Salt Lake Herald | 1896-12-11 | Page 5 | Local News

i + + Very few people have any Idea of the number of complaints made every day at this postoffice as well as all others but very few of them have any real ground In SO per cent of the cases the fault is due to the person mailing the letter or package and in nearly all of the others the fault does not lie with the office receiving the mail If those who are Inclined to kick on small provocation would only give their complaints a little consideration themselves them-selves the explanation would be perfectly per-fectly clear to them + + + The paving of Second South street in front of the postoffice is an improvement improve-ment that is appreciated by the public just now A year ago a man could not get out of a buggy there without going go-ing un to his boot tops in mud + + + Some people have wondered where Inspector Nichols obtained his title of captain In the first place he is altogether al-together too young to have won it on the field of battle during the late unpleasantness un-pleasantness and his jovial appearance shows that he is not disposed to follow fol-low the warlike career of the militiaman militia-man The explanation however is a simple one Mr Nichols was christened Captain as other men are named John James or George His case reminds re-minds us of that erstwhile Salt Lake boy Lord Gilberson who when away from home always had a lot of trouble with people who picked him out for a real English lord