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Show i COSSIP OF THE TOWN. t'lias. KUis, the professional lecturer who has made, a living iu Salt Lake for the past two years by telling; the old residents of the cit3- what they already knew, is in Denver, Colorado, where he has had himself interviewed inter-viewed with portrait accompaniment by a reporter of the Roekff Mountain A'etat. The printed conversation is in line with his utterances ut-terances her but he apparently arrogates to himself much of the credit due "to the "changed conditions" in Utah. When it ! comes to getting notoriety ot a cheap figure I Kllis is in it. When the Italian trouble was at its height he hied himself to the Western ; Union office where the tiossiper discovered j him iu the act of penuinjr a telegram. ! The lirst copy didn't suit him for he threw it on. the floor aud tried again. While tilinc ; rnaesago No. 'I the Gossipcr picked up the I discarded copy. It read: To Blaine, Washington, D. C: Two hundred and flftv thousand loyal citizens of Utah stand ready to take up arms to support you in your position. Chaih.es Eixis. How jubilant James G. must have felt when that telegram reached him. In his .Veto interview Kllis denies ever being be-ing employed by any of the members or officers offi-cers ot the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He is doubtless speaking the truth. The Gossipcr never heard of his being be-ing employed by any one, and dees not br-i br-i Mew he was looking for work except in one , instance where his services were declined. The Spanish Fork In ter chronicle? the following: fol-lowing: "Lewis Stewart cfe Co. shipped HHi chickens to Salt Lake yesterday.'' Now 1 look for a boom in the hen market. A 'third South street boy of about 14, who is consequently observant, tells the Gossiper the following about his sister and her beau. He avers that they were swinging on the gate and that the smitten one snitl: "Georgia, "Geor-gia, i lovj you enough for twenty;'' to which she responded, "And I'm only IS, you dear, good Wi'llie." The GossirEi:. |
