Show TOWN TALK I I The Crescents meet the Y M C A I meC team on the gridiron at Provo this afternoon after-noon Yesterdays clearings were 239453 as compared with 3240a for the same day of last year Fred Conhaim the young man who shot himself a few days ago was feeling better bet-ter last evening and vhs chances for his recovery are improving Last night the condition of A H Nightingale Night-ingale the Ida Grande Western brakeman I brake-man who was caught between the cars at the depot on Thursday afternoon was reported as much improved Thomas li Francis vtho was crushed by a falling I rncs at the Rio Grande faln crne Western shops on Wednesday is still In I a critical condition le suffers very lit ale however his injuries having caused partial paralysis William Condon Esq better known as Vilam Billy walked into The Herald sanctum i last evening and announced that he would be in Salt Lake for several weeks Mr Condon is located in Chicago and Is out t > a trip His many friends in Zion are glad to see him and to note that he looks better than he ever did at any time In Ida lfe The petitlon of Lars Thomson now confined con-fined in the penitentiary i mtoOrna writ I ogf habeas corpus was argued last night before be-fore Judge Marshal The defendants claim for liberty was based on the claim that he was indicted under the territorial law which required a jury of twelve and edntenced under the state law by a jury of < eight Thomson < was represented by Attorney Vhitecotton of Provo and Ben ner K Smith appeared for the state After Af-ter listening appeare t arguments Judge Marshall took the matter under advisement I advise-ment and will hand down his decision to day A company to construct and operate the I new is in alarm process and of messenger organization service by Mr G ew I Holmes who became the recipient of a franchise from tho city council Tuesday evening I is the intention of the promoters pro-moters of the enterprise to give Salt Lake an uptodate reliable and efficient mes sengsr and alarm service such as the city has never had The company will commence with a capital stock of 25000 its messengers will be uniformed and in I nil probability it will close a contract al IJrobablty i wi cose with the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Tele-graph companies to deliver messages The latter company is expected to commence business In this city before next summer The Holmes franchise requires that no additiona poles bs erected for the support sup-port of the wires strung by the new enterprise enter-prise in the paved district With refr cnce to the assumption that the new concern con-cern is in the interest of a rival telephone system competing with the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain Bell Telephone companys iounI Mr Holmes declares it is so visionary as 11 be without substance in fact now or in I the uture For the seventh consecutive night the electric light at the intersection of Second ond South and Third East streets was out again all last evening This Hagrant omission would not mater only that the city pays Fire Chief Devine an additional salary of Ill a month for performing the duties of street light inspector either in person or by proxy The chief lays claim I to having fcaved the city more money monthly than his salary by deducting from the light companys bills sufficient t > compensate for the defective servce Presuming that the cxollicio inspector was not aware of the dead light although al-though it is oily at the further intersection intersec-tion oi a tiock immediately adjoining his headquarters a herald renorter sent in a final complaint Thursdav night and received an assurance that the trouble would be remedied but last night the vicinity referred to was in darkness again or course Chief Deviae is kept iiixtty busy these times figuring on how li < iui hold over or secure 1 longer lease ou his official position under the new piiministration and lie is really excusable if i takes eight days or more to do hI duty in this little matter The fact that a little moonlight from a clouded sky the past week has illumined the vicinity com l > lmed about should not count when all other parts of the city get the benefit of the brilliant arc lights and the city pays for light whether i gets i or not Here Colors similar complaints have been prop ovli I attended to promptly Now it is in irdtr for Chief Devine to be prompt in this instance |