resOl utiOn however. lies
in the mass of unfinished business which
was not reached al the meeting. 1t VIII
be tackled next Tuesday along with the
rest. Parties obtaining this rebate must
pay al tax in cash, however. scrip doesn't
go.
1t turns out that Councilman Mulvey
was cutting rather close to Stewart on
Tuesday evening when he asked him #
il was not = fact tie finance committee
Of the council had borrowed 81. 900 to keep
up the running expenses of the city gov
arament until such time as the taxes
come in. This Is q fact and the city is
now something ike SIS, coo i'll the red lines
IN its bank account and no debts are being
paid 10 speak OF. One firm has declined
to sell the city goods unless the cash is
ana others are going TO fol-
low suit.