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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05
sHERIFF's SALE.

SHERIFFS SALE--Nouce IS hereby
given that pursuant to a decree of fore
closure and order of sale to me- directed
from the district court of the Third judi
cial district. state of Utah. county OF Salt
Lake. in cause therein pending wherein
The Columbia Building e Loan associa-
tf.n a rorrOrarfo-, il nia frfifF soI 10
names HalVOrsen- Emily NJ HalVorsen
a w LundStrOm. Wdlberg LundStrom
AdOlph Noriberg and Emilia NOrdberg
are defendants. to which decree and order
Of sale reference is hereby made I shall
expose for sale, at pubic auction, to the
the highest bidder for cash at the west
front door of the county court house in
the city of Salt Lake. county of Salt
Lake. state Of Utah, on the 7th day OF
September, 1897, at Il ociScH noon, All the
right title, claim and interest OF johann
mes HalVOr5en. Emily NJ. HalVorsen A
W LundStrom. Walberg Lundstrom
Adolph NOrdberg and Emilia Nordberg.
of in and TO the following described real
estate, situate, lying and being In the
city of Salt Lake Utah. and particularly
described as follows. tO-Wtt- All OF lots
numbered eight Isl. nine 10 and ten t0)
in block numbered two %, also lots num-
beTed nine (slr ten d0) and eleven I'D. in
addition to the city of Salt Lake. county
OF Salt Lake. Utah. said addition being q
subdivision of a part Of the southwest
ton tWenfy-three, in township one north,
range one west, OF salt Lake meridian,
together with all and singular the tene-
ments, hereditamentS and appurteuances
thereuntO belonging. or in any wise ap-
pertaining. and pursuant to said decree
of foreclosure and order Of sale, I shall
also sell ct the same time and place five
90 shares of stock IN the said The Co
lunbIa Building & Loan association. a
corporation. represented by certificate No.
17.154. 10 be sold as the property OF J0-
hannes Halvorsen and Emily NJ. HaIyor-
sen, under said decree and order OF sale
in the above cause
Dated at Salt Lake City. Utah. this 9Th
( day of August 1897.
THOMAS p LEWIS.
Sheriff Of Salt Lake County. Utah.
BY J. 3. TimmoDy. Deputy Sheriff.
C1~S~~- = ----ov- Attorney for PIaIn-
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Grocers like to sell ScMz-
Amgs Best tea because it is
different
How diferent2
Fresh-roasted-go good
Not stale roasted - ordi-
nary.
A schiiiing s. Company
San Frarrisce 4o2

the new branch from Victor to Cold
field When completed the line viii be
nine miles long and viii reach the
summit of Bull and Raven hills.
The annual Arkansas valley fair and
watermelon feast was held at Rocky
Ford on Wednesday The attendance
was heavier than usual.
Orders recently published by Lieu
tenant Frisbee of the First regiment.
c. n G., stated that money mad been
collected by DR.. Charles T. Locke, for
mer captain &c company T, while at
Leadville, \ had never been &C
counted fcf Dr. Locke is very angry
over the m:l- T, ana says that all the
money which passed tn cough his hands
while in Leadvilie NA-s legitimately
expended with the exception of SO.
which he is ready to turn over at any
time. The doctor threatens to whip
the lieutenant on sight.
Benjamin Ennis, aged I, was drowned
while bathing in pond at Denver last
Wednesday.
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Their Errand.

Puck; 'Have you got him?" asked the
leader of the white caps.
Here he is. answered one of the band.
in a muffied tone.
An old man with long white hair and
beard stood trembling before them.
What have ] done?' he asked.
Listen" said the leader. Years ago
you made an election bet. You promised
that If your candidate was defeated you
hair cut
al have kept my promise" faltered the
old man.
Eyes you consumed fool. you have! We
dosa't want such idiots sn this country
But you wouldn't tar and feather a
man for t.iat2"
leader We're going ia giyeuvou q sha si,
and a hair cut Sit down and let the bar
Der start right in"
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sHER1FF,s SALE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
pursuant to a decree of foreclosure and
order of sale. TO me directed from the
district court of the Third judicial dis
trict, state of Utah. county OF Salt Lake
in a cause therein pending wherein John
Hahin is plaintiff and Mrs. ]. d. Asher
and J. Z. Asher are defendants. to which
decree and order of sale reference
is hereby made shall expose
for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash. at the west
front door of the county court house in
the CITY of Salt Lake. county of Salt
of September 1897. at u O'clock noon all
the right, title. claim and interest of the
above named defendants Mrs l. D. Asher
and J. r. Asher. OF, in and to the follow
ing described real estate. TO wit: Com
mencing fifty rods west from the south
east corner of the northwest quarter Of
section thirty, township one. South range
one west Salt Lake meridian running
thence west nineteen and one-half rods
thence north one hundred and sixty rods
thence east nineteen and one-haf rods
thence south one hundred and sixty rods
to the place Of beginning, containing nine
teen and one-haIf acres of ground, more
or less situate in the county of Salt Lake
state OF Utah to be sold as the property
of Mrs l. D. Asher and j. Il. Asher
under said decree and order of sale in the
abeTe cause.
18th day OF August. 1897
THOMAS p. LEWIS.
Sheriff of Salt Lake County, Utah.
BY J. b. TimmOny. Deputy Sheriff.
SHEPARD Sc SANFORD.
Attorney for Plaintiff,
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Befriended by Grant.

Washington Post. Some old army Off
GERS were talking about the old com
manders recently, and General Tom
Fletcher told this story illustrative of
Grants kind heart and ltberahty. After
the fan of Vicksburg l met a confederate
major Who had lost an arm in the service.
He was from Missouri, and had divided
his dinner with me when was a prisoner
He was Major Hickman He told me
there was a lady there with two small
children. She was destitute; her husband
had been killed or died during the siege.
THE lady was from Kentucky and in
some way dlstantly related to Henry Clay.
Hickman wanted to get her a pass on
one of the boats to get TO Kentucky.
He wanted an interview with General
Grant. ] arranged il. and we met at the
HEADQUARTERS the next day. There were
several generals and other distinguished
persons there. When We went in Genera
Grant said: Gentlemen. excuse me; l
have an appointment TO see General
Fietchers friend l introduced Hickman.
and ne told the story Of the poor Ken
tuckU lady. General Grant called an as
sitant adjutant, and ordered that trans
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Found The preliYninaries Tedious.

The Rochester Post-ESDress tells a
story of an old colored coachman who,
as a slave, had attended his masters
church. the Episcopal. for 80 years.
After the war the master gave uD his
carriage, and the coachman shifted for
himself. Taking advantage of his free
dom, ne began visiting various
churches, and finally made new con-
neetion Meeting his old master one
day, he admitted, with some enbar-
rassment that ne had done changed"
and ''jined the Mefodis." He said he
liked 'em bettah,' and when PINNED
down told why: We'll, I'll tell you,
marster; you know. when YOU goes to
Mefodis church. ies' as soon, as you
gifts inside dey settle right down to
business, approaching of the gos3ul,
whilst in de Piskerpu church it takes
'em too long to read the perceedinis O.
de las. meetin',''
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

SILVER STATE MINING AND
Milling ompany--PrincipIe place Of
business, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Notice is hereby given that at q
meeting of the directors. held on
the INST day of August. 1897. an assess
ing assessment No. g was levied on the
CapitaI stock of the corporation, payable
on or before Monday, the 9th day OF
September 1897. 10 Frederick Lyon secre-
tary of the company. at his office. 101
South Main street. Salt Lake City. The
stock upon which said Assessment re-
mains unpaid on the said 9th day Of
September, 1897, will be delinquent and
sdyertised for sale at public auction and
unless payment is made before as many
shares as may be necessary will be sold
on Monday. the 18th day of October. 1887.
at u O'Clock. noon, at said secretary S
office, to pay delinquent assessments, to-
sether with the cost of advertising and
expenses of sale
FREDERICK LYON.
Secretary and Treasurer.
Salt Lake City. Utah. Aug. IL 1897.
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A Street Conversation.

Senator Mason had a little son about
years old. who was very much Of a boy,
says the Washington Post He was al
ways out on Twelfth street playing, and
in order TO keep him from straying be-
yond the block he was duly inculcated
with proper regard Of the enormity OF
a policeman. One morning after break
fast Mason and a genial eoterie were in
the Basement room when the youngster
marched ".
Good morning. said Nir. Mason. cor
daily To what do we owe the honor of
your Visit2"
-dusst had 4 conveysashun wiz a pIeece-
man. VAS the serious response.
Indeed" remarked the father. and
what did the pleeceman say2"
He sad 'Belon was the response.
land what did you s2ly?' asked Mason.
The tot regarded the gathering gravely.
Il tame in" he responded simply The
party roared-
I reckon that's the briefest cOnVersa-
ton on record" said Mason when the
laugh subsidized.
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and stomach. Its total length is eight
feet, but of this there is only two and
a half feet of body, while there is three
feet of neck and head and two lNlf
feet of tail. The body is duck shaped,
and at the thic1est part is about a foot
in diameter. The long neck, which
looks for all the world ike big snake,
averages about six inches ~ thickness,
while the head is long ana fiat, being
eight inches wide at the broadcast point
The tail is most peculiar, and differs
slightly from the scientific idea Of the
prehistoric plestosaurus,' which was sup
posed to have a tail tapering to a fine
point. This idea was, of course, based
upon fossil remains which had rested
for countless centuries many feet be
low the earths surface. The Hyannis
reptiles tail terminates in q heshy pad
die nearly a foot long and ai3out six
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05
Stockholders MEETING.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
there with be meeting of the stock
holders of the Morgan Silver Mining
company of Park City. Utah. on Aug. 80,
1897. at o clock p. m, at the Office Of the
company (Waiker Bros. bankers, corner
of Second South and Main streets, Salt
Lake CWy), for the purpose of amending
the articles of incorporation of the com
pany by striking out article 15 thereof,
which reads as follows. viz: The capital
stock of said corporation shall be nom
assessable and no assessments shall be
levied ON. or collected from the capital
stock or tine shareholders of the corpora
ton. and substituting in lieu thereof
the following. viz; 1.-THE board of direct
ors, for the purpose of paying debts and
expenses, and carrying on the business of
the corporation, may levy and collect as
sessments ON the full paid capital stock
of the corporation. and provide for the
sale and transfer of the stock for non
payment thereof" Thereby making the
stock of said company assessabie and for
the transaction of any other business thai
may come before the meeting.
SAM'L F. WALKER, Secretary.
The foregoing meeting Of the stock
holders of the Morgan Silver Mining com
pan1 was on this goth day of August,
1897, by unanimous consent, adjourned un-
until o'clock p. m. of Sept. g. 1897
SAML F. WALKER, Secretary.
Aug. 90, 1897.
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Wyoming.

One of the most valuable finds yet
recorded in the ledge of marble is sit
.uated on the extreme west fork of the
Little Horn, Is miles from Aberdeen.
Samples of the marble have been sent
to all the leading marble works, and
as satisfactory Verdicts have been re
eeived as to the fineness, etc. articles
of incorporation win be filed at Chey-
enne this week. The name of the
company Will be the Pioneer Marble &
Building Stone company. capitalized at
100000, divided into 200 shares.
A prairie hawk killed at Cheyenne
last week measured four feet three
inches from tip to tip.
The secretary of the interior has de-
termined to Investigate the old Benson
surveys made during the years 1880 to
1884, and which Land Commissioner
Sparks showed was a fraudulent af-
fair, carried forward by the San Fran
cisco surveying syndicate in the in
terests OF certain politicians
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Idaho.

Boise Statesman: The fruit exhibit
that is to be shipped east for the
Quaker meeting in Illinois is attracting
transferable attention. The various
fruit dealers are gathering the best
specimens of local fruit of all kinds
grown in the valley. There will be 900
pounds in the exhibition and 1T VIII be
started tomorrow on it's way east.
A. J. Knollin of Kansas City will
ship $4,000 head of sheep from HALEY
this season.
The country about Weiser produces
large crops of barley and hops and now
it is to have a brewery.
st. Anthony News: The 10-year-old
daughter, Of Mrs. Andreas of Hog Hol-
low had an arm badly broken last Fri
day by being thrown from the wagon
by q runaway team. Her father was
killed by lightning near the same place
a man was drowned and another little
girl was killed all within the past year
( The inhabitants of that locality are
beginning to think that the place is
possessed of some evil spirit.
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STOCKHOLDERS, MEETING.

NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN THAT
there VIII be l meeting OF the stOchhold.
erS of The Electric Gold Mining and
Milling company. of Salt Lake City. State
at their Office. No. 10 West First South
street. Salt Lake City. Salt Lake county,
state Of Utah, at $50 D. NJ of said day,
for the purpose of amending the Articles
Of Incorporation OF the company. by add
Ing the following. which will be Amend
msnc One. which will read as follows.
to-wft:
THE Board of Directors. for the pur-
pose of paying debts and expenses and
carrying on the business of the corpora
ton. may levy and collect assessments on
the full paid up capital stock OF the cor
poraticn and provide for the sale ard
transfer of the stock for uOu-Dayment
thereof Thereby making the stock of
the said company dssessable. and for the
transaction Of any other business that
may come before the meeting.
r. W. NICOL, Secretary.
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lizard is united the teeth of a crocodile;
q neck OF enormous length, resembling
the body Of a serpent; trunk and
tail having the proportions of an or
binary quadruped, the ribs of q chance
9eon and The paddles OF a whale"
just what Hyannis has 10 do With the
plesiosaurus may seem a mystery to the
outsider unacqualnted with the events
about here the past fortnight, but the
bond Of interest between the two is
really very close. for the ocean selected
Hyannis from the whole world as a fit
ting place 70 deposit the body of a re-
Gently deceased plesiosaurus.
Scientists have figured that the last
one of the species expired 10000 years
ago, and some have estimated it as far
back as 100000 years. Yet, here, at the
mouth of Mil creek. the strong tide
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Byannis. Mass Sept items OF
thousands Of years ago, long before the
creation of the first man. and during
the Mesozoic epoch Of the earth's for
nation, the sea vas peopled by a pc
culiar reptile called the DIesiosaurns.
Psychologists have from time 70 time
discovered quantities OF the remains, Of
this saurian, and there is scarcely a
museum Of note in the world which
has not got in its collection II fossils q
part or an of the skeleton of the strange
peptIle-
auckland. in his description Of the
pIesiosanlus. says; ITO the head Of the
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the 4chthyosaurus and the flying ptero-
saurus, with bat-like wings and large
heads armed with long li2ard-like
teeth There were also immense land
reptiles. the dinosaurs and megalo-
saurs, 20 and 80 feet in length, and the
iquanodon, 80 feet in length, of massive
build like the hippopotamus of today
In this period was reached the culnin-
alton of the gigantic race of reptiliar
species, the savage tyrants of the land
sea and air.
There seems little doubt that the ami
NAL washed ashore here is a member
of the plesiosaurus family and as hi
was young his parents or brothers ant
sisters may still be rowing about il
the deep. AT any rate his appearances
furnishes abundant food for scientific
reflection and research
HAYWARD J. M'KINLEY.
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A GOOD CARD TRICK.
But First You Must Teach It to a
Friend

This trick being collision trick, it is
necessary that two persons should IN
derstand the key to it Following is
the way to play it: Take any sc cards
and lay them out. face upward. With six
in each row. The six cards ON the up
per left-hand side of the top row (as
shown in diagram by { ID, constitute
What is known as a group. This group
is called the first or animal" group.
Below it is the second or vegetable"
group, and below this is the third or
mineral group. Going back to the
top row, on the right-hand side. these
six cards constitute the fourth or the
man" group, below it the fifth or the
woman" group and below this the
sixth or Child" group.
The names and positions of the diff
ferent groups must be remembered by
both confederates. Now, as has been
shown in the diagram. each separate
group contains six cards. The three
upper cards in every group are l, and
8, and are named respectively animal, -
vegetable" mineral The three low
er cards of every group are I. 3 and 6.
or man" woman, child. To play
the trick one of the confederates leaves
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sure evidence that the saurian was a
very young one of immature develop
ment.
When the flesh was stripped off and
the skeleton exposed it was found that
the breast bone was shaped like that of
a water fowl, the breast itself re-
sembIing in contour that of a duck
There are no scales. the skin being as
smooth as that Of an eel. The skull
was found to be of one piece. with q
very small brain cavity. and from the
location of the eyes and nostrils it is
figured that the saurian was an air
breathing animal. accustomed to swim
on the surface of the sea with its long
neck reared high in the air.
The backbone was found to resemble
that of the shark, the ribs, however,
being only rudimentary. Many of the
bones are tipped with cartilage, an
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Strange Relic of Lost Ages

inches bread. 1t is very probable that
the prehistoric saurian had a similar
appendage, which, being wholly of flesh
would have entirely disappeared by the
natural dissolution of the perishable
body and leave no trace for the guild
ance of paleontologists-
On the under surface Of the body
there are four 1iippers situated like the
legs of a quadruped, but shaped some
What ike the paddles of the seal They
are united across the body by strip
of flesh. and the hind 1ipoers are coy
cred with coarse hairy fringe.
The lower jaw is the only section
missing, but in the upDer there are no
: traces of teeth, which in the eyes of
4 experienced eeamen is regarded as
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running through Vineyard sound
washed ashore an eight-foot plesiosau-
rus. which could not have been dead
more than a week or ten days at the
most
OF the hundreds who first examined
the body none could Identify it, al
though every man. woman and child
about the town is thoroughly familiar
with the sea and all of its product. 1t
remained for MT. Theodore W Drew Of
West Yarmouth 10 name the animal,
and now he has the skeleton. which is
to be carefully mounted.
The reptile IS totally unlike anything
ever seen before on sea or land. In
color it is grayish on the back, grad
uaHy shading to white on the sides
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other evidence of the reptiles youth
Most of the fossil remains of the
plesiosaurus have been found in the
Ooolite stage of the Jurassic period in
the Mesozoic epoch, or Reptilian age.
Ooolite is a variety of limestone and
formed an important series of strata
Of the Secondary age. underlying the
chalk formation and resting on sand
stone
Culver considered the plesiosaurus to
be the most singular, and its character
the most anomalous of any fossil dis
covered amid the ruins of former
worlds.
In the Jurassic period, when the
pleslosaurus was most abundant. there
were other giant sea saurians, notably
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF BURR FROST, JR., de-
ceased. Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the estate
of Burr Frost, jr., deceased. to the credi-
tors Of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased. to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first publi-
cation Of this notice, 70 the said ad-
Tninistrator at his place of business No.
3l9 South state street Salt Lake City,
Utah, in the county of Salt Lake
EDWIN FROST,
jr deceased
Date of first publication September 2.
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Montana.

Governor Smith has appointed j. b.
Klock. superintendent iof schools OF
Helena. to the state board of education,
to take the place of Peter Whine OF
Helena, resigned.
Commodore Belmont, the noted trot-
ting sire, died in Upper Ruby valley
last week and a monument will be
erected over his grave in Belmont park
Colonel Jesse Harper of Donyille, Ills
viii deliver the Labor day grafton al
Butte. He is an old veteran who was
header in the abolition movement and
an associate of Lincoln and Chase.
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the Johnnies had the cattle onstfle go.
well toward their lines. We recovered
only seven or eight head. and lost in
killed. wounded and prisoners 262 men,
II being officers, and among the killed
the gallant Mugnford, That our little
party was not included is due to the
Johnnies' curiosity over my old shirt"
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF CAROLINE t. FROST,
deceased. Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator Of the estate
of Caroline T. Frost deceased, to the
creditors Of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased. to eN-
hibit them with the necessary vouchers.
within four months after the first publ
cation of this notice. to the said ad-
m.n5trator at his place of business, No,
319 South State street, Salt Lake CITY, in
the county of Salt Lake. Utah
EDWIN FROST.
Administrator of the estate of Caroline
T. Frost. deceased
Date OF hrst publication September 2
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
ESTATE OF MARY f. FROST.

ESTATE OF MARY e FROST, de-
ceased Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator OF the estate
of Mary f. Frost deceased. to the credi-
tors of. and all persons having claims
against the said deceased to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers. with
in four months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said administrator
az his place Of business, No 3l9 South
State street. Salt Lake City, Utah, in
the county of Salt Lake, Utah
EDWIN FROST.
Administrator of the estate of. Mary b.
Frost deceased.
Date Of first publication September 2.