| Show SALT LAKE LET ER NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST AT THE CAPITAL building is belll in rapid Pro bavius considered court news and personal mention correspondence it is expected that the asphalt finish willbe commenced on Commercial street this morning work on that thoroughfare has ben pushed vigorously in spite of general vexatious delays caused by inability to obtain stone from fort coiling Coi lins col the concrete bed is now laid ready for the asphalt the front half of the new building is nearly finished and renters are beginning to move in the dingy and smoky appearance of the building caused by the large fire on the of july ard 3rd last has been changed by the lavish use of paint etc I 1 yesterday services were held in the various churches kev samuel elliot addressed the large and well diessel audience at the salt lake theatre yesterday morning this gentleman is pastor of the church ot the unity in denver and ia here for the purpose of establishing a unitarian society to be called the peoples church mr elliot thinks the time has arrived when a society of this kind should be established on a broad basis enabling people to join who cannot subscribe to existing creeds our weather is nearly perfect and contractors and builders bui are among those taking advantage of the same the boys at fort douglas are prepared to leave for the east at a moments notice yesterday an order was received at fort douglas ordering the troops to be in readiness for a winters campaign the U P have been notified to have transportation ready at a moments warning and it is expected that tents will le sent over this road from fort duchesne to carter station the troops will probably ao east to cheyenne and then north over the cheyenne and northern to the terminus of blut line from there they march to the camping ground diphtheria Dip theria is reported to have made its I 1 appearance at pleasant grove charles west a es ident there has lost three children with the dreaded malady and another member of the family is dangerously gerou sly ill with the disease schools and all public gatherings have been suspended sup last night a drunken man named james barter invited a couple of fellows to come and take a drink with him at a west temple street saloon they accepted and harter proffered a 5 gold piece in payment the change was returned and placed on the table when the others snatched it up and ran down the street followed by their victim who called to them to malthis hal tHis cries attracted the attention of officer gates and glen who seized both men and when searched by the officers money was found in their clothed and shoes the prisoners are bard looking characters and this is evidently not their first offense yesterday john J A gushing and chas EPo weIl brought suit against john beck plaintiffs complaining that in september last they contracted to furnish the defendant with a lot of nursery stock for which he agreed to pay in installments commencing february 1 1891 that they have performed their of the contract and were ready to deliver the stock but the defendant refused to accept it therefore powers in behalf of plaintiffs prays judgment against defendant for and interest yesterday in the third district court before judge zane the case of john W snell for unlawful cohabitation was tried considerable interest was manifested at the trial because judge powers had been employed to defend the case whether due to his eloquence and influence or not alie jury rendered a verdict of not guilty the prosecution tried to prove that snell had cohabited subsequent to with both wives and to sustain this placed dep U S marshal springer on the stand who testified as follows on or about july 19 between eight and nine in the evening I 1 ar the defendant on state street at the store referred to with the assistance si of city marshal john M young before making the arrest I 1 went to the rear of the building and heard the sound of the water splashing as though some one was bathing believed that a man and a woman were in the room powers at this juncture asked the witness how he could tell the difference between a man splashing and a woman splashing springer became rather muddled but said 1 I really tell the difference but believe that a man and a woman were in the room together did not arrest mr snell in the store but in the alley on the north yesterday win L batem an of west jordahn states that lie met valdemar anderson a missing nephi boy and a notice of whose diss appearance ais published a few days ago on bear river about eight or ten miles from evanston on the of october bateman thinks the boy ia still there salt lake dec 2 1890 |
