Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-09
Loudly tonight; fair Sunday.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
LOCAL BRIEFS.
l.. RI. MURDOCH,
Section Director.

r. l. Mills sends a dollar 10 the SEQ
field relief fund from Oakley, Idaho
a shipment Of art portfolio No. 3 has
| been received az the "News' office, and
the books are now ready for subscrb-
| ers.
Major Edmund Wilkes, OF this city,
has been appointed agent Of the gov
| eminent for the purchase OF cavalry
| horses to be used at Fort Duchesne and
Fort Douglas.
Enoch Convey. the well known sheep
| man. Is lying seriously III at his home
| In the southeastern part Of the city
His condition has been such az TO cause
much anxiety to his family and friends.
The veteran volunteer hremen at
their meeting last evening decided TO
take their annual outing at Lagoon
this year on June %. A committee has
been appointed toarrange a program Of
sports and contests for which prizes
will be given
Shirley Pugsley the little son Of
Joseph Pugsley. Of No 253 West Fifth
North. fell from his fathers porch last
evening, his arm being broken In the
fall The broken member was attended
to at ST. Marks hospital and the lad
was taken home
r. y. Curley, carpenter employed
by the Rio Grande Western Company
who resides al Euclid avenue, met with
quite serious accident last evening
The second finger on his right hand was
caught In a circular saw and so badly
lacerated that the member had 20 be
amputated
II is expected that Bishop Charles f.
Fowler. OF Buffalo N. T., an eminent
Methodist divine Will preside az the
annual meeting Of the Utah Methodists
next August II Is also probable that
Bishop Fowler while here viii deliver
his famous lecture on Abraham Lin
coin.
Ralph wilkins. OF Spanish Fork, one
OF the bright boys scattered through
the State who make a neat little sum
annually by selling the News" rode
up TO the city on his wheel the other
day, to visit the home Office He will
return by the same conveyance, taking
about nine hours for the trip
The report Of the board Of health for
the week Is as follows: Births q,
equally divided between the sexes
deaths is, males Z. females If. bodies
brought here for interment 2; shipped
away for interment elsewhere 9 con-
tagious disease flags outstanding 10.
covering rs cases Of scarlet fever: diph-
liberia l. No cases Of smallpox" were
reported during the week but there are
seven patients sim confined In the Par
ley's canyon pest house,
Richard Preator. at one time a resi-
dent Of Birmingham, England and who
came 90 Utah In early days with the
Ellsworth hand-Cart company. and who
was the leader Of the famous Pioneer
brass band, and who moved 10 lnde-
pendence many years ago, Is In Salt
Lake on a business visit Mr. Preator
resided here twenty-three years ana
has lived at Independence for sixteen
years He Is the president Of the
branch Of the Church az that place
Letters received at u. C. NJ I. from
Superintendent T. g. Webber state that
he and Mrs Weber have just con-
cluded a months tour OF Italy. touch
iTg at Rome, Naples. Florence. Genoa
and other points. They are now in |
Switzerland and will proceed from |
there down the Rhine. visiting Cologne |
and other noted cities. They expect TO |
be IN Paris on the 25th and win remain |
there two or three weeks From Paris |
thew win go 20 Mr. Webbers old home |
In England, spending a month there be- |
fore calling for America. According to |
present plans they viii reach home in |
September