Show AFFAIRS AT THE FORT Experiences In the Powder Mac zine General News Notes On the northeast side of the military city stands a small unpretentious building built of brick and regarded as fire proof It is designated desig-nated as the magazine and well worthy of the name I was inrltei yesterday mornIng morn-Ing 16th instant to join i a party of four for the purpose of assisting Ordnance Sergeant Lange i t In taking stock of his curiosities On entering I J the little structure wo Tembved our shoes for i I fear of igniting a stray spoonful of powder which may have been spilled on the tioor and thenI saw in the reality tho truth cf the adage hIn the midst of life we are in death On all sides I saw death dealingiraplements nnd rnougst them can be noted many thousand title ball cartridges cf the 4jcallbie grape and canister hoicjkiss shut solid balls bur heavy field pieces and numerous cans of lowder One old box was opened and its con cnts disclosed some curious shels ol the early days the shell being of wood with a small threequarter inch hole through the centre for povtdcr It is a relic of he olden time iind m these days uf progiebbis culy a ixmhulor I of the crude methods employed by our fora fathers Dunn ft my stay in tins building i IIf felt I atheruncomfoitable ana when the recall from fatigue sounded my pulse assumed its normal beat as I felt that my release from these cxplo shes meant a longer lease on life GENERAL NEWS Sergeant Kecop Company F Twent first infantry in-fantry has been discharged the service after a five years tour of duty Private Seafert company H Twentyfirst infantry is now a free man as resrards matters military He was discharged on tho 15th inst 5 B company Twentyfirst infantry had target practice with the Gutting guns on tile afternoon of the 15th inst The target was pierced by every shot The death of Sitting Bull unloaded much anx ety from the minds of many of our boys They floe believe their winter tenure on Fort Doug las a certainty The clerks of the sergcntmnjors office are quite busy just now SergeantMajor Bond has 100 arranged his oillce as to make Its appear ance cosy and attractive That expert stone and mortar artist Jack Welsh is busy on the foundation of the new theatre The building will be of frame and its completion is expected by the 1st proximo The boys of Company E Sxteenth Infantry arc being instructed in the new skirmish line drill The new features consist in a deployment deploy-ment of squads of six men each under the command com-mand of the company sergeants Since the opening of the gents tarnishing goods annex to the post canteen tho sales have far exceeded the expectation or those in charge The goods arc bought from first hands in tho cast and bold at a price so low that it would strIke terror to somo of the Salt Lake mOl chants Bv this move much of our money will lay at home Fiur December 1C 1S9J |