The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1904-01-27
Happenings Around Town.

County Attorney Baker came over
| from Tooele Monday and returned home
Tuesday.
The l.. ID. 5. Sunday-school meets now
at o'clock in the afternoon instead of
10 a. m.
Remember the photograph gallery is
open only on the 10th. 18th. 18th. 18th,
! lith 18th and 10th of each month.
Dick Conley of Mercur lodge of Ma
sons was elected grand master last
week at the communication held In Salt
Lake.
The card party given by Mrs. NJ. l..
Teal at her residence was a great sue
cess. All enjoyed themselves to the ut
most.
The Mormon church is working very
hard on musical recital-"Queen Es-
ther"-which win be given by the end
of next month.
Ex-City Treasurer Crane went to Salt
Lake Saturday. 1t was presumed he
was looking for counsel to attend to his
interests in the coming trial.
Better have those pictures taken next
pay day. You never will look better,
perhaps not so well. Joys gallery will
be open the 10th. 18th, 18th, 18th. 14th,
18th and 18th.
The city hall had "a close call from fire
the other day. Billy Roach turned over
the stove and but for the timely inter-
vention of J. l.. Craft a fire would sure
~ have ensued.
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What might have been a very serious
accident happened to Mr.. Pedeham.
His foot slipped and he stumbled and
fell against the window. His head was
badly cut and bled profusely.
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Ex-City Treasurer Crane has been
arrested on a charge of felony with
Miss Laura Young. Judge Dunlavy
placed his bonds at $500 and set mis- trial
for Wednesday today ate O'clock
Photographer Joy goes to American
Fork this week TO open new gallery,
Until further notice the gallery at Mer-
cur will be open for work the 10th. 18th.
18th, 18th, lith 18th and 10Th of each
month,
All Moy. who is member of the Chi
nese Consulate for Utah, Wyoming and
Idaho, was I'm Mercur this week look
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men, as according to treaty IL they are
not registered they can be deported,
very busy man Is DR.. Thayer these
days. on Saturday he went to Camp
, Floyd. When he got home he was
called to the bedside of Mrs. Peter Rob
ertson, where a baby girl was born and
from thence TO Miss Laura Young, who
gave birth to "A fine baby boy.
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Mr.. Jones, who has been i'm the EN-
ploy of Stenman's Dry Goods company
for nearly a year now, left on Tuesday
for Salt Lake, with his family. The
gentleman informed our reporter that
he had accepted position with the
Home Telephone company, of which his
brother Is manager.
On Wednesday Mercur was complete
ly shut out from the outside world No
train, mail or passenger. and no tele-
phone. The railroad was blocked up
with snow at the point where the ID. q
". G.. crosses the San Pedro. The snow
lay In the cut twenty feet deep for half
"a mile long The trainmen were unable
to either push ahead or retreat.
Co.,
Quite a number of men were watch
ing the train and scanning each pas
senger that arrived for several days.
~ ldst lneS were rewarded by the ar
rival of J. l., Craft who informed them
that the Greene Reduction co. would
surely pay Off and the delay had been
caused by the illness OF Col. Wisnale
The young men of Mercur had better
be looking out. IL Is eight years since
leap year and the Young Ladies' So
cial club, under the management OF
Misses Katie sullivan and Edna Hop
per, intend to keep them busy. grand
leap year ball will be given i'm the Opera
house Friday night and the way the
managers are working to make II
success is a fright. They certainly de-
serve success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Connors and
family We're among the passengers
stalled in the snowdrift last Wednes-
day. Charley says when no progress
can be made either way and II looked
like an all-night stay in the snow the
passengers began to make themselves
at home. a basket of bread for the
Union Mercantile Co. was tapped and
Mrs Connors furnishing the butter and
jam they all had a picnic. shortly aft
erwards large basketful of ham and
egg sandwiches was sent to them and
| they had another feast. A train was
/ gOt a within a hupdrad yoVde NJ then,