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Show H MERCUR LOCALS. H Miss Kato CafTey Is visiting In Salt mm Lake for a week. jH Mrs. Collctt made' a Hying trip to B Mercur this week. H Mrs. Gcnrgo A. Culllnan Is visiting . )uor paronts In Ogdcn. " H Misses Mary and Janle Hilton "nro H visitors In Salt Lake City this wook. H Mrs. O, Alboau has been confined mm to her homo (furlng tho past weok 1 with tho grlppo. H Mr. a. H. Oorn, general manager of H tlo C. M. M. Co., has gone to Ely, H Nov., on mining business. 1 Mrs. Jnmes Quirk returned homo H Saturday from a month's visit with H her parents In Salt Lake City. H Tho Hon. Frank E. Cnffey, managoi B of tho Union. Mercantile nnd his wlfo BVJ havo returned from a trip up Provo H J Tho Mercur mlno Is showing up In H splendid shape. Now oro bodies aro B being encountered as tho ground Is H opened up. H BVJ Tho board of directors of tho Con. H Morcur ordered the usual dividend of H $25,000 last week nnd Istrlbutcd It H among tho sharoholdors. Jt J I Miss Anna S. Tliaycrtwho has been II visiting her brother, Dr.' L. O. Thayer, H during tho summer months, has gono 1 to Fort Collins, Colo., to attend school. H J H Tho now foundry of tho Con. Mcr. H Co., under direction of Mr. Felix B Forbes, is turning out somo of tho H finest castings over seen in this H H H Miss Dora Bvans of Park City hns H been visiting her brother, James Ev- H ans, nnd Gladys Backus for tho past H two wocks. Sho has returned to her H J ji H Tho sovcro rains of tho last two H weeks in thlff section havo caused H consldorablo damago to our streets, H nil tho work on them having gono for B naught. H John O'ltourko nnd wlfo, Thomas H Wilson nnd wlfo, Gcorgo Wilson nnd wifo and Spclrs Wilson wont to Plcar m nnt Grevo to attend tho funornl o . B W Wllson'o child. H & H Tho linn. Frank 13. Coffoy, managor H X'nlon Mercantile, has gono up Provo H canyon to Join his wlfo for a week or H so. Mrs. Coffoy Is spending tho month H It. their cottago up tho river. H j Mrs. JoJ Sprattloy has returned H homo from an oxtonded trip to Don. fl vcr and other points of Interest. Mrs. Hj Sprattloy was a guest of tho Elks on Hj their excursion to Denver from Utah. hhW Hj Great Intorest Is being tnkon In dry H farms this summer Thero is scarcely PB a plot of ground loft in Cedar valloy, Ttmm everything being located. This shows 1 great prosporlty and Interest in tho HBl futuro of Utah. HHHJ H Mrs. nichard W. Kemp, wlfo or tho onglncor at tho Goldon Gate mill, Is Hl recovering from a sovcro operation at H Holy Cross hospital. Hor many B friends will bo glad to see her woli B nnd atnong them again. H J Mr Jonlah Koiop, our compotont m tonsorlal artist, is thinking seriously of purchasing a thousand-mile ticket on the Salt Lako and Morcur rail road, as his trips to Mnnnlng aro getting get-ting to bo something tlcrco. A large cloudburst in Ophlr canyon caused a serious Interruption In-our water supply, filling tho flume with debris nnd In some instances covering cover-ing tho Hume to a depth of eight feet. Mr. Hurlburt has had a force bf men at work during tho past week clearing out tho rubbish, and tho wattor supply sup-ply Is nearly up to standard. Mib. Andy Anderson presented her husband with a boy on TuesdH), Aug. 21st. Iloth mother and child aro doing do-ing well. Andy is wearing a smllt and passing cigars around among tho boys. He does not know Just what they will namo it, having exhausted tho list of proper names. Tho last seen of Andy he was carrying tho his-torlos his-torlos or Peter the Great and Napoleon Napo-leon under his arm. No doubt it will bo called Peter Napoleon. J J Mr. Joseph T. Garland, city marshal, mar-shal, and C. E. Mulllns, pollco officer, tendered their resignations, to tnko effect Sept, 1st. Both of these of-fleers of-fleers have filled their rospectlve positions po-sitions creditably and tho citizens are In hopes their successors will do as well. In accepting their resignations tho city council voted thorn a resolution resolu-tion of thanks. Mr. Joseph Illowctt has been selected to fill the unexpired unex-pired term of city marshal, and Geo. A. Cullinnn, pollco officer. |