Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-03
the Daily ard Saturday News.
LOG AL BRIEFS.

Dcath OF Mrs w. II. Ewins--The
wife of w. n Ewing Of the Short
Line offices, died yesterday afternooh.
after n long Illness. The body Will be
taken 10 Dallas Tex. for intermenii,
accompanied by the bereaved husband.
Lecture on celestial Empire-
Rev. Dr.tHanson Of Providence, Il. |.
& ,sill lecture on Scenes in the sCeles-
tiai Empire In the Baptist church to-
morrow evening, with stereoPtlcon II
Illustrations.
congregational Pu!pit-Rev. ], Il,
Pennirnan Of Boston will preach in the
First Congregational church while MI
Goshen IS away on 4 his vacation DUR
ing. July and August, and, Will officiate
tomorrow morning.
Cupid n Record Brcnllcr--In June
ofsthis year AL records for the issuing
< Of marriage licenses We're broken. inc
county clerk issued 350alicenses which
breaks the record of 2a9 for June a
4 year ago. The days record was also
broken when 80 licenses we're issued
Tic Rcv DR.. Mackenzie TO Prcacil-
REV. Or. Robert Mackenzie of New
York Will preachS In the FIRST
Presbyterian church tomorrow. He Is
the guest Of Thomas Weir, Dr., Mas VA,
kenzIe was Formerly pastor or ine.
First Presbyterian church of san.
Francisco and Is one of the pest
known clcrgymen in the country.
sons OF Veterans IIcadquarters.
Headquarters of the Sons of Veterans
will be opened during the g. a. ~.
encampment iii the offices of H. j =
Dininnys where al visiting soEs o.
Veterans WILDE welcome, -Four recruits
were mustered in last night, g.. Evans.
Charles w Stewart, Ii Nudge and
Il. ". F'ita Gerald There are now over
so members of the order In this city,
Want Cllldrcn's I'lnygronnd--The
young women Of the Iliff Methodist
church have Interested themselves in
ii plan to start children's playground
in this, city. Misses Hiilah Darke, Lydia
and Undra Hamerson will call on the
real estate men to see what can 4 be
done in this matter. A cake sale Is
now in progress to raise funds for
this and other charitable purposes. 4
Shooting al State Prison-The sec
Eond competition ly.stol shoot is in pro-
gress this afternoon. at the state pri-
son range between the officers team
OF the Fifteenth infantry. the prison
guards and the SsYicers Of the
National Guard. The latter team is
composed OF Captain VIC. Webb
Capt. Clayton Coolidge, and Lieuts.
Fred Smith. A r Thomas and I'D,
Foster.
County Tax Abntenents-The coun-
tN board OF equalization abated In
taxes this year Just 81 less than the
hoard did year ago. The figures
this year amounted to s3.345.50 and
: the benefits of this reduction We're res
sceiVed bystwidows, the aged and infirm.
The abatement of assessed valuation
this wear was about sone-third as much
as it WAS last year amounting to 1884,
6a3. Last year the amount was $500
4 80
Miners Honor Their Ericnd-Twenty
five English miners attended yester-
day afternoons funeral OF John
Jones at Halls undertaking par!ors.
the intermcnt being at Mt. Olivet.
Jones died at st. Marks hospital from
/ injuries received at the Consolidated
Mercur June (. Rev. p, A. Simpkin
paid eulogstic tribute to the char
acter and life OF 8the deceased. The
s family lives at Dalton in Furness.
England. where the news of Jones
death was cabled