The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-17
TOWN TALK.

N. G. Peterson and e. Carlson were ar
rested yesterday for reckless driving.
Thomas Kearns returned TO the Knuts-
ford yesterday from San Francisco.
c.. Z. Farmer. charged with reckless
driving. failed TO appear in police court
yesterday and forfeited 81 bail.
Tne Walker has a party of nine globe
trotters from London. Sydney and Auck-
iand- Ihey are doing Zion on their "Trip
around the world.
The Social Wheel club has called a run
10 Brockbank's farm today, leaving the
cub room in Ford's hotel at 10 o'clock
sharp. Dinner has been ordered for ..
David NJ Parry was yesterday found
guilty in police court of having commit
led battery upon the person of M Il.
Pratt, and was sentenced TO pay a fine of
$40.
Yesterdays clearings were $685.. SS4, as
compared with $3.50. 162 for the same day
OF last year. The weeks clearings footed
up s.47SS53, as against 81, 172, $50 for the
corresponding week of 1897.
Tho water commissioners Yesterday
visited Parley's creek to select a site for
taking out percentage of the waters
belonging to the farmers and to inspect
the work in progress on the automatis
measuring weirs.
The Woman's Democratic club will meet
W ednssda@y afternoon. April 20, at Mrs.
Egbert Roberts, 264 East First South at
2:SU All Democratic women are invited.
Several interesting papers will be read
ana discussion on the subject, This Was
Thrown AT Us"
The waterworks committee accom-
panied by Mayor Clark. City Engineer
Kelsey and Superintendent Game will
day morning to inspect the unsafe high
Inc tank, and TO select a site for the pro-
posed new masonry settling tanks.
Annie. II. Quinn had a hearing yester-
day before Deputy Clerk of the Probate
Court Blair touching her sanity, which
Tesu.ted in her being committed to the
insane asylum. She was sent to the asy
lum some years ago and was recently
discharged as cured but her malady re-
turned.
Nj: V, Barnes was arrested yesterday on
charge of obtaining goods under false
pretenses. It is alleged that he passed a
check for SIS or Mulett's clothing store
and II was later discovered that the check
was worthless. 1t is also alleged that he
Pacific hotel.
headquarters OF the National guard direct
ing the brigade commander to turn out
ms forces here for an escort to the Twen-
t!-toOrth infantry on the occasion of
their departure to the front The COM
panies here and the troops of cavalry will
turn out
Nine building permits, calling for an es-
timRted expenditure of 81 O50 were issued
last week. The chief items were the per
nit issued TO J. Z. LangfOrd for a brick
dwelling TO cost 5000 on Sixth South
seventh
and Sl.g0 brick cottage at Il Pear
street for Z. Farnes.
Evidently knowing that further resist
ance would avail nothing, the railroad
ticket brokers yesterday paid the city
treasurer the license fee required for
the transaction Of their business. Treas
urer Morris viii now make life a burd IN
10 hottlers of eastern beer who have been
Geiying the law by refusing TO pay license
The Draper Mercantile & Manufacfur-
ing company vas Incorporated yesterday
with a capital stock of $4,000 ] w N
Fitzgerald is president: Peter A Nielsen.
vice president: w 3. Ennis secretary:
W. 3. White. treasurer and Alfred Green
B. r. Meek. A J. Nielsen. 3 r FitZg,er-
aid and ". j. Green are the remaining
directors
George F. KIeinberger the commercial
traveller who is frequently mistaken for
Joe McAuiiffe, the prize fighter is at the
knutsford. A1r. klelnberger believes that
the war cloud is having an unfavorabie
influence on commercial affairs and he
looks for business TO be still further ar
4ected as the cloud thickans and becomes
DlacEer.
William Burrows an aged veteran from,
NOTTINGHAM England, died at his home
in the Twenty first ward last night He
Was for . years an officer and inspector
OF the Nottingham police force, and had
been IN receipt of a liberal pension for
many years during his residence in this
city Funeral announcement Will be pub
lished later.
The report Of the board of health for
the week shows q births equally divided
as 70 sex, and il deaths, exclusive of five
bodies brought from outside the city for
lnterment- Seventeen contagious disease
uags are outstanding, covering Is cases of
scarlet fever and two of diDhtheria OF
infectious diseases reported one is a case
OF measles and one OF typhoid fever.
J Fred Daynes and William r Plum
mer are two young men who are about
70 leave for the missionary field in Graa1
Britain. On Monday evening an enter
tainment viii be given in the Eleventh
ward meeting mouse IN honor of the lat
ter and an entertainment of a similar
nature will be given on Wednesday even
ing in the Twentieth ward meeting house
IN honor OF Mr. Daynes. Nice miscellan-
eous programmes have been arranged for
both occasions and the many friends of
the young men viii be out in force.
State Representative William Gibson. Of
Nernal, who is one OF the leaders in th,.
recent movement to rid Uintah county OF
rs iaTlsSs characters. IS in the city. hav-
ing assisted Sheriff Flceece in landing sew !
eraI OFFENDERS IN the penltentiary for I
COCO long terms. Among them was lin.
Mckee, Z. notorious laW-breaker, sent ~
Tor three and = half years for assaulting
County Attorney Leuthi. Sheriff Preece !
IS a fearless and determined upholder OF
the law and both ne and Mr.. Gibson are
emitted to great credit for the energetic
and successful campaign they have been J
Waging against the outlaws.
A farewell reception will be given on |
tuesday evening TO E. 9. Wooley jr /
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the southern states. A fine programme Of /
music. recitations. etc. has been prepared
and the entertainment promises to be. an /
unusually good one Mr. Woollev is ia /
all respects a most exemplary vou,c
man. and has many friends both in and /
OFT OF the Mormon church. who will I
greatly regret mis- temporary absence from
among them and whose very best wishes !
and kintest regards he carries with him /
70 the difficult field Of labor to which ne /
has been assigned.
After visiting Mt. Calvary cemetery |
yesterday the councilmanic COMMITTEES on /
cemetery decided to recommend the I
granting of Bishop Scanlan's petition for 1
De-sr>ss.on 10 connect pipe line running I
through the cemetery with the city wates 1
mains so TO enable The utilization OF ]
the water for irrigating a lot of newly !
planted trees. The grant viii be subject ,
TO the concurrence of Superintendent /
Game. but 4 is probable that water !
meter viii have to be installed BY the ne 4
Jitioner. That part OF the petition askina, !
tor the use Of surplus water from Parlev's I
often, the committee decided TO refer To {
the irrigation committee.
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