The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-05
TOWN TALK.

dependent was in the city yesterday.
State Treasurer Chapman announces
that he has funds to meet registered
warrants to and including No. $780,
The quarterly conference of the Y. L.
M. / A. will be held in the Assembly
hall on Tuesday from until 1880 p. M.
All interested are cordially invited to
be present.
Judge E. V. Higgins of the Fifth ju
dlcial district, was in the city from
Nephi yesterday. The judge will open
the regular term of court at Fillmore
on Tuesday of this week.
Forty orphans from st. AIMS Or
Ihanage attended the performance at
the Lyceum yesterday afternoon, and
were delighted with their outing. They
were the guests OF the management.
Yesterdays clearings were 1892, 1897, as
compared with $405, 166 for the CORE
spending day Of last year. The weeks
clearings footed 10 2,222 1876, as against
$1,950,076 for the same week OF 1896.
Y M. C. A.-No. % West Second
South street. Young mems rally today
at D. m, addressed by w. W. Barton.
Subject. The Immortal Memory" All
men are invited and viii be cordially
welcomed.
The funeral of the late George Clark,
who was accidentally shot and killed
Few days ago, viii be held at the First
Presbyterian church at p. m. today.
The Masonic fraternity Will have
charge Of the services at Mount Olivet
The funeral Of the late Billy West
viii take place this afternoon at ,
o'clock from the undertaking parlOrs
Of z. G. ODonnelI, on West Temple
street, between Second South and Third
South street. All friends of the de-
ceased are invited to be present.
Eugene Young. formerly of The Her
AIDS local staff, has been placed in a
responsible position on the editorial
staff of the New York Herald. MIR.
Young left Salt Lake two years ago,
and has held important positions on
the New York Times and the Evening
Telegram since then.
The Hall of Relics finally closed up
last night, and J. r. Whitney, who has
been in charge for some months past
has now commenced the work of re-
turning to the owners the interesting
relics which were gathered for exhibit
ton during the Jubilee. The han is ad
vertised to be sold to the highest bid
der. and viii probably so for the ma
terial that ii contains.
In all the city ward meeting houses
this evening the regular Sunday even
ing services will give way to the joint
meeting of the Young Mems and Young
Ladies' Mutual Improvement associa-
tons. In the Eighteenth ward Profess
s0r Richard r. Lyman, superintendent
of the Mutual Improvement work in
this county. will make short talk on
Mutual Improvement aims.
The weekly report of the health de-
partment shows nine infectious dis
eases reported, two Of which were ty-
phoid fever and nine whooping cough
Twenty contagious disease flags are
outstanding, representing 30 cases Of
scarlet fever and one of diphtheria.
There were II deaths, five males and
six females, besides four bodies brought
from elsewhere for interment in the
city. Births reported numbered q, Of
which nine were males.
During the week permits to erect
buildings, make alterations and addi-
tons were issued by Building Inspec-
tor Rooklidge to nine applicants, the
total representing an estimated ex-
penditure of 81, S25. The largest items
We're for elevator improvements at Z.
c. NJ. l., costing $3.50, and the permit
issued to James Sabine, jr, for a 81 200
brick dwelling at 12S C street. The
seven other permits were for minor
Improvements worth 81, 125.
s. B. Gabriel, editor of the Tooele
transcript, QleQ very suddenly on ri
day evening. He was going to his
home at about o'clock, when he fell
on the sidewalk and almost Immediate
~ expired within 80 yards of his resi-
dence. Mr.. Gabriel was 80 years of age
and leaves a wife and one child and a
boy by a former wife in New York
City. The cause of death was the
breaking of a blood vessel in the lungs
He had been afflicted with consump-
ton for some time. The funeral will
take place this afternoon at the Latter
day Saints meeting house in Tooele
He carried no insurance Of any kind.
Last evening q little after O'Clock
the fire department was called to the
residence of Mrs. Moyle, at so Third
street The department was soon al
the place and had the flames extin-
guished in a short time. The fire
proved to be in the cellar, and had il
gone a little longer would have had
such a start that the department
would have had a hard fight to put it
out. It was caused by the servant girl
who had gone down il the cellar and
Sc tdentally dropped a match in a pile
of old rags and paper, which immedi-
ately burned up and threatened to de-
stroy the house. The alarm was sent
in and responded to without delay
The damage viii be nominal