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Show BREVITIES. Fred Siraon is in New York. The University dub meets tliis evening. I. N. Bernard of Springvillc, h hecn ln the city for several days. The First Baptist church is talking of buying buy-ing large cabinet organ. Judge Williams of the Utah commission has rtturned from Arkausaw. The bunk-house at the police station last night was crowded with waifs. There was over twenty of them. The new storm today has left the streets and sidewalks In a condition that niak'-B the heart of man sad w hen he has to go out. The police arrested .lam' -s McCoy this morning, lie had a small sack of wearing apparel and a large piece of meat in his possession, pos-session, which he could not account for. Louts Gltodl was arrested last night for breaking the seal of a freight ear in the I n ion Pacific yards. Ho claims that he was looking for straw out of which to make a bed. The First Methodist church was again crowded last Bight The revival servlc s have been a great success. Kev. Mr. Malry preached from the text, "What Shall 1 do with Jesus, Who i-. Called Christ?" The Omaha H- of Friday Inst states thai Colonel Shields of Salt Lake City was in Council Kind's the previous day, a guest of Mr. ami Mrs. J, K. Brooks, whoso niece, Miss Llbble Hnskey, he married in this city some years ago. The manager of the Knutsford hotel yes. tcrday gave the travsling men stopping ai the hotlflc over Sunday a spin around the city. There were about sixty "f them placed in two lariro "bobs," and, from the cheers nod songs they u'ave wherever they stopped, they most have been having a gay time. The popular manager and clerk were presented by the boys with a handsome reminder re-minder of toe occasion-' A meeting of the stockholders of the California Cali-fornia and Nevada railroad was held in San Franeltco the other day, at which J, A. WO. Ilamton was elected pradent, A, A. (irant vice-president and general inanaerer, J. A. Barton secretary and treasurer and Amos Beal general superintendent. The present ll ill' of offleerl are all rv-Sauta Fc men. Which goes to show that the stock of Capt. Smith in the road had been purchased by the .Santa Fe company. The excursion of the Union Pacific railroad to the gas welli w as well attended. There being some ;iH0 people who were brave enough to face the elements at7:io, the time the train pulled out. Pipes had been at tached to the well and the gas was allowed to escape about .'iOiHl feet from the well when it was lit. It was a grand scene, thu Bane ittOOtiQje up lOmfl forty feet In the air, and the reflection on the snow was beautiful. beauti-ful. Then were quite a crowd of country people there on sleighs. The F.vanstou, VVyo., .Vc'j says: O. D. Mai x and 1. W. Curlcton are in Salt Lake this week on railroad business. Mr. Carle-ton, Carle-ton, it I said, has given a bond to tire Burlington Bur-lington for a deed for his valuable coal lands Dear Milliard, and much as the good news is attempted to be concealed, it has leaked out that the prospect of the Burlington building build-ing through to Ogden this year are verv bright indeed. The F.vanstou gentlemen who w ill be made rich by the consummation of the project are as secretive as clams at low water, but their verv seeretiveness pro-claims pro-claims the tidings. Its in the air and no use denying it. The new roads are coming through Wyoming, and coining, we believe, in this year of grace, M.fcJ. |