Show LOCAL PICKINGS we have been requested to announce anno that marinca larsen and wm robertson of spanish fork city most emphatically decline to run for the positions of councilor and treasurer respect hely on the municipal tick it headed W 0 creer for mayor at the election nest monday in that city they are nominees anthe regular peoples party ticket and willingly accept the nominations therein tendered them mr samuel cornaby makes the same emphatic de dial he also davs he never knew anything about his name being used until the caucus we understand there has been considerable sid erable dissension in the ranks of the peoples party in spanish fork caused over the of nominations for city officers the election is to take place there on monday next it is said there are two tickets in alie field one of them is as follows for mayor W 0 creer aldermen john P jone I 1 anaw B hughes councillors councilors Counci lors W W lars neilson marinus lar son sonam JM creer and geo chamberss Chambers 1 recorder samuel cornaby Cor raby treasurer win Eo bertson marshal B E williams assessor and collector J J banks the theatre was a scene of brilliancy last night on the occasion of the grand ball by business men kirk hams band enchanted the dancers with its inspiring music and impressed their worth favorably on those present the noor managers H E rawl A 0 smoot jr did themselves proud in the able manner in which they conducted the pro gramme while the reception committee left no stone unturned to extend a hearty welcome to all it was the most sociable event of the season the regular peoples ticket now being printed at this office for the municipal lection to be held in spanish fork on monday next is as follows for may or john jones aldermen john W robertson and marinus larsen coun cifors samuel brockbank john moore john 0 swenson niel gardner and john T hales recorder hyrum F thomas treasurer wm robertson Ko bertson marshal assessor and collector nicholas smith has not the B Y academy during the many years of its existence been an immense source of financial as well as educational profit to the people of provo and may it not become still more profitable by erecting a suitable structure for its use no institution present or prospective has greater claims on public or private then why should there not be a car demonstration in its behalf the metropolitan iton company gave a very pleasing and successful exhibition hibi tion in the theatre on tuesday evening and was witnessed by an appreciative precia tive gathering of people who were so infatuated with it as to request its reproduction the following night when the house was better filled with parents and children the pupils ot the district schools turning out in large force A volume of pages containing a full report of the arguments made before the committee of territories in washington in favor of and against the admission of the territory on utah as a state has been kindly forwarded us by hon john T caine we shall take pleasure in publishing some of these masterly and eloquent speeches should our city fathers conclude to appropriate a portion of the surplus city aunda for the erection and maintenance of a methodist university in provo raould it not be equally consistent for them to spare just a loeble forthe maintenance of a mormon academy the question is a pertinent one the pleasant valley coal company has given fifteen tons of coal to the poor of american fork which the D E G W kindly freighted from the mines the utah central gave half a carload for the same charitable purpose it is generally the rule that business especially the grocery trade slackens up after christmas holidays but this decidedly is abc the case with J R boshard who is doing as lively a business as ever A fine stock of clothing is to be found at the coop co op clothing house it is the only house in town where gents and boys suits can be obtained and then the prices are below those of any house in salt lake if the B Y academy yields a revenue of a month it be a good investment if our solid business men were to secure its permanent existence in provo by finishing that long neglected building we have received an anonymous communication muni cation from springville Spring ville signed citizen containing an account of the shooting match there if the writer will send his name we will gladly publish it we trust that our city council while considering the claims of a prospective methodist university will lecog nize the humble requirements of old and tried friend the B Y acad emy it J dugdal e our traveling agent has returned from his eastern trip nearly one hundred new subscribers have been added to our list by his efforts within the last ten days provo will boom itself without any unnatural efforts its resources and advantages will ultimately triumph and there is no need to get excited meanwhile keep cool if you are tired of feeding your chick ena this cold weather bring or send them dressed or alive to boshardy shards Bo and get the highest price in cash or merchandise the ground hog has been heard from he sends us the following note all nonsense mr ENQUIRES I 1 never came out till today to day it was too darned cold bead tho notice in another column calling for bids for field seeds send proposals to T A byrnes IT S indian agent uintah and ouray agency utah W H brown is slowly recovering |