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Show FArrrY fancies. S. Porii-r has nearly completed his niw frame house, by the post ollice. which add-one it ore new residence to the Lom-j-.r of t!uu built this year. Among the numbtr may be mentioned those of Msssrs Andrew E. Lindquist Joseph 0 berry, Joseph Garlic'-: S f u . . YVuker iicCIaik and Lycurgus Wilson. We are sieving slowly but surely. alesirs i'orter and Carlson have purchased pur-chased the billiard table, and are ruu-ning ruu-ning the business at the old stand, minus the whiskey. Pecplo are quite anxious to run oil a long distance in search of minerals, ana oegtect to keep their eys open. W'in.e many people have been excitedly se-ei-.ng geld where it was not. One of our citizens dibcovered what he believes is an oil well, not far from Fairview, and before long may surprise the com. inanity. The lnmber business is not as thriving thriv-ing as usual but two mills are running and sales are slow. The market is not overstocked but money is too scarce for mnch building. Considerable business is going on in tie chopping. Mr. Carlsen does not propose to be ran out by the railroad company. He is still in the ring and furnishes a superior quality of coal in lots to suit purchasers, at figures that cannot be-beat. be-beat. A recent analysis of his coal gives 55 per cent carbon. Work in the new brick slere-house is being pushed by the Co-op. Is will be a sub Untial bailding when finished. The city father's are revising the erdinances preparatory to having tuein printed. Coal is being sold at the mine for J1.25 per ton, and as the road is good and the proprietors are willing to take produce, it is a good thing for the people of Northern Sanpete. |