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Show MINER. URIKFS. The recent snow storm Is a daisy. Hryan Ilios. have gone out of business. busi-ness. Mr. Fied "Wettlch was In town lain w eek. i) Mrs. ICrath camo up fiom the metiop. oils on Sunday, Mr. George Iltynn has accepted a position with the Union Mercantile company. Mr. A. Swcnson has bought nut the entire stock of Ilrynn Tiros., dry goods and groceries. TlmeH will bo bettor In Meicur soon, and we may even look for a boom be-i be-i fore the summer Is gone. .J Wotk la steadily progressing on the J Ingot mine, and It is wild that dovel- opmontfl are showing good lesults. Mr. John Conklln, nudltor of the S. t. & M. rallwny, was In town Monday ' r paying off the railroad employees. A. stove has been placod In the elty Jail and the place made tenable to tho poor unfoitunutos who may land there. Judge Dunlavy wnt down to Ophli tho other day. Tho Judge Is doing considerable con-siderable business for Ophlr and Stockton. Stock-ton. Superintendent and Mrs. Aithur lliown hove our compliments. A better bet-ter match could not have leen made by either one. The school children are learning- that they havo to go to school theae day or else rest a while In Msrrtwl Crawford's Craw-ford's Iron cage. William Gray, State commander of the Maccabees, attended m smoker of the local lodge Friday. He it visiting Mercur for a week. Mr. Joe Garland has been appointed night watchmnn. He and Marshal Crawford are working in perfect lmi-mony lmi-mony and make a very good team. Mr. Abo Crawford Is now duly Installed In-stalled uh editor of this paper. His name appears at the head of the paper and will remain there for tho future. Mr. Ciowley Is one of the number who havo been tecntly dropped fiom the Union Metcantilc company's fone We undei stand he Is now emplocd in the mine. Kx-Hecorder Jnrvlf has a good business busi-ness In his hnnds and hence does not miss the position he held, while e-Treasuier e-Treasuier Crane still holds his position at the mill. Hx-Maishal Shaffer Is In the mine, w oi king. Mr. Shatter is an excellent man and a gentleman, and might hae been elected Marshal of the city but for some bad advlseiH. Sunilny night theie was a most peculiar pe-culiar combination In weather conditions. condi-tions. Kor a Tew moments It was lain-lag, lain-lag, snowing and hailing all at the same time, and a lleice wind wnn blow-lug blow-lug up the canyon. On Sunilny Undertaker Watt went to Tooele with the body of Jeny Hogan of Ophlr for builal. Tho deceased was well known In thlp county and e.-plied e.-plied Friday; cause of death, pneumonia. pneumo-nia. He was about Si yeais of age. Mis. Timothy Harilngton died In confinement Sunday, tho 3rd, nml Tuesday Tues-day tho lemaius wete shipped to Salt Lake Tor builal. The Mactaboes, out of lespect for Mr. Hnirlngton, who is u member of the lodge, followed the lemains to the depot. The baby Is still living and Is In vety good hands. We offer our sjmpathy to the bereaved hmbaud. The Mercur diug store if no longer headquarteis for the official fence of Meicur, Marshal Crawford can be found at the city hall or McNaugh-ton's McNaugh-ton's blncksmlth shop, when not ui-tually ui-tually "walking his beat" or shoveling snow from the stieet crossings: Ite-coidor Ite-coidor Goodman Is either at the office or the Union Mercantile stoic; Tieus-urer Tieus-urer Sow ell In at his post at the Suc-ininento Suc-ininento when olT ofllclnl duty, but at the cltj hall when on duty. Thus It Is that things have changed. Junu'H T, Jakeman, |