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Show HILL SHOWELL'S J5ELTAL. (The I'jople of Bingham Aga n Get After ;tli Hoe; Itaiuh. Scandal follows contagion like in the Vake of scandal. The grand jury last evening returned an Indictment against Bill Showell, the venerable venera-ble sanitary inspector, charging him with maintaining a nuisance in Bingham canon. 'I'his morning, as if to abjure all allegiance to the republican party, the inspector accepted ac-cepted the olive branch from the hands of two life-long democrats -Joe Walden, treasurer, treas-urer, and W. II. Ryan, superintendent of the water department and going with them before be-fore Commissioner Greenman, furnished "ixmds in the sum of $50(), a trifle, a bagatelle. When seen by a Times representative a .few moments later the inspector was sweating sweat-ing like a native of the tropics. He was a Taging Vesuvius on the inside. He felt that he had been done an injustice. The idea of having his escutcheon at this period of life dragged through the wallows of a plebean hog ranch or the mires of an odoriferous dumping ground horrified him. He was determined however to keep his faculties bout him and invited the reporter to look through his books. A glance at them is v Kullicient to convince the most stubborn agnostic ag-nostic that when his reign began pestilence held undisputed sway iu Zion. Among the first things to which the mayor called his attention was a dumping ground over on the other side of the Sixth ward bridge. The locality was reeking with the effluvium of liSa dead bodies. The waters of the sluggish Jordan were humming their dull and sullen requiem. The wind didn't take time to whistle; it held its nose and passed on. The stench was stifling. The bodies were disposed of but that was not the only empire over which contagion ruled. It stalked in every imaginary mantle throughout through-out the city. The inspector set about to check it. F'or months about 4XW loads of garbage were scooped up and shipped from the city. Dead animals of every description went w ith it. A howl rose at every change of the dumping ground. The denizens of tlie locality refused re-fused to tolerate it and threatened to" take up arms. They had the pity of the inspector more he w as unable to give. Zcb Wood then came in, and the fertilizing works, the dumping grounds, was located near Bingham. Then there came a howl from Its good people. Their fresh air was tuddenly overcome by dense clouds of contagion. con-tagion. They shrieked and made complaint (gainst the inspector, finally bringing it to the attention of the grand jury, who then launched it in the lap of the court. The records show that Inspector Showell has disposed of 15,204 loads of garbage and X'A dead animals; he ha done well. The deathrate has been reduced :20 per cent; uud! |