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Show 10 GUTHRIE & Co., Fourth Street, Bankers. At five o'clock a procession was formed under the direction of the committee of arrangements, (Col. Wm. N. Fife, Captain Joseph Parry and Francis A. Brown, Esqs.,) which consisted of the Mayor, members of the City Council, the various schools, asnder the superin¬tendence of their respective teachers, headed by the band, bearing banners, with numerous appropriate mottoes, among which the fol¬lowing was conspicuous: 'Hail to the Highway of Nations! Utah bids you welcome!' "Pedestrians, equestrians, and crowded vehicles now thronged the festive scene. Wadsworth's artillery having arrived, a salute of twenty-one guns was fired, whose deafening echoes vibrated through the mountains, hills and vales. "At half-past five o'clock the rails were laid to a point in a line with the Tithing office street, five blocks north into the city. On the stand were Hons. F. D. Richards, L. Farr, A. F. Farr, Colonels D. Gamble. W. Thompson, W. N. Fife, Major S. M. Blair, Cap¬tains Joseph Parry, William Clayton, Major Pike, A. Miner, F. S. Richards, Joseph Hall, Gilbert Belnap. J. McGaw, F. A. Brown, Esqrs., Colonel J. C. Little, D. B. Warren and Johnson, Esqrs., and others who were invited but whose names I did not learn.'' The vast audience being called to order by Hon. L. Farr, Mayor of Ogden City, Hon. F. D. Richards was introduced, who delivered an eloquent and soul-stirring address. Three cheers for the great highway were then proposed and given, when the wildest enthusiasm and demonstrations of joy prevailed, and loud shouts rent the air. Amid the alternate pealings of the ar¬tillery's thunder, the music of the band and the long-continued, shrill whistling of the three engines, the waving of hats, kerchiefs and other demonstrations of pleasure, rendered the occasion such as will not soon be forgotton by those present. Addresses were also delivered by Hon. L. Farr, Colonel J. C. Little, Major Blair and A. Miner, Esq. On the 17th of May, of the same year, near the Weber river, the ground was first broken for the Utah Central railroad. There were A general banking business transacted by Guthrie & co. Please Take Notice! —THAT— boyle & co. East Side Main St, Ogden, Utah, Have on hand the Largest aud Best Assorted Stock of FURNITURE! BABY CARRIAGES, PICTURE FRAMES, etc., In the territory, which is being constantly augmented by New Arrivals, of the best and most varigated styles to be found in the Eastern Market, all of which is For Sale, at the very lowest Cash Prices. Call and see, when you will be satisfied that what we say is correct. We call attention to dealers in the towns of Northern Utah to our wholesale prices we can give better figures and better terms, besides the saving which they would have in freight, than they can get elsewhere. —IN OUR— UNDERTAKER'S DEPARTMENT We are always fully stocked and pre-pared for either Wholesale or Retail Orders. BOYLE & Co., OGDEN CITY |