Show X1 > I LOCAL I s BRIEFS I 1 r w P1 I TnzvMA Johnson I charge wjth stealing awntchfrom a secondHand store was tried in the Folic Court yesterday and proved guilty of petty larceny and drunkenness The evidence was circumstantial to a great degree When Johnson Centered the shop the pistol was lying on the counter but a ew minutes afterjhis departure < < the weapon was not to be foundi He was fined 5 on the charge of drunkenness and 25 for petit larceny Co2 > siDERABLE cCBiostTY was manifested mani-fested yesterday as the workmen were stringing the new cable on the Jtele phone pples It is about the size of a hreequafter inch rope and extends from the office in the Deseret Bank building to Smiths dfbgjistofe Jcorier inside it are fiftyone fine wires bunched but each wrapped with cotton to prevent insulation These wires are distributed at Smiths corner in a patent distributing box fastened to the crosstrees cross-trees It is claimed that these wires conduct equally as well as the isolated ones IluYus S ELL and Jake Higginson the two young fellows brought up from Spanish Flick came before Commissioner Commis-sioner McKay yesterday The mare and colt which they bad taken by mistake mis-take had been returned to the owner and Mr Dickson asked that the case be dismissed Mr McKay said the motion mo-tion would in allowed il defendants would pay the Vosts This tney refused fused to do as they claimed they had been proven guiltless of any crime Then the Commissioners ire arose and he said te wa not bound by the views of the Dis rict Attorney and would hold the defendants to await the action of the Grand Jury ju bonds oU2W each |