Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-29

and state Auditor Richards viii hand
! over 90 the county the money 20 cover
It's share Of these fees, hence the pay
ment
Fred G. Hays. an old employe OF the
! Union Pacific, fell asleep at his nome
| on Folsom avenue yesterday afternoon,
and died while asleep. lie lost ms
! hand IN an accident some time ago
| since which time he had been very de-
| sponient Dr. Wilcox pronounced alc0-
hosm AS the cause Of his death. HAYS
was as years OF age, and leaves VIE
and three children The funeral viii be
held from Joseph William Taylors un-
dertakng parlors on sunday AZ
o'clock
The Twenty-Arst ward Sunday
school normal class win celebrate the
advent Of the New Year boy an elabor-
ate program at the meeting house on
Monday evening beginning at o'clock.
II win be IN the nature ~ welcome
TO the new and a farewell 70 the old
year The program includes a mid
night address musical exercises. hand,
shaking and refreshments. The COM
mittoe On charge ls composed on Oliver
Walsh. Joseph a. Williams oscar Pet
ersen. Amy Rich. Bertha Hampton and
Lizzie owen. The class teachers are:
3 and Emma Goddard.
Weather Director Murdoch says this
has been the driest December In The
history OF the local bureau. The pre-
cIpIau0n thus far has been only a
trace. The deficiency for the month"; he
said. would be 4S2 inches. The small
est recorded December fan hitherto was
n inch, IN 1875. and other noticeable
December shortages were 20 inch IN
1874. .g2 inch In 1852 and 1885 each. ~
inch ln 1890. and SO inch In 1895. The
driest year on record was 1851 when
the deficiency was SIS inches, and the
wettest was 1876, with an excess OF $40
inches
The funeral Of Mrs Mary $ Ran
dan. who died IN this city on the Nth
inst, win be- held from the Eighteenth
ward meeting house tomorrow at II a.
m. Mrs Randall became "a member OF |
the Mormon Church while q child, |
and remained a faithful Latter-day |
Saint the rest Of her days I'm England /
her home was the home Of the Elders |
and her kind and generous soul VIII |
never be forgotten By those who have |
uartaken OF her hospitality She came /
10 Utah in 1883, her parents and chill !
dren having preceded her here by sew |
eral years She is survived By six |
children, who deeply mourn her loss.
She also has eighteen grand children |
and four great grand children The In
torment will be In the city cemetery,
Last nights program al the art ex-
hiblt held in the Ladies' Literary club
house was a most interesting one, Mrs.
W. c. jennings giving a lecture on
Greek Sculpture and Mr. Howell glY-
ing an exhibition IN clay modelling. The
orchestra was present and
played several delightful selections
This afternoon a large number as
sembled 10 inspect the interesting eX-
hibit Another delightful program was
rendered, consisting Of a SONG by Mrs
Jack Afford. a violin solo by Master |
Peterson, and a lecture by Mr. George
Taggart on Art and Artists with
suggestions as how TO judge pictures
This evening Mrs Gerens will render a
vocal solo Or. Paden will give Per
,onal "reminiscences Of the Latin Quar-
ter In Paris" and Mr. Karl Schled will
sing. Christensens orchestra viii rem
Ter several selections. The programs
m themselves are worth the small adj
nlttance Zee charged by the club and
With the notable art exhibit should call
,ut large audiences 10 say nothing OF |
he motive OF aiding In carrying out the
audable purpose for which the exhibit
las been brought about.