The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-27
TOWN TALK.

John V. Long is rejoicing in the arrival
OF a new baby girl at his home Friday
night.
Fred wach. of the Eagle Cash store
at Murray, telephoned to the police at ]
O'Clock this morning stating that his place
had been broken into and a lot of overalls
and gloves stolen
Yesterdays clearings were s1Ss, $50, as
compared with S219046 for the same day
OF last year. The weeks clearings footed
up s1.S59.4S2 as against $1.1O1, 6SS for the
corresponding week of 1897.
Now that we have a chief of police per-
maps the ordinances against driving or
riding fast over the street crossings will
be enforced. and people will not be run
over as was Captain Slower.
Forest Dale has entered a protest
against the military census V. Ensign be-
ing the objector. He claims that he has
an addition 10 make which occurred dur
ing the week in the shape OF nine-pound
Hugh Anderson, assignee for Scott &
Co., is soliciting bids for the sale of the
merchandise, trade fixtures and good Will
of the late firm of George NJ. Scott & Co.
The advertisement appears on another
page.
The many friends of Miss Jennie Irvine
will be pleased TO learn that she is re-
covering rapidly, and will be home from
operated on for appendicitis q month ago
by DR.. Root.
Warum Foster will give a lecture in
the A o. L. w. hall in the Gladstone
building at o'clock this evening on the
subject of Capital Punishment The
entire proceeds of the lecture are to go
to the Medical and Industrial Mission at
So Commercial street.
During the week there were % births
and 10 deaths reported to the board of
health. In addition TO the number of
deaths reported, one body was brought
TO the city for interment- Twelve con-
tagious disease flags are outstanding, re-
presenting 10 cases of scarlet fever. One
case of whooping cough was reported.
A narrow escape from a serious acct
dent happened at the Grand matinee yes
terdaY afternoon. AS the juggler was per-
forming with a lot of swords. enc of the
sharp pointed missiles few from his
grasp and came down like an arrow in the
audience. 1t struck Mrs. Ernest l.. Pratt
in the lap, but beyond cutting her dress
no serious damage was done.
In the death of Ann c B. Folsom, step
mother of William II. Folsom, one of the
oldest residents in Utah passed away. The
aged lady was 80 years and months old
Until the last few months she was unusu-
ally active for one so advanced in years,
but recently she commenced to fail in
health rapidly The funeral of Mother
Folsom viii take take place from her sons
residence, u South First West street, this
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
George A. Merrill, 50 years of age, who
was found wandering about in demented
condition, had a hearing yesterday before
Deputy Clerk of the Court Blair touching
his sanity. County Physician Anderson
and DR.. Wright made an examination and
decided that he was a fit subject for the
insane asylum and an order was made
for his committal. Merrills affiiction is
described as melancholia, superinduced
by epilepsy, from which he has been a
sufferer for many years.
David Kerr was sued yesterday in JUS
tice AIcMaster's court for S42. This repre-
sents the total amount that the Payson
citizen mulcted from several local at
torneys d few days ago. giving them an
imaginary law case. and then getting
money by pleading financial embarrass-
ment. The items We're assigned TO
Charles s. Douglass and are being sued
for in toto as follows: Allen T. Dunford
S11; Fred P. Cherrington. SD; +. c. Louf-
bourow. s11; Charles J. Douglass, advice
and medicine. IS; toltal $40.