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Show Torchlight Procession, Night before last, when the excitement excite-ment over Tilden's success was at its height, a leading merchant of our town took it into his bend to iudulge in whisky straight and have a big hurrah. The consequence was that he took it into bis head too much. After several hours of jollification and two or tbrea too numerous "tobi," he resolved upon going homo. Passing Pass-ing by tho city hall, on hia way eastward, a mechanic on bis way to work at the railroad depot came westward. The last named carried a lighted lantern, which wus quickly observed by the muddled man-of dry goods. The swinging light was multiplied mul-tiplied several times by the number of democratic drinks he had imbibed. and a torchlight procession grew out of it in his mind's eye. Of course it I was, and, doffing his hit and almost rending his lungs in one loud " 'Rah T Til'n!" he fell into liua, immediately immedi-ately behind the light - bearer, and followed on, all the way to the depot, , making various and oft - repeated patriotic demonstrations on the way thither, aiuh a,- hurrahing, shouting, swinging his hat, singing and so on. A couple ot his comuanions, half an hour afterwards, procured a carriage, drove down to the depot, and conveyed con-veyed him to his rooms. Anybody asking him now about it can only get "How about that pro ?" out when he vanishes. Scandal. A heartless case of desertion occurred oc-curred last night. A knight of the razor came to Ogden some months ago, and gained tbc affections of a young lady, whom he subsequently married. Last night ho eloped with a grttss widow, going west, leaving his wife in a delicate and interesting condition, tn mourn over the faithlessness faith-lessness of man. Her malft relatives should go after that fellow, fetch him back to Utah and then go jor him. Ogden Junction. |