The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-19
LOCAL BRIEFS.

-MARRIED BY SEARE.-William II
hopuck and Miss Fannie A Foster both
vi IoEo, were married yesterday at the
Scare. Oi0i
WILL HAVE EXCURSION. - The
DanlSh brotherhood and the committee
LOT Ihe scandinavian meetings have made
dIIahsenentS Tor grand excursion TO
Lagoon on Friday, Aug. "a.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE Up NORTH
-Superlntendent f. b. Cooper of the city
SCHOOLS VIII go TO Brigham CITY tins
- NeiIlooh 10 conduct teachers institute
OF the pedgogues Of Cache and Box
week 'n1S
GERMANS WILL CELEBRATE.-The
harmonic Singing society of this city has
decided to celebrate the German dsv on
Sept. > at the Lagoon. This day is OBJ
fbis co, US the Germans nearly all over
IlIIS country The society is making
preparations for the occasion and a GOOD
time for all may be expected.
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT Tho
board of public works will hold a meeting
MON ay evening 10 consider several mat
ters connected with public work con
tracts and 10 Jack up" in the boards
own peculiar way the contractors who
are Jardy in executing their obligations
be quite lively.
ATTORNEY GENERALS CLERK
IauI {: Thorn, lately private secretary To
the chief justice OF the supreme couTt
OF Wisconsin, has been installed as clerk
IN the Office of Attorney General Bfshop
succeeding Charles w L. Stevens who
mas taken place in the law offices of
Bennett, darkness, Van Colt a Suther-
land.
BANK CLEARINGS.-The bank clear
inSS yesterday were SOB ga 30 ON tn
corresponding @ 4y Of last wear the voIIIn
teerS returned from Manila and the banks
were closed. For the week just closed the
SIe eaf were $2.l65 1855 compared with
Sl,5l6,llZS for the corresponding week
OF last year. This shows a gain of over
81 per cent
SOLD BY THE BANK-A warranty
deed was filed for record Yesterday with
me county recorder conveying from the
National Sank OF the Republic To Robert
Hartley, new conner to Salt Lake from
Wells, New, for a consideration of So 500
lots 3, 10 and II, block l. Perkins addi-
ton, and the improvements thereon Tho
SAFE was negotiated by L. W. Wilson
HOLES IN PAVEMENTS.-W the
city council is celebrating upon the
proposition 70 have the dangerous and
Wornout places in the street pavements
repaired, crlVers OF vehicles and bicycle
riders are loudly complaining of the long
continued neglect OF the muuicipaI
authorities in the matter OF allowing such
Dau conditions TO exist 50 long IN the
business part Of town.
WEEKLY HEALTH REPORT -Ac-
cording To the report of the health de-
partment the number OF scarlet fever
cases in the city has decreased to three.
dlphtheria has entirely disappeared and
Tour cases OF smallpox are confined AZ me
isolation hospital one new case of
typhoid fever was reported last week.
making fifteen now in the city. The
DlrthS reported for the week numbered
twenty-siN and deaths eleven, exclusive OF
one body brought from outside the city
Tor interment
RIVER DREDGING CONFERENCE
There will be a conference at the MAYORS |
ONCE Tuesday forenoon between the presi- /
dents OF the several canal companies TAX
ing water from the Jordan river and |
representatives OF the Jordan Narrows |
power plant company and the city to
consider the proposition OF all the inter /
ests entering into an agreement to carry !
out the plan of making Utah lake do its |
full duty as a natural reservoir bV /
the river banks and dredg- .
ing the bars 50 TO draw down the lake /
level a foot or more below low water /
mark.
REISER WANTS CREDGT.-City Audit /
tor Reiser feels that he is not TO be |
blamed for insisting that the department |
payrolls OF the municipality shall be APP |
proved by the council before drawing
warrants. thereby deferring the payday /
which ought 70 come on Monday till !
Wednesday The auditor points out that
more frequently than otherwise the semi (
paydayS Will, under the new
rule. occur nearer to the LIST and 18th DAYS
of each month than heretofore. except /
about once in three months.
PRESIDENT SMITH RETURNS
President Joseph F. Smith arrived home \
from Mexico on Friday. accompanied by \
President Seymour b. Young. President
Smith made this trip to look into the con-
iitiOn of the Mormon colonies in Mexico
and returns with the report that they are
doing well and prospecting. The people
IN Mexico IS in Utah are suffering from /
lack Of water and the crops are cut down
as a result of the drought. Feed for the
cattle is scarce from the same cause The I
rainy season has come for that country,