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Show - - 1 t I, 1 - was given last eening, but the inclemency in-clemency of tthe weather caused many of the dancers to remain at home, so the party was very slimly attended. Nevertheless, the Ladies axe not daunted by the misfortune, but will have another one soon and we hope that next time the ' weather man will not connive against them by pouring down a lot of rain to mud up our streets and make it miserable for pedestrains.,, , We ) would all be pleased to have : a silk factory in our midst, and we should do all in our power to make a sue-cess sue-cess of it. . .. Local Brevities. tMi paid for beef hides by Wm. AtWn. Fine lot of oranges at Whitehead's store. F. L. Burgess, of -Cedar Basin, !Nevada, is in town. on 'business.' Booths Store ys still 'on , top--prices low. Washboard .Zincs vority no cents. i Born, Vednesday, Jan., 27, 1897, to Mr. and Mrs. Jos. 'W. Carpec-tter, Carpec-tter, a son. All doing well. We are pleased to say that Sam-1 mel Sullivan, who had his collar bone broken-last week, is improv-; Hng nicely. , . j Born, in this city, Saturday Jan-', 'iiary 23, 1897, to Mr. anti , Mrs. George F. Whitehead, a son. ISIother and child doing wdll 1 The plate glass has been set in! nhe front of Woolley, Lund &: judd s new'Store, ana the Duiiuing 1 iis rapidly nearing completion. , The country has again' been bless-" e3 with some, refreshing, rain, the first coming -early on Friday morn-' ing and then -again 4mthe -evening yesterday. Dr. A. F. HolrJaway. the Painless TDentist, will be ;in St. Georgeon Monday, Feb. 1st, prepared to do ;dll kinds of high art dentistry. 'He .can be '"found at C. R. Worthen'-s xesitteTvce. ' Those atitherSilk Association party flast evening enjoyed vthemselves well. The attendance was small( on account of rthe storms, but wei tthinkmo one could complain on ac-, ucourtt'of not having enough dances. lLocal bicyclists are repairing some rif the sidewalks and putting una few bridges oven the ditches Jin order to have a ffair "run". :Scveral 'miles can be travelled vonithe walks now with no-dismounts. . ' The veteran and talented actor, John S. Lindsay, who appears at Tthe theatre for four nights beginning j 2Monday, is well known throughout tke .State, and has a rreputation which gets him crowded houses wliereevtr ;his company appears. liewspaper .reports of his -.present Hour are very Mattering. Mr.tLind-i;. !sayiis accompfanied : by his three! dasughters talented and charming' -young Indies. The.companys rep- ortoi re consists of a number of attractive at-tractive tunrid popular dramas and comedies, and are presented in a way delightful to theaitre-goers. The Silk Association of this 1 city ihas been negotiating for two and a half city lots for the .purpose of planting out a mulberry orchard and rprepare for.growing-and manufact-iuring manufact-iuring silk:to supply a portion of the Ihome market We contend that ithis;is a laudable enterprise and tshould be substantially encouraged. Iin order to raise means to pay for Uhose city lots, the Association has appointed a committee to get up a iSeries of parties, thesecod .of,Yhigh |