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Show PARK CITY JOTTINGS. Ore Shipments of the Past Week The "JWanly Art" and a Cocking main. Correspondence of the Democrat. - Forty-seven bars of bullion, containing 27,760.41 ounces of silver, and valued at $30,536.45, were shipped from the Ontario On-tario mill last week. The Daly sent down 136,820 pounds of ore to Mackintosh's sampler during the week, and the Sampson 124,000 pounds. The icy condition of the roads down Ontario On-tario canyon prevented the Ontario botti from shipping any ore or hauling any to the mill. The new ore house at the Ontario No. 3 is nearly completed. The weather in the Park is something unusually fine. The snow has nearly disappeared, and from the present outlook out-look we will have none of that article for Christmas, much to the disgust of the young Jle. lhefce lines between Park City and Salt Lake are having high times. Kimball Kim-ball Bros, have for years been running a stage between these two places, and lately Wm. Roach, of the Half-way House, put on another line. A cut in prices was the result, until now the stage fare has come down from $4 for the round trip to $2, and each line swears it will carry for nothing before it will give up. The people of the Park are enjoying it, and if it is kept up it will likely prove the reverse of the old saw, "Competition is the life of trade." The Steam Laundry, horse got on a tear the other day and "smashed up things a little r nothing serious, however. In Judge James' Court the following civil cases were up lor trial last week : Young vs. Pierson, judgment by default for $88.80 and costs ; Schwartz vs. Innis & O'Brien, judgment by default for $182.75 and costs; Lawrence vs. Rich, withdrawn. with-drawn. The Whitehead vs. Nelson case mentioned in last week's letter was taken to Snyderville for trial, a verdict was given for the defendant as before, and the case will now be appealed to the District Dis-trict Court. The amount of $100 is involved, in-volved, and $250 has already been spent in attorney fees in carrying the case through, each party holding on with bulldog bull-dog tenacity to hes side of the case. Business in the Park is steadily increasing. increas-ing. John Varcoe has opened a fish and fruit stand, making the third new store in the last three weeks. - Mr. Thrall's lecture, "A Year in Germany," Ger-many," the last of the series for the benefit bene-fit of the Congregational church, was, as promised, a rare treat. Mr. Thrall is well known as an . able speaker, and in his lecture he more than sustained his reputation, repu-tation, holding the audience interested throughout. A debate upon the question "Resolved; That all further immigration of Chinese subjects to this country should be prevented," with J. F. Bledsoe and C. A. Short, two pedagogues, on the affirmative, affirm-ative, and W. I. Snyder and H. V. Marten, Mar-ten, - two lawyers, on the negative, is the next thing to be iven for the same worthy object. William Charlston and F. J. Smith engaged en-gaged in a set-to Saturday night at the skating rink for $100. The fight was to be eight rounds, Marquis of Queensbury rules, but in the fourth round Charlston claimed a foul and the referee deciding in ins iavor, ne was given the fight. Some good sparring was done, and it was the general verdict that Charlston was the better man of the two. Much dissatisfaction dis-satisfaction was caused and many de- nounced the affair as a farce, but it was hot any different from the usual order of such affairs. A friendly bout between Ed O'Brien and Denny Hays, two local admirers of the manly art, was well con- ' tested. -.r; ... i : Sunday night there is to be a rooster ngnt at xne Kint, a number of roosters have been gathered up and the managers promise the sporting, fraternity of the Park something fine. Cock fights mav be all right in their place, and at the ap-propriate ap-propriate time for such occurences, but the good people of the Park should Touse up in righteous indignation and prevent such a thing taking place on the Sabbath day. The managers of the rink should not allow it, and if they do-the city authorities should take meads to prevent it. - There is a time for every thing, and such affairs could be given just as well on some other day. . On Christmas Eve the children of, the Methodist and Congregational Sunday schools have their Christmas trees. A good deal of labor and money have beon ' expended, and the children are going to be royally treated. The Sunday schools are very large and increasing gradua lly. At the Methodist a number of new classes have been formed, and there is an attendance attend-ance of 100 scholars. This is reallv surprising sur-prising for Park City, and reflects "great credit upon the energv of the Methodist workers. Some of the ways and customs of the Park people are very peculiar one custom especially and that is, the racing home from fanerals. Respect for the dead 6hould at least cause one to return from the grave as they came to . it, slowly and mournfully. Tears for . the lost ones should not be dried at the grave to give place to the pleasure and excitement of a horse race on the way homeward. Such a practice is to be condemned, and the r m -y - . -. - people here should stop it for decency's sake, if for nothing else. PEHSONALS.; Mr. J. B. Glass, Studebaker Bro.'s manager in Salt Lake has been in the Park for a few days. . J..R. Nichols came up from Zion last Friday. Nate Sears, of the firm of Sears & Liddle, was up on business on Friday. . Mr. H. A.-Fraser, our popular bookstore book-store man, went down to the city for a few days during the week. J. M. Goodwin is in town in the interests inter-ests of the Tribune. One of the L. L's. came in on the V. G. this week. . ' Col. W. M. Ferry has been confined to his bed since last Thursday with a severe cold. . . - Mrs. A. M. Grant has recovered from her late illness, and is now able to be out of the house. |