| Show LOCAL PICKINGS the regular semiannual semi annual meeting of the stockholders of Z C M I 1 was held in salt lake city on friday afternoon the presidents report showed that the operations of the institution are as successful as in the past the sales for the half year just closed vere in excess of those for alie half year ending in april 1888 aggregating exclusive of the capital stock and reserves the liabilities of the institution amount to the cash and merchandise on hand amounts to the amount baid to railroad and express companies during the half year is the cash receipts for the half vear were 1 out of the undivided profits a dividend of 5 per cent was declared and the balance will be used to reduce the value of machinery in ahn factory and to increase the reserve fund mr jesso knight lias entered into partnership with mr W M proprietor of the occidental the business will hereafter be conducted under the firm name of wilson knight it j is the intention of the firm to make sov oral changes alie most conspicuous of which will be the addition of a firsti class billiard room in the rear of the present premises the front part of tho building will be exclusively devoted to a cigar and tobacco trade while the firm will mako a specialty of bottled goods and begged beer alie firm wish it distinctly understood that they intend in the future as has been the case in the past to conduct a strictly first class and respectable saloon sad invite the patronage of the people mr A bstewart JS proprietor of grease wood farm at benjamin this county is prostrate w ith a mild type of smallpox at the house of his SOB inlaw in law august alien in the third ward mr ti went to mexico some time ago and undoubtedly contracted the disease v ahle there he having returned from that country a few days before developing the disease dr simmons has taken every precaution to prevent the spread of the disease and there need not be the slightest apprehension mr stewart is progressing nicely A meeting of the directors of the territorial insane asylum was held in salt lake city on saturday when it was decided to purchase such additional land as was necessary for the asylum anywhere within a radius of two miles provided such lands could not be secured adjoining the immediate asylum grounds also to buy fourteen jersey cows from judge judd for about 2700 dusenberry shurtliff and farnsworth Farna worth were appointed a committee to make the purchase yesterday morning apostle francis M leraan waa released from the peni rent iary where lie has been confined frince the of january last on a sentence of 85 days imprisonment for living with his wives he paid the fine assessed against him he returns in good health to meet with a hearty welcome from a host of friends he attended general conference and spoke to tho saints eli B hawkins of benjamin utah county who has been in the penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation was released yesterday after going before commissioner sorrel he had a five months term and in addition to this he received thirty days for the fino imposed the ceremony of presentation of past master jewel to mr S KE will be gone through in the masonic hall saturday evening nest the foists joists of Bo sharda new building have been placed in position by the lumber company the brick walls are n w to go up alie handsome fence around the roberts house was the lumber company they know how to do things down there the new sock publishing company mention of which was made in our last issue is now in charge of the american bupt supt F W C went to city this morning the city council meets tomorrow to morrow night |
