| Show THE WATER WORKS last evening the directors of the ogden city water works company met to take into consideration the present condition of the supply which has been diminished by the recent disastrous floods in ogden canyon A committee consisting of E ir horth orth and IV W 0 child was appointed to arrange for putting in an arch of feet across the river where the connection has been broken by the washing away of the pillars the span will ba be made wide enough BO so that the pillars on either side will rest on the banks out of the reach odthe main current of the river and be protected by wing dams we understand that the committee above named will proceed at once to attend to the work andin about two weeks the connection will be corn com plated in this connection it may not be out of place to mention th tb atthe board of directors of the water wate works recognizing the f fact act that the institution in their charge iff is for or the general benefit of the whole public allover all over town on first st as well as eighth wall as ea east st wre are disposed to proceed with the wort work of extending the mains in in the direction previously spoken of the laying of pipes is now going on and will be completed as soon as possible at any rate by the time that the water supply from ogden canyon has been restored to its usual good running arder order we are also pleased to learn that it is the sense of the board of directors of tho the water works to exi ext tend the benefit odthe of the aqueous supply to all parts of town just as soon as the circumstances and means of tho the company will admit of it this is the correct intention looking to the greatest possible good for the greatest possible number and as one of the aldermen remarked in the last session of the city council wo we believe the gentlemen having baving 4 charge of this great work of public utility are perfectly capable to attend to the business in their char charge gep a fact on which the citizens have good reason to congratulate themselves 0 A FORGOTTEN BIT of history is brought to light by a writer in the juno june harper s it seems that it was not only new england which tried witches for this paper brings forward the records of the trial at princess anne courthouse virginia of the witch grace sherwood who was said to have crossed the atlantic on an eggshell egg shell and brought rosemary to virginia virgini which last would nowadays scarcely bo be a heinous offense Tenee of |
