Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-28
LATE LOCALS.

Atty. A. b. Elder has been admitted
to practise in the United States courts.
on Friday night next leap year ball
VIII be given in the Twentieth ward
hall.
Today's bank clearings amounted TO
s577, 1890 as against s66O,6es,5b for the
same day last year.
The funeral Of Mrs. Mary Ann Ford
will take place at IL o'clock noon to-
morrow at the parlors of Joseph h.
Taylor, 253 east First South street.
Friends are Invited.
When James S. Morgan came out of
the Tabernacle yesterday afternoon,
he placed his hand where he had left
his wheel on entering the structure,
and II was not there. The bicycle had
been stolen. The matter was reported
to the police headquarters.
Col. Il. i. Holmes returned from
Cleveland this morning, where he went
to attend a launching. He found the
weather extremely cold, ind the day he
left Chicago il VAS IS below zero. lie
noticed little or no snow back east
where It seems TO be an open winter.
Capt. A. A. Smith Of the Signal corps
win return to mis- command next Thurs
day, at Sunnyside by which time the
seVerest of the rush In the postofilce
will We over, and he can then be the
better spared, The captain wishes to
remain on duty as long as there Is any
occasion for the services OF the guard.
The rush continues at the Salt Lake
postoliice, ana the Christmas packages
continue to pile up hills high oil over
ployes iabored long and hard all day
yesterday, and Saturday ond last
nights, and feel az though they would
like Just breathing spell.
There was not much mall matter for
the local banks this morning, as many
of the eastern Banking institutions OBJ
served AS holidays, not only Friday
and Sunday, but Saturday also, ana
consequently there was no oorrespon-
dence to mail during that period How
ever, by Thursday the eastern mall for
the home banks Will be very heavy.
Steady winter weather is prevalent in
| this latitude, and the mercury Ia tend
! ing downward. This morning tie mini
mum thermometer was IA above zero
in this city, and In the southern part
| of the state Il cropped TO Z below The
| cold is much more intense In the noun
| tain country--below zero good share
| OF the time A heavy fog spread over
the town last night and only partially
cleared up today The weather Office
| predicts fair weather for tonight and
| tomorrow.
The report OF the seventh annual
4 Al nt..ft .,. -
| Utah, held IN this city, Jan. ~, 1903, has
| lust been published by j. Walcott
| Thompson, the supreme court reporter,
| and secretary OF the association, and
! copies are being mailed 20 the mem
| bers Of the bar. The publication con-
| talns the names OF the officers and CON-
| mlttees of the association from 1894
| the full address OF President c. s.
| Varian, and the constitution and by
| laws, in addition TO the report Of the
| minutes OF the regular and adjourned
meeting The pamphlet is neatly got
ten up and printed.
The Salt Lake Ministerial association
listened to paper thls morning, from
| Rev p. a. Simpldn on Are Our
| Churches producing SANITY Char
| acters?" The essayist held that
they are doing this, that they
| are bringing out beautiful lives.
| AT the same time" he said, 1T
Is true Of our age and time that the
world Is coming into the church, and
| robs us of that richer measure OF
| growth that ought to be our own. The
sanity character is not the great IN
deed, necessarily, but rather the char
| acter that lives quiet, steady, Chris
than life" This mornings meeting was
largely attended.