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Show Oy Random Bits. WESTERN WAS IT 4 MADMAN. | An WEEKLY. alogical cabinet Act of Charity. thousand containing specimens, nearly the four property of Grand Master H. C: Wardleigh, of the Prof. Talmage and of which he is justly Woodard is Assaulted by an Unknown | I. O. O. F.; left for Provo yesterday proud, having collected nearly all himPerson and Terribly Cut. A flow of gas was struck in North Salt morning. He had in charge John P. self. There we gazed upo: rare fossils A very peculiar cutting affair occurred: May, whothe day previous had been adLake Saturday.: The-flow was quite a-|from the Coal Measures,—beautiful early Sunday morning. As Wm. Wood- judged insane in the county court. Mr. large one. ferns,—gigantic rushes , fossilized fruits ard, who lives in the eastern part of the May was formerly an engineer on the We are.indebted to the Baltimore and seeds that flourished when “the city, was returning home, in companv U. & N. where some three years ago he earth was young and keeping holiday;” Sun for their almanac which isa perfect with a soldier from the Fort, he was ac- received severe injuries which partially remainsof fishes and reptiles, molluscs encyclopedia of interesting events of ’88. costed by an unknown mar who enquired impaired his mind. The death of his and worms, all telling of bye-gone lives. Tue U.P. Directors met in Boston where acertain person lived. Not catch- wife sometime after his accident served There were crystals, single and in aggreWednesday and Thuisiay; it is expected ing the name of the person, Mr. Woodto further dim his reason. Since then gates—strangely beautiful in their stony that a number of changes will be made. ard asked what he said, when the fellow he has been in California and other symmetry; quartz, calcite, garnet, beaut Tr is rumored that the Golden Gate pounced upon him and began slashing places barely making a subsistence. tul carnelians, agates, bloodstones; beSpecial will be run tri-weekly, and a him with a knife or razor. Woodard fell His brother Odd Fellows learning of his sides an apparently endless range of . change of timeis expected on the U. P. to the ground, but it appears the condition resolved to give him the best marbles and their kind. Among: the soldier was so dazed that he could svon. possible aid and if practicable, restore metaliferous specimens, were ores of gold, cender no assistance. There were other him to fullreason. For this reason Mr. silver, copper, iron, tin, lead and manExcavation has begun on the new persons ahead, going in the same direchim to the Provo ganese—the whole making such an adreservoir on the Hast Bench. It will tion, and one of them, Mr. Smith, hear- Wardleigh took Asylum yesterday morning. mirable collection as to bring forcibly to doubtless serve good use in the dry ing the noise, turned back. As he came Ogden Standard. one’s mind the reference to “Sermonsin season. up the would-be assassin walked rapidly Stones.” Tuk corner of second South and Com- away. Mr. Smith followed him but soon The preparations made for instruction | A Heavenly Phenomenon. mercial Streets is reported sold; price returned to Woodard, who was now unWm. $50,000. Rumor asserts that afine, five story building will go up there. In the recent.storm it feet of snow fell at Cedar is said three City. At Mil- ford the fall was one foot. The storm seems to have been much heavier south than hereabouts. On Tuesday a man was brought into Ogden.on the C. P. with a badly frozen conscious from loss of blood. Woodard was carried home, when it was found that he was wounded in a most fearful manner. About the head and face were almest a dozen gashes,more or less,severe some also on the neck andarm. The contempt the Supreme case Court of the came up in Territory on Tuesday, and was argued by the attorneys on the opposite sides. After the conclusion of the arguments the court took the matter under advisement. Tue Tribune has raised the question of a potato starch factory here. Such an enterprise would be a boon to farmers of this region. The potatoes on hand in the Territory now is unusually large and at present there appears but little prospect of disposing of them. A large starch factory would solve the problem in a most satisfactory manner. On Tuesday there was every appear- ance of a genuine, old-fashioned snow storm, but Wednesday the sun began to shine again. Persons just in from the Park state that there is not more than a foot of snow there. This is extraordinary for the timeof year. It appears that water will be more precious than ever next summer. Hector M. Scort, local manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, died on Saturday afternoon from On Monday Apostle F. M. Lyman was sentenced He for unlawful had pleaded guilty cohabitation. to the charge, and in consideration of his voluntary surrender his sentence was made lighter than otherwise it would have been. He was sentenced to 85 days imprisonment, a fine of found to be $200 and costs if there are any. While a noble lord was vonducting his canvass, he met fiercely that he a bully, who declared would “sooner vote for the devil than for him.” “T’ve not the slightest doubt of it, my friend,” said the candidate quietly, “but > rose The Lunar Eclipse. THE partial eclipse of the moon, Wednesday night, on. account of the clear condition of the atmosphere, was plainly discernible in this city. The obscuration was about seven-tenths perceptibly diminished Grass office. Creek coal the and very light of the and there were not a few who were out fora brief period to see the not very frequent phenomenon. The obscured portion of the moon could be seen as a faint red, caused by reflection of the earth’s atmosphere. But if a _ partial P. coal HasuaM Bros. carry a stock of choice Tue Peoples Equitable Co-op is doing a rushing business. Buy your bread at the Empire Bakery. CHOICE candies are made Uras Cracker Hs leads all others. Factory Jas. W. EARDLEY by Tuckett. silver brand ; Carries a large stock another circle was —_— The University Club. The University Club bids fair to be come an important society. Properly conducted it cannot fail to be a factor hanging prospect of aconsiderable increase. The in the sky, its appearance so greatly changed from its usual silvery face that leading college, technical and scientific periodicals, and the more prominent it appears strange and unnatural. And then sometimes it is between two and Hastern dailies will be kept on file, thus a dull red globe, three hours making its way out from the earth’ssnadow. The appearance of the earth from the moon at such a time would be that of a dark ball, several times larger than the moon rounded by a bright appears to us, surring, the result of Another AND now Railway comes Company. the incorporation of another railroad company. Surely, after while we shall be having some substantial work done. On Saturday the articles of the Salt Lake, Nevada & California Railway Company were filed. The road will run from this city westward by way of Garfield Beach, Grantsville, and thus on toa point near Deep Creek, a total capital distance stock of 150 furnishing a large and varied current reading matter. club. supply of Success to the Salt Lake and Los Angeles. It begins to appear that substantial is going to eome agitation of a railroad something from the between this city and Los Angeles. ‘The Chamber of Commerce is taking hold of the project of the enterprise engaging local capital in and outside interest in it with arousing a most ardor. ready The canvassing and 10 cent. paid in. SS ee J. Anderson, the Associate Justice of nominee Utah,is the for First Assistant Commissioner of the Land Office. He is a widower with an adult two daughters and a son. He was the nominee of the Democratic party for Governor and caucus nominee for Senator at the lastelection. He lived five years in Pueblo, Colorado. There is a doubt about his confirmatien but he believes Wilson of Iowa, who is on the Judiciary Committee will support and pull him through. Governor West called on him today and is favorably impressed. preparaticn ancients were accustomed bodies of their dead when placing them upon the funeral pyre; so that the ashes of the corpse would be preserved from admixture with the fuel. Here, toc, we saw the different kinds of glass, paints, brushes, dye stuffs, gums, resins, oils, waxes; natural and artificial flavoring essences, all analyzed and properly labeled. we Then passing through a dark corridor were ushered into a vault, darker than ever; after the gas had been lighted however, and the cases opened, we found ourselves among the bones of the departed. We saw two complete human skeletons, beside parts and dried preparation of other bodies; and for comparison a skeleton of a monkey, and of other animals. But the apparatus closet of the de- of Chemistry and of Physics must be given its share of praise. We saw a magnificent air pump, with all its accessories—receivers and globes, vacuum tubes and fountains. With this powerful instrument it was a matter of a minute only to burst asunder a stout bottle by the atmospheric pressure alone. A bell set to ring invacuum and a mouse placed upon the wall—so tructed as to reveal the finely con- difference of at- table and the floor. The electric apparatus is perhaps In the course of his reportorial rounds, ing tables and other items too numerous even to name. Ata very short distance, our eyes fell on the chemical balance, a marvel of ac- curacy and delicacy. “With this,” said the Professor with a smile, “we can determine the weight ofa maiden’s sigh.” A fragment of a hair can be accurately weighed; and even a signatue on paper can be determined in actual figures. The instrument must never be touched with the fingers; weights used on this they are moved only through the medium of ivory pointed forcepr, and the whole balance is enclosed ina glass case, kept dry by means of chemical dessicating agents. The institution owns, also, a fine pair of stereopticon lanterns for projection in the dark room, in which the powerful lime light is used, together with a large assortment of elegant views. Ah, well! this is an age of progress, indeed; and we may depend upon it our Academy keeps nobly abreast of the times. Theory and Practice! They are twin brother and sister; they ought to be near each other, and in this institution they are not separated. We left cabanabe SOCIETY. the Hall with much to think about. THe Ladies Musical Society will meat next Monday at Calder’s Music Palace. THe A. O. U. W. will give their annual ball on the 24th at their Hall. Gero. Roppy,tracing clerk for the D. & hk. G. Western, has gone East having left the road. THE great Lady Violinist,Camille Urso, with her concert company will be here in March. J. V. Parker left Tuesday on a week’s trip in Idaho in the interest of the U.P. Tue Evening another dance Social Club will give Hall next Emporium at Wednesday night. THE Mason’s Ball at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday night was well attended and lightful time. the participants had | a de- fullest and most perfect of all. There is thrown on a redhot stove; a fine assortment of Geissler tubes giving the most beautiful effects, comparable only to a full display of the Northern Lights, but beyond allin attractive interest, is the truly wonderful Holtz machine, throwing lighting flashes through a space of ten inches. -with miniatur>.thunde-: to - 60 couple were in attendance. ‘Tue “Bohemian Girl” company gave a ball in the Emporium Hall on Wednesday night. A large company was present, and the manner the a battery, by which a steel wire can be vaporized as easily as a small icicle a representative of the WersTEeRN WEEKLY “happened in” at the Social Hall of this city, which is at present the headquarters of the Salt Lake Stake |. Sound and Light, there ure sonoweters, bells, resonators, lenses, ’ mirrors, > whiri- Aninvitation ball was given under the in the exhausted chamber met a speedy death. A delicate Aneroid Barometer } the microscope, some 250 in number, the. result of Prof. Talmage’s own work. For instruction in the principles of auspices of J. H. Mountford and J. Morgan at T'aylor’s Hall on Wednesday night which was a very enjoyable affair; about mospheric pressure between the top of a S. L. S. Academy. of, was spire confidence. 4 Look Through the Laboratory of the limb not heard without in consequence of the lack of air preventing the transmission hangs Machinery of Teaching. like the a horse, and the dust from a butterfiy’s wing reminds one o: eagie feathers. There is a fine cabinet of “mounts” for to wrap the gun active work, and their faith and enthusiasm in its success is such as to in- is set at $5,700,000— per series illustrating the of Petroleum, from the crude oil just as itis pumped from the earth, up through at least a szore of stages to the finest oils and waxes. A fine suite of samples shows the mode of utilizing the wonderful asbestos —a fibrous rock, that can be picked to pieces like a hempen cord, and of which paper, nulboard, cloth, ropes, lamp-—wick, coverings for steam pipes and linings for stoves, etc, ete., all rock and of course incombustible. It was in a sheet of this kind of material that the of the sound waves; materialized, beyond the local names made public. $1,000 per mile has been subscribed applied science are Thereis a magnifi- committee of the Chamber, composed of Messrs Conkling, Noble, Sells, Groesbeck, Thomas and Raybould, have be- miles. 57,000 shares of $100each. It is claimed that there is heavy backing, but just who, what and where, has not yet cent partment es The in economic and many and efficient. glass, a fliy’s leg looks went off scores in which the affair another success for the organization. Miss Ray Jenkins and C.C. Slade, Superintendent of carriers, were united Wednesday evening. Following the ex- ample of W. C. Aubry,the paper mailing clerk, who married Miss Ry Jenkins a few weeks ago. All of the postoffice employees attended and made a present of a handsome mahogany secretary. Tue Racket Club gave a performance A friend correspond. This instrument in connec- at the 12th Ward schoolhouse. tion with the large Leyden-jar battery of the WETSERN WEEKLY informs us that Academy. We were pleasantly received will readily kill any animal as large as a Mr. Pavey and other members of the by Prof. J. E. Talmage, the President of rat. Then we witnessed the Workings’ defunct T. T. C’s were in attendance. the Faculty, and conducted through the of the large Induction coil—and_ took .a THe Pleasant Hours Club gave their building. shock therefrom—fully as much as we social at the Grand Opera House this We shall say nothing about the finely bargained for—that is all we’ll say week and for the first time the gentlefitted rooms, some of them more like about it. A very useful application of men outnumbered the ladies. The parlors and drawing-rooms than school theory to practice is made in the arrange- members of the club say that at their apartments, the modern desks and comment of a series of electric bells, all next dance they will each bring two fortable fittings generally: for our at- operated through the agency of a regu- adies. tention was too much occupied and our lator clock placed in the circuit. The interest too fully excited in the appar- clock and battery are safely housed in To polish nickel-plated goods after beatus and paraphernalia’ provided for the Professor’s office; and therefrom coming black and not worn, use rouge the practical demonstration of the scien- emanates the controling current by tific branches there taught. The pri- which the class in all rooms areopened or whiting on a rag with a little oil. vate office of the President is little short and closed. At the proper instant a bell of a marvel in its present state; itisa rings in each room,with no irregularities literal multum in parvo; filled to its ut- such as are to be feared from forgetful removed to most capacity with apparatus and ma- monitors or ringers prone to human No.66 West, Second South Street, terial specimens and illustrative devices, weakness. many of which are both costly and An extra fine microscope, of the most; and will carry a full line of CONFECand BAKER’S GOODS, rare. Bae modern kind, with all accessory parts, is TIONERY There is the lithographical and miner- in frequent use. Through this magic ‘COFFEE and LIGHT CANDIES- REMOVAL! D.C. MULLEN has remc ; i ~ of lumber and building materials. higher degrees. see the moon, family, beef, ete. seventy-five eclipse isa notable occurrence, a total one is much moreso. In sucha case we Thos. the U. still about. of much good in the community. It is now comfortably ensconced in rooms in the Raybould building, and hasa_ total membership of thirty-eight, with every A Prospective Judge. at diameter of the formed of still smaller dimensions, still passing over the moon, the center remaining at the zenith. The approach of the moon towards the zenith seemed to regulate the size of the diameter. The semi-diameter of the circle was on each occasion the distance from the zenith to the moon. luminary. The eclipse reached its maximum between ten and eleven o’clock, hurrah for your I’lldo the same <<>> ~+—_> The circle was The directors are: James.E. Fulton, in the eventof your friend not coming, treasurer; Thomas W. Bates, Geo. may I count on your vote, sir?” Brough, Robert Gardiner. It is preAt an open political meeting aman sumed the road will run the Utah eried, “Hurrah for Jackson!” to which a Nevada for the lake. traffic, but its chief bystander retorted, “Hurrah for a jack- business will be in the Western mining ass!” districts. The idea is to push on finally “All right, my man,” exclaimed the to California. first speaker, ‘you can favorite candidate, and for mine.” north. up to it About 7:45 o’clock a similar circle of a shorter diameter was formed. It also passed across the moon, and as the moon The <i> ——r the reached but he is in a fair way to recover. The man is not known, and the affair is altogether an unexplainable one. the sun’s light shining on the earth's atA total eclipse is not of typhoid-pneumonia. In his business re- mosphere. lations here he has won a wide circle of frequent occurrence. friends, and his premature death, he was but thirty-five, is a matter of general regret. He leaves a wife and three children. : from Streamers great loss of blood made him very weak, foot. He was suffering great pain, and was taken care of by the county officers, who secured medical treatment. Tur Dyer A remarkable aurora was observed here this evening at 9 o’clock, of a vast circle of white light, its center near the zenith, and circumference passing over the moon. I - THE er ainsi Rinsonsen dita ASPEN NSE EB o |