local anat other matte matters hatters rs FROM thursdays D daily dally A I 1 lr J JAN 31 aries priesthood i chood Mec meeting ting the regular larmont monthly lily illy meeting of the priesthood of f this hi r stake take tako of zion zio will be held on satu saturday r pd by february sad 1878 in the fourteenth ward assembly rooms commencing at 11 a in bleating the retrenchment meeting bleet 1119 held semimonthly semi monthly in the ward assembly room booms will convene in the council house saturday february 2 on account of the priesthood meeting being held in the first named p place lage I 1 11 lnor I 1 HORNE m pres personal we vve were favo ravo favored reds today with a call from mr air richard BIlan ballantyne tyne lyne proprietor of the junction recorder james taylor assessor and collector thos D dee and mr W H pidcock of ogden also from bishop daniel thomas thom s of lynne they are all live men and were welcome f I 1 seeds plants bulbs bulls etc of Lou laville kentucky in january and september an illustrated descriptive catalogue of seeds plants bulbs etc it gives the prices of the various articles they deal in ing the cat gat logue furnishes a great deal of information for nation mation of much value to the people of this city and territory in of the increasing interest in horticulture and floriculture it is aiso also an excellent specimen of type typography graphy chinese new year this is the first day of the chinese new year the mongolians Mongo lians of this city ha have ve on request received permission from the mayor to celebrate the occasion in their usual juvenilia tio tic method of exploding firecrackers etc their festivities and rejoicings rejo icings continue for ten days commencing this afternoon the permission to set setoff off fire works was waa granted on condition that due precautions be taken against the probabilities of fire benefit mr john fa B lindsay who has long been a favorite dav 0 ite with the salt ilk lake admirer admirers s of the drama and who is a careful and talented actor receives a complimentary pil benefit on saturday evening next he will produce the splendid play of evadne evadue or tile the eail hall of statues with miss nellie colebrook at as evadne for slie sile Is mr lindsay obtained great applause by his rendition of ludovico several years ago he will appear in this character on saturday it is one of his best I 1 impersonations m person actions nan the good for nothing will close the entertainment it is a i good 1111 bill and we hope there will be a it full house houze juvenile instructor 7 we have before ua us number 2 voi IS 13 of this ibis ti ds I 1 ever welcome periodical since the of a supply of paper the non arrival ot of which caused filoma rome some delay the be publisher has hag hown I 1 great energy in present ing the numbers due t two w having been issued issue within a few days th the paper at band hand is unusually inter interesting 8 e sting it has curious head Dres dresses sest illustrated big words by a very able contributor about books curiosities in food I 1 Cheer cheerfulness fu ines questions and answers on the book of mormon and bible sunday lessons editorial thoughts C the llama illustrated J travels in india joseph smith the prophet Prop het bet 21 leaf from an elders journal describing a avery very interesting incident tho altho thu gospel principles lake bonneville the iron rod hod with music besides the foregoing there are several selected articles the instructor should be in every family in the Teni tory wide awake for r february 1878 the february wide awake opens witha with a jolly rinow as inon iron frontispiece ti accompanied by a poem froin from miss farman the editor following are jae Jac jacka kril klai first contract act det by rate kate woods the child toilers boilers of boston streets 11 by atna E julia changed her ber mind by mrs W E R bryant the the bab baby by edgar Faw paw fawcett bett belt the pictures by mary A Lath Lathbu lathbury bury burT rj I 1 true blue A aval valentine poem the poets homes romes papers furnace and fireside A general misunderstanding 11 the boston school for deal deat mutes mutes 11 seeing the pope 31 the tables tables turned gc naming the dolly l the second nd venture of IHl tle me miss muslin Luce lets letb anger or storm the society of wide awra awake helpers aper 2 per annum sah um 1 20 cents a number ella farman editor D lothrop co pub rub lishers 1 I 1 t eish figh and game gaine A poti peti petition atlon has been presented to the legislature asking that body to take vike into consideration side ration ratton the neice nelce necessity 1 of amending the law in relation tb 11 nish fish shand and game we are not aviate aware of the nature of the changes asked for but there is an opinion among some interested in the subject thau that th atthe ilbo la law W especially as it relates to mth figh fish I 1 ia a little too stringent there ia Is a ah impression thata that in iff eor cor sequence consequence there are more infringements upon it than there would be if it were somewhat wider and more mord liberal in its provisions it 16 ia is a fact that the law is frequently broken while its penalties are scarcely ever enforced A law that is not strictly applied is but little betterin better bette rif nit if any than no law at all it is 14 very desirable that our streams arda andA andarakes and lakes akes should be protected against the whole wholesale said sald and illegal depopulation of their tinny jn inhabitants b abi abl tants whether a less stringent bent law than the one now on the statute books and which appears to be comparatively inoperative would conduce to that end is is a subject worthy of bf s some 0 p a d consideration tanning materials some of the brethren take the trouble toi tol collect roots and other vegetables material in the hepe hope of the same fame being suitable for tanning purposes they sometimes go to the expense of bringing or sending specimens to the city for examination This is unnecessary it is thase plants which contain tannic tannie acid that are aie applicable to such euch purpose the oar oak ap pies or galls the bark of the oak Some borne native plants contain tannin 11 when the juice of a plant blackens by having any salt of ironi iron such as green vitro or old when whenn a decoction of a plant has an astringent taste it may be useful for tanning nin gand and other manufacturing pur poses i it is very probable that there ia is much material suitable for making leath leather for in this region brother A L a botanical collector of southern utah has reported the existence of trees shrub shrubs and plants of that nature in that locality it would be advisable to have a collection of specimens in that department at dt the next agricultural fair it should in ID mind that to be of real utility in manu lachute lan lac lute tUTe an any particle article having tanning properties must necessarily be abundant and obtainable at small cost i new discoveries we live lna ina in an age of wonders little by little men are lifting the veil which conceals 1 ceals from tho the view af pf mortals th the deep things of creation and getting glimpses of the unseen forces of the universe sv it has been known for matay years yeats that some of the gases cr could be made unade into fluids and even I 1 into solids solida by mechanical contrivances abbes carbonic acid gas has been solidified and it has been suspected that even the eo so called permanent erases g a ses sea could be brou brought bt In into the fluid state and made visible to the eye and bud sensible to the touch this hai has be been done very recently both bow in germany and in france the air we breathe and its component anent gases oxygen nitrogen anad atad a hydrogen have been brought into the fluid condition by means of df enor enormous pressure and the application of intense cold and an this did discovery covely discovers i a likely to prove to be ie onie ofie of immense importance no one can tell how bow amany many and how ow great result may be brought about ut by this wonderful event all the sciences ie are so closely related 1 tb 6 each other that the sum bum of human knowledge may be likened to a vast expanse of network stretching out into the eternities we can an only see a tiny portion of the grea great work but we can see every part is interwoven with every other alid arid that there is a complete interdependence in ln every everk portion so far aa a the op operations orations of dying and solidifying gasek is concerned the natural forces ahre are and have been constantly bringing about similar changes Our coal fields were thus ky solar energies and the gase gases tuf which men are only now beginning to discover artificial methods of using to what extent the na tural processes may be bd taken advantage ot and made subservient to the interests of man remains to bo be proved it is impossible for us to seethe bee see the outcome of the discoveries mado made within thelast half century the old writers sald s ald said knowledge should gie tie increased 11 and weare we are constantly seeing fresh evidences eviden ces cea of this being the age of the fulfillment of these predictions we were wera going ta t say the age of rd revelation but thia this idea is riot ilot relished by men that there should be any communication between the earth and the heavens today to day it is even fashionable to speak of the great works of creation as the re suits of law without any guiding spirit to take cognizance of ot natural operations we do not so regard these things the immortal discoverer of the application of electricity to the purposes of the fhe telegraph took care to ascribe the honor to deity deify the first electraj elect ral anessa message ge what hath god wrought at least gave glory tobia to him the same in relation to the gases now while the novelty is present with us we can see th the e brilliancy of the discovery tomor to mor row it will cease to be regarded with the same interest but the benefits to man of this and kindred inventions will go on and on to prepare man forthal for that higher destiny which awaits him and every fresh insight into the natural me ghods only the more moro effectually unfolds to us that the revelations given through the prophet joseph amith will yet bo recognized that light la is the great actor factor by which all ill natural operations are brought about to AI al of Switzerland and al Cail Caille letot tet of paris belong the honor for this important discovery of the liquefaction and solidification of the gases legislative ASSEMBLY 1 ltv l a 1 n vor IJ i jn n i january 1 is the report made by mr ali milner chairman of the committee on judicial expenses your committee on judicial ea cx I 1 ask leave to pre present ent oat cat the tho following special report we have been diligently engaged in eliciting facts as required by you and have received evidence tending to show among other things 0 that certain expenses pertaining to the benit penitentiary 11 atlary and the convicts there incarcerated have been paid by the tile united states in part and in part are now duet due and ow n ng and in some cases are 1 aimed almed to be a charge against he territory of utah and in other oases cases have been paid by the united etalea manhal marshal out of funds right fully belonging to the territory your commit committee ia not admi advised ma s sa to the law such guch payment ment and find it impracticable to inquire into this class of expenses expense without being more or less lesa com corn polled to ascertain the extent of payments made by the united states your committee further report that on the dinst patrick H lannan appeared in answer to a subpoena issued by your committee and asked for time lime to ascertain the powers of your committee and his rights as a citizen in tuii thia regard before testifying the committee continued the examination of mr cannao Lan JLian nao and until 10 of this 30 th day of january when said lannan mannan was duly sworn and testified as fol foi follow lowre in answer to our questions 1 I am 37 years ef of age reside in salt sait lake elake city by occupation a butcher I 1 have furnished supplies to the utah penitentiary during the aho last two years question by chairman of com rait tee state fully the amount of supplies furnished by you to the he utah during the two years last past answer I 1 do not the right light of the tho committee committed to inquire into any business of mine with the penitentiary as I 1 regard such business as belonging to the united states gov government emment I 1 do not desire to tobe be in contempt and would be willing to answer your questions but I 1 1 I am advised not to do so and decline to answer 0 have thoe thoo supplies been paid tor for by the united tf tates tales A yes at af tiles point poin t the examination of mr brinan L was continued until tomorrow to morrow your our commit committee fee tee de desire to be in strutted ted to ahat what extent we shall proceed with our inquiries when we find the matter Inquired upon to be so closely connected with disbursements bur in ude ade by the united stat states that we cannot obtain the information as ma to the disbursement of territorial funds without inquiring into the tho whole matter your our committee further desiro desire that in the event that you desire that we should inquire fully into all the circumstances attending any expenditure of what w we a believe to be funds belonging to the territory that the recusant witness P H lannan be brought before the bar of the bouse house to show cause if any he has why he should not be punished for contempt bontempt in refusing to answer the question propounded to him by your committee mr nir preston moved the follow following lj 39 3 which was carried r I 1 move that the special com pl it cittee be instructed to continue their inquiries so far as relate to territorial expenses of distria district court courts and ana that when an any y witnesses decline to testify on the ground of the inquiry enquiry being as to matters exclusively pert pertaining idding to the united states that they exe excuse use the witness and include thona tha the names mis of all such witnesses in their subsequent qu ent report with the questions asked H F no 7 the revenue bill was was waa taken up ou on its second reading by sections and pending the reading of section 5 the minutes were called for and read COUNCIL ti j iljan 31 council commell met pursuant to adjournment 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 roll boll call quorum present prayer by the chapla chaplain ln A communication was received from the house announcing that C F 4 amsen amlen amending dink certain sections of the I compiled laws had pa sed the house amended and asking concurrence in the amend the amendments were read and tho seito sec ace 1990 of compiled law concurred in I 1 HOUSE jan san 31 2 p m housh house met filet pursuant to aro adjournment un roll roli call quorum present prayer by the cha Chu chaplain plain mr murdock presented L a bill H F no 11 foran for nor an act to amend the charter of beaver city read lead and referred to the committee on municipal corporations mr birch presented a bill H F no 12 for an act in relation to chattel mortgages read andrener and aud referred to the committee on judiciary mr air lyman presented a petition from the utah mutual tunnel and silver mining company for a grant of charter elka clia iter to a v kaa vaa M vad va vaa d IL OL canon callon read and lef jef referred erred to committee on private in corar gions mr pace chairman of the committee on counties reported C F no 15 on the boundary between weber and morgan counties in weber canyon Canyo fi with amendments the amendments were rea ren realand read rend dand and concurred in on motion of mr air milner alliner read the second time lime by sections amended and on motion of mr milner referred back with instructions to the