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Show LOCAL BREVITIES. A cocking main between Ogden and Salt Lake City chickens is talked of. ; ' An addition, 120x57, two stories high, Is to be mado to St. Mary's academy. The bank clearings today amounted to 8248,605. The cash balances were 9132.584. The call men of the fire department will meet tonight at the chamber of commerce, 'In1 the district court yesterday . Thomas Dyer, a native of England, was admitted to citizenship. Albert Kern, for resisting arrest, and James Sehackel for robbery, were indicted in-dicted yesterday by the grand jury. The loss from the Dinwoody lire Sunday Sun-day last was $1C8.000, and the insurance $(12,700. Mr. Dinwoody will rebuild at once. At the Western Union telegraph office of-fice are unclaimed messages for L. P. Tryson, R. L. Whitehead, George H. lVabody, A. G. llooley and Mr. J. Wiles. . The executive and finance committees commit-tees of the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing society are holding a meeting this afternoon iu the office of Henry W. Lawrence. tThe state of the thermometer at the following named places at noon today was: Salt Lake City, 07; Ogden, 00; Stockton, 57; Bingham, 60; l'ark City, 08; Provo, 50; Alta, 40. A representative of the Christian church is in the city looking over the Cooper farm with a view of buying it. Forty acres of tho land will be ocouplod for educational purposes, and the balance bal-ance will bo sold for residences. f'i'he mineral receipts yesterday were: Wells. Fargo & Co., lino bars, $28,023. MeCornick & Co., Hummer bullion, SD,02S; silver and lead ores, 80SOO. The r receipts for the week thus far have Tjocu $70,201 iu bullion aud $128,840 in , ore, a total of $194,250. 5 Colonel Bob Ingersoll telegraphed the chamber of coramerco yesterday afternoon that it would be impossible for him to accept the invitation to come to Salt Lake and deliver tho Fourth of Jhly oration. Tho dispatch was dated at Xew York. Subscription tickets for the May festival, fes-tival, entitling holders to first choice of reserved seats at the Salt Lake theater Monday, May 20, are now on salo at Roberts & Nolden, Sponcer & Kimball, W. F. Raybouid, Barratt Bros., Mar- gefts Bros., D. M. McAllister & Co., 'alder's Music Palace, Coalter & Suol-grove, Suol-grove, Hoock & Clawvon, Johnson, Pratt & Co., Crismar-Scarff Drug Co., and C. R. Savage's. |