The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17
BRIEF LOCALS.

BRIEF LOCALS.
CARD PARTY.-The auxiliary to the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will
give a card party in the Auerbach block
Monday evening. Dec. Is. All are cor
daily invited.
FUNERAL SERvICES.-Funeral serv-
ices over the remains of Professor George
Bryson were conducted by Rev. Alfred ii.
Henry at the First Methodist Episcopal
church yesterday.
PARTIAL ECLIPSE-A partial eclipse
of the moon occurred last night between
: and o'clock. bat was scarcely visible
ceptibly darkeded.
BIG CORR PURCHASE.-The Vogeler
Wiedman Commission company recently
purchased 1900 bushels of corn in Ne
praska- 1t will be loaded into special
train and will arrive in Salt Lake before
many days.
UNION MEETING,-There will be a
union meeting of the officers and teachers
OF the Sunday schools of the Salt Lake
stake in the Fourteenth ward assembly
rooms at 1870 Monday evening, Dec is.
Music for the occasion will be furnished
by the Twentieth ward
IS STILL UNCONSCIOUS.-Fr Har-
riman. the miner injured in an explosion
at Silver City nine days ago, is still I'M
conscious at the Keogh-Hosmer hospital.
Only for short time. at long intervals,
mas he regained his senses. A fight is be-
ing made by the doctors for his life.
JUBILEE EXERCISES.-Th will be
jubilee exercises in all the ward Sunday
schools in this city at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, and this evening there will be men,
ORAL exercises communicating the fiftieth
anniversary of the establishment of the
first Sunday school by Richard Ballan-
tyne.
MOTION TO DISMISS.-In the federal
court yesterday motion was made for
the dismissal of the petition asking that
}. H Conrad be declared an involuntary
bankrupt. This is in pursuance of the
stipulation made when the suit of Thomas
Hunter against Conrad was dismissed in
the Third district court recently.
UTAH AGENT NAMED.-A certificate
was filed with the county clerk yesterday,
designating p. j. Enright of Salt Lake
resident agent for Utah of the Cosgriff
Enright company, which was recently
organized at Rawlins Wyo., by ]. e. Os-
duct a wholesale grocery business in Utah
and Wyoming.
CHURCH PAINTED.-Members of the
Tiff Methodist Episcopal church and con-
gregation will be pleasantly surprised by
the appearance of the interior ,of that
ediflce this morning. 1t has been newly
painted and freshened up generally. A
very attractive front will be presented to
the crowds who will undoubtedly turn out
10 hear Evangelist Oliver.
OFFERED $4,000 RAISE.-A mining
man who purchased a piece of property
on Main street earlier in the season.
few days since refused an offer of $4,000
in advance of the price he paid for it The
name of the lucky man would not be
given out, but it is thought TO be Frank
Wilson and the property the Hawkins
block. between Second and Third South
streets.
AFTER DEFENDANTS EvIDENCE.-
In the case of William Levy against A.
w. McCune, which is pending in the
United States court, the plaintiff yester-
day. applied for an order citing the de-
PENDANT to appear before United States
Commissioner Twomey to testify on
behalf of the defendant and Else to show
cause why he should not be fined for con-
tempt The arguments on the application
Will be heard Wednesday.
SOLDIERS DISCHARGED.-By a re-
cent order from the war department, Ser
geant William Thornton of the signal
corps, stationed at Fort Duchesne has
been honorably discharged from the serv-
ice. Musician Robert Harris and Private
Fred Joiner of company L. Twenty-fourth
infantry, formerly stationed at Fort
Douglas, are to be dishonorably dis
of the civil authorities, serving sentences
OF Imprisonment at Fort Wrangel, Alaska.
COLORED SOCIAL CLUB.-With a.
capital stock of 5000. in s. shares the
Americas Social club of Salt Lake City
was Incorporated yesterday. for the stated
puIpOSc Oh promoting the intellectual
social and moral well-being of its mem
bers, who are colored citizens but no
member shall hold more than one share
OF stock. X. b. johnson is president; Al
Il: Douglas, vice president; j. Gordon Nc
Pherson. secretary; Ison Campbell. treas
urer, and NJ. B. Shelton is the other direc-
tor.
FISH HATCHERY NEARLY DONE
The state fish hatchery east of Murray is
fast nearing completion. and Warden
DENNY IN hax n
commence work on Christmas. Great re-
suits are expected from it, especially with
reference to the succulent. gamey noun
tain grayling, of which 10000 eggs were
brought from Montana last June. a por-
ton of these eggs. planted in Miller &
Hampton's fishery, thrive well. as is evil
denced by the fact that recently one of
the grayling six and three-fourths inches
long was hooked from the pond.
WHITE BADLY HURT.-The many
friends of Sergeant William White of the
national guard signal corps will be panied
to learn of the serious accident which
befell him while employed in a hoist in a
Butte mine. The rope upon which he was
working suddenly broke. precipitating
him TO a depth of fifty feet and resulting
in the breaking of his I'm in two places
and one of his legs in three places below
the knee. There were also other injuries.
In a letter just received from the doctor
Sergeant White will recover, but VIII be a
cripple for the rest of his life
TAX SALES BEGIN-On Monday
County Treasurer Lynch will commence
the sale of real estate for delinquent
taxes, and the crier will continue the
sales from day TO day until the list is
exhausted. Already the treasurer has
orders from investors who desire the high
rate OF IL per cent monthly interest on
the offerings. and in consequence very
few of the properties will be bid in by the
thus assuring a close collection in
cash for all the tax funds Early in the
week a corps of deputy collectors will
make the rounds with furniture vans to
load up, after seizure, such articles of de-
linQuents owning no real estate as will
most readily sell at auction TO pay taxes
owing on nerSonal Dronertv