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Show SELECTED. A SALT LAKE STEAMER OS HEH 1 RIAL TRIP Til K S-IULi-tsl fcThAMEH A KLO AT. Mr. John W. luuog. the third soi. of the lVisiJeuttit'thtrMttriuon chua-b aitracied uu iuiiueuse cruwU on ib( Brooklyn piers, ami elioiied beari chee as he pajssed up the river yea terday at'eernoon, with a small steauiei that he has just built id Wiijiaoisbur for eicursiou parties oq Gieat 6aJi Lake. 'i ha railroad eotupanies were imperative imper-ative to an inch iu ihe length of htr capacity ilr traospurtaiion, aod so TI1E LADT OF THE LAKE is thirty feet long, wilb ten feet beam, seven teet cabin, weighs i-even tOD, Htid dri is fcighteeu iuches of water, ilur cabins were liuely tiuished in black waluut f icings and ash panels, and uptioMery wurk of very neat pattern. As she ujoved out of the dock ami came alongside of the craft in the rivtr, she luoked the most diminutive, jaunty little thing that ever tell steam. I'he crowds on ihe piers cheered hei and ibe ius and ferryboats saluted her with hearty guod will. She t-aiuteu the monitor as sua passed, which wa? iieurti.y returned- jVlr. 1'ouog had among his guests suiiiO of the most promiuent citizens, tuiong others L'j Grand Lockwood. Lloyd A-M'iuwall, 1. I. dliamsou, tit-nry Bewdict, Andrew Carnegi, (ieucrul Buruuui, Colonel G. T. iSut ter, Mattliew Banker. John 0"wle, W illiam Russell, Captaiu Ben Bich-ard Bich-ard on. everal other geutlemeo of this ony aii'l several citizens uf Salt Lake. I'he little steamer ran up to Castle Point, Quiing wbieh the guests were! n ertained to a most liberal luuch ol everything seasonable, and well tup-Moned tup-Moned by Heidsick. The trial was es oeeding y satislactory, and the gueais in gtod earnest toasted "Tho Lady ol he Lake" uud her '"Oaptinu and wiier" and his lather, '"Pre&idcDi lingbain Yuuug." The little steamer returned at dusk 0 the d"ck of the Jersey Central, having hav-ing - I'ulilled cvety expectation, The milder and the utigiuetr were particu- arly sati-tied with their work, and lm-uediaeiy lm-uediaeiy commenced to pull her to idcces and put her on the truck upon v!nch ,-he will travel, without change, o Salt L ike c ty to d ty. The L idy of the LAe is built of so ow draught that her owner expects to be ab!e to steam from the Great Sab L. ike at all sear-mis up the Jordan river right into Salt Like city. This will be 1 noveliy to ihe Mormons of the nioun-auis, nioun-auis, who have never seen a sreatner, md one likely to be a- high'y prized by he Gentili s as well, as the L iily of the Like is destined to serve both saint md .auiier. A. Z Herald. |
