The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12
LOCAL BRIEFS.

HAS DISQUALIFICATION P. Sar-
geant, located at Panguitch, and United
States commissioner for Garfield county
| has resigned.
LADIES' CALIFORNIAN CLUB.-A
| special meeting of the Ladies' Caledonian
/ Auxiliary club is called for Monday even
| ing at 1870 a Mrs. Nelson's, $50 West
Third South street. A full attendance is
requested.
MUSIC FOR EDITORS.-The visiting
| newspaper men from Nebraska will at
] tend the tabernacle services this after
/ noon, an organ recital by Professor
! Daynes having been arranged to follow
/ the services.
! BANK CLEARINGS. -The bank clear
! ings yesterday were $685. 77S.06 compared
| with 1929 1871 for the corresponding day
/ OF last year. For the week the clearings
were $1,a7;S79.1 compared with g. 2Sl.-
] 53S.07 for the corresponding week of last
year. This shows a falling off of $780,,
1876 for the week or rs per cent.
] ARTICLES AMENDED.-A certified
copy of a recently adopted amendment to
the articles of Incorporation Of the Home
investment company, doing business In
Utah, was aled with the county clerk
| yesterday. The effect of the amendment
! Is to change the company's main office
1 from Horton, Kan, to Kansas City, Kan.
! CHORUS TO PRAcTICE.-Th Eistedd-
/ fod chorus meets tonight in Choir hail,
I ANiNildiuH SlIttl lOI pTdCllCE anu 10 lfdllS-
act some business matters OF Importance
TO the members. full attendance is de-
! sired. Low rates have been secured over
the railroads, and the indications are that
! the EisteddtOd will attract great crowd
to Spanish Fork.
/ HAD A FIGHT George S. Hess of
| Pennington and =. r. cleveland became
| involved in dispute at CleaYeland's COM
mission house. 70 West Second South
! street, yesterday afternoon, Hess striking
Mr.. Cleaveland hard blow in the face.
backing an eye. A warrant was sworn
! out against Hess in Justice Pardee's
court charging assault and battery.
FREE BARBECUE.-The butchers of
Salt Lake and Ogden will give a free
/ barbecue at Lagoon on Wednesday, Aug.
| 10, TO which the public is cordially in
| Vited- They propose to sacrifice four
choice beeves, and viii present a novelty
The butcher shops will all be closed on
| this day, so people had better govern
! themselves accordingly
PARDONED BY MAYOR. - Mayor
! thompson 9ardoned two prisoners from
the city jail yesterday. John Redmond
and Tim MOnaham were the ones to re-
ceive the clemency of the mayor. The
former was sentenced to 10 days on June
Is on charge OF resorting TO a house of
! ill-fame. The latter was sentenced to
twenty-five days on Aug. s. on a charge
of drunk and beating his wife.
WRITING TAX NOTICES-County
Treasurer Lynch has engaged a large
force of clerks to write the tax notices
tA<m the assessment rolls. The task of
making the 10000 tax notices ready for
sending out will take about a month
This year the taxes have been COM
puted several weeks earlier than usual
OF assistants and the rolls have been
turned over to the treasurer far in ad-
vance of the expected time.
WILL MAKE INVESTIGATIONS
The state relief committee for the distri-
! button of the funds raised for the relief
of the Scoheld sufferers held a meeting
yesterday to authorize Chairman Ham
mond 70 appoint a citizen of Provo who
formerly lived at Scoheid, special agent
TO investigate the family connections and
circumstances of dependency of a num-
Der of the beneficiaries of the fund When
the data that is now lacking is obtained
the committee will be enabled to make
final distribution of the fund to those en-
titled
WEEKLY HEALTH REPORT.-Ac-
cording to the report of the health de-
partment there are still six cases of
scarlet fever, three of diphtheria and
three cases of smallpox under. quar-
antine. Since a week ago there is one
case more of smallpox and one less of
diphtheria, while the number of scarlet
! fever cases remains the same. Three
making thirteen in existence in the city
The births reported for the week num-
bered tlirty-fiVe and the deaths twelve
exclusive of two bodies brought to the
city for nterment.
PETTY THIEF AT WORK-A thief
got into the Davis DeaCOness home at II
East Third South street some time We'd
nesday evening and got away with a
purse containing some small change and
also a working bag. 1t is supposed that
the thief entered through the basement
and came w through the cellar door
which was left unlocked After securing
J q nd hae he left
| a window. Yesterday, however, the purse
| and bag with their contents undisturbed
were found in the yard where the thief
| had evidently brought them back and
dropped them. II is thought that the
| thief or thieves were young boys.
BARNS ARE SCORCHED.-The adj
] joining barns of Messrs. Simon Bam-
! berger and P. w. Madsen at 623 East
First South street were slightly dam
! aged by fire yesterday morning. The
| flames were discovered before they had
J gained much Roadway, however, and an
alarm was Immediately turned in. A
| quick run was made by No. and a
stream of water soon had the fire out
| The fire appeared TO have started in the
| MadSen barn nrSt and is thought TO have
! been caused by some ashes thrown out
! while they had live Goals in them Both
barns contained considerable stuff and
! the Madsen side had some furniture
/ stored in ii, but the damage is estimated
at only so or SO.
| LAIRD Observation-Disclosures Laird was
/ down from Parley's canyon yesterday
j comforting with Mayor Thompson with
! reference TO his agreement to sell his land
and water rights to the city. The confer
| ence is said to have been satisfactory 10
! both parties, the Tancher agreeing to
/ stand by his original verbal contract TO
| sell at the price the city officials consent
/ ed to pay. Mr.. Laird had the deed in his
/ pocket ready for signature as soon as the
I title is approved and the cash is in sight.
/ In Justification of his move to back out
] of the deal and the diversion of the water
! in the canyon creek to flood his land,
/ Laird said that he had been advised to
/ do so by his lawyer friend as matter of
retaining his rights until the sale was
/ closed and anticipating a collapse of the
deal