Dress Making a pleasure by using BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS. ?6 & 42 Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. K. At a meeting held June 8th, in the City Hall, the Ogden Driving Park and Fair Grounds Association was formed, which has erected one of the finest tracks in this western country—situated on the bench land in the northeast of the city. The month of July records the erection of soap works, by Batchelder & Co., in Ogden. At about 11:30 p. m., July 21st, a storehouse on Fifth Street belonging to W. G. Child, was burned down. In the evening of July 31st, the remains of the late Joseph Standing, a Mormon missionary murdered by a mob in Georgia, July 21st, arrived in Ogden, where they were paid a fitting tribute of respect by large numbers of his mourning co-religionists. The Fourth Ward Brass Band, Prof. John Fowler leader, was organized August 12th. The City Council, in its session of August 8th, took the question of the establishment of water works vigorously in hand, thus laying the corner stone to that great public improvement which has since developed into so beneficial and popular a system. On August 18th, the Catholic church, on Fifth Street, narrowly escaped destruction by fire. The blaze was discovered in time and subdued, leaving a damage of only one hundred dollars. At 10 o'clock, a. m., August 28th, the solemn ceremonies of laying the corner stone of the new Central Schoolhouse were held. Hon. F. D. Richards, assisted by the trustees and Superintendent L. F. Monch, laid the corner stone and afterwards offered up the dedicatory prayer, after which, suitable addresses were made on the subject of education in general and its progress and development in Ogden by Joseph Stanford, L. F. Monch, Leo ILefeli, F. D. Richards, and D. M. Stuart; a large Suits for Workmen, CHEAP, at Marks, Goldsmith & Co. .& Wotherspoon keeps the best Selected Stook of Buttons, K — ■ ■■ - —jj Directory of Ogden. City and Weber County. 43 number of citizens witnessed the interesting services. At the close of August, L. B. Stephens made his exit from the Ogden Post Office; General Nathan Kimball succeeded him, who held this office till February, 1883, when he was superseded by E. A. Littlcfield, editor and publisher of the Pilot. October 6th, a fire at the depot destroyed over $6,000 worth of buildings and merchandise in the storehouse and extra sleeping rooms of M. H. Beardsley, opposite the Union Depot Hotel. October 30th, General Grant and wife passed through Ogden; Governor Emery delivered an address of welcome. November 21st, formal and festive opening of the Ogden Driving Park. January 29th, 1880, a joint committee of the County, City, and canals located the spot for the new bridge across the Weber, west of the depot. February 3d, Thomas Heningerwas arrested on an indictment for bigamy, found by the Grand Jury of the Third District Court, November, 1879. lie was taken to Salt Lake City, next morning, and was accompanied by Richards & Williams, his counsel. February 19th, Dr. McKenzie started the temperance movement in Ogden City by an address in Union Opera House. A reform club was founded, which fell to pieces after a few months' duration, the temperance cause, so- called, being subsequently resuscitated by the establishment of a Good Templar lodge. February 20th, the bill attaching the northern counties to the Second District, and making Ogden the seat of the new First District, with two terms a year, became a law. & ~y* Before you purchase your Clothing see Marks, Goldsmith & Co,