Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-25
LATE LOCALS.

Mr.. Henry Couam leaves next week
for short visit to the worlds fair,
Today's local bank clearings amount
ed to 1892 0S7.67 as against sS45,2iO.24 for
the corresponding day of last year.
Mrs. r.. G. Easton has returned from
Brighton Mr. Easton went east sew
eral days ago TO reioin the Bonnie
Brier Bush company.
j. b. Wissing, q local travelling man,
fled petition In bankruptcy today, IN
the L. 8. court. His liabilities are
SOS IS for debt, and his assets are
household goods valued at $50
Messrs. Poulton and Madsen, who
have been east ON q purchasing trip for
the new Pouton, Madsen, owen Co.,
have returned, They expect TO open
for business Sept !.
w. II. Daniels, Of Local l0i Of the
American Federation of Musicians has
been chosen delegate from the unlon
TO the convention Of the Utah Fedora
ton Of Labor, to be held In ogden Sept,
IL next,
Mrs. May Sloan Of Grand Junction,
who has been visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. Orvin Morris for the past 10 days,
was guest Of honor at a Jolly lake party
last evening. Mrs. Sloan leaves for her
home this evening
Local real estate agents figure that
there are about 200 houses In this city
for rent. This IL far better record
than obtains in Denver, whore real es-
tate men from there say there are 1900
houses whose owners would like to see
tenants. The labor troubles have pref
ty near killed the town.
There il a likelihood Of cessation Of
work on the Federal building for the
ensuing three months on account Of the
delay on the part Of the authorities ut
Washington I'm letting the contracts for
the conduit work ana heating. These
contracts should have been let year
ago, Instead Of that they were let only
recently, so that with the stone work all
done, and the roof steel IN place, the
contractor viii have to sit around until
about December before the building Is
In such shape that the fathers and plas-
terers can begin work This will throw
the completion of the building over into
August or September, 1905.
a picturesque runaway is reported
from Logan by Salt Lake business
man lust returned from there a FARM
er's team and a single team were
hitched 10 one Of the stone blocks pro
vded for such purpose IN the main
business street, when the combined OUT
~ took fright and pulled the block
out into the roadway and away the
three orses went abreast up the street
like all possessed Two vehicles
standing In the way were wrecked, and
after the entire business community
had been thrown into a fever Of excite
ment the horses fetched up against a
telephone pole, with their own wagons
smashed, and their harnesses all In "A
tangle. Two Of the runaways were
badly cut
Col c. r. Scott, chief electrician Of
the Westinghouse company al Pitts
burg Is IN the city today, and was en-.
tertaincd AZ the Commercial club by
officials of the Utah Light & Railway
company, and Mr. Cargo the Westlng-
house local agent Col. Scott was here
six years ago, and notices a remarkable
increase IN the local electrical develop
ment. At the former date only $500
to $500 horse power was IN sight. Now
there Is about $4,000 horse power IN
operation. and II 1900 more was to be