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Show Citymi MRS. OSCAR F. FOSS. formerly of J ria.i t3r fV"" "ndcrgolnff a dlfllcult operation op-eration fof blood poisoning, died vestcrdav at Anderson. Jnd., where ahc has made ncr home of recent yonrs. Tho deceased was n Hlstcr of Mrs. D. D. Davl3 of this this city ar.d had many friends hero who will rccclvo the news of her untimely death with deep regret. ft e DHjBERT DICKERT. tho sixtfon-ycar-old son of Ferdinand Dlckcrt, lias fallen a victim to smullpox and was placed under quarantine regulations at home, 644 South Main street, yesterday afternoon. COMMISSIONER UOYT SHERMAN of tho I' tah World's Fair Commission left yesterday for tho East. Mr. Sherman will etop off in the Fair City for. a few days and then go on to New York, where ho lias some business matters to attend to. Returning lo St. Louis, ho will await there thn arrival of hfa yon from college, and, after taking In the fair, will accompany ac-company his son home. u FLOWERS for tho decoration of soldiers sol-diers graves on Memorial day will be received re-ceived at 21 laet First South wtreot Saturday Sat-urday afternoon. All who desire to contribute con-tribute their offerings nro urged to b" prompt so that tho plccca can bo made up in due lime. to F. J. HEWLETT. Councilman and manufacturer, will at onco erect on tho vacant lot west of his handnomo Soventh South strct liomn two modern cottages lo cost something oVer J300i). Ho will rent them. , SAMUEL PEACOCK, a Philadelphia metallurgist and mining expert, ia In Suit Lake on professional business. Ho paid a visit to Park City yesterday. O a ON JUNE 11 S. M- L. McSpaddcn. purchasing pur-chasing agent for the Utah Copper company, com-pany, will be married to Miss Angelina A. Walker, who Is prominent in socioty circles at Colonulo Springs. Mr, McSpaddcn Mc-Spaddcn was much surprised vestcrday when his friends greotod him with congratulations, con-gratulations, as the engagement was not intended to bo announced yet. Ho will leave soon for Colorado Springs, and after ihelr wedding trip they will reside iu Salt Lake. a a , CAPT. ADELBERT CRONKHTTE. who has had command of a company at Fort Douglas, ha.s been ordered to report for duty In Now York in the general gen-eral depot of tho Quartcrmastcr-GcncraTa department. j a AT TUB MEETING TONIGHT at American Fork, at which Stato Engineer Doremus, Attorney F. S. Richards and Prof. George M. Swendscn will explain to tho citizens of Utah county tho irrigation projects promulgated by the Utah Arid Land commission, a largo attendanco is expected. This will bo the first of a series of meetings to bo held, as tho citizens op Cncho and other counties, to whom the fleheme will bo of vast benefit, will also have tho various propositions explained to them. J o IN ORDER TO MAKE PROPERTY on Canyon road more accessible to Its owners, own-ers, tho revival of tho old schomo to open up Third street will bo welcomed if carried car-ried through. Tho Idea is to push it through Canyon road clear to Stato street. This will necessitate tho purch.iso by the city of a strip of ground, but it Is not expected ex-pected that tho price of this will be exorbitant. ex-orbitant. The proposition has had tho favorable fa-vorable consideration of a commltteo of the City Council, but nothing deflnlto has yet been done. a (i a THE JUNIOR CLASS of tho L. D. S. U. will givo an ontertalnmcnt on Thursday evening in Barratt hall On Friday oven-lng oven-lng the seniors will givo their show. u THIS DAY will sec tho commencement by the retail grocers and butchora of this city of their weekly half-holidays. All through tho summer season their places of business will bo closed at noon every Wednesday. O Q LOCAL BANK CLEARINGS for yes-tordov yes-tordov amounted to M6D,130.3S. Thoao for tho corresponding day last year wcro ?416,-105.50. ?416,-105.50. J ft u THAT several European powers will eventually be drawn Into tho Russo-Japanese war is tho opinion of Capt. E. D. Wattson of the United States transport service, who was a guest In the city yesterday yes-terday on his way homo from China. Ho bellovos that Russia will be the victor' In the long run, although she will have a hard fight to get there. "A fine body of men" is tho way he describes tho Twenty-ninth Twenty-ninth infantry, who are duo to arrive here todav. Capt Wattson was formerly ' la the Fifteenth Pennsylvania volunteers, and speaks 'erv highly of W. TP. Colton, cashier of the Utah Fuel company, who wa a Captain In that regiment. U Cl DESPITE THE STORM, yesterday's Tabernucle organ recital was largely attended. at-tended. Among those present wero tho iniinniror and a number of the members of '"The Little Minister" company, who greatly enjoyed the programme and tho talk upon the. great organ whloh was j given to them later by Mr McClellao. |