The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-19
BRIEF LOCALS.

ONE MORE RECRUIT-Albert Hughes
(colored) of this city was enrolled as d
recruit yesterday for the Thirty-third in
fantry.
REAL ESTATE SALE.-E. ]. Wills sold
yesterday for an eastern client. a lot
4isx7le rods on the corner of Brigham
and Ninth East to Anderson Bros. of this
city for $4,000. 1t is stated that an $500
residence will be erected upon the prop
erty.
OFFICES CLOSED.-Today being hol-
iday. all the offices in the joint building
except the clerk of the district court, will
be closed up tight. The officials generally
wound up their business. yesterday for
the week ending according TO the calendar
today.
WATER METERS.-The waterworks
department yesterday received twenty
authorized by the council. They came
from Brooklyn. \. Y. Twelve of them
are one-inch, ten are two-inch and three
four-inch.
ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGMENTS.-H.
l.: Driver S assignment TO a. II: Tarbet of
his judgments against the Salt Lake 4,
Ogden Gas * Electric Light company was
for the purpose of securing loan of xl,0JO
Mr.. Driver states, ana not sale of the
judgments.
Croker of Ogden has filed petition in
bankruptcy in the United States cou-<.
His liabilities are 81, SOL. IS. OF this
amount an debts for $500 are secured and
sl4,Il2.55. Clerk Letcher of the United
States court referred the matter to
Referee Maloney at Ogden.
SHERIFFS DEED.-By sheriff's deed
John II. White, as agent. yesterday be-
come possessed of block 60 in Kinney 4.
Gourlay's improved city plat. also lots |
and in block l. West Drive subdivision.
The consideration was 5000. The prop
erty changed hands as the result of a
foreclosure suit brought by the Wells
Fargo bank against the Salt Lake Soap
company.
STOLEN BLANKET RECOVERED
Deputy Sheriff Ben Harries went up Par
ley's canyon yesterday and recovered a
a Tooele county physician. The official
had been told where the missing article
could be located and he uncovered il
without any difficulty 1t is now in
Sheriff Howells Office awaiting a claim
ant.
TWO WEDDINGS.-Two marriage cere-
monies We're performed by Deputy Clerk
Blair yesterday. The first couple made
happy We're Alfred Plews and Julia A
Schultz of Pitkin. Cal. Mr. Piews is rs
years old and his bride is 80. George H
Phillips and Miss Maggie Conner of Tel
IUride. Colo, made the other pair. Mr..
Phillips IS the same age. as Mr.. Plews
and his bride is So years old.
HEALTH REPORTING report of the
beard of health for the five days ending
yesterday gives a record of five births
two Of which were males and three fe.
males. There We're nine deaths, four
males and five females Two bodies were
brought to Salt Lake from outside points
for interment. Three conta gious disease
flags. covering four cases of scarlet fever
are outstanding and five cases of tyDhoid
fever were reported.
MRS. RUSSELL INSANE-The sanity
of Mrs. Lillian Sharp Russell was in
quired into by Deputy County Clerk Blair
yesterday on a complaint sworn to by the
woman's husband Drs. Wright and H.
a Anderson were in charge of the medi-
cal end. Mrs. Russelrs pet hallucination
IS that she belongs to a signal corps. She
spends her time waving her arms and
making imaginary signals and imaginary
people. She was adjudged insane and
taken to the asylum at Provo last night