| Show OGDEN department OGDEN CITY utah oct 19 1886 editor deseret news A tremendous atmospheric change bastakes ha ba staken place here since sunday all day on monday the wind blew stron strong from the south the day was quite dark and gloomy big clouds frowned on the mountains and the air was very cold after fter dark it became a little warmer and many prognosticated a heavy storm about eleven at night rain sleet and snow began to tall fall and continued all through the night and until past noon today to day this morning about four inches of the downfall covered the ground it was completely charged with water the fruit trees in the orchard were entirely entirely y laden with the snow bent to the ground and some of them broken large branches being torn from them scores of beautiful poplar trees were destroyed they were stripped from top to trunk and the branches lay scattered upon the ground some of them see are ruined other shade trees were dam damaged aeed in various places throughout the city but no other property was damaged as far as I 1 have learned about three p in the he heavens averis again became clear and bright and the air cold and frosty the streets are covered with mud and pools of water work on the streets and at the depot grounds is stopped for the present LAST EVENING the police made 9 new and singular discovery for some time past although the tramp element has infested this city in considerable sid erable numbers the they have fought shy of the officers of the peace and have managed to cover up their tracks to thel hiding places they had literally taken Laken to the under ground groundland and thus eluded the vigilance ot the police by an accident however the place ot of their concealment was discovered several of them were seen by some citizens to emerge from a hole in the ground the citizens notified the city marshal about ten at night he went with several of his aids surprised the light lingered fingered gentlemen in their den turned the rascals out and arrested five of them placing them in the lock up th tb Is afternoon iri iii company with marshal T TH H ballantyne Ballant yae and officer jas MBrown the writer visited the tramps underground under ground road at the iron works in this town tow a there is a large elevator which afas was formerly used in hoists hoisting 3 9 ore oreeta etc the platform is of great si size z e and is lowered to some distance below the earths surface in close contiguity is an aperture of a culvert culver fc that was used to carry off the water from two large tasks tacks it is about four feet wide three and a half feet high and about seven rods rod long an and d empties into a large mill race belonging to the foundry it is of course now dry into this culvert it seems the tramps entered at the north end and proceeded southeast until they nearly reached the other oiher end when another aperture was found which opened loto into a good sized chamber beneath the platform of the elevator which forms a root roof to the room here the members of this gang ensconced themselves and slept as snugly as SQ so many pigs in the chamber of the sty if accident bad not discovered their cover the searches of the officers lor for them there would have been fruitless when w we e reached their late abode today to day their bedding and other effects were removed and the other members of the gang who doubtless were at the time of the arrest prowling around seeking what they could devour were gone BUSINESS in the police court has bas been quite dull for a week or more but today to day justice has a big harvest the five tramps who were arrested last night were ushered into court this morning and had a lengthy interview with the justice on the situation at the close of their conference the justice told the gentlemen they would be the guests RU ests of the city each of them for twenty days and if they desired to contribute anything to the t treasury they could exhibit themselves on the public resorts provided for such guests and exercise their muscular talents for the gratification of ad miring admiring beholders the marshal was instructed to provide for them in a befitting manner alro two vagrants rants were brought before his honor oporto today to day they also were required to contribute each ten dollars or an equivalent thereto in improving the highways for the benefit of wayfaring meu men and citizens of this metropolitan town A YOUKO gentleman who bad for some time associated himself with the spirit of john barleycorn and had become considerably elated and by a peculiar inspiration was enabled to see several objects multiply themselves through gh his optics was introduced to the h e police justice and was also induced to contribute half a score of dollars to the treasury he then took his bis departure probably he was a wiser and better man for fok the intelligence he received at the interview A number of other distinguished visitors win will be at court to SEVERAL burglarious attempts were made recently to enter the reside residences dees of some of our citizens in the east part of town but they were unsuccessful the would be burglars escaped without being captured there is no doubt that had not the den of thieves been raided last night we should have heard of quite a number of house bre akings shop siftings lif tings or highway robbe robberies during the dark nights which now prevail but fortunately their pastimes in this respect are thwarted at least for the present tim THE BUILDING boom in ogden has ha s not been so great this year as it was in 84 still there have been a goodly number dumber of residences erected in this city kviring the present year also quite quitta a number of business houses havo hav gone up and others are in course of erection many old shanties have been burned and some have given place to substantial respectable establishments which are creditable to the proprietors and add much to the appearance and enhance th the value evalue of the property iu iti their neighborhood iu 1887 it is probable the boom will wil receive an impetus pet usand and ogden will make another advance to the front ARTESIAN A wells have been sunk in many parts of this city and in nearly everi every seti settlement lement in weber county in some instances the volume is not aso 0 o great and the quality of the water is not so good as desirable yet the wells are of much value to those who cossens them and in a few instances they render kneir owners independent of af any other source for water for culinary and other purposes it is thought that in the near future these flowing wells will be so common as to make it an object for the city waterworks water works company to materially reduce the price of that article and to extend mains to any locality where jhc thc they y may be desired it is the intention of many here as soon as they can raise the requisite means to have flowing wells on their premises whether there be city water works or not ALL is peace here at present but we expect a considerable variety about the first of november |
