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Show AT THE HEAD OF CIVIL SERVICE General John C. Black, president of the board of civil service commissioners commission-ers at Washington, D. C will vlelt Ogden, Monday, and during his etay w ill probably be. the guest of the Weber We-ber club. Word f the genera.1'8 intention in-tention t stop in this citv was received re-ceived by City Engineer W. M. Bo-taph Bo-taph this afternoon. Mr. Black acquired tho title of general gen-eral during the Civil war, through which ho served in the federal army. Since the war of 1&G1, he has been prominent in the G. A. R. organization organiza-tion and ts past commander-in-chief of the order. During the administration administra-tion of Grover Cleveland he was appointed ap-pointed to the office which ho now holds. During Mr. Block's stay in Ogden, he will make an ofllcial inspection of the varices gofrnmont Institutions here In which the civil aervice is In vogue. He will eume to I his city from San Francisco. Efforts arw to l- made to have the general deliver an addresi on Monday afternoon or evening. |