Show THE pugilistic fever has struck utah our boys now seem to be thinking mainly of boxing all proper athletic sports arc rather to be commended than discountenanced the pugilistic science is proper enough in its place and a knowledge of self de bense is a happy acquirement if limited alone to self defense too often hocevar how evar a man handy with his fists is ever ready to pick a quarrel or resent a slight insult in a barbarous manner but while pugilism can be commended in the gymnasium we do not like these regular ring contests that are gaining prominence in this county one in provo not long ago seems to have been quite a bloody affair DR james E talmage has resigned as president of the university of utah to take effect at the close of the present school year tho reason for the resignation is said to be solely that of salary the president ha been receiving annually and it is now reduced to 2500 for acho dual position of president and professor of gep legy dr talmage has served three years in his present position with credit to the state IT used to be a public question as to whether poverty leads to drink or drink to poverty an exchange has solved it by finding that there were gallons of domestic spirits consumed in 1887 and only gallons in 1896 that means thai sixty millions of people in the former year drunk a little less spirits than seventy millions of people last year hard times caused the decrease THE city of logan has not as strict a dog ordinance as provo the logan journal says the mortality among dogs during the past few days has been something unusual the dog catcher and lye deadly shotgun shot gun are responsible he travels with a wagon into which the carcasses are thrown and taken away for burial congressman king has begun work in the right direction by requesting that our sawmill saw mill men for cutting timber illegally on the public domain be not prosecuted the prosecutions ought to cease THE salt lake tribune has begun this jubilee year the publication of illustrated historical events eliat happened fifty years ago it is a very pleasant feature and one thatis bound to become popular two years ago R J warren a d roggist at pleasant brook X Y bought a small supply of chamberlains chueh remedy he sums up the result as follows at the lime the goods ceru unknown in this section today to day chamberlains cough is a household word it is the same in hundreds of where ever the good qualities of chamberlains cough remedy bacomo known the people will have nothing else for ealo by smoot drug co |