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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1892
Page
4
Communications for publication must be received by Monday to appear in the week. Tuesday evening changes for next week advertising. Saturday morning items of county interest. Sign name clearly. editor not responsible for sentiments. We publish our own items but not others.
Dance at Workman's Hall Saturday and Monday nights and Christmas dances at Social Hall draw crowds. Mitchell from Salt Lake City visits property here. Debates note the negatives won. William Donoher reports three feet of snow at Victoria mine. Silver King prospect workers hopeful of striking it rich. A stray four month old white colt offered for reward. The Golden Farmer soon to be produced by Home Dramatic Troupe. Mrs Workman dislocates her child's shoulder. Dr Hullinger treats. Carter defeats Johnson in county race aiding Independent ticket. Wedding bells ring at Christmas as several couples wed. Unmarried girls warned by fate of brides to inspire better suitors.
Last Sunday at 3 30 p m while E W Davis was at a Christmas dinner at Thos Taylors residence his store caught on fire and totally demolished the building and the entire stock of goods by hard fighting the dwelling house was saved. The store of Mr Davis was situated about two miles this side of Ft Duchesne and he had a good stock of goods and done a good business. The fire is supposed to have originated from a defective chimney.
Paris Ford, a colored man employed by Bert Seabolt, visited the China man's restaurant Friday night about 10:30 and stabbed the chinman in the right breast during a quarrel. Ford is in the guard house awaiting charges as the victim receives medical care at the Post Doctor.
Wednesday program features music by Adams and Co and the Glee Club with recitations by Mrs J A Holdaway Mrs John Glenn and Mrs Kate J Bean readings by Mrs J Rich and a select reading by Mrs Rich plus a John Glenn lecture and H P Mannon song business meeting to organize and program committee members listed R C Camp J R Workman C P Vandruff.
Local merchants promote holiday candy, silk scarves, handkerchiefs and toys at reduced prices. Trade offers include wagon and land exchange, legal blanks, and paid-up subscriber appeals. Dances every Monday and Friday at Workman’s Hall. grain as legal tender note. dam project bids for Browns Park with Hoy Bros. ranch address in Vernal Utah.
Notice from Mineray Bros. Nurserymen Crescent Iowa announces spring 1893 orders for Vernal Utah area. Arthur Hutchinson will visit to solicit patronage for a fine line of nursery stock and express appreciation for past favors and future business.
The article discusses ingenious keyless timepieces with self winding mechanisms and gadgets like a pawl driven by a weight, a pedometer linked to a watch, and a case closing wind counter. It then notes a census coincidence in Elm Grove Virginia with equal male and female counts in certain age groups.
At Mrs. Whites Place offers roast turkey with apples, chicken stew, cold meats, pickles, salad, desserts, and beverages. The event extends New Year's Eve and Monday night at the price of one dollar per couple.
A Viennaman named John Charles Hamburger arrived in Salzburg and drew intense attention from locals. Rumors spread he was from Hamburg amid fears of cholera, until a printed list corrected his origin and he regained social standing at the concert hall.
The 1881 census put Rome at 273000, but the city now exceeds 500000, nearly doubling in a decade. Since becoming Italy’s capital, thousands of new buildings have risen and the landscape altered with the seven hills leveled and valleys filled.
A Nautical Magazine tale describes a Yankee skipper using a plank smeared with red herring odor to trap rats aboard his ship. He moors beside a British vessel carrying cheese and the rats migrate to the cheese ship, clearing the American hold.
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