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Show PARK CITY JOTTINGS. 1 Week of Accidents-Heavy Fall of Snow Monday Night. ' Correspondence of the Democrat. i ' Twenty-seven bars of bullion, containing contain-ing 15,931.51 ounces of fine silver, and valued at $17,524.60, were shipped from the Ontario mine last week. Mackintosh's sampler shipped the following fol-lowing lots of ore during the past week : Ontario S' Daly 203.9-W Sampson lob5J Total .875,600 lbs. The Crescent sampler received the following fol-lowing lots of ore from the Crescent mine for the week ending January 16th: January 16 38,825 " Total............... ....557,410 tt8. Total for the week.: ...... .1,433,070 lbs. Mr. D. J. Jones, superintendent of the Sampson, went to Salt Lake Sunday. Mr. H. G. McMillan, deputy clerk of the District Court, was in town Saturday. Rob Kimball has been in bed for a week with a severe attack of bronchitis. L. H. Withey and L. C. Trent, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, are at the Park City Hotel. . Rollo Grant has returned from Salt Lake, where he has been attending the Collegiate Institute.. Sheriff John A. Groesbeck and J. R. Nichols came up to the Park Monday, on Crescent business, and are registered at the Park City Hotel. Levi Axtell, the Opera House stage carpenter, is in town. Mr. Axtell is put ting in the stage settings and putting the finishing touches to the new stage in Society So-ciety Hall. . Mr. J. F. Bledsoe, of the public school, was taken seriously ill at Kimball's ranch last Sunday, while on his way from the city, A doctor was sent for from the Park, and relief being given, he was put into a sleigh and taken home. Monday he was taken to the city. Mr. E. P. Ferry left for Washington last Thursday. Mr. Ferry goes as one of the delegates of the Utah Mine Protective Association to fight the silver bill in Congress. Con-gress. Mr.. L. E. Holden, the other delegate, dele-gate, joins him in Cleveland. A billiard tournament took place at Grant & Clark's saloon Sunday night: The four contestants were John M. Rogers, J. G. Williams, Richard Grant and Owen Smith. The first game was between Rogers and Williams, and was won by Rogers, he making three strings to Williams' 73 points. The second game was between Grant and Smith, and was won by Grant. Rogers and Grant played the third game, which was easily won by Rogers. This game gave Rogers the match and the money. A wrestling match between Frank Smith and Dunn took place at the rink Saturday night, and was won by Smith. Dunn threw Smith in the Cornish Cor-nish style, but in the "catch-as-catch-can" Smith was the best man. A match has been arranged between Smith and D. A. McMillan to come off shortly. The union meetings held during the week of prayer at the Methodist and Con gregational churches have developed into a revival. , Rev. T. C. Iliff came up last Thursday and remained over Sunday, preaching alternately at the two above-named above-named churches. Considerable religious feeling has been aroused and some good work has been done. The meetings are going on, conducted by Revs; Jefferies and Prior. - The much-talked-of debate on the Chinese Chi-nese question came off, according to announcement, an-nouncement, last Tuesday evening, and was a decided success. The negative won the debate. The Knights of Pythias gave another of their enjoyable socials last Thursday evening. Dancing was indulged in, YVise man's new band furnishing the music. On Washington's birthday they intend having a masquerade ball in" Society Hall. r , Mrs. A. M. Smith has leased her livery stable to Mr. Jerry Cornelius, of the Ontario On-tario Mill, for six months. Mr. Cornelius takes charge this week and intends putting put-ting in the stables a number of good horses and making it one of the best in the camp. The first big storm of the season came Monday night. Snow fell to the depth of two feet, and a good wind storm set-ing set-ing in has drifted it so that in some places the snow is ten feet deep. Monday a boy was born to the wife of Mr. Nate White. Every one is getting along nicely, and no one is happier than Mr. White. . Last week was a week' of accidents. William Long, working at the Marsac, fell from the stairs, breaking a thumb and receiving injuries about the head. At the Sampson mine John Allen had his fingers mashed. At the Ontario No. 2, last Thursday, John Donovan, while so- ing down a ladder, slipped and fell a distance dis-tance of 30 feet, breaking his leg in three places. He was taken to the hospital in the city. Two fellows with rather too much tanglefoot aboard got to wrestling in Bogan's saloon, and in a fall one struck the foot-iron of the bar with his head, and was laid up paralyzed for a day. Col. Glass, an aged German, fell on the I sidewalk Sunday night and broke his left leg. He is 63 years of age, without friends or money, and is being taken care of by the city. He i3 a member of the Grand Army of .the Republic, having been in the army of the United States for fifteen years. Something should be done by this organization to help the old man out of his distress. C. A. S. Park City, January 19, 1885. |