Show LOCAL condition of hie cit Ja iland the prisoners THE HUE kiiru iRU U rl on ali canal ho grassing Shi wins THE CITY jail complaints that arc half stanca clr kisters KiU liens it will be remembered that at the lait meeting of the city council alderman called attention to the gocr condition 0 the city jail and that it be loveil to the bif ement of the new ball the matter was brought up none too foun complaints have come to TUB STANDARD if llie condition at the jail and the accommodations afforded prisoners the matter was jeater Jay by a representative ol 01 aliis taper ile made a brief visit to the jail and was permitted to go through it what lie thiera faw was certainly worthy of there v ere only four men in tho jail the others being oat on the road ut at work in the cravel pit the first thice that nas said by one of the I 1 ris oneia is the reporter entered and the prisoner foner was a total stranger waa say go out and axt us a bunk of bread and cheese we aie almost starved the eaid abat he nau unable to aee iet 1 heathey hem they should apply to alie authony es the ana er lie we ha e asked them to get us bome thing to eat for we do enough and na even offer them money but they wont get ua any aie you then leally hungry wag the query yes sir atas the aisner we only get two meals a 30 in the and the other adfur afur five at night then be dant get enough we get a small piece of meat cold four slices of abnal from these little laler loaves and a little oatmeal not enough for a boy that ne get twice a day chote wiio go out to wark get a little in the hand to carry with them lor their dinner and even they whet they atay in the jail on sundays after having worked hard all the week only get two meals alien e dont leavo bedding tor the crowd that buddies la here entry night the men picked up an old blanket aad a quilt w bibb daylight show ed cry well aid lioe to an old elove pipe he eaid this blanket 1 bleed bleep ou and this quilt I 1 keep over me aid that ppe is the only pillow I 1 have this was in the tom itom i of which the floor and nails are covered with lion the prisoner having trept on the cold floor with the bedding cd ever since his I 1 here the reporter look a view of the place altogether there were four iron cots which contained about enough bedding for one there was but one mattress aad a fw blankets an old elove was in the corner of the sheet iron room but without a pipe the prisoners tad that they had to boil their own ilot lieson he stove and the smoke vent to the ceiling aad sought escape through the atoe pipe hole all tue time acing almont unbearable again they complained at not receiving enough food and ahen they were willing to pay tor their own provisions that they might have something decent to eat they were told that the officers could not find time to run errands for them ad led to this aliey further that the place was eo full of vermin that they bad to burn their clothes after elating there a while they complain that when they are sick they do no have proper treatment butare told that entry day they miss work because of will haie to be made up tr baxter the jailer was inter viewed aad he stated that be could not find time to pet them to eat other than what they were fed every morning and evening he aid received two meals a day and that wad jiwat what he ate each day and the grub was better than they could find in many other jails in fact it was more than they deserved As to the quantity of the food be bad to say when the quilts and bedding were mentioned to him he paid they have more than they deserve now I 1 tell you that we had plenty of quilts and blankets as v ell aa cs and they cut them up into and made balls of just to ent their i pite and their innate meanness they all are alike if we them decent it would be but a short tune before they would have it all cut to pieces it ia no uee to treat them too considerately for they will get the best of ou ever time if they are not they should not get in here if they behaved themselves they would not have to put up with the troubles at this claie the prisoners are fed by sir tackett who resides with his family at the jail lie receives from the city 15 cents for every meal that he beeda to the prisoners there are now eleven prisoners in alie jail but have been to the bent information as high as forty tiree men huddled in the place de and the email cages below the BS are I 1 id the two boys robbie filgon and izeory haneen alio took it into their heads to skip out for denver have returned to the roofs of their parens aad are clad to be home once more aae and round mr wilson went down to salt lake on sunday to find them if possibly pos after investigating alie matter he learned that they bad not boarded the rain for denver as they had telegraphed they would fio no tickets had been sold by the agent to the abil arm neit lier bad the police seen any eign of lie boys it att erward turned out that they biad tramped back en the railway to the 1 ot springs when sir willnon they saw him but did not make their presence known As boon as lie train bad cassed they walked back to bait lake they talked matters over and finally concluded conc ludd that as they bad little money with them they would better get back home ai soon aa possible ko booner decided than they began carrying out their nc lieme once more they took to the D II 11 0 track while the anxious parent turned back over the U 0 when they reached farmington they boarded a freight train and the conductor took them to ogden here at 1015 in the evening instead of going home they took to a lodging house where they staved all night at noon entered the store where air la employed anil stated that ebe had heard that the boja were at babool the parents at once went to the central and ben it let out for neon recess here came the bo 8 trooping out as if Dot liing had happened the meeting of the children and their parent lire alansen also being at the school das very the boys staled that they bad had a food time but were very tired and 1 I dont think that ill fal away any more wa the substance ot their expressions they hm ever did not beem to think that they had done anything very much out of the way yet they felt that the kind conduct of parents as more than they deserved SN a rat A little scrape occurred on grant avenue yesterday nr aning io v aich tw 0 or three colored parties figured quite conspicuously charles aler a colored porter employed at the annex on twenty fifth nent down to the restaurant kept by mr maae ancher culled bemman on grant avenue B ho had been in two or alree scrapes astore after taking break fast he the other negroes shooting aap with the proprietor and finally became M interested in he game that lie joined it himself the game was confined con tined without any trouble for bamo bomo time and then got into with one of the parties it is said at once pulled out liis gun saying that he was not a gw ine to have any babs in his blare the pistol waa no sooner drawn than it went off and took with it a part of one of eylers tylers findt ni As soon as the rhet was fired the udder r iggers just flew while evler grabbed the proprietor by the collar thinking however that his chances mere pretty elim will a man who hai a gun in ins hand he aft go of him and took to bia heels when the police who bad heard the shot entered the place and the employees inie td aliat abo shot had been fired at a rat and that no harm was done he was arrested however and nai placed under bonds of 1000 this he failed 0 o raife and be therefore languishes in jail lie claims that the gun w ent kofl accidentally A sisters letter the readers of ane STANDARD will doubtless feel interested in the following letter from a sister of john P brown the unfortunate man who while in a fit of madness and fright was arrested by the sheriff and the city police and attern ards fatally injured himself while in the cell nebraska july DR ALLEN SIB I 1 have ant received the sad ceas of my booher br oher john P browns deah it seems to me impossible that he could hae crushed his against thoe prison walls unless he was crazed with pain from former injuries I 1 have no desire to make a caie against those persons vw arrested him I 1 have no doubt but dolent means were necessary to subdue him as be was a strong man but he was my brother and I 1 remember him with the kenderest ten derest affection for years we have tried to wean him from his love for strong drink but with little permanent success still it is horrible tor me to think of my brollier brot lier pacing into he spirit world a suicide please tell me your honest opinion as a medical roan cf his condition it will be A comfort to me and my mother ft ho is a widow and upon whom this blow will till with great severity to know the exact truth even if it is bad remember his desolate condition how far we are and in the kindness of our heart give me the exact facts as you alone must know them to be I 1 haie just recovered from a long and serious in part by the above pad news at an inopportune time although delayed yet it is never too late to bear the information inform aion which I 1 EO much desire aad you alone can give respectfully your MES anos things are booming on he canal sir win garland from the norah yesterday moraine mo roine after having a few days on lie canal he returns to 0 to the pushing of I 1 lie work on this end of the line that I 1 B all the men that can be employed here to the works he bays that there are now men actually at work on various sections of ahe canal tents haie sprung ap by the dozen and more are being erected the commissary tent will be put up as goon as it is finished the contract for this tent which will be was yesterday let to mr ot this city who is coming to lie front in the matter of manufacturing tents and awnings in the morning there will be a force of fifty men sect op on the road to go to work immediately the profiles of the work are daily being examined by contractors alio are willing to take a portion of lie work aa sublet sub let by mr garland there la now no doubt about the contract as tar as it relates to the gwehe miles of canal being completed early in the spring the lime kiln clab on lait lai t saturday night the old reliable lime kiln club had Its first meeting in mr new brick house on franklin avenue this club was in fall blast about years ago with fifty members but died out when brother frawley and joe wall it ft still bome of the old bemb rs exit and the was increased to twenty five on saturday feht resolutions bere adopted to the effect that the club meet weekly the ball opened at and kept up till the wee hours in tha morning four violins mr dougan the piper and ten harmonicas harmo nicas and one organ composed the musical department mrs mccormick with her usual grace and hospitality prepared a supper which the club pitched into with avidity this club will meet at the home of another of the brothers this week absent members are fined 50 dornon SEPT charged eiith frank romia at one time an employee at the lyceum theatre was up becote commissioner crois s yesterday on the of embezzlement it was taftt while employed at the theatre lie was receiving a per cent or commission and that w hile in the discharge of the duties from which the accie lie ferole commission tickets and othern ibo appropriated belonging to the proprietor etor the case waa continued for hearing until wednesday at 10 in order to allow pot foy alie complainant nant to get his cs ready ogdan firms known the fact that ogden and her bui becs men are fast becoming known in the fast is evidenced from the notices that they receive in the eastern papers some few days ago the fact that a large plumbing contract involving the expenditure of bad been let to mr W W funge was recorded in TUB since then the notice has found place in 2 lit sanitary news and the artisan both published in chicago several letters of congratulation have been received from parties who are unknown to the gentleman atio proved so in his bidding for this large contract artistic Pa inlings in the show window of the furniture of boyle A co may bo wen a beautiful painting representing truckee ulver as painted be E P daring on the spot it not yet framed but baill presenta a handsome appearance proving alie edill of the artist in connection with this painting may also bo mentioned the painting by J P falls which was ear buth pictures are alm red by all who stop to view them mr darling la the artist who drew the india ink sketch of ogden |