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Show ! LOCAL JOTS. t ' ' The Grand Jury resumed its sessions to- I day- j . Horn Silver wa3 quoted at $ 3.70 in New York Saturday. The Historical Record, a new periodical, will soon make its appearanoe. Mr. Flowers, of the Eleventh ward, lost a child New Year's night from diphtheria. : ... . The "Pirates of Penzance" will meet at the Careless Musio rooms at 730 this even- J ing. vi An interesting letter from Park City, from 1 our regular correspondent, will be found on J the third page. I From the Hon. John T. Caine we have re- i - ceived the Congressional Directory of the , Forty-ninth Congress. George Barton is selling out his entire . J I stock of groceries, provisions, eto. A chance I for bargains. See advertisement. f f ' MoCorniok & Co. to-day received two cars Ml ir of Hanauer bullion, $6,500, and Queen of i 1 I the Hills ore, $1,200; total value, $7,700. I There should be solid comfort for some I V gentlemen in the fact that Sheriff Groesbeck nas no more warrants in hand at present. I Bonds of the D. & R. G. Western made 4 the almost unprecedented olimb, in the New i T : York stock market during the year, from $40 to $80. . - The case of J. W. Farrell, who furnished bonds Saturday on a charge of being on the I list, will be heard before Justice Speirs next 1 Wednesday morning. I v 3 The billiard tournament commenoes to- night in the Walker House billiard parlors, 1 I the first game being between Lowry and 4 . Engler, 5C3 to 300 points. The only compliment that has been heard . I I on the Tribune's new tvpe was that paper's I I y own tribute, in which the editor was modest I - enough to pronounce it "admirable through- ; I out.". . . , vv j; , The lowest record made by the thermom- ,v , eter so far this season, was on Saturday 1 morning, between midnight and 7 o'clock, the mercury reaching one degree below. . zero. 'v-'f. There are eighteen quarantined (?) cases " f of diphtheria, Dr. Clinton states, now in the city, and, with the exception of two or I x three, they are all too mild to excite any I l alarm. ' In the case of a child that died last Friday j 1 ' morning in the Nineteenth ward, there was p a difference of opinion among the doctors as f -ii to whether the cause was diphtheria or mem- I braneous croup. - Parties wishing to visit Hot Spring Lake t either for skating or bathing, may go on the ! ; x ' regular Utah Central train and return by j . .,e"I). & It. G. or rice versa ; the fare is f i x f''m wenty-five cents. ' - t Bishop O. F. Whitney again occupied the 2 - ' pulpit in the Tabernacle yesterday. The ;, 7 - frequency of his discourses would indicate i 1 ' either his growing popularity with the au- iJ g ' thorities or a scarcity of speakers. 'f Some of the Underground passengers en- I joyed their New Year's dinner at home. ' Sexton Taylor was even bold enough to . answer the telephone, his voice having been . easily recognized at the other end. i t Those who are already complaining about s T the severity of the cold weather may take , I comfort in the fact that, during January of $ I 1883, the mercury went down to twenty I . degree below zero nearly twenty degrees j ; colder than it has been this winter. j '. The funeral services over the remains of f the late Francis Piatt were held yesterday f v in the Thirteenth Ward Assembly Rooms, I - and were attended by a large number of '7 I . friends and sympathizers. The deceased ' r t gentleman was universally esteemed. if The D. & R. G. Western in its financial !l j statement shows a net earning for the eigh- teen months during which the road has . i v' been under Receiver Bancroft's control of Ik r ' nearly half a million dollars. The showing I is a marvelous one when everything is con- I ' sidered. 1 H ?, We are informed that Bishop Tingey, of : J the Seventeenth Ward, was very flattering ; - ' in his references to the Dehoobat last even- l ing from his pulpit. The Dkmocbat is j J happy to know that the bishop appreciates ) its excellence, but does not seek taffy from I ' , any source. :' t Quarantine Physician Clinton was notified '"tl ': bis morning that there was a man at 57 N. First West street, supposed to be coming .',' ' down with diphtheria. The doctor expressed ! the belief that the ailment was a much less ij! . dangerous one than diphtheria, but could J' i not speak definitely till the patient developed j ! further symptoms. i ' Mr. P. P. Shelby, of Omaha, who is ex- j pected to arrive in this city in a few days to J-v fj ; assume the offioe of Assistant Traffic Man- '--1 ager of the Union Pacific, to which he was I recently promoted, is spoken of as a most ; t affable gentleman and competent and cour- " teous business man. He will be missed . -' j from Omaha, where he is much admired. |