The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-07
LOCAL BRIEFS

ADJOURNS TILL MONDAY.-The trial
of the case of the Union Lime company
against the United States Smelling COM
pany in the federal COURT was yesterday
postponed until Monday forenoon.
FREIGHT AGENT HERE-T. NJ Sloan
of Los Angeles. general freight agent of
the Salt Lake Route. passed last night In
Salt Lake City, en- route to Denver. He
was a guest at the Knutsford.
DISCUSS NEW ROSTER-The street
car mems union met yesterday afternoon
and informally discussed candidates for
nomination. No formal nomination were
made, it was announced. The election VIII
be held at a latter date.
INJURED MAN SUCCUMBS.-Rober
.. COrkill, the carpenter who was in
jured on Thursday afternoon in d fall
caused by a breaking scaffold at 546 East
Second South street, died at Holy Cross
hospital yesterday afternoon at o'clock.
CONDITION STILL CRITICAL.-The
condition of Mrs. Thomas Vance, who, ii
is alleged, was terribly beaten by her hus-
band about a week ago, remains I'M
changed at ST. Marks hospital. Vance Is
still confined in the city jail
GETS THIRTY DAYS.. Ross, a ne
gro, charged with stealing suit of
clothes from the American house in Com
mercial street, pleaded guilty to petit lar
ceny yesterday afternoon in the police
court and was sentenced to thirty days
in Jail.
0ON lAIlON oGhEADD--lu ne SDftdu VI
contagious diseases has not abate1 and
yesterday there were % eases reported &c
the department of health, consisting of ~
cases of measles. two of scarlet fever,
one of typhoid fever and one of chicken
pOX.
ASK FOR CERTIFICATES.-Th prin-
cipals of the local schools at a meeting
yesterday passed a resolution asking the
health department to issue physicians
certificates during the regular office
hours to children who have been quaran n
tined. granting them permission to return
to school. The rule at present provides
for the issuance of these certificates be
tween the hours of and p. m. only.
WANT CONVENTION HERE.-An eff
fort is being made to secure the 1903 con-
vention of the Brotherhood of Owls, a
newly organized secret society, for Salt
Lake The local lodge is working hard
toward this end, and will send A. 5. FOw-
Ter to the Portland COTe.) convention next
January with instructions TO secure the
1909 gathering. It is expected that I51O0
Owls will attend the Portland meeting and
that in 1909 the attendance will be 10000.
OGDEN OFFICIALS IN SALT LAKE.
Several Ogden City officials visited the
recorders and engineers offices yester-
day in regard to several matters which
are before the Junction CITY council. one
of them was the construction Of a via
duct over the Rio Grande tracks near the
Ogden depot, and data concerning the
viaduct over the oregon Short Line tracks
mere WIS ODldlutu- IlOct HI tAiG Bdl ~
were City Attorney Bagley. City Engi-
neer Parker and Councilmen Thomas,
Moyes and Williams.
ELECT OFFICERS.-At a well-attendei
gathering of the Thistle club last evening,
the following officers were elected for the
year 1908: NicOl Hood, president; Robert
Stevenson vice president; David Hender-
son, secretary; Simon Greive. treasurer;
William A Gray, conductor: George Rob
inson. sergeant at arms; William Nisbet,
chaplain: J. c. Williams, fnstalatOr. Ar
rangements are under way for the proper
celebration of Robert Burns birthday.
Five candidates were initiated last even
ing.
ENTERTAINED BY NJ. ]. BRINES.-
The bazaar which has been under the di-
rection of the ladies of the Presbyterian
church came to a close last evening with
a delightful entertainment given bV NJ. J..
Brines at the First Presbyterian church.
1t was an evening of song and story"
Mr. Brines was at his best and his solos
and mOnOlogues were well received. The
ladies utilized the intermissions in dispos-
ing of the articles at the various booths.
The church was crowded to the doors.