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Show IIeI iiiiicii. Blocks of News Polished Up and Put Into Shape for The Times Readers IN THE BEIEFEST POSSIBLE SHAPE Items Both Fersonal and Pertinent Culler from the Extnangos of Utah aud Her Neighbors. The Provo woolen mills has invested loO.UOO in knittiug machinery. The moon . has taken pity on the darkness of tho streets at Logan. It is reported that Gunnison threshed over 70,000 bushels of grain this season. The rock work on the Odd Fellows' hall nt Eureka is tiuished, aud the roof is partially on. The Ogden City railway company is still putting brackets on its poles prcp partory to stringing wires. The stock nuisance is beginning to manifest itself at Lehi iu tho shape of loose animals iu the street. The Logan Journal throws out this gentle hint: "This oflico cannot reecho re-echo wood on subscription." The National Hank of Commerce of Provo will como into existence iu a few days with a capital of :0,(I00. That Park City is rapidly gaining ground is attested by the large amount of building that is now being done. W. F. Tolly t.f Nephi, has been granted tho contract to lav the track lor the Utah Central from iark City to Moon's Mill. At Santaquin a friend of James Clark threw a club at an unruly horse anil hit Clark in the mouth, dislocating several teeth and ruining his beauty. Tho Utah Valley Gazette publishes a list of the new buildings built or in course of erection at Provo during the year, giving the h t d cost as $41(1, 145. J. J. Harrincton of Tintie, subscribed for tho Nephi Ensign last week and the first time the paper came Mrs. H. presented pre-sented bur husband with a nine-pound I boy. The Nephi Knsign drops this chunk of wisdom: A horse was never made fat by a single bushel of oats. So one cannot expect great-wealth through a single advertisement. A new insurance rating for Park city has been adopted by the various fire insurance in-surance companies. The new schedule raises the rate on some of the buildings at the head of Main street. A petition is going tho rounds at Pleasant (rove asking that tho city fathers repeal the ordinance granting the free sale of lienors or that the license li-cense be placed so high that saloons can not afford to run. Park Record: Sheriff Weber returned yesterday from Kawiins. Wyo.. where he arrested Telegraph Operator Ford on a charge of grand larceny, he hnv-recently, hnv-recently, it is alleged, stolen a tiau!;ty of clothing and other artioles from tho U.P. station at Echo. Tho Park City branch of the Union Pacific is doing an immense amount of business now. Two freight trains are run daily and a work train with a gang of men is on the line. New rails are being laid and tho snow fences repaired preparatory for winter. Mrs. Savage died in the insane asylum asy-lum at Provo about ten days ago. She is the one who sull'ered tho loss of her two young sons by her house burning down about three months ago and siuce then her demented state of mind became almost a hopeless case. |