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Show TUB S()W STORM. The Harbinger of an Early Winter Sap-mliirt Sap-mliirt Flokla Month. The eddying harbinger of an early winter broke loose about 11 o'clock last night, since whioh time umbrellas, overcoats, rubber coats and mackintoshes mackin-toshes hay? been kii l1nfo ac'yjve service, feather JFerk' CXrge Balis-' bury has Witujt'up his fur (collar and foreoasts snow for the 1 mountains with a little frost tonight but no sleighing just at this time. The old-timer old-timer strike an attitude, gs for a moment at tTie low'riug clouds and then congratulates Utah that it ib nothing but an elemental spasm that will waste itself in a few days aud then settle down iuto one of Zion't matchless autumns. While somewhat threatning at this time the management at the race track say that the display will be brief and feel assured that at the sounding of the gong on Monday afternoon next tha fresh turned track will be in superb conditiou for speed. In fact, it is glad that the rain and snow has coma early. I his being correct conference week which is aiwrtyi the signal for :i tremendous inllux, lms nothing to four mid Nuttinl.y premises to witness the iisiiul number of arrivals. Preparations for the territorial fair and exposition have in no way been interfered in-terfered witli and are going along to a splendid climax. The railroads all report train on time, no slipping of the "drivers," but simply a little moisture mois-ture that comes at a time to make fell travel agreeable and a summer in the west the most joyous of reminiscences. The farmers haye received the storm with feelings of joy and regret. re-gret. It has placed grazing lands in juicy condition and opens a splendid outlook for stock. At the same time it is very likely to nip the late 'Cling.-.lone""and injure the fall market for the Utah peach. With this exception everything is beyond the ranje of danger or serious injury, and ifit is sound philosophy (hat a tempest at this time portends an open fail. the kick that is now heard is short-lived. At last reports the weather in the outside towns was alternating between snow aud rain and having been lorewarued tho housewife ha.-i ample tim.j to take the plant out the wet and frost. I ftpptambea'rt "inmary. September was a month of varying and ficklo weather moods. There has been every variety ot climate and temperature tem-perature so that all tastes could be suited at dhl'eront periods. It has been hot and cold and wet and dry, and taken as a whole has been a most unusual month in this territory. ter-ritory. The most noticeable feature was the heavy rainfall; the precipitation precipita-tion for the thirty days beim: 1.40 inch- es. Thu average for the month sine! 1874. when "the weather bureau was first established in this city, has been .Ho inches. Laht year there was only a traco of rain during t lie mouth. |