Show The City in Brief A J Warner sal estate dealer went to Salt Lake city yesterday I In tho probate court in the matter of the estate of Alfred E Manning deceased an order was made confirming and approving sale of real estate u There is a great des 01 improveuiunt going on around town in tho way of clearing up lots fencing etc The mild weather is favorable for that kind of work which is usually done in tho spring Judge Shurtliff reports that only one case of diphtheria has proven fatal at Hooper where there were forty cases in nine families a short time ago The disease is of a mild type and those who were afflicted af-flicted are recovering Dr Allen visited Hooper yesterday Good brick such as are used in the first W national bank building are worth 1050 per thousand in Ogden There wouldnt be much profit to the contractor in laying them in a wall of the sixth story for 14 per thousand after paying his bricklayers Deputy Marshal M D Hogue Jr went down to the capital last evening to bring back this morning Frank Welsh and Robert Young who are wanted as witnesses in the case of the people vs David Reese city marshal of Brigham City indicted for beating a prisoner William Sexton of San Jose Cal insurance in-surance adjuster for the Lion Insurance company was in the city yesterday to investigate in-vestigate the loss by fire to Mrs Warners stock of millinery vhich was damaged by the partial burning of the building on Washington avenue last Sunday morning morn-ing ingAlderman Alderman Pwsaaw had a quiet day yesterday 1 yes-terday The case of the Drozodontz brothers broth-ers accused of violation of tho pawnbrokers pawn-brokers ordinance was dismissed the complaining witness failing to produce the necessary proof to establish the alleged fact The case of Mrs Julia Parker who is alleged to have pummeled one Lendoux with a broomstick was continued until 10 a m today when it will be tried by a jury Don Liddle Hyrum Jensed and others have just returned to Salina from a prospecting pros-pecting trip down on the Colorado siver in the vicinity of Halls crossing which is fifty miles below Dandy crossing They were prospecting for placers and had good success The gold in the river gravel is eTbht V sIf 1 X11 very fine but that in the mesas is coarse and easily saved There is no water to f speak of so the dry process is used This party used a small Freemans prospecting machine and they report that it was very satisfactory It takes nine days to go from Salina to Halls crossing with a team The roads are bad being hilly and sandy but the scenery is grand It costs 4 cents per pound to freight goods from Salina to the river at Halls crossing Quite a number of miners and at work in the river at and near the crossing The report is lots of god |