The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-22
LOCAL BRIEFS.

GIRL HAS VARIOLOID.-Miss Laura
Williams aged II years. of l3S X street
is i'll with variolOid light form OF small
pox. The house has already been quar-
antined.
CITY PAY DAY.-Pay day for city en-
ployes came early this half month, the
men receiving their wages yesterday so
they could have the money for Christmas
The rolls total S9,612S2
UNIVERSITY CHRONICLE OUT.-The
Christmas edition Of the University
Chronicle came out Yesterday. The issue
is especially elaborate with cuts and car
ICONS of the professors and students at
school 1t also contains many snort
Christmas stories, written by students.
DEFECTIVE WIRING CAUSES FIRE
Escaping gas and defective wiring were
the cause of a small fire on the third
floor of the Auerbach dry goods store
about 2:30 O'Clock yesterday afternoon;
No damage was done TO the building, ana
the blaze was eXtingulshed as soon as the
fiTemen arrived.
PHONE MEETING POSTPONED
Owing to the fact that the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company was not
prepared last night to submit concession
TO the business mems phone committee,
the meeting which was to have been
held at the Elks' headquarters was post
poned until Saturday evening.
CONFERENCE Is POSTPONED.-Ow-
ing to the fact that Attorney +. b. Ste
phens counsel for Barney Mahler, who IS
back Of the interurban street railway
proposition was engaged, the conference
bet ween Mr. Mailer and representatives,
of the Utah Light & Railway company
was postponed yesterday afternoon A
second date has not been announced
'HARTE QUITS NAMPA HERALD
Charles T. Harte. editor of the Nampa
Herald for the past year. has disposed OF
L -, he. m lie
G. w. Hill. who has also consolidated
with the Leader. the other Nampa paper
and the combined papers will IN future
be issued under the name of the Leader
Herald. Nothing is known here as 10
Mr.. Harte's plans for the future.
SALT LAKER HAS PURSE TAKEN
Arnold Jacobs. who recently left salt
Lake for Portland, reported 70 the au-
thorities of that city Mondays.that his
purse had been stolen by pickpockets at
the postoffice. There was S5o IN Ihe
purse. Jacobs is one of q number or per
sons who have suffered from pickpockets
who make the postoffice at Portland their
base Of operations.
YOUNG PROVO COUPLE WED.-Miss
Jean Maltby, popular young Provo Wo-
man. became the bride of John w. Reid,
also of that city. yesterday Immediately
after the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Reid
left for Salt Lake, and are now IN lnlS
city the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. q.
Campbell The groom is manager OF the
Provo HEADQUARTERS of the hardware firm
of Brubaker & Campbell of Salt Lake.
After Jan. /, 1905, Mr., ana Mrs. Reid viii
be at home in Provo.
DIPHTHERTA CAUSES DEATH
John IL. Snowfall, aged %, who lives at
1873 I street died at $50 o clock last even
ing of dipht IBERIA, after an illness of ten
DAYS He leaves a wife and six children.
three of whom are i'll with diphtheria. He
has been employed for a number OF years
bv the Freed Furniture company ana bore
the reputation of being faithful man
in every relation of life. The tUneral'
which will be private, will be nelc at the
family home at o'clock this afternoon.
STUDENTS PAY OFF DEBT.-The
first revival meeting since the close of
the football season was held at the uni
versity Yesterday. This time the subject
of interest was college spirit. After
number of short speeches by members OF
the faculty and John Jensen, the editor.
"A resolution was passed by the student
body as follows: I'VE, the student body,
aDDrcciate the high standard the Chro-
nicle has attained this year, and also the
liberal advertising that the merchants OF
Salt Lake have done in the oaDer- We
consider this advertising favor on the
part of the merchants. and in return we
DIedge to support them with all the pur-
chases possible" A financial report of
the standing of the college STUDENT body
was made and A debt of so was an
IL was decided that special do
nations be collected. This was done, the
students donating freely.