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Show I LOCAL HISTORY WHAT HAPPENED AUGUST 2. 1S47 The survey of a city was commenced com-menced In Salt Lake valley. 1554 Brlgham young advised the presidency pres-idency of tho British mission to ship the emigrating Mormons from Europe Eu-rope to a more northern port than New Orleans, as the latleV place was very unhealthful. 1555 Thomas Tanner, foreman of the public works blacksmith shop In Salt Lake City, and a Utah pioneer of IS 17 died from tho effects of a fall, which occurred on July 31. 1S60 Mrs. Ruth B. Clark of tho Sugar House ward was bitten by a scorpion while asleepl causing her death. 1879 Timothy Saben Hoyt. a member of tho Mormon battalion, died at Nephi, Ne-phi, Juab county. 1SS3 The Salt Lake city council decided that all houses within the city should be numbered, as a preparatory step toward the anticipated free mall delivery. de-livery. 1SS1 Fourteen Mormons sailed from Liverpool Liv-erpool In charge of H. W. Attley on the steamship Nevada. They landed In New York August 13 and arrived at Salt Lako City. August IS. 1555 Joseph Weatherell of Santaquln, was drowned In tho Jordan river, near Salt Lake City; tho body was found on the 5th. 1556 The general election In Utah resulted re-sulted In victory to the People's party In all tho counties, Nicholas IT Groes-beck Groes-beck of Springvllle was taken to the penitentiary" to servo nine months' Imprisonment for unlawful cohabitation. cohabita-tion. 18S8 Howard O. Spencor was arrested In Salt Lake City for unlawful cohabitation. co-habitation. 1SS0 Jamos'L. Sorcnscn was discharged from tho penitentiary. 1800 Tho steamship Wisconsin sailed from Liverpool with eighty-six Mormons Mor-mons In charge of Leonard J. Jordan. Jor-dan. Tho company landed In New York on the 13th, and arrived In Salt Lake City a few days later. 1891 In the First district court. William A. KIrkwood was sentenced to sixty days' imprisonment for fornication. 1900 Woman's day at Caldor's park. 1901 German heirs object to sale of Aucrbach estate- 1902 J. W. McC'asIln dies of self-inflicted wound. 1904 "Wreck on Salt Lake Route near smellers. Success of ralsln-maklng In Dixie assured. 1907 The supreme court of Utah decided decid-ed that mileage for Judges Is Illegal. Joseph Reed of Murray loses a 14-month-old child by drowning. |