The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-30
TOWN TALK.

Miss Bessie Ball leaves tonight for the
Yakima Indian school, in oregon, where
she viii teach.
H l.. Driver reports that a new gas
well. called The Rooster, was opened up
yesterday, and showed pressure OF over
80 pounds,
Rev. w. II. Bagby, pastor of the Central
Christian church. has returned from
Nashville Tenn, where he has been at
tending The national convention.
Miss Collie Killer was united. in mar
riase 10 Christian Waltenberg by Judge
Mc1daster at the residence of MRS. Shoe
man. Go Sixth street, last evening.
Yesterdays clearings were 1881, 6S1, as.
against S322, GA for the same day of last
yer. The weeks clearings were '$l.S0o,SZi,
as compared with Sl,SSS,2 5l for the cores
ponding week of 1881.
Frank A. Cook of ogden fled a petition
for bankruptcy in the United States cir
cult court yesterday. The petition afhmS
that his debts amount TO SO ana
personal property exempt from execution
Bertha Martinsen died on the 2Sth inst,
at her sons residence at East Waterloo.
She was 81 years and II months old The
funeral will be held at u O'Clock TO-DAY
Sunday, at Curtis street, Waterloo.
Friends invited
The funeral of the late George W.
Silkett the unfortunate lineman who was
killed on Thursday. will take place at
sister of the deceased, No. II West Third
South. Friends are respectfully invited TO
q. attend.
2 DR.. Ellen T. Ferguson's horse is en-
loving life in his accustomed stall 1t
will be remembered that the animal dis
appeared the OTHER night, and II was sup
posed he had started on q tour OF the
county. but the horse took no chances
on forage and went directly home
Al 10 O'Clock last night an explosion was
heard at Second South and State, and in
vestigation showed that some young
American. evidently bent on commencing
Halloween depredauons, had placed a
cartridge on the Rapid Transit track,
over which 4 car passed. The party was
not apprehended.
Chief Pratt yesterday received 8. note
from General Superintendent z. e. Calvin
of the Oregon Short Line expressing graf
itude TO the department for successfully
running down Lee West, the alleged mail
rGbber. Next to the government the rail,
roads are interested in the capture Of
that class of criminals.
The proposition for building a salt
palace here meets with more and more
favor, and the promoters feel greatly en-
couraged. = meeting is TO be held on
Tuesday night, when il is presumed
company viii be organized It is proposed
10 expend from $4,000 10 $4,000 IN the
structure and build one that VIII stand
for months.
Last week y cases of typhoid fever and
ten of whooping cough We're reported to
the health department while there are
eight contagious disease flags outStand-
ing. covering Z cases Of scarlet fever and
one Of diphtheria- Tests made on 30 sam
pies of milk for rat showed all to be nor
NAL. There were 50 births for the week
and i deaths. exclusive of two bodies
brought from outside the city limits for
interment.
There was a very exciting runaway on
Ninth East and First South yesterday
forenoon. Mr.. Joseph Berry. who resides
D. thai vicinity mad gone INTO a meat
market to transact some business, leaving
his team Standing. The horses became
frightened at z street car, dashed around
a corner and into telegraph pole, badly
oemolishing the wagon. The team
separated on eacn side OF the pole, the
tongue striking squarely and swapping
in two.
The many friends of Miss Mamie Haw-
ley Of this city Will be grieved to learn of
her death at Mesa, AriZ. Such IS the so--
rowfui intelligence lately received through
the mails. Miss Hawley left Salt Lake
year ago because Of i'll health ana. at the
advice of her ply stefan, III the hope that
the change would be favorable TO her re-
Storation. Her departure however. seem
ed inevitable. and she passed away with
peaceful resignation. She was esteemed
and beloved by all who knew her.
When County Treasurer Lynch closed
down the wicket yesterday afternoon less
than $4,000 in state, city, county and
school taxes had been collected. The day
Of delinquency, Nov. 10, is approaching,
and the bulk OF the taxpayers tributes
viii not be paid in until the last day.
Those who have paid their taxes thus far
are mainly small contributors to the pub
lie funds, and fully nine-tenths Of this
years taxes are sill TO be collected. How
ever the procession increases in size
daily. but by the admirable method Treas
urer Lynch has in vogue the people are
waited upon promptly and without con-
fusion or any long waits.
II pursuance of instructions from the
city council. City Engineer Kelsey viii
send a corps Of surveyors into the Coz
+onwood mountains today TO procure data
pertaining to the cont emDlated acquire
Tnent OF q larger future water supply LOr
Salt lake City. If the weather continues
favora be the surveyors viii. within
three weeks. have measured the size and
capacity OF all the mountain lakes which
have been suggested as reservoir sites
and will also have data showing the pos
sibilitv. extent and cost of constructing
dams TO raise the surface Of the water
basins. The other part of the data-pro-
curing work VIII be undertaken from the
canyon exits after the completion of the
task higher up among the snow banks.
Utah Commercial and Savings Bank.
General banking business; interest
paid on savings deposits: f Arm
strong, president: J. E Jennings. cash
Ter. . East First South street.