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Show Real Estate Transfers. I James Smith to Joseph A. Smith, part of Sec. 20, T. 6 S., R. 2 E. M. A. Jensen to E. C. Henrichsen, part of Sec. 11, T. 7 S., R. 2 E. Joseph W. Smith to Samuel II. Smith, part of Sec. 31 , T. -5 S., R. 2 E. Payson Co-op. Institute to Payson Exchange Savings bank, part of block 27, plat A, Payson. Eunice E.Powell et al. to Thomas D. Caine.part of block 9. plat A. American Ameri-can Fork survey. The Summer School closed its session yesterday, and a number of the students stu-dents returned to their homes on the afternoon train. The Territorial Board of Equalization Equaliza-tion met yesterday afternoon and looked over the tax list for the county. They made several recommendations to the County Court. Another forged check was sent f :oin Mount Pleasant to Sheriff Fowler yesterday. yes-terday. The check had the name of S. j S. Jones signed to it, and called for $75. It had been cashed by the Mount Pleasant Pleas-ant Co-op. The forger is having good luck in his speculations, but will probably prob-ably run to the end of his rope before many hours. Arrangements are being made for a sacred concert at the Methodist church on Sunday evening, when such local talent as Miss Dora Davis, pianist, pian-ist, Bos hard & Pyne Bros., Rob Irvine, and others will appear. It will undoubtedly un-doubtedly be very interesting. The program will be published to-morrow morning. - SiiiiRiui' Fowler received a "leie- gram from Spanish Fork yesterday af ternoon to the effect that two horses belonging to John Rockhill had been stolen. No particulars were given. Sheriff Fowler will proceed to Spanish Fork this morning in order to get the particulars. It is safe to say that the liorses will be recovered. Last night, as the U. P, passenger train which left here at 6:40, was within with-in half a mile of Spanish Fork station, one of the wheels under the tank of the engine broke in two. Fortunately the engine kept the rails and no damage was done to amount to anything. Another An-other engine was telegraphed for and on its arrival the one with the broken wheel was pushed on to a siding and the train went on its way. A. M. Buchanan, traveling agent for the Juvenile hixtructor, was in Provo yesterday. While here a telegram was sent from Salt Lake to the effect fiat his wife was in a dying condition. The telegram was sent in care of R. R. Irvine, and that gentleman hunted around town for him, leaving word in several places about the telegram, and although he called at some of these places he was not notified and j lelt tow n in a ouggy unending io go j to Spanish Fork. I Mayor J. E. Booth goes to Salt I Lake in the morning to attend a meeting meet-ing of the Territorial Board of Equaliza-j Equaliza-j tion, of which he is a member. At this : meeting the subject of Utah county's j taxes will be discussed. It is under-j under-j stood that the per cent, levied on sheep i and cattle is much lower in this county coun-ty to what it is in the other counties the board has visited. The board has now visited every county in the Territory, Terri-tory, with the exception of Davis and Salt Lake. McEwan & Co invite the attention of the people of Provo and vicinity to their stock of general nierchandise, which they are offering at bargains, consisting of ladies' and gents' wear, boys ami misses wear, also children's wear, of which we have been geVtfng new stock for the last few days and more to arrive soon, Our stock in groceries all O, K., and at bottom prices, Don't forget that this is the best anil only place in tow n to get hops. (Jive us a call. J. M. and Amos D. Holdawav came in from the scene of tlHr operations on the R. G. W. last night. J. M. is running the section house at Ruby Station, and Amos D. is working "a gang of men in Spanish F.irk canon. Both expect to start at once on a tunnel tun-nel at kyune, which will be 4(i0 feet long, and will give a large number of men employment, with wages at 83 per day. These" men have completed the Ruby tunnel near the State line, and have made an excellent job of it. S. S. Jones, of Proyo, has got a con-it con-it ract for the furnishing of 200,000 railroad rail-road ties for the Tintic branch of the I). & R. G. Western and he also has a '815.000 grading contract on the samel road. Mayor Bennett, of this city, has taken a business partnership with Mr. Jones and is, of course, in on the above mentio ed contracts. Our fellow-townsman fellow-townsman is to be highly congratulated upon his good fortune in obtaining an interest in such flourishing a business as that of Mr. Jones. Vtoniun, Hon. Jonx T. Caine and P. II. Cabell, Ca-bell, the latter formerly of Virginia, passed through Provo yesterday on their return from San Pete, where they had been in the interests of Democracy. Mr. Caine first visited Emery County in company with Judge M. M. Kellogg of this city and attended the convention at Huntington where enthusiastic meetings were held and a large number of names added to the Democratic list. From Huntington our honorable representative repre-sentative visited San Pete and talked to the ieople of Manti. lie was joined by R. II. Cabell at Ephraim and together they held enthusiastic pieetings at that place and also at Mount Pleasant. They report great success for the Democratic principles in the south, |