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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
SUMMIT COUNTY MAILS.
Important Changes Made By the Pos
tai Authorities.

CoalviIIe, Feb. 26.-An official of the
postal department who was here today
in inquire into the cause of recent
complaints made by the people here
abouts regarding the irregularity OF
our mail service. He gave Postmaster
Jnes to understand that from now on
mail to and from Salt Lake and points
north and south would be carried as
follows: All letters posted in Salt Lake
for Summit and Wasatch counties lex
cept Echo and Henefer) before 4:3O p.
m. will come by way of Park City, and
will reach Coalville at 8 o'clock next
morning. which can be answered and
posted here by 1870 a. m, and reach
Salt Lake the following morning at
$3.50 a. m, via, Park City and the Utah
Central railway
At present, letters for Salt Lake
mailed after $50 a m. will not reach
Salt Lake until $3.50 p. m. next day,
while under the new system mail post
ed before 10:30 a. N. viii arrive at Salt
Lake at $50 next morning. an answer
TO which can be received here on the
following morning at o'clock, thus
saving one full day--in time of receiv-
ing an answer. This. to business men,
will be an important item.
At a meeting Of the Philosophical
society held in the Academy building
last evening, an interesting programme
was well carried out.
There were filed for record today with
the county recorder by the Morgan Sill
yer Mining Co, United States patents
for the following named mining claims,
situated in the Uintah mining district,
Summit county, Utah: Maryatta,
Grizzley, Lizarena, Emaly, Abby, St
Louis, Monno and DanVille-
The warm weather of the past few
days has materially interfered with the
coal trade, so that not more than half
the amount is now being shipped as
formerly.
County Clerk ]. L. Boyden, who is
also ax-officio county auditor. went to
Park City to day to audit the books
of County Treasurer Mclaughlin, from
which he is to make report to the
state auditor
]. II. Stallings leaves here for Dia-
mond. in Tintic mining district, taking
with him two other men, who go to Go
development work on some mining
claims in that place owned by himself
and other parties living in Coalville
They already have a shaft down about
30 feet, and the indications at this
depth are of a most flattering nature.
II is a silver-lead proposition, from
which they had assays running as high
as $50 tc the ton
Joshua Pendleton of Wanship, a
brother OF the Salt Lake blacksmith of
the same name. has moved to this
place. and established himself and son
in the Red blacksmith shop, On Main
street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
Just What He Wanted.

stock growers convention. attired in
shaggy coat and immense white sombre-
10. got on a Seventeenth avenue car at
the depot yesterday. One of the all-round
news vendors boarded the car with arms
full of papers
Got any live stock papers?" inquired
the delegate to the convention Yep"
responded the boy. Copy of the latest
Rams Horn. Five cents a copy.
The Routt county man grabbed the
paper and swung into a seat as the grip
man started the car with a jerk The
the delegate had a chance to look at his
paper. Then the shocked conductor and
gripman threw him off for excessive and
unint errupted profanity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
ENFORCED REPUTATION.
Law Will Not Permit Piute to Pay
Her Debts.

Junction, Utah, Feb. 26-The county
is financially busted" A great many
bills against the county. aggre-
eating something over 81 700 had
to be laid over by the board
of county commissioners last year, and
under the opinion of the attorney gen.
eral, lately handed down, can never be
paid, as the Indebtedness represented
by the bills was in excess of the coun-
tvs debt limit. Several people are fret
ting and Tuning under this state of
affairs. and the commissioners as much
as anybody, as they are anxious to pay
these debts, every one of which is just,
if the law would only allow them to.
and do not at all relish being compelled
to participate in this species of legal
notOriety.
Contracts have been let to blow out
the Na-ysvaie reservoir, so that this
seas L ,.sere is not the danger Of the
excessive flooding and consequent dam
age of last year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
The First Floating Dock.

In the time of Peter the Great. the cap
tain of a British ship, finding that his
vessel. in Cronstadt harbor. was in want
of docking. and that. owing to the alb
sencc OF tide in the Baltic sea the then
orthodox method was impracticable. OBJ
tanned a hulk named the Camel and conf
uletely removed the whole of her deck
fitted it with a gate. He then berthed his
ship inside the hollow hull of the Camel
closed the gate and pumped the water
from its interior This. says a writer In
Casters Magazine, is the very first in
stance on record Of the use of = floating
dock. and il was directly brought about
By the absence of the hitherto essential
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
Park CITY Schools.

Park City. Feb. 26.-The Teachers
club discussed Mature Study at the
meeting Friday afternoon. The pur-
pose of this line of work in the primary
grades was shown to be the cultiva-
ton of the child; in the grammar
grades to train toward a true scientific
method and spirit; in the high school to
prepare for the university and for life
On Friday evening. March IL, the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
THREATEND M'CHRYsTAL.
''Texv Wilson of Eureka Must Keep
the Peace.

Eureka, Feb. 27.-"Tex." Wilson was
yesterday arrested on a warrant sworn
out by Jackson McCrystal charging
Wilson with making threats on his life.
1t seems that the two men have had i'll
feeling toward each other for a long
time and Wilson has threatened to
shoot McCrystal several times, result
ing in the above.
The defendant appeared before JUS
tice Freckleton and plead guilty to the
charge. He was ordered to give bonds
in the sum of $1,000 to keep the peace
for six months, in default of which he
will go to iail
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28

cruits rapidly. The call is for $50 men
and p have already enlisted 1t is q
clever ad for Woodruff.
Mr.. James Kervin, jr., and bride ar
rived Friday evening from Granite
Mont, where he is employed by the
Bimetallic company. They are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Kervin at the
Ontario mine
The Hiawatha "Sixty-three" club was
entertained by Miss Mamie Hurley Fri
day evening. Miss Rhoda Evans re-
ceived the ladies' first prize and Al
Zabriska the gents first. Refreshments
were served
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
Montana.

Ex-Chief Justice Blake of Helena, sit
ting as master in chancery for the
United States circuit court. is taking tes-
timony in Butte of the celebrated Chinese
boycott suits against the labor organiZa-
tions of Butte
Lewis Gilbert, a religious lunatic. COM
mitted suicide at Anaconda by taking
laudanum.
Thomas Farrell and Frank Richie. am
ateur sluggers. engaged in a bloody mill
at Belt Farrell was put to sleep in the
fourth round.
Chief Mulholland of Butte is looking
for Kitty Edwards. a woman of the
world who has fallen heir to a fortune
by the death of her father in Illinois.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28

high school will present '-Esmeralda'
at the Park Opera House. The pro-
ceeds will go towards the payment of
the piano lately purchased.
The February report from Ontario
school shows the average attendance,
"a; girls average. IS; boys, 16; total
number belonging, Al
Examinations were held in the eighth
grades Friday in grammar and arith-
metic, the latter subject being finished
the class will take up beginning alge-
bra
The Ontario pupils have declared, by
unanimous VOTE that Spain is guilty
of the destruction of the Maine
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
Death of Patriarch Smith.

st. George, Feb. 21.-John Lyman
Smith died here today at 4 p. m. of
dropsy and erysipelas. Deceased was a
son of John Smith, and cousin to the
prophet Joseph Smith. He filled the
office of patriarch to the st. George
stake, having been ordained to that
office at Beaver. Sept. 10. 1873.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
SCARCITY OF CATTLE.
Supposed to Be Due to Robbers Roost
Raids.

Richfield, Feb. 27.-H. r. Huntsman.
one of Wayne county's principal stock
men, says cattle are very scarce on
the ranges in his section, near Cain
vile. Mr.. Huntsman attributes the
shortage to the Robbers Roost gang of
banditti. who. he believes. are lodged
in large numbers in the nearby noun
tains. and are making systematic raids
at every opportunity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

New York Press: Love is the only real
contradiction in itself
Men make more mistakes than women,
but women make the same mistake Oft
enest.-
When woman goes to get a check
cashed. she always acts as if she was
buying something and wasn't sure whe-
Their she liked il.
When a woman goes TO a party. when
she isn't wondering whether the men like
her she is wondering whether the women
like her dress.
The pleasure the average woman gets
out of getting Christmas presents is gen.
orally balanced by the fear that she may
not be able to find out just what some
of them cost
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
Just One More Question.

Brooklyn Life: Babboe-Mamma, what
makes you so cross?
Mother-Because. my son, you ask so
many questions.
BEAnd won't you be cress if I don't
ask any more2
quite cheerful again
B. after a short pause)-Mamma?
M-Well, Bobbie, what is it?
B.-Are you cheerful yet2
M.-Fairly.
B.-Cause / wanted to ask what Won
suppose makes grown-up people so cross
when you just ask a question that don
hurt nobody.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
Fire at Mt. Pleasant.

Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Feb. 27.-At
o'clock this Sunday afternoon fire
broke out in the upper part of the
handsome two-story brick residence of
l. j. Jordan of this place, and had not
the fire boys responded promptly with
the engine it would have been entirely
destroyed. The origin OF the fire is un-
known, but was probably a defective
flue. The entire roof was burned and
the contents damaged by water. The
loss is about $500; fully insured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
Condemnation Proceedings.

Junction, Utah. Feb. 2s.-Ransom D.
L. Mitchell. the man who took to flight
to evade a tender from the promoters
of an irrigation canal, who desired a
right of way across his land, was cap
tured yesterday. He refused the offer
made. and condemnation proceedings
will be Instituted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
CFrom The Herald's correspondents.)

RichfelG. Feb. pa personal letter
from James Grant. a merchant of
Thurber, Wayne county, states that
John Thornton of that place committed
suicide last Thursday by blowing out
his brains with a shotgun. The sui
cide's wife is dead, and his family is
one daughter, IL years old. No cause
is assigned for the deed, and no further
particulars are known here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
Eureka Sued For $4,000.

Eureka, Utah, Feb. 26.-Messrs. Bur-
ton & Hunter, two auctioneers. have
sued the city, through their attorney,
F. A. Holzheimer for eco damages.
The two were arrested Thursday for
auctioneering without a license, but
were discharged by the court. They
now claim that they were unlawfully
arrested and claim damages in the
above amount
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28

A Sub-cellar Meet.

New York Press: "Liar.'
"Hypocrite!"
"Bare-faced swirdler,'
'Robber of the orphan,'
Having thus cleared the atmosphere by
thus mutually discovering each other s
identity, the gas metre and the short ton
of coal settled themselves to the task of
not doing a thing but run up the score
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
RICHFIELD wHITEcAPs.
z. Wood Must Pay His Alleged
Debts, Or Die.
Richfeld.

Richfeld. Feb. 27.-whitecaps are
again abroad in Richfeld. having re-
Gently served an uncanny notice upon
z. Wood, at Annabella, six miles south
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28

New York Evening Journal Miss
Coideal--I should be only too pleased. Mr..
promised TO spend the evening with Mr..
Dasherton. Still. 1 might arrange to go.
Cholly (Chhmpleigh effusively)-Oh.
thank you, Miss Coldeai. thank you,
Miss Coideal-If you will give us the
tickets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28

Chicago Tribune: COnnubial Cruelty
Young Husband-What's the matter.
Ethal2
Young Wife-Nothing sir, Nothing If
you choose to cut the pages of the maya
zines with the same old penknife you use
TO cut of the ends of your cigars with.
paper-cutter for a Christmas present. it's
nothing to me.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
TEACHERS At MANTI.
Closing Session of the Joint Institute
Notes.

Notes.
! Manti, Feb. 27.-At the afternoon ses-
sion of the teachers institute yesterday
! DR.. Tanner spoke on the National Edu-
/ cation convention and other topics.
The Manti male quartette rendered a
/ beautiful selection, which was followed
! by a violin solo by Professor Hyrum
Brimhal, an artistic and splendidly ex-
I ecuted number.
Professor George Brimhall of the B.
Y A, Provo, addressed the convention
on The Value of Reviews"
By special request Professor Hyrum
Brimhall favored the convention with
another violin solo.
Superintendent Magleby of Sewer ex-
pressed his and his teachers apprecia-
ton of the kind and considerate treat
ment of the people of Manti during this
visit, and trusted to meet them at some
time in the future in conjoint session in
Sewer county
superintendent Nelson of Sanpete re-
sponded in a few appropriate words
Benediction was pronounced by Pres
ident John B. Maiben.
NOTES.
The Temple City is made up of good
entertainers.
The Oldest teacher present was ].
Frank Alfred of Spring City, and the
youngest. j. Leroy Johnson of the same
town.
superintendent Magleby of Sewer
and Andrews of Juab were in attend
ance.
Professor n. E. Noyes of the stake
academy at Ephraim, came over Sat
urday morning.
DR.. Talmage lectured at Ephraim Fri
day evening on Success and Failure"
j. D. T. McAllister and President
Maiben, both over Il years old, were
pioneer teachers. Both were present
and enjoyed the exercises.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
His Own

New York Press: There's no place like
comb remarked the bee as he entered
the hive and proceeded to bank his honey
wehere it would do the most good.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
PACK CITY NOTES.
Recruiting For War Against Spain
A. o. U. W. Consultation.

Park City, Feb. 27.-Word was receiv-
ed here of the death of Mrs. Con Hunt
at Salt Lake early Saturday morning.
Her two daughters, Mrs. H. S. Town
send and Mrs. Frank Schuyler of Park
City. were at the death bed. Mrs.
Hunt was So years Of age, and resided
in Park City for many years. The fun
eraf will be held at Salt Lake Tuesday
at D. m. from the I. o. o. F. hall, and
tile interment viii be in Mt. Olivet Gem
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
NEWS OF THE STATE
John Thornton of Thurber Suicides
With a Shotgun.
NO CAUSE IS ASSIGNED
wHITE-cAP NOTICE TO A SEWER
MAN.

2. Wood of Annabella Warned That
He Must Pay His Debts-Eureka
Man Placed Under Bonds For
Making Threats = Politics In
Sanpete County.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-28
A. o. o. w. CONSOLIDATION.

At the meeting of Enterprise lodge
No. 81, A. o. U. W., the question of
consolidation with Ontario No. 1, came
up for consideration, and committee,
comprising E. p. Evans. J. E. Thorn
ton and Martin Prisk, ST., was appoint
ed to confer with Ontario. The senti-
Enent in Enterprise is reported to be
favorable to consolidation, which would
materially decrease the lodge expenses.
The membership of Enterprise is 156.
and Of Ontario 1855.
4 RECRUITING OFFICE.
v of a war with Spain, w. P.
has opened a recruiting Office
7 store, and is securing re-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-17

Fitzhugh. George, Mamie and Virginia
Lee.
In the spring Of 1896 President Cleveland
had projected sending a special commits
sioner 70 Cuba. Instead Of that he final
~ decided TO appoint Lee Consul General,
combining with the usual duties Of the
office the extra requirement that he
should inform himself, as a military
man, OF the real status OF affairs in the
island, for the guidance of the President
THE MAN OF LETTERS.
After the war General Lee went Dack
10 his desolate farm in Stafford county
and sci dOggedly TO work.
Il had been accustomed all my life" he
says, TO draw corn from the quartermas-
ter, and found IL rather hard now 10
draw IL from an obstinate soil; but did
IT,"
General Fitzhugh Lees chief title to lit
erary fame Is his brilliant Life Of Cen
eral Lee. the best Of all biographies Of
the great COnfederat commander, dedi-
Gated TO the memory Of the soldiers who
fought and fell under the wave Of Robert
T.. Lees sword, and are sleeping In I'M
broken ranks, with the dew on their
brows and the rust on their mail.
"FitZ" Lee is Of a nature ever out
spoken generous and loyal, TO friend and
foe, through good or evil report Nothing
perhaps is more expressive of this trait
than the following passage from his book
discussing Abraham Lincoln Robert j..
Lee and jefferson Davis:
when the red curtain OF war rolled up
from the American stage 10 the world
were revealed two Presidential chairs. In
one was seated Mr. Abraham Lincoln. in
the other Mr.. jefferson Davis. These two
Chief Magistrates were both born in
Kentucky. one when a small child was
carried by his parents 10 Mississippi, the
other when about eight years old was
taken to Indiana, and afterward TO Illi-
nOis. Each absorbed the political the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-17

Colonel never saw anything but bright
hope and absolute assurance OF triumph
ant success In the near future. To make
II appear so to others he would imagine
the most ingenious and extravogant lies
which. TO do him justice. he got to be-
lleve himself-representing the limtless
resources of the Southern people. At
last shortly before Appomattox. when de-
feat simply stared the army In the face.
and surrender 10 General Grant was only
a question OF a few days more a young
officer ventured to him that the ColoneIs
still bOuyant and mistaken confidence
might be perhaps trine overweening.
The Colonel dashed his glass TO the
ground and glared at the doubter for a
moment with an expression i'm which con-
tempt. anger. horror and irony were sing
ularly blended. Then. with hands mp
lifted. gray hair brstling and eyes fash
ing fire. he roarcd out at the discounted
lieutenant I'm a stentOrian voice:
Dam up Niagara with tissue paperi
Bottle the Atlantic ocean in whisky
flask Paste TO Let on the sun, moon
and stars, Catch fash Of lightning be-
tween your thumb and fingeri i'uild
worm fence around a hurricanel HaI-
ness "A thunderbolt to a sulky, Watt the
clouds of night from the sky with lady ,
FAM Put the planets IN your vest pocket
Set hell to cool i'm a spring house. I'm
buckle the bellyband of eternity But.
never never. sir, allow yourself % be
persuaded for a moment that the \ nth
can ever whip the great Southern C0nfed-
eracyi'
A STRIKING PERSONALITY
The personal friendship between Gene
raj Fitzhugh Lee and President Cleveland
dated from the latter's first Inauguration
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-17

Jno. T.. Glenn. Cashier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-17
Among Titled Ones.

The Emperor and Empress Of Russia
abandoned their intended visit TO Copen-
hagen at Easter The Empress, who has
been seriously III for several weeks from
measles and bronchial complications, viii
not be able TO leave her apartments in
the winter palace for at least fortnight,
and then the Imperial Court will remove
from ST. Petersburg TO Tsarkoe Zelo.
1t is very likely that the Empress will
soon 20 TO Liyada for a few weeks
accompanied by her sister, Princess
Louise Of Battenberg.
The Empress Frederick has been Sc
riously i'll at Berlin from influenza and
bronchitis, and all Her Majestys plans
have been changed in consequence Of her
physicians having prescribed sea air as
essential to her speedy recovery The
Empress is, there. going to Kiel on visit
probable that the Empress will not go
back to her place near Homburg until
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-17

March T. 1885. Lee headed the division
of Southern military organizations in the
procession, and throughout the who,e
length of Pennsylvania avenue he was
cheered with greater enthusiasm than
any of the O,ner noted men whom Tue
public recognized.
\ similar demonstration occurred in
New York city four years later, when
"Fitz" Lee rode up Fifth avenue, leading
the yellow plumed Nirginian troopers, 20
the Stirring tune of Dixie in'the Wash
ington Centennial parade. on both these
occasions, by the way, he sat IN the iden-
teal saddle which his uncle, General ko-
bert r. Lee. had used on his familiar
gray war horse. Traveller. Who could
occupy il more wOrthily? Any one VINO
has seen "Kitz" Lee mounted like a CEN
taur on a Virginia thoroughbred Is GER
tain to have in memory ever dtterWard
an ideal figure Of a knightly man on
horseback" AfOOt he is not so imposing,
being only OF medium stature and OF
iate wears. quite portly. lie has "a fine
head and face, with frank steel blue eyes
and a rudy complexion, set of by MS
now almost white hair. mustache and inn
perial His bearing is alert and military.
Altogether he does not look. and probably
does not feel, his siXty-tWo years.
The day after the Inauguration General
Lee called upon President Cleveland by
special invitation. The friendship then
formed ripened TO an intimacy, which
from that day to this has remained un-
broken That same year General Lee
was elected Governor Of Virginia Eight
years afterward when Mr.. Cleveland was
again President. he appointed the General
Collector of Internal Revenue at Lynch
burg, Va.
General Lee married at Alexandria, Va,
I'm 1871, Ellen Fowle, who also comes OF
one of the first families OF the Old Do
minion. They have five children-Ellen,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-17

cries Of his respective State. Had Davis
been carried to Illinois and Lincoln to
Mississippi in the war between the States
Lincoln might have been carrying a Mis-
sissippi rife while Davis held aloft the
Star Spangled Banner. The deeds
OF a brave soldier even though unsuc-
cessful. excite the admiration Of mankind.
The civil ruler of the vanquished is not
so fortunate when the power TO sustain
his government departs. Mr.. Davis was
not the demon Of hate his enemies have
painted. He did not thirst for the blood
OF his countrymen. His whole character
has been misunderstood by the mass OF
the people who opposed mis- public views.
His heart was tender as a wOman's, he
was brave as a lion and true as the
needle TO the pole TO his convictions; in
disposition generous. In character courte-
Gus and chivalric New York Herald.