Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-31
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LATE LOCALS.

The local weather Office looks for
warmer weather during the next few
days.
Cranberries are selling In the local
market at 70 cents per quart, and 80
cents for two quarts
The state board Of insane asylum
commissioners held special meeting
today in the governors office.
Judge Stewart today dismissed the
case OF j. II. Miller n Co. vs.. A. l.. Full
Ter ct al, upon motion of plaintiffs at
torney.
Peter Vletti, a former resident Of
sunny Italy. but now OF Mercur, was
admitted to citizenship today by Judge
Stewart.
A costly prismatic sidewalk Is being
laid Immediately In front of the new
Keith building. The prisms throw the
light at right angles from the front TO
the rear of the basement.
The oberlln college boys sing tonight
In Ogden. whence they continue west
ward TO San Francisco. A local hotel
man says they must save at least seO
per day by living and eating In their
own private car.
Judge Stanford Of Ogden, chairman
OF the board Of county commissioners
Of Weber county, is In the city today.
There win be no meeting of the coun-
cil committees tonight, owing to tho
fact that this Is New Years eve.
Ball tonight in Christensens new hall,
under the auspices OF the Scandinavian
committee. Tomorrow the annual
meeting will be held in the Fourteenth
ward assembly rooms, Some interest
ing reports for the past year VIII be
read at this meeting.
City Auditor Reiser is paying of
the city officials, councilmen, policemen
and firemen today. The total amount
of the payrolls is sSi6l,gl, which Is seq
regated as follows. Officials. S3,2i6 70;
councilmen, s525; police department., SS,-
zoe. 80, and fire department, Sl,4SO.so
Joseph Uhr, llneman Of the II. NJ.
Bel Telephone company, was struck
under the left eye this noon by a
chisel falling from the belt OF fellow
workman ascending First South
street pole. Uhr was taken 10 Godbe-
Pitts drug store and his wound at
tended 10. and then he was sent home.
He is not dangerously hurt, but he had
very close call.
Local representatives Of big electrical
plant manufacturers say that the COM
bine of New York capital for the con-
troll Of the electrical Interests or the
country, refers only to operating inter-
este. and not electrical plant manu-
facturers. They say there has been no
move whatever TO bunch the latter In
terests.
The Mems club Of the First Congre-
rational church took In il new mem
bers Monday night, when they cele
brsted Forefathers' and Foremothers
day. The speech OF the evening was
delivered by Rev. Il. |. Goshen OF og-
den. and Rev, DR.. Brown and others
also spoke In an interesting vein. over
16C people were present.
Local army officers are appearing on
the streets with the new snuff ana gin-
ser colored oVercoats prescribed by the
new regulations, also the new Austrian
amy cap. The departure from the old
and time honored styles Is rather radi
cal and the utility OF the changes is
doubted by not few officers. me
changes are laid to q combination OIL
ARMY tailors and the superheated en-
thuslasm OF few prominent army OF
ncers who have been abroad and fallen
in love with the foreign army style OF
attire