The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-20
TOWN TALK.

Mrs. Turner J. Wilcox of Spokane is a
guest OF Mrs. NJ. 3. Sowles.
Friends of Mr.. O. Berkhoel will be glad
10 know that he is getting better and will
entirely recover.
P. L. Breager is suffering with an at
tack of pneumonia and has not been out
for three or four days.
c. ?. Diehl, of the Eureka Democrat, is
in the city, on his way TO Kemmerer.
Wyo where he expects to establish a
paper.
Mrs. Emma Ellerbeck Faust. who has
been confined 10 her bed for the past six
months at Mrs. EllerbeckS ). her mother,
Is said 10 be in dangerous condition.
Yesterdays clearings were $2H. 40, as
compared with $lil.Sf3 for the same day
of last year. The weeks clearings footed
lip Sl,5O6,eH against S945, 153 for the corre-
spending week of 1897.
Mayor Clark yesterday approved the
oflclal bond OF Frank &. Kelsey as city
engineer succeeding himself. The bond
Is in the SUM of S5o00. with a. L. Dore-
mus and Willard Young as sureties.
Mrs. Phil Ripple is at home now after
undergoing 4 serious surgical operation
at the Holy Cross hospital. Her Dhysi-
clan. DR.. Z. j.. Root. says after 4 few
weeks care she will soon be able to be
out again.
The Harmony Glee club will furnish
part of the music at the funeral services
OF the late Elias Norris in the tabernacle
today. All members are requested to meet
at the usual place at the usual time for
practice before the services.
The report of the board Of health for
the week shows 80 births and Il deaths.
exclusive of one body brought to the city
for interment- Not a single case of in
fectlOuS disease was reported. but II
contagious disease flags are outstanding.
representing - cases of scarlet fever and
cases of diphtheria.
Frank Beckstead of the firm of G. F.
4 Frank Beckstead has returned from
ROCK Springs, WyO.. where he mads
sale to Isathbun * Miles sheepmen, of
Uintah county, OF 5000 head of sheep at 81
per head. very good price considering
ali conditions. The firm owns several
bands of sheep in this county
The regular Saturday evening entertain
ments OF the y. NJ. {. A. are increasing in
popular interest The attendance last
evening was unusually large. and both
the entertainers and entertained reaped
large measure OF enjoyment and profit
able experience from the evenings in
1orma1ties. New and pleasurable features
will be presented weekly, and it viii be
strange indeed # the enthusiasm of the
attendants is permitted TO lag.
Phil Margetts is confined to his room
from the effects of fall which he sus-
tanned on Friday. and while there Is moth
ing alarming in his condition, he is suf-
Jerlng good deal from what appears TO
be internal injuries. He was suDerin-
tending some repairs at his old residence
on First West street and when in the
triDDed and fell headlOng. II was only
an elevation .of d few feet and no bones
were broken, but he was very severely
shaken up.
During the week the following building
permits were issued: W. F. Wormley.
corner Third South and Second East.
brick terrace, seven apartments. SD 900;
Solomon Brothers 545 West Third North
street. brick shoe factory, 81 500: J. A.
Hauerbach, Capitol Hill. brick cottage.
$500; F. Heath. corner West Temple and
Tenth South. frame ice house $500; Mrs
E T. Shimmin. rear lbs Fourth East
street. brick cottage, $500: c. J. Custaye-
son. IS East Second South street. brick
store, $500: I'VE minor permits, $3.50 Total
amount S26.950.
The Utah state board of horticulture
has Just issued bulletin No. , The topics
treated in the bulletin are: Orchard
DisinfectiOn.' Almonds in Utah" Soils
and Location and Planting and care
of Trees" The bulletin also contains
pertinent recommendations on the TOPICS
treated ANY orchardists or person in
terested in fruit growing may obtain a
copy free by applying to President
Thomas Judd Of St. George. Vice Presi-
dent c. II. Blomsterberg of Provo. Sec
retary J. A. Wright of Ogden or J. p.
Sorenson. fruit tree inspector of Salt
Lake county.