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Show An error occurred in last evening's iesue of this paper, stating that the Ladies' Democratic club would give a ball on jackson Day. The club will give a social, and only those holding invitations will 1 e admitted. Turn to the third page of this issue and Eee there the announcement of the grand mid-wiuter sale of dresB goods at the S. S. Jones & Co. old stand. Ladies, look at the prices and then go and look at the goodd. Do this and if you are in need of any of those goods you will surely buy them at that store. It 13 asserted positively now thet the Provo opera house will not close. J. B. Timmoxy, deputy U.S. marshal, is down from Salt Lake on business. The sale of the John Beck properly which he wae to make today has been postponed till January 24, 1S95. Marshal Stokiis, of Springville, was over yesterday. lie explains that he never knew that "Scotty" or any other tramp had stolen an overcoat from Provo until he read it in The Dispatch. Dis-patch. And thie is true, beyond question, ques-tion, for Marshal Knight says he never telephoned to Slorrs about tne coat at ail, in fact he doe not believe that 'Scotty" stole the coat. lie is of the opinion that a pal of his stole it and that "Scotty" sold i. The tramp, j howeyer, insists that he did steal it The description that Storra- got of "Scotty" oyer the 'phone was not such as to make him think the tramp he had in tow was the fellow wanted here. Mrs. J. M. Scott was on Friday evening last walking on the eidewaiit lour and a half blocks south of the old B. Y. academy site and fell through a foot-bridge. She is now suffering with a seriously fractured limb Word has been received in this city that Albert Tuttle, cashier of the Manti Savings bank, met with an accident on New Yt-ar's day which resulted in his immediate death. The gentleman was walking away from the bank when his foot slipped and he fell heayily to the ground, fracturing his skull, lie died at once. S. L. Herald. Last night as Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Roberts Jr. were coming up J. street, near O. II. Berg's shop, they were startled by the explosion of a pistol and the singing of the ball very near. The ball struck Berg's ehop. The pistol was fired by a son of Bishop Johnson, who alleges that he was alarmed by burglars, and the shot was intended to drive them away. This is just a little loo reckless. Mrs. Roberts was greatly alarmed, as well she might be under the circumstances. The city teachers are busying themselves them-selves in a whole-souled manner getting get-ting ready tor the grand midwinter session Oi the Utah County Teacher's association to be held here tomorrow (Friday,) and the session and the whole day will, beyond a question of a doubt, be a grand success. The association and as many of the parents of the city as care to attend will meet at the Parker schoolhouse at 12:30. Aiter singing, prayer, music an address of welcome and .response, all of which, it is estimated, will occupy forty minutes, Dr. Maeeer will deliver a lecture that will be filled with useful information, not for teachers alone but for parents and all interested in the welfare and proper education of the growing generation. gen-eration. The doctor will begin at 1:10 o'clock and he has been alloted one hour, upon the .program. The balance of the time tili 3 o'clock will be well and profitably occupied, at which time the association will adjourn to the Fleiner cafe where one of those erand banquets for ;the preparation of which this house is famous, will be partaken of. There will be music, toasts, etc., t the banquet. Miss John, the Boshard and Pyne brothers quartette and W. D. Roberts, jr., will sing. President Booth, ex-Superintendent Wilson and Prof. Reese will speak, toasts will .be offered, etc. Success to the pedagogues, The suit for $110,00 back, wages alleged al-leged to be due brought by ex-Policeman Buckley aganist Provo city, came up before Commissioner Dudley yesterday yester-day on demurrer,and the ruling on that demurrer practically settles the case so far as the lower court is concerned. Attorneys At-torneys Saxey & John filed the complaint com-plaint in the case setting forth that the city ordinance provides that a policeman po-liceman shall be paid the sum of $60.00 monthly for his services, that Mr. Buckley had served the citv eleyen months in the capacity of policeman and had received only $50.00 for each month's work and that therefore the city is indebte 1 to him in the sum of $110.00, ten dollars back wages for each of the eleve n-months. City Attorney Whitecotton filed an answer to the complaint admitting all the complaint alleged but setting up a private agreement agree-ment bvtand between the ex-policeman and a committee of the city council coun-cil entered into before Mr. Buckley was employed that he should receive only $50.00 per month. Saxey & John demurred to this answer on the ground that the alleged contract was not a proper defense because the contract is void and of no effect, for the reason rea-son that the ordinance specified that the policeman should be paid $60.00 per month and that the charter as well as the ordinance specified further that the salary should not be increased nor de-mmished de-mmished during term oi office. The ex-policeman's attorneys hold that it was necessary to change the ordinance before a policeman or othtr city officer could or can be employed at a Lwer salary than the salary specified in the ordinance. The commissioner held with this view of the case and sustained the demurrer. Undoubtedly now judgment judg-ment will be had on the pleadings and the c se be appealed. IN its report of the proceeding? of the last session ct the county court The Dispatch mentioned that a petition peti-tion for abatement of taxes and for a monthly stipend bad been received by the court from Robert Till. Mr. Till now writes this paper saying: "Please add the reason 1 assigned for this petition peti-tion was that I claimed to have been defrauded of my rights by the act3 of the Uniyersity land commissioners, and their secretary in not allowing me to purchase land I had held peaceful possession of for eight years, thereby causing me a loss of hundreds of dollars in improvements and the crop this Bea-son, Bea-son, forty tons of hay being harvested the first cutting and lucerne Beed raised after, I not receiving a cent of remuneration remun-eration for my labor in planting and nurturing the same four years, and oblige an old citizen of Utah county." Sam. A. King, attorney-at-law, to-dav to-dav filed the paper, on ppceal to the supreme court ot the territory in the case against George Hughes, of Vernal, Ver-nal, now in the penitentiary on a two years' sentence for robbery of which crime Hughes was convicted at the last term of the First District court. Ix the district court this forenoon supersedeas bond en apaeal in the case brought against Peter Madsen as assignee as-signee of the Mt. Pleasant Equitable Co-op. by the W. P. Noble Mercantile company was fixed at $1,000.00, and hearing of return of the temporary restraining re-straining order in the case of Rumel vs. Oversen et al was bv consent continued j without date, whea the court adjourned to meet again on Monday next, Judge Smith to preside, . |