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Show Happenings Around Town. County Attorney Raker cume over from Tooele Monday and returned home Tuefday. The L. I). S. Sunday-school meelM now at 2 o'clock In tho afternoon Instead of 10 a. in. Remember the photograph gallery Is open only on the 10th, 11th, 12th, nth, ltth, 15th nnd ICtli of each month.. Dick Conley of Mercur lodge of Masons Ma-sons was elected grand muster last week at the communication held In Suit Lake. The enrd parly given by Mrs. M. L. Teal at her residence was a great success. suc-cess. All enjoyed theimvlves to the utmost. ut-most. The Mormon church Is working very , hard on a musical recital "Queen Esther" Es-ther" which will be given by the end n next mouth. Ex-City Treusurer Crane went to Salt Lnke Saturday. It was presumed he wan looking for counsel to attend to his Interests In the coming trial, Keller have those pictures taken next pay duy. You never will look better, perhaps not so well. Joy's gnllery will be open the 10th, lltli, 12th, 13th, 14th, ! 15th nnd lGth. The city hull had a close call from fire the other day. Hilly Roach turned over the stove and but for the timely Intervention Inter-vention of J. L. Craft a fire would surely sure-ly have ensued. What might have been a very serious accident happened to Mr. Pcdeham. His foot slipped and he stumbled and fell against the window. Ills head was lmdly cut and bled profusely. Ex-City Treasurer Crane has been nrrei'ted on a charge of felony with MIsh Laura Young. Judge Dunlavy i placed his bonds at $f00 and set his trial for Wednesday (today) nt'2 o'clock. Photographer Joy goes to American Fork this week to open a new gallery. Until further notice the gallery at Mercur Mer-cur will be open for work the 10th, 11th, 12th, Mth, 14th, 1.1th nod 16th of each ' month. Ah Moy, who Is a member of the Chinese Chi-nese Consulate for Utah, Wyoming nnd Idaho, was In Mercur this week, looking look-ing after the registration of the Chinamen, China-men, as according to treaty If they are not registered they con be deported. A very but'y man Is Dr. Thayer these days. On Saturday ho wont to Camp Floyd. When he got home he wan called to tho bedside of Mrs. Peter Robertson, Rob-ertson, whero a baby girl was born, and from thence to Miss Laura Young, who gave birth to a fine baby boy. Mr. Jones, who has been In the employ em-ploy of Stelnmnn's Dry Goods company for nearly a year now, left on Tuesday , for Salt Lake, with his family. The gentlemuu Informed our reporter that he had accepted a position with the Home Telephone company, of which his brother Is manager. On Wodnoydny Mercur wus completely complete-ly shut nut from the outside world. No train, mall or passenger, and no telephone. tele-phone. Tho ralhntiil was blocked up with snow at the point where the D. it R. O. croises the San Pedro. Tho snow lay In the cut twenty feet deep for half a mile long. Tho trnlumou wero unable to cither push ahead or retreat. Quite n number of men were watching watch-ing the train and scanning each pns-FHpger pns-FHpger that arrived for several days. At last they were rewarded by the arrival ar-rival of J. L. Craft, who Informed them that the Greene Reduction Co. would surely pay off and the dclny had been caused by the Illness of Col. Wlsnale. The young men of Morcur hnd better bo looking out. It i eight years slnco a leap year and the Young Ladles' So-clnl So-clnl club, under the management of Missus Katlo Sullivan and Edna Hopper, Hop-per, Intend to keop thorn busy. A grand leap year ball will be given In tho Opera house Friday night and -the way tho managers are working to make It a success Is a fright. They certainly do-serve do-serve success. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Connors and family wore among the passengers stalled In tho snowdrift Int't Wednesday. Wednes-day. Charley snya when no progress can bo made either way and It looked llko an all-night stay in the snow tho passengers began to make themselves nt home. A bnsket of brend for the Union .Mercantile Co. was tapped and Mrs. Connors furnlohlng tho butter and Jam they all hud a picnic. Shortly afterwards aft-erwards a large basketful of hnm nnd egg sandwiches was sent to them and they hnd another feast, A train was got to within a hundred yuids of them i ' and they were all either taken to Lchl or Salt Lake, as th!' choose, to wait until Thursday morning, when they were taken through t Mercur. |