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Show i t; j LOCAL JOTS. !, - General Winfield Scott Hancock died to- day. Lead has jumped to $t.62 per hundred 1 in New York. I Mr. Brow forwarded his bonds to Wash- l ington Saturday. !j ' The Senate yesterday confirmed Edward f Stevenson. Governor of Idaho. f The People's party got in some solid work yesterday afternoon; it was that brass band that did it. ' W. H. Christy gives his complimentary !' stereoptioon entertainment in the Opera House to-night. !. Wells, Fargo fc Co. to-dav received ore i shipments valued at $7,890: base bullion, $3,200; total value, $11,090. .! Quite a number of ladies and gentlemen ; witnessed the exercises last evening of Pro- i fessor Andre's fencing class. Apostles Erastus Snow and Wilford Wood- run were exhumed by the deputies yester- day, but they were not wanted. ij J. C. Parsons and Tim O'Neil were ar- . ? raigned before Justice Spiers this morning J and fined $5 and $10 respectively. The fun-dement is making in Washington is only intended as a foundation for a brilliant bril-liant future. It will be sat down upon. N. V. Jones is the bishop's counselor in the J Fifteenth ward; he will get a bishopric in ! f 1889 when he graduates from the pen. The grand oonoert on the 15th inst. will j: afford the public a musical treat that will surpass any former local event of the kind given Here. The court-room was crowded this after- noon at the conclusion of the Smith case, and just as the time drew near for the Judge's charge. ; ; : The case of Joseph McMur rin for unlawful cohabitation was taken up in the District Court as the Democrat was going to press f this afternoon. ' ; The Philemon Debating Club meet at the Ninth ward school-house, Friday evening, at ! : 8 o'clock. The programme for the evening i ; will consist of a mock trial. j If those jurors who are cast aside by the court owing to their belief actually tell the truth, it may be consistently inferred that faith in polygamy is rapidly growing. ; ' The case of S. H. B. Smith, charged with unlawful cohabitation, was brought up for : trial yesterday afternoon, and the work of examining jurors took up the entire session. Solomon ran about 250 votes behind his I t icket it might be said the party paid their I tithing votes at his expense, as this repre- sents a pretty even tenth of the total party Judge Boreman will hear the law and motion cases in the court chambers next week, commencing Monday. This will witness wit-ness two courts in progress simultaneously in the Wasatch building. A. H. Cannon's residence in the Seventeenth Seven-teenth ward was entered on Monday morning morn-ing by burglars, and Mr. Cannon's purse, containing $6.50, was stolen. The family claim that chloroform was used, as the odor was quite noticeable when they wakened in the morning. A great many persons are much surprised that such a heavy vote was polled yesterday. I Tho secret is explained in the fact that j probably CO per cent of the ballots were cast i by females, who, realizing that this is the i last election at which their votes will count, determined to make a grand farewell i showing. ! Judge C. W.Bennett, who has been in j Washington in the interests of Judge I Powers, has got back. He expresses the i opinion that the "bitter opposition" to Powers' confirmation will not succeed. He , also believes the Edmunds bill will pass the House with some few - modifications and with a number of additions which are being tacked on to make the legislation more effective and operative. As an evidence of the great power of voice possessed by Mr. B. B. Young and Mr. Gor-linski. Gor-linski. a gentleman at home in the Twelfth ward Sunday morning claims to have heard the practice of the two gentlemen which oc- i- curred at Mr. Young's home in the Eighteenth Eight-eenth ward. The were practicing the beautiful beau-tiful duet for the concert next Monday night, and a number of people hoard it quite plainly at a distance of several blocks. |