Show General Gleanings The people still flock to tho ca ons Business in probate was very slack yesterday yes-terday Hon David Evans was a Provo visitor a few days ago D L Blakee of the Boston Poet is in the city for a few days Ben E Rich went to Salt Lake city yesterday yes-terday afternoon on business The county tax collector has finished i sending out his notices for this year The city council as a board of equalization equaliza-tion has adjourned until the 15th inst The lines of the Ogden electric street railway will soon be ready for operation The foundation of the Cortez annex building build-ing on Washington avenue is about half completed + The Caledonians go on an excursion to Syracuse today A grand gooa time is anticipated O N McDowell came up from Salt Lake to spend a few hours with his parents and returned last evening number Ogdenites contemplate going on the excursion to Cache and Bear River valleys on the 19th inst The mountains east of the city are still filled with prospectors who are digging for the hidden treasures beneath O H Barber returned from the capital city last evening where he went to attend to important business matters The Ogden City band will meet this evening even-ing to perfect arrangements for their excursion ex-cursion to Garficd Beach Sunday next There are undelivered messages at the Western Union Telegraph ollice for the following parties Kewtcn WilsonThomas Nickson A D Kennard W E Johnson and M F Rain James Hoop assistant postmaster of Ogaen received a telegram Tuesday bearing bear-ing the sad intelligence that his father was dying at his home in Wellston Jackson county Onio Ho left for the east in tho evening Richard Wellington brought into Ogden yesterday several specimens of ore which he found on his claim in Waterfall canon They bear all the appearances of containing contain-ing much valuable metaL Mr Wellington has sent away samples of his find to be assa edIt ed-It is reported on good authority that the Young Mens Christian association rooms aud library which have been located in the Union depot for some time past are to be removed to other quarters The reason of the change is that the railroad companies have been pressed for room for somo time and they do not feel disposed to grant the use of the rooms to the association under those conditions |