The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-21
HERE AND THERE.

Miss Vera Cannon. daughter of Presi-
dent George Q. Cannon. who was oper-
ated upon for appendicitis on Friday. was
reported last night as. progressing nicely.
President and Mrs. Cannon will return
from San Francisco this morning.
Boiling grease in the kitchen started a
fire last night in the two-story brick resi-
dence, 337 East Fifth South, owned By w
Birkinshaw, and occupied by Isaac Levy
and w. Levine. The fire department re-
sponded about 10 clock, but the blaze
was put out with a few buckets of water,
and no damage resulted.
The funeral of the late Private Luff. of
Gaines cavalry. will take place at 4 D. m.
today in the Twentieth ward meeting
house. The national guard will attend,
and the dead soldier will be buried with
military honors: The remains may be
viewed at he residence of Mr.. Harry Luff,
corner Third and E streets, from l p. m.
until p. m.
Hidden behind large growth of straw
berry-colored whiskers which grow in pro-
fusion on his face, AL Ellund came down
is mingling with MS friends again. Al
claims to have a valuable hole in the
mountains where he is working, and says
after a while he will be wearing a few
diamonds as a result. s.
Harry Beynon, famfliarly known as
Handsome Harry" is in the city from
San Francisco. where he has been engage
ed N business for the past five years.
marry IS looking as genial ana peasant as
of Old. Mrs. Beynon and children have
been here for some weeks. Mr.. Beynon
is a guest at the Knutsford and will be
in the city for ten. days.
1t took several hours hard work with
shovels to extinguish the brush fire i'm
City creek canyon Friday night, as de-
tailed in yesterdays Herald The deJach-
ment of firemen returned at 2 a. m. The
fire started about five miles up the can
yon, above the high line tank. and spread
several miles northwest, toward Bounti-
full. Except for the brush and grass,
there was no damage.
The police authorities have determined
that the gang of crooks who are now OPP
Grating here. committing bold burglaries
and breaking into houses in the day and
night, also perpetrating other crimes. will
as well as perpetrating other crimes. shall
be broken up at once. a good many of
tha thieves have been captured. but the
burglaries go on. showing that the gang
has not been entirely squelched and he
role measures are being reSorted to. These
toughs will find Salt Lake about the hot
test town they have ever struck from this
time on. The police have a lot of them
under surveillance. and have a plan of
campaign which is not going to be made
public, but which is certain to be very
effective.
The Emigration canyon stump was
tapped last night. an dat an early hour
this morning, /as soon as the water clears
and settles. City Engineer Kelsey will
have the flow turned into the new pipe
line, which is a part of the waterworks
system. After encountering and conquer
ing many difficulties in the laying of the
1,500-foot pipe line and tapping the bottom
of the stump. the scheme that furnishes
daily half million gallons of additional
water and saves the cost of pumping is
successfully launched However. in order
to make any perceptible increase in the
water supply, 1t will be necessary for the
city administration to adopt the further
recommendations of the city engineer to
make the Parley's conduit carry ali the
Parley's water, shutting off the canal,
and thus averting the enormous loss by
seepage. evaporation and theft.