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Show TM THE MlVr. ! V.irf..ii- lnl(.-ri-.tiii; lltnis from !' Ji r mid N.-;ir. i In answer to an inquiry as to the sealing capacity of the Mormon j Tabernacle m this citv we have to ', say that those who have every means of k nowing place it at S.oOO. That number can be seated com- ; fortabl y. OiVnurse it will hold . many more than '.hat, and some ' large assemblies in the building when every nook and corner we"': filled have been estimated as hi,;h as L'.Oill) persons; hut that figure the Herald does not vouch for. Herald. Sheep to the right of us. sheep to the left of us, expresses the situation situa-tion of Manti just now-. On every hill the beacons Ida.'-: at night, telling tell-ing thatacamp istVre. while daylight day-light shows the' herds moving through town. Doping is in order and preparations ior winter are Doing Do-ing made. Man1 1 Sentinel. The work of ' acklaying on the extension of th - Sanpete Valley railroad is being pushed rapidly tins week an 1 it is only a matter of a very short, time until the in- ! habitants of Morrison will hear the whistlp of the engine, it is expected to have the work completed comple-ted in aborit two weeks, when the company vtll he prepared to furnish fur-nish chca; . coal at all points on the line. Fphraim Enterprise. The atti : da nee at the University of Utah is luc largest ever registered in the insi.'tution, over 100 being enrolled. en-rolled. To. the last examinations over loO 'ipplicants were rejected, owing to lack of room and defici-, defici-, t-ncy in qualilicat ions. Both the large buildings are now full and classes divided into live and six divisions Tribune. A child in Provo the other day had it!- breath sucked by a cat until it. was almost dead before it was discovered and released from the felin-'. The child is all right again, but it ought to be heeded by every mother and the cat kepi away from ' their children. The dog is si far superior day mate for a child, while the gentle, soothing sooth-ing lick of the dog's tongue will cure many a scratch and bump which the little one does so often get in its daily rounds. Spanish Fork Herald. A party from the White River country states there fire a party of Kansas emigrants between White and Crcen River, on tber way to Ashley valley. Their horses nre very nigh starved, for lack of feed on the road, and the party were only making three miles per day. The drouth in the Ens', is driving thousands of people to the irrigating irrigat-ing states and territories to seek liomes. and this portion of Utah wil be the destination oi a great majority major-ity of them. Vernal Express. A Philadelphia doctor ofdivintty has secured an opera, house in. that city fur the Sunday nights in November, No-vember, and announces as one of the attractions that he will perform the rile of baptism on the stage"in a baptistry artistically arranged to represent the river Jordan." The pulpit cannot very consistently find fault with the "realism of the stage." Deseret Xews. Some burglars entered l'rovo early Friday morning and as they found everyone in town asleep they ransacked stores and saloons to their hearts' content. The night watchman and po! icenien knew nothing of it until they came on duty that day. Logan Nation. |