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Show OCDEN OCCURRENCES. Tha City Treasury Not So Strong as SupposedCourtsNo Sup-posedCourtsNo Merchants' License. Ogden, Aug. 25. Special. The city council accepted the crematory at its reeular meeting last Monday evening and authorized author-ized the recorder to draw a warrant for $4500, the contract price. This was done and the vouchers passed to Agent Smith in settlement of the account. Judge then of the surprise of the crematory cre-matory vendor when, on presenting present-ing the draft to the city treasurer, it was pushed back to him with the explanation explana-tion that there were no funds in the treasury. treas-ury. In the council meeting Monday night the recorder reported $15,000 in the treasury, since which time warrants have been drawn and cashed for but a few hundred dollars. There must be a misunderstanding somewhere. some-where. Either the $15,000 reported by the recorder was an error in his estimates or else the treasurer has made a mistake in his balance bal-ance sheet. Whatever the difficulty, it will be found today. The treasurer, the recorder, the finance committee of the city council and the treasurer's bondsmen are all interested inter-ested and are trying to figure out the conditions. condi-tions. barrt's notes. A note for $195, signed by G. A. Barry and purported to be endorsed by H. Hart-man, Hart-man, E. Daly and A. J. Chamberlain, was presented to the latter for payment yesterday. yester-day. This was the first Mr. Chamberlain knew of the existence of the note and inquiry in-quiry revealed the other "endorsers" equally ignorant. The note was purported to have been drawn in August, 1891, in favor of M. V. Gilbert, a bill collector of this city, and by him sold to J. R. Sawtelle. The latter gentleman will probably be plaintiff in a suit if the note is not taken up by Barry or his friends. BEFORE JUDGE MINER. The United States Mortgage Trust company com-pany brought suit against Ephraim and Harriet Nye for foreclosure of a mortgage to Wm. Garland, dated Marck 19, 1891, for sum of $3500. The case of Daniel Homer vs. A. B. Pat-ton Pat-ton was up again yesterday. This time the court was called upon to hear the demurrer to the complaint, which was submitted and argued. The matter was then held under advisement: In the case of Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Mercan-tile institution vs. Randolph Co-operative and Manufacturing company et. al., judgment judg-ment was against the defendants by default in the sum of $400 and costs. Henry Lever brought suit to recover on a note for $1000 against Anna Lever. GAS IN PROSPECT. The driving at the gas well goes steadily forward, the pipe being driven nearly six hundred feet. The indications are all very faiorable. NO MORE MERCHANTS LICENSE. The merchants of Ogdeu have not only agreed on supporting onlysuch candidates for the city council as will declare in favor of repealing the license ordinance, but have agreed to defy the ordinance right now and to pay no more license on their business. They have engaged eminent counsel to defend de-fend them in case suit is brought, and their counsel claim the cases can be won on the non-constitutionality of the ordinance. There are lively times ahead. The auditorium of the Methodist church was comfortably filled last euening to hear Professor Downle's lecture on "Napoleou." The speaker handled his subject in a masterly mas-terly manner, and the illustrations thrown on the canvass by the stereoptican were of the finest, and ably illustrated . the speakers remarks. "Picturesque Japan will be the next subject sub-ject tomorrow evening at the same place. This lecture will also be illustrated. The Women's Relief corpse of the G. A. R. is having grand excursion to Lake Park today- The ladies are accompanied by their friends to the number of several hundred, and an enjoyable time is bound to be had. |