Show aalt LAKE NOTES william an old resident of salt lake city died at his home in the fifteenth ward yesterday at the age of 75 years lie time here in 1850 efto soldiers from fort douglas who said they did not care to give their names were arrested late last night and thrown in the city jal on the charge of disturbing the peace when interviewed concerning the matter the policemen stated that they know anything about it further than that the men were in the dump behind the station and would be kept there vice president B II 11 bower and secretary J A wright of the utah state hoard of horticulture left for the southern part of the state last evening and will visit several fruit growing districts while absent at st george which is the homo of president thomas judd of the board of horticulture there will be an inspection of the horticulture experiment peri ment farm which is conducted by the board under the immediate direction of president judd the washington county fair to be held at st george on th to the of this month will be taken in by bower and wright the first of the bicycle taxes was paid in he office of the city recorder yesterday by H 6 anderson the payment of 1 was made in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance which was passed requiring all owners of bicycles to pay a license of 1 per year no change except one of apparently gradual improvement was observed yes berday in the condition of harry strong who was shot sunday in the oasis saloon on second south street by gomney late last night he was resting easily and according to alie nurses bad suffered no change during the day but appeared to be gradually recovering from the effects of the wounds another messenger boy is accused ot doing some stealing this one being lloy green of the western union messenger who is said to have stolen from lillie evans of commercial street lallie evans says she gave him the money as she had done with other messengers on numerous occasions to deposit in the bank the boy not returning with the book she found on inquiry that he had suddenly disappeared the manager of alie western union notified the golicci but up to the present time they have been unable t locale the thief karl slayer killed a large bear in city areek cindon r short from the city limits yesterday while out hunting chickens with some frienda sunday they found bear tracks not far from town they returned to the city and did not make their discovery known yesterday slayer and two friends charles moyer and J burnham armed themselves and went after the bear whose tracks they had seen when a abort distance up the canyon lw party divided and it was mayeri good fortune to find the bear in a big patch of blikh about twenty five feet away mayor ahot the bear striking it in the ear and fired a second shot between the animals eyes as it wa coming after him the second phot went home and the bear was slayers meat ite disposed of the animal to a local butcher another bear i supposed to be in the vicinity of town and mayor and his friend went up after it today |