| Show correspondence eron enon THE JUNCTION CITY weather and OGDEN CITY utah 5 1 1884 issi editor deseret news the wet weather suddenly ceased here and since the first of april we have been visited with almost continuous strong winds from the canons and from the north which have kept back the growth of of vc vegetation g elation eta tion but have dried up cup the streets and roads which have dave become quite dusty unfinished improvements which were laid over last fall have been resumed and will now be pushed forward to completion among this number Ls Is the new post office building which will be a very fine not to say an ini imposing structure STREET RAILROAD AT LAST there has been so much written in times past relative to building street railroads in ogden and which whish ended in gas that I 1 have refrained speak speaking ing of them hem for a long time but now I 1 can speak with more confidence as the construction of that institution is a positive fact the rails are nowland now inid laid irom irom from near the railroad depots tile the length of fifth street tu main maln and the good work is still going on this gives us among our other airs that of a metropolitan tro politan now if we only had afew a few home industries indu of the right character they ahey would be the means of putting moore money into the pockets of a multitude who would patronize the new railroad and make it a success PREPARING FOR HIGH WATER the city fathers here as well as other folks with a view to the preservation of the property of which the people have made them guardians and protectors are preparing for the exi pecked p td high waters this spring and sum mer iner 9 they hey have a good f force orce of men at work under the direction of the road supervisor strengthening the O ogden oden den river bridge bridie its approaches i abutments banks etc which I 1 think will confine the stream within the channel in response to petition presented to that body the city council have adopted measures to drain the cemetery grounds the eastern part of which is very wet causin causing a number of graves to be well nigh filled filled with water at the present season of the year within a few months past a large addition has been made to the burial grounds this has become necessary as the old grave yard is all taken up and the lots are arc being fast filled up by the continual mortality oc curing EYE REMOVED A few months since an old gentleman named cylley who resides at hooper met with an accident while breaking a large lump of coal A splinter of the coal flew up and struck his left eye inflicting a severe and painful wound notwithstanding mr cylley applied many remedies the optic grew worse he lost the sight of it the the eye also became ulcerated d causing violent pains and severe suf fering lie ile at last determined to have it taken out today to day the operation was performed by dr john driver the old gentleman underwent the ordeal with great fortitude and shortly after it was done he felt much relief PAINFUL ACCIDENT this morning a young girl nine years old named sprunt met with with a severe if not very dangerous accident while moving about she slipped and fell on a piece of an old glass bottle inflicting inflicting a terrible wound in tile the knee joint join t of ike ibe the leftreg left leg it bled profusely and caused the young maiden much suffering dr john driver was called to attend her he put in several stitches dressed and bound up the wounded limb and the patient is now tolerably comfortable SUNDRIES Gard gar gardners gardeners adners ners have taken ad advantage vantage of the last few days of fine nine weather ta to put in some early garden seeds that they may receive cecelie the benefits of the next storms storing which now appear not far distant kb sll business busine here continues to be very quiet but we hope it will wake up anon WE WEBER ner ber |
