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Show LOCAL BREVITIES. , Wells, Fargo & Co. received yesterday yester-day bullion, $8,734. MoCornick & Co. yesterday received Hanauer bullion, $3,400. The recorder's office at tho city hall ; lias been repapcrcd and lixed up. Boring for fresh water began at Salt-air Salt-air to-day, The wells will bo sunk 500 feet. There aro messages at tho Western Union oflico for D. Lcnroot aud F.Witt-'; F.Witt-'; mack. ' The city council meets this evening. It will be an Important and interesting Eossion. In the case of F. Werthmiar and others against Peter Clays, Judge Zano, In default of the defendant, entered up judgment for tho plaintiffs. ' The workingmcn's mass meeting was announced in The Times by mistake to take place this evening. The correct cor-rect dale is May 29th, one month from today. The Epworth League of the First Methodist church will tonight, at tho church, tender Rev. J. W. Jones, the new pastor, a reception. A cordial invitation in-vitation is extended to all to attend. William Showell, city scavenger, is notifying everybody to clean up their alleys and backyards. , Sinoo last Wednesday Wed-nesday he has abated forty-seven nuisances. nuis-ances. Ho is kept very busy just now. Tho bonds of William Glasman, 5 resident ; E. G. Matthews, vico-presi-ent; C. II. McCoy, treasurer, of tho Garfield Beach Boat club, were filed yesterday, and duly approved by Judge Bartch. The grand jury is investigating tho grand larceny case against John Me-Leary Me-Leary who a few days ago was arrested on the chargo of stealing a lot of silk and drees goods from his employers, tho Walker Bros, One hundred and ixly tons each of 4-inch and 6-inch, and sixty tons of 8-inch water-pipe are on tho road to this city from Louisville, Ky. Hereafter no more 8-inch pipe will )o used, tho sizes being 4-inch and 6-inch, City Engineer Dorcnuis commenced yesterday morning to resurvcy parts of the town, and locate tho lines where they should have been placed at first. He has a corps of twelve men under him, and they are now at work. Mathew White Is said to havo proposed pro-posed to the committee on streets of the city council to build an elevated road over the Kio Grando trucks. A wooden structure will cost about $30,000 while an iron bridge represents $12,000. The tnants of 'tho Progress building are requested by Postmaster Barratt to , see that the chute through which their mail matter is dropped to the lower floor is kept from choking up, and thus . causing delay to thoir correspondence. A number of tho heirs of tho Brigham Young estate met yesterday to consider . tho feasibility of u further' distribution of the funds of tho state, the largo advance ad-vance in the price of property having given the executors an excess of what they need for the support of tho widows. No final steps wero taken. Nat hati V. Jones, who recently served a term in the penitentiary for conspiracy, conspir-acy, was arrested this morning on the chargo 'of unlawful cohabitation with bis plural wife, Lilly Barlow .Jones. He waived preliminary hearing before tho United States commissioner. Mrs. Ann Boyd, of tho Nineteenth ward, celebrated her eighty-third birthday birth-day to-day. Sho is an old-time resident aud for the last twenty-six years has been a resident of Salt Lake Oily. Tho many frieuds she has made in that time , called iind congratulated her. Skowes & Son, tho undertakers, yesterday yes-terday received a telegram from William Johnson, of Brooklyn, instructing them to ship tho remains of his son, R. 11. Johnson, who committed snicido near Pratt's farm, two miles south of lliis city, on Saturday, to Brooklyn. Tho remains wore accordingly shipped cast today. Secretary Gillespie of the chamber of commerce desires all persons who have influence with senators and representative representa-tive at tho national capital, to call at Ins oflice for the purpose of trying to do something to get tho appropriation passed for the government building, aud also to tako some action on tho Uto question. Rev. R. W. Plant, principal of St. Mark's school, proposes at tho end of the school year iu June to return to Massachusetts to reside. This has been decided upon because of tho ill health of the mother of Mrs. Plant, who desires de-sires to return cast on this account. Mrs. Plant and her mother go east in a few days. "Mr. Plant will remain until the close of school. |