The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-01-21
SAL 7 LAKE
CITY AND NEIGHBoRHooD.

CITY AND NEIGHBoRHOOD.
About sixty members of James
Mexican post Womaa's Relief Corp
attended The funeral OF Mrs. CoI
Skews Tuesday afternoon, ana latC
decorated the grave.
The stockholders of che CommerciS
National bank met Tuesday and eiecte
the following directors for the veal
j. Il. Cosgriff. John J. Daily, ". T
Noble. O. ]. SALISBURY, A. L. Holder
ATovlan c. Fox and J. b. Cosgriff. III
directors viii meet this week and cleo
officers.
The poultry show which opened Wed
nesday morning, has been attract1n
much attention among owners an
breeders in and around this city. In
exhibit surpasses in both number o
entries and quality any ever held pre-
vious to this time in the state. Their
are about 400 fowls entered. amOnj
which are some very valuable speci
mems. chief of which is a buff Orping
ton cock exhibited by DR.. Plumme1
The four black OrpingtOn birds iron
Willow Brook farm are also attracting
much attention.
The Federation Of Labor is to presen
q number of bills to the Legislature
Among the laws desired is one for th'
inspection of boilers, a plumbing law
q law for the initiative and referendum
and a law for the protection Of wages
and material inDpublic works.
Ministers of the city Will be invited
without exception. to give brief ser
vices at the orphanage on State street
every Sunday afternoon, for the benefit
of the children. The invitations are to
be issued shortly.
Holders of common stock of the Utah
Sugar company viii receive on March
81 their first dividend on that stock.
At a meeting of the board of directors
yesterday morning it was decided to
declare a per cent dividend on the
common stock payable in quarterly
payments Of IA per cent.
After being run as a strictly Amer
lean plan hotel since its opening the
Knutsford has changed its plan and
hereafter will be conducted on both
the American and European plan. The
change was scheduled for Jan. Il, but
owing to delay in fitting up the new
cafe was not made until Tuesday. The
two ordinaries of the hotel have been
thrown together for the safe, and new
~ decorated and furnished.
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Mrs. Mary Judge on last Saturday
added another piece of valuable Main
street property to her already heavy
holdings in the city. The property pur-
chased is known as the Houston block
half way between Second and Third
South on the east side of Main street.
The price to be paid for the ground is
S40,0 This does not include the price
paid for the improvements, which it
is thought is at least $4,000 more. The
rentals yield a good income on the
amount invested by Mrs. Judge. The
deal was negotiated by W. j. Halo
ran.
The reception of the Ladies' Literary
club TO Bishop F. S. Spalding Tuesday
night was a brilliant success. The par
ishioners of st. Marks and St. Paul's
churches turned out en- mbasse and eX-
tended hearty welcome to the new
bishop. In the receiving line with
Spalding were Dean and Mrs. James
3. Eddie, Rev. and Mrs. c. Z. Perkins
and Rev. and Mrs. c. G. Hunting. The
clubrooms were daintily decorated for
the occasion. Punch was served in
the large hall and in the dining room
refreshments We're served throughout
the evening.
In its educational work the Salt
Lake Symphony orchestra is making
progress. At least. it is. if you can be-
lieve the testimony. The chief pur
pose of the organization. of course,
is to promote a desire for the best
music. Evidently, it is prompting it.
The result was on Monday night ap-
parent. A large audience not only ap-
plauded but evidently thoroughly en-
joyed a programme on which Mozart |
and NendelssOhn and Wagner were
represented. and to which other COM |
poseTs drawn on, Gounod and Masse- !
net aud Suppe, furnished nothing real |
~ fantastic. Was not this evidence of |
good progress? When this audience |
listened to Mozart's symphony 80. Z !
fiat admirably played, through the |
sdagio. the allegro the andante the |
menuetto 10 the finale and unitedly I
expressed its appreciation. there was /
certainly proof Of advancement. And |
when these hearers remained. expect |
ant, after the rather abrupt ending /
Of a selection from Wagner. the last
number as if they wanted more of it.
who can doubt the improvement Of
taste2 The Mendelssohn number was
Mr.. Skeletons. 1t consisted of the an
dante and finale from the violin con-
cert0. and il was the most popular one
of the night. In response TO enthusi-
astic applause. Mr.. SHELTON played
Wieniawski's Operates Mazourka Mrs.
Lucia Ferrin Sharp sang More Regal
in His Low Estate" from Gounod's /
queen of Sheba," Mrs. Sharp was a
favorite here as Miss Ferrin. and she /
was warmly greeted. She sang de-
lightfully. though her voice seemed a
little light for the selection. Her encore
selection was The NymDhs of the
Rhine in which her trillng was ad-
mirahle The orchestra especially
aroused the audience with Massenet's
music, from the Scenes Pittoresques."
and then added TO the enjoyment by
playing q minuet by Boccherini.