The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-08
BRIEF LOCALS.

/ BANKRUPT DISCHARGED.-Davi P
! Anderson was discharged as a bankrupt
! by Judge Marshall yesterday.
ORPHANS HOME RECEPTIoN.-The
| orphans Home and Day Nursery asso-
| citation viii give its annual reception al
TIE home tomorrow afternoon from to
o'clock.
UNION MEETING.-Al the Young
Peoples societies of Salt Lake Will join in
a union devotional meeting next Sunday
AFTERNOON at $50 o'clock in the First Con-
gregational church.
MEEKS CHANGES BASE.-Walter ].
1eeks, the well known realty broker. has
become associated with Z. s Darling in
the conduct of F. +. McGurrin d Co. S
real estate department
APPOINTED Observation-Disclosures
master master Sedden yesterday appointed John
Fowler as patrolman in Parley's canyon
TO succeed Naylor. who was recently APP
pointed deputy sheriff
CONFERENCE TRAIN.-In order 10
accommodate the conference visitors from
the south the Oregon Short Line will run
a special from Salt Lake to Milford leay-
ING at $50 this afternoon.
MORTGAGE FOR s16.OoO.-Alex Bells
yesterday mortgaged TO the State Bank of
Utah band of u. 800 sheep ranging in or
near Summit county for $4,000. The mort
gage was given to secure the payment of
a note for the sum named.
condition of S. l.. Radon was quite crit
lcal yesterday. Ife came down from Park
CITY Friday to undergo an operation at
81. Mark 5 hospital for abcess in the
groin. The patient rallied from the oper-
alton satisfactorily and the surgeons are
not without hope for his ultimate re-
coyery. but still his condition is regarded
as serious.
DANCING CLUB FORMING.-A num-
Der OF society young men held prelimin-
81 .4H-la
hail TO organize a dancing club. The pur-
pose IS TO have a. series Of social hops dur
ing the winter. and another meeting will
be held Tuesday evening al the hall to
which ali young men interested are in
Nited. A. l.. Thomas, jr., is a prime
mover in the project.
DEATH OF MRS. DRIGGS.-Cornelia
Pratt briggs. the wife of Bishop A. g,
briggs of Sugar ward died yesterday
morning at 4:30 O'Clock from acute stom-
ach trouble. She was 81 years old. and
was a daughter of the late Parley p
Pratt. The funeral services will be held
at j o'clock in the afternoon on Monday.
The remains may be viewed tomorrow
from ll;90 d. m. to 1870 p. m. Friends are
invited.
ACROBAT INJURED.-one of the I.au-
renee sisters. who perform an acrobatic
feat in a Milk White Flag was in
lured yesterday afternoon during the turn
and was unable TO appear in the re
mainder of the performance. She had
Just turned somersault over her sisters
arm and in alighting her back was Sc
Verely wrenched- She was taken to her
room ia the Constitution block, where
medical attention was necessary.
FOUND A BABY GIRL.-Wben Rishon
James Cooley of Linden. Utah county.
Went out TO do his chores yesterday morn
ing, he noticed a gunnysack lying under
d rose bush. There appeared to be some
thing moving inside. and he investigated.
A baby girl which could not have been
more than few hours old was found.
The little thing was almost nude. having
nothing but an old flannel wrapper about
it. Who left it there could not be dis
covered.
HEALTH REPoRT.-The report of the
board of health for the week that ended
yesterday shows twenty-nine births of
which thirteen were males and sixteen fe-
males. There were twelve deaths. nine
being males and three females. Two
bodies were brought in for interment.
lSnere are twenty-three contagious dis
ease flags outstanding. covering twenty
four cases of scarlet fever and one OF
Five cases of typhoid were