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Show LOCAL BREVITIES. ' The postoflieo was open but a short time today. ' Thousands of people went to (larlield beach this afternoon. ' Wells, Fargo & ('o.'s shipments of bullion yesterday were, $5,C4i;. It is decoration day, but there is not a business house in Salt Lako decorated. dec-orated. The Scott-Auerbach block has a new iron lire escape on the rear end of the building. A number of Masons went to Ogden to-day to take part in tho corner stone laying of a Methodist church. There arc messages at the Western Union telegraph ollico for S. S. Kowe, A. Moshor and Miss Haltie Uoodall. One onlv suite of elegant front offices for rent in Ctiliner block. One only single room, front. Elevator service. ,' Charles Kills goes to Park City this evening, and will lecture in the Park opera house Sunday evening on "Brig-ham "Brig-ham Young and Bob Ingersyll " crarties having a six or seven room house and barn for rent, can find a ' good, reliable tenant by addressing John Grant & Co., 201) S. Main. ' It is slated that tho lime manufacturers manufactur-ers are trying to organize a sort of ! combine for the purpose of advancing prices from 25 to !J0 cents per bushel. ' Specifications for the cross-walks on Bingham street, and for walks and pavements for Commercial street, are j being prepared by the city engineer. 1 ' Tho Salt Lake Lithographing com- ! pany is doing business at No. 11 West First South street, not at No. 11 West First street, as tho types made The Times say yesterday. A 12 vear old boy by tho uamo of Joshua Wilkinson caught his right foot in the gearing of a driving machine near the Union Pacific depot yesterday i afternoon. Tho foot was badly crushed. Mrs. Barbara NefY Moses of East Mill Creek, died very suddenly in Salt Lake yesterday afternoon. Tho funeral will bo held lit the East Mill Creek ward house to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. James L. Smith, who has been on trial for the past two days in the district dis-trict court for criminal libel, was found guilty by the jury yesterday evening, lie will be sentenced Monday morning. ' Major Clapp, at tho decoration day exercises, recited an admirable original poem, entitled "An Old Veteran's Story au Incident of tho War." It was well delivered, and was appreciated by the audience. O. J. Hollister having made a personal per-sonal attack on Charles Ellis through the columns of the Tribune, Mr. Ellis challenges Mr. Hollister to meet him Sunday evening, June 1st, in the federal fed-eral courtroom, and debate their differences differ-ences of opinion. The Omaha Boo says: C. S. Jones, of Ogalalla, has asked the Union Paoilie company for a special car, and in his request says: "I desire to make a dash up through the Rocky mountains and capture, all the young animals I can find for our Garfield park at Salt Lake." , . The lathers formed a union last night with thirty-live members. , Tho officers elected are: President, J. J. Todd; secretary, sec-retary, W. II. Sharkey; treasurer, A. Hoggan; sergeant-at-arms, Fremont Mollit. Tho above, with J. S. Ford, were elected delegates to the Federated Trades council. John Morrisey.of Bingham, who was arrested on the charge of having criminally crim-inally assaulted an eleven-year old daughter of Mrs. McGeo of that place, was urraigned before United States Commissioner Greenraan and discharged, dis-charged, as there was insufficient evidence evi-dence adduced to sustain the charge. - Tho next meeting of the Salt Lake rowing club, which will probably be held next week, should bo attended by everv member of the club, as mattors will bo presontod and have to be decided de-cided which are of Individual interest to every member. Watch for tho date of the meeting, and determine to bo on hand, . ! Governor Thomas has appointed Lu 1 Bella & Hazel, architects, to examine the condition as to safely of tho penitentiary. peni-tentiary. Tho governor was requested to select disinterested parlies by Secretary Secre-tary Noble of tho interior, as there was a discussion between the Panly jail company, the United States mar-slial mar-slial and Carroll & Kern. T. A. Cody, walking delegate of the hod carriers' union, makes complaint to Tin: Times regarding tho methods employed em-ployed by the California employment agency in this city. According to his .statement, a non-union plasterer registered regis-tered at this agency, ami paid 23 cents. Ho was kept waiting about a week, and was then sent to the freo labor bureau at tho federated trades headquarters to get a job. Tills victim claims that the agency took in $10 in one night in this way. Mr. Cody, who is always willing to assist laboring men to a job, can be found every day at tho headquarters of tho federated trades union. |