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Show EXCHANGE DRIFTWOOD; PBHslug Pnrtk'lcM ricked p from th Sea of NewsiRerdom. Last year 8,2S,240 pieces of; original mail matter were received j at the bead Letter oflicc at Washing--ton. About two-thirds of these I were' delivered to the original j owners. There 1b a neat littlo sum ofj $2,2S(J.72 due the county on delinquent delin-quent taxes, of which $l;f -85.02 consists of county. Territorial and ; school tax and the remainder of $297, 70 special school tax. Price Tele graph. The present indications are that the Holiday trade, all over Utah, will be the heaviest for years. Great preparations have been made and Park City is in the front rank with a tremendous stock; Park City Record, Parents would do well to look after their small boys at night. A crowd of them was seen on the streets last night looking for bottles ot whiskey so they might drink it. This is something terrible and should be stopped before it is too late. Lehi Banner. There- are several beds or de. posits of manganese in this Territory Terri-tory thftt have hitherto not attracted attract-ed much attention. An expert of the Mid vale company of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania recently examined some samples and finds that they assay 50 per cent pure. American Fork Independent. The output of Park City's mines for the present year will show an increase of 40 per cent, over last year. This is a good showing, but we expect the increase to continue to grow as the years roll by until Park City will be the greatest mining min-ing famp ill the west. Park City is a good town. Park Miner, Since returning from our I)en; ver visit we notice that the Brigham Brig-ham City Bugler has, during our absence, discarded plate matter entirely, en-tirely, and Is now' one of tho best weeklies that comes to our table. If it keeps on "Snow" ing up at Brigham City The Bugler will soon come out as a daily. S. L. Stock Exchange Journal. Payson contains a few youngsters to whom it would be doing a benefit bene-fit as well as a public good to hare them placed in the Territorial Reform Re-form School. When parental care and guidance nre of no force with boys of fourteen to sixteen years of age, it is time for other influences to be exerted in their behalf. Payson Enterprise. A divorce case in the district court of Galveston, Texas, was called, the petition read, a witness examined and a decree granted, all inside of fifty -seven seconds. This knocks the spots off Chicago South Dakota and even Box Elder county in tho palmiest daysi Galveston takes the segregation bun. Ogdcn Standard. How's that? Latest reports indicate that the earthquake in Japan, on the 28th of October, was one of the most terrible terri-ble on record. The calamities of the people were fearful. It is estimated esti-mated that 375,000 were rendered homeless, 75,000 houses destroyed, 25,000 persons maimed and 15,000 killed. People who ran out of their falling houses were thrown to the earth by the violence of the convulsions. The shocks were repeated re-peated over and over again, the first lasting five minutes. The area of total destruction is about 1.500 square miles. The shock was felt several hundred miles 1 away. Two volcanoes were set into action at long distances from the center of the worst disturbance. 1 Provo Dispatch. |