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Show LATE CITY NEWS. The stores were nearly all closed today. The Times doffs its hat to the shade of the great navigator. German in five weeks. Rapid method. Conversation and object lessons. Mrs. F. Prill, Knutsford. A runaway on First West street last night almost etruck a party of children at the corner cor-ner of Second South street. John Drew and Mike Xoian were arrested for fighting this moruing in a Commercial street joint, and were each assessed $5 for the fun they enjoyed. The jury in the caso of John H. White vs. the Union Pacific, in which tho plaintiff sued to recover f 15, X0 damages for personal injuries, after remaining out all night carne iuto court at noon today, annouueed tnat they could not agree and were discharged. It is understood that tei of the jurors wanted to give White I30U0, while two would not consent to a verdict for more than $2500. j The case will, of course, be tried again. Mr. L. L. Baumgarten returned home today to-day from a live weeks' trip through Califor. nia aud the Northwest. He reports that business is rather quiet throughout that section. sec-tion. The political situation is badly mixed up, owinir to the efforts of the Fopulist6, but Mr. Bauragarten thinks that both California Cali-fornia and Oregon are safely Kepubiicau. Things are unusually quite in San Francisco, Fran-cisco, and he found that the more prominent business men Of that city are beginning to take a lively interest in the project to build a new railroad through to Salt Lake, and Mr. Baumgarten's opinion is that it will be carried through. He did what he could to further the project, but was disappointed in not finding Colonel Trurubo at home, that gentleman having been called to Washington. Colonel Trumbo will probably be through here in a few days. |