Show local and other matters i i i f FROM TUESDAYS TUESDAY I 1 8 DAILY eer FEB 29 will H hep N will murch march come ill in like a lion t stormy stoy spewing smartly this mor mon morning n ing and continuing lightly the la larger rge r part of the da day the Day This is leap year day the ottly day of the kind for four years to come of counse course the 9 giris girls iris fris will govern themselves accordingly i if they take the whole yei yeh year aarfor for it J A four handed fight figu utah now has two republican parties and two democratic parties all snarling and growling at and pitching into each other while the people stand by and look on as it ia is none of their fight I 1 the crossing sweeper with the existing spell of slushy weather the diligence of james dixon the crossing sweeper sweepers increases and it is to be hoped tha pedestrian public k keep e ep him in sufficient lelent remembrance bran ce to cause a corresponding increase indis in his finances sentiment and mirth we are ara requested to announce that F Y lee Chati chauvin vip vin isay will rive give a selection orrea of readings din diD from froni the tho poets closing with a short lecture on elocution eio ele cution at the tenth ward meetinghouse meeting me eting ho house s e under the auspices of the Y BL L A on thursday evening admission free 1 conforming to the law there is s considerable demand demaud for fon bricks just uit now email piles files of which can b be e seeri seen in averi every overy part of the city eity and there is considerable of a harvest barvest for chlone chimney builder cause the p people copl old generally brally are conform ing tb the ordinance in hi belati relation on to flues which will be in force on and morrow returned um general george J C agi ngi hm AVI t 3 lau arg 3 bates who has been on a visit to some portions of michigan and to chicago returned to the city on saturday he reports a very discouraging cou raging stagnation of business in the queen city the unemployed poor running up into the thou sands with an apparently appl apps vently dreary prospect ahead the coal question A few days ago considerable consternation was caused among the weber coal I 1 mine owners an and d others Inte interested reste d balno in in that direction by the reception of intelligence from flom U P R B R officials that nomore BO more cars would be left at echo for the transportation of weber coal the r reason eason assign assigned ed for this being tb that a t all the cars were wanted at almy aimy for the freighting ot of coal from mines owned by the union pacific railroad company wo W are aro pleased to learn that the con cor company lipana have somewhat relented from ra t their air determination and are b beginning eg inning to supply a few cars at echo cho eho so that the coal difU difficulty culty is in n a fair way for at I 1 east least a partial if not a complete solution shrove tuesday this is shrove tuesday or shrove tide the day before lent otherwise commonly known as pancake tuesday in olden times when roman catholicism cis in was the prevailing religion of england it was customary on this day for the people of that country to make confession to their various parish priests and afterwards to have a general ringing of bells and other amusements and to engage in la the demolition of pyramids of pancakes or fritters but flesh was to be abstained frem from we believe the thie eating part of the observance is the only one at all generally attended to in that country now a days this day is known aa awn faal fast fast eve by the germans and maraz gras fat tuesday by the rench french ash wednesday tomorrow to morrow is ash wednesday the first day of lent the fathers called beginning of the ft fast or digs dies ash day in allu sion to the custom of sprinkling the head with ashes ash wednes d day ayls is the commencement of the forty days of lent or penitential mourning immediately follows following I 1 D the carnival among roman ca catholics t b during which they eat no meat fish excepted on this day theu the catholic priest makes the sign of the cross with ashes on the foreheads of the people repeating a few words inthe in the church of england the maledictions male dictions against impenitent sinners sinne rs are re read ad and the clerk and t the he people respond amen lent is the forty weekdays week days of fast and penitence immediately preceding easter not hot an alf a absolute but a partial fast animal flesh being e excluded except when specially allowed by the catholic bishops one mi meal al a day is the usual allowance anda with a slight refection in the morning and another in the even evens ing the latter being the largest lent is supposed to be in part a memorial of the forty days daye fast in the wilde wilderness rhess by the savior homestead ra patents tents the follow ing have been published homestead patents on the following In gentries entries have been received at the land office in this city no william daley jeremiah JR stocking delight decker deeker edward white james A lott sarah carter alfred lamb orange warner charles B wightman Benj benjamin amin kelley david E ewilliams williams charles A detling 1429 james davley david cluff cluss 43 I 1 wm E nu nuttall atal I 1 richard H M batey david cluff br er orson oreon dumm duff jacob varney thomas 0 stevenson samuel james ririe I 1 orson hicken i john robertson i george W clift wm amb arton barton isanc isaac P carter ati john G holman x |