| Show TOWN TALK v I Yesterdays clearings were 253394 asS as-S compared with 265209 for the correspond ing day of last year The maximum temperature yesterday was only 90 but i seemed a whole lot warmer than the mercury indicated Policeman Thorn f < und a bike yesterday morning about 330 in front of Mareetts saloon The brand is The Hibbard Governor Wells yesterday appointed G Evett Reardon of Baltimore a commissioner commis-sioner of deeds for Utah in Maryland Mayor Clark yesterday approved the new ordinance regulating bicycle riding and also the ordinance prohibiting the advertising wagon nuisance Oliver j unter colored showed himself to be a bad man In disturbing the peace at Miss Goldies place Wednesday night and was flneri 30 and went to jail in default of payment Webb Moore a veteran hotel man I known to everyone in this city a decade ago is stopping at the Kenyon and hunt ing up old triends He is now connected with the Cliff house at the Golden Gate Captain Brett of the Twentyfourth is I expected home today In a letter written I a week ago he stated he would be in Salt Lake about Aug 1 and as nothing further has been heard It is nothing will come in on this afternoons train I Dr Henry N Mayo formerly of Salt Lake who Is now surgeon for the big De Lamar company at De Lamar Nev and is recognized as the fading man in r his profession in Nevada nas been chosen to icaa the silver campaign in Lincoln county The developments of water sources in Lambs canyon which is tributary to Parleys canyon creek give promise of perceptibly increasing the water supply from that direction The WOk is being prosecuted at small expense under the direction I I di-rection of Superintendent Caine and the committee on waterworks I The state board of corrections held a regular meeting at the penitentiary yes terday Since tne board was divested of authority to parole prisoners only routine business pertaining to the management of the state prison is transacted and the proceedings are therefore invariably un interesting and of no public importance A few minutes after 4 oclock yesterday afternoon the fire department was called to Iowa avenue where a frame barn be longing to C l Allen caught fire from an unknown cause ana burnea down The blaze spread to some outsheds belonging to Jbd hearse and scorched W 1 ng residence occupied by Ed Hickock The loss is about JOO Lieutenant Welch who returned a few days ago from Cuba has suftered somewhat some-what of a relapse and may not be able to proceed to toan irancisco for several days He had rather a high ever last night but the attending physicians do not anticipate any serious turn believing that i Is more due to weakness caused by the long journey than anything else Deputy Sheriff Gulbransen went to Lem yesterday for the purpose of identi fying a man neld by the omcers at Lehl uudtr the supposition that he was T O Thompson wanted In Cache county to answer a charge of forgery Mr Gul bransen however pronounced him not to be Thompson although he bears a striking resemblance to that individual The funeral of the late W F Alt son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Alt was held at the family residence 230 South Second East street yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the bishopric of the Thir teenth ward There was a very large at tendance of mourning friends and consoling con-soling addresses were inane by Elders JUaycocK and Woouey The bereaved family return thanks to all who have comforted them In their afflIction After a hard tussle in front of Wilson I ison Busbys saloon last night about 830 Bradley Johnson was brought to police polce station in a patrol wagon oy Policeman Selgtus He had been out of order by begging at the European restaurant and I later more conspicuous by the use of I very abusive language He denied all I I these charges however and asserted with confidence that when his case is heard in I police court today he will not be sent to I I jail not even for a single day iMr I Johnson I I John-son was in court Aug j > for begging but was discharged on condition that he leave town I William Olliver will be tried for ett1 larceny in police court at 3 oclock today It Is charged that he stole 7 from August I Anderson Wednesday night in the August I house on Commercial street Olliver had t secured the room in the day time but i i Anderson occupied It at night After I Anderson retired Olliver entered the room late in the night and took his purse i which he had concealed under his pillow i He returned the empty purse later IOYt i I appears that Anderson had one eve open and accused Olliver of I a Olver the theft The latter lat-ter denied it but said that i he had I been robbed he would give him a dollar When arrested by Officer Pack yesterday morning a J3 gold coin and a silver dollar dol-lar was found on him which answered the description and amount Anaerson claims I to have lost I State Auditor Richards has known for some time that several county and precinct I pre-cinct officials have been paying over to I their respective county treasuries the I i proceeds of sales of estrays and unclaimed trespassing animals while officials in I other counties pay all such sums into the state treasury While pursuing his investigations in-vestigations the state auditor yesterday > made the discovery of a palpable conflict in the law Section 13 of the revised statutes stat-utes directs that the state treasury shall get the benefit of all moneys arising Aom the sale of estrays or unclaimed trespassing tres-passing animals while section 2 requires L such payments to be made to the respective t respec-tive county treasuries The wisdom and propriety of the latter and conflicting i provision is questioned by the state auditor t audi-tor but the matter will be presented to Attorney General Bishop for opinion Public highway No 6 running through t I the eastern part of Big Cottonwood precinct pre-cinct is now fully open to travel The i obstructing fence do granary f tab ta-b Mrs John Davis on the 20foot strip which was purchased by the county from the rightful owner for road purposes were removed yesterday bY Sheriff Lewis and J County Surveyor Wilkes In pursuance of the order of the bpard of county commissioners commis-sioners Contrarj to expectations the t removal was accomplished without any shedding of blood or Interference of any sort On Tuesday Mrs Davis was very obstreperous and threatening but yesterday yester-day on the advice of her attorney Dennis it C Eichnor she permitted the obstructions obstruc-tions to be set back to the true line of her porperty without making it necessary for the officers to walk over her dead body t lr Davis will probably appeal to the f courts for redress pf any grievance which 3 she as the possessor of a squatters title may have against the county |
