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Show City Briefs. - The Southern Pacific Railroad -company and Charles Austin have been made defendants de-fendants in a U6.O0O damage suit brought bv Caroline GrifTin. as administratrix of the estate of Herbert J. Griffin, deceased, who seeks to recover that amount for the death of her husband in a wreck at Moiv-tello Moiv-tello on November 30th last. John Fltzpatrlck yesterday reported to the police that ho had been robbed of tl40 by some companions on the preceding night. He became intoxicated and his associates as-sociates put htm to bed, taking his money for their trouble, he says. The Rev. Ora C. Wright has resigned the pastorship of the first Baptist church, to accept a charge at Eugene, Or. Ill-health Ill-health is given as the reason of his leaving Ogden. Mr. Wright leaves Ogden May 1st. Stephen Richardson, an old settler of Ogden, died at 1132 Twenty-first street yesterday yes-terday of pneumonia, after a ten days' Illness. He waa born in New Hampshire in 1836, and leaves a wife and four children. chil-dren. The date for the funeral haa not yet been set. Upon the report of Receiver Charles S. Murphy, showing that the Pasteur Dairy companv was being operated at a loss of J16 per "day, the place was ordered closed by the court yesterday.. T. S. Glmlln will take charge of the Salt Lake baseball team of the Paeino National Na-tional league on April 1st. Mr, Glmlln has arranged to quit his position on the Southern Pacific on that date and will assume as-sume active control of the Salt Lake team. E. 6. Watt Is arrived yesterday from Callpntes, Nev. Mr. Wattis la one ef the officials Of the Utah Construction company com-pany and reports great progress on the Salt Lake ; Los Angeles road. He reports re-ports that the grade Is complete to the Moapa river and that the work is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. Eph Graves of the Ogden fire department depart-ment yesterday attached ten lines of hose to fire plugs along Washington avenue and Twentv-flfth street for the purpose or testing the pressure of the water; The ten lines were turned on simultaneously and a stream wss thrown twenty feet higher than trie Grand opera-house. This was with a one-Inch nozzle, the two-Inch nozzles falling to reach that height, |