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Show THE LATEST FROM OCDEN. A Fatal Cat of Poisoning Other New From th. Janctloo. Special Correspondence to The Times. Oodk.n, May . A fatal case of accidental acci-dental poisoning happened a few day ago in the family of John It. Stoddard of Hooper. The facts in the case have just come to light. Mrs. Mary Itybee, grandmother to Mr. Stoddard's little child, administered a dose of canthar-iiles canthar-iiles or Spanish lly to the little odo, aud took a doso herself, thinking the powder was a purgative. Tho child suddenly took sick and died. Mrs. My bee was taken very ill. Medical assistance was soon summoned and the lady is reported report-ed as slowly recovering. -- Husinoss at the produce exchange was rushing yesterday. The dealers aro making this new tioard quite interesting. interest-ing. Wheat fell olT 10 Cents, and potatoes pota-toes were not wanted at any price. Sales yesterday were: MOO pounds asparagus. BO cases eggs, loot) pom ds butter, o00 pounds cheese, 1000 pounds dried apples, 100 cases oranges, 10 cases lemons. -H -h -4- Tho street sprinkling question has been settled. Our streets will be kept moist and the dust, kept from rising by the city council's appropriations. Toponce & Heller have secured the contract' for live months from May 1st, They are to sprinkle the principal thoroughfares for the period named for the sum of 1000, payable by the cily iu stipulated installments, -i- ' -S- Two liayinoriil excursions ramn in over the Central Pacific this morning and went east over the Hio Grande. Travel is reported very heavy at present. pres-ent. Tourists and western immigrants are the principal travelers at this season sea-son of the year. -- L II. Meitson, the Salt Lake Herald correspondent, thinks of leaving the Junction, city in a few days, He intends in-tends going to Portland where his father now resides. It is rumored that Malor A. h. Littlelield, un old time newspaperman, will taUe up the Herald Her-ald Ogdeu column reportorial business again. Tho (Juecn City guards, a new military mili-tary company, meets tonight at the 1 tally I'nion ollice to perfect the organization. organ-ization. The boys seem determined in their efforts to organize and get to work in the hopes that soma day the organization organi-zation will bo recognized by the territorial terri-torial legislature. -- At the last meeting of the city council thelinance committee reported a contract con-tract being made with 11. C. liigelow to place $100,000 bouds for public improvement. improve-ment. This created some confusion as some members held that the bonds were not sold in the usual manner to the highest bidder. Others thought it a good deal, as the city wanted the money and must have it. The money is secured se-cured in June, July, August and Sep-temher Sep-temher a 0 per cent. The agent receives re-ceives 15 per cent for regulating the sale. -- A grand bazar and dinner was given today by tho ladies of the Methodist church. Merchants' lunch, ice cream and cake were served and articles of various kinds sold by the pleasant lady attendants. The a 11 air was a success throughout. - Tho Hear Lake and River Watej Works and Irrigation company inlei. resuming work on the great canal netr this city. Bids ate now being received for the earthwork of a distributing reservoir for the Ogden water works -- It is proposed by tho city authorities to soon begin the work of opening Thirtieth street. A meeting of the street committee and the property owners on the proposed street met yesterday. yes-terday. Thy canuot agree upon the proportionate amount of prolit and loss. --- W. R. Williams, the bustling insurance insur-ance man, went to Park City on a business busi-ness trip last night. He returns to the Junction city today. Yesterday was the warmest day of the season. Iced goods were in general demand upon every street corner. |