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Show its goods. All the mobbings sad drivings sod expatriations to which it has been subjected, have never deprived it of the spiritual forces which are its life and source Of power, neliher caa they be touched by acts of Congress or decisions of courts. Suppose the property now in litiga tion were confiscated today, instead cf being held for the decision of the court of last resort. Is there any Latter-daSaint who would feel an different than he des at present? Would he have any loss of faith In the EVENING. NEWS. ruhlUKett Vaily, 8unday$ Excepted, AT FOUR O'CLOCK. MINTED j PUBLISHED AND THE BY ;deSeret news company. CirARLES W. PENROSE. EDITOR. y Oct. 2o, Mnlnritn.v, 8SS. principles he hold to be divine? PEOPLE'S TICKET. praiAi 101. ELicra, tun. KOIl DELEGATE TO CONGRESS JOHN T. CAINE. I'll OF COSFISCA- - would be more fixed and KKKKCTS K Any less confidence in God and the ulti mate triumph ot right? Any less food, clothing, air, water, sunshine, health, orvigoi? Not at ail. lie miht have less belief in the Justice of legal tribunals, less respect for a power that rules in unrighteousness, less admiration for a nation that permit such a. flagrant wrong. But his religion would be, II anything different, more dear to him than ever, aud bis determination firm to cleave to it through evil and good report, throagh life and death. The ilecteion of the Supreme Court of It is toe greatest folly In the world this Territory in relation to the for legislators, lawyers, preachers atd Cburcn property is variously comeditors to imagiae that any such raids mented upon by eastern papers. Quite upon the property of a body of religious a number-o-l tbem regard it aa"a seworshipers will turn them from a vere blow toIormonism ;" others say principle, a position, a creed or it i9 "very radical treatment," and a custom which they hold to be right. neither endorse nor denounce it, some It is a wrong process in aad ot itself tbink it "seriously cripples the theo- and will be an utter and complete fail cratic administration in Utah," and a ure as to .the purpose designed. It few condemn the law and the course must be so in the very nature of things. Let reformers bring on their stroag pursued to deprive a religious body ol Ha property. Among these the Washreasons, shed their great light, exhibit ington H'tar Is prominent In Its' dissent, their superior views and manifest their which la uttered in the following per6kalted wisdom, that the benighted tinent language "Alormous" may behold and be con"Tho decree of the Supreme Court verted, li Jtlo not think that rack or ol Utah Territory, confiscating the thumbscrew, prison or gibbet, robbery Mormon 4Jburci cor- - I property of the nave will ever convince a or confiscation 01 law to porauou, may peniy soul of the error of his ways, or cpm- by the standsupport it, but, measuredwears the ap ards ol every day lite, it a convert to any systeua under the pearance of pe ty tyranny. Tbe Mor pel inou Church as a religious institution, sun to forswear his faith or bow down deserves the same consideration; as at the dictation of his oppressors. ifiy other church. If some ot its practice polygamy, the punishment of their should 6e visited upon them, and not upoa a TIIK UTAH COMMISSION KUS' body of men and women perfectgreat MAJORITY REPORT. ly Innocent of offense airainst either law or mora's. It is difficult to aee moreover, how such a forfeiture We have refrained from commenting as is wrought by tbe present on tbe Heport of the majority of the decree of court can effect any good Utah Commission as condensed In the in the way of breaking up a pernicious domestic .custom. On the old Associated Press dispatches, because many errors so frequently occur in them theory that might makes harsh and extreme measures are exwhen Utah affairs are the subject cused in the conduct of one government toward another,- whose intercuts Now the report is published in full and are antagjnlstx to- it; Out a policy we have a better opportunity to underfounded on its mere superiority of stand it. strength ahis never been found a wise Tie majority report is quite Voluoue for government to pursue to ward its own citizrns or subjects. A minous, and the first part is composed large body ot the Mormon people are of quotations from the report of 187 and tbnfty. They decent, may not be highly cultured, and to toe and remarks repeating its recommend trained eye of tbe critic the book on atlofei on tbe question of Statehood which they pin their faith any be fall for Utah. The Utah Commission, or ot absurdities; but that is no reason a majority of that body, have been why taey should lose the property noted from the beginning for their which thev have helped to gather because certain trustees in charge assumption ot powers that do not ot it have violated the laws of belong to them, and for Intruding their the United btates, not in an advice and recommendations to Conofficial but in a strictly private capacity. Let the government ns? every gress unasked and entirely outside of practicable means to break up polyg- the sphere "of their otflce. The Suamy by the enactment of laws against preme Court of .the United States sat it and the enforcement uf the prescribed penalties upoa the persons or upon them heavily in the decision on Offenders; bat let it be equally zealous the appeal cases as to the right of ceriu avoiding anything which, by its tain persons to vote, and the assumpconsesweeping and of powers that quences, favors of persecution, aud is tion by theJommi?sloa did not beldajc to t&ffcn'was clearly set likely to cause a revulsion of sentiment among men." forth. '1 "f? The Star goes to the root of the They have no more to TJo with the r in this sentence : "It is diff- question of Statehood for Utah than icult to &ee moreover, how such a for they legally had with the issuing of feiture as is wrought by the present "orders" aad "rulings" for which decree of court., can effect any good in they were rwbuked by the Suthe way of breaking up a pernicious preme Court. Of course they are The truth is, nervous over the possibility of Utah's (loineatic custom." contis-a'-inany aoiouat of property admission, becaua? that would end Saints, or their official career and cut off the fat belonging to the La'.ter-da- y to the "Mormon Cnurch" if that term salaries fir the nearest thing to a is better irked, can have no effect sinecure in the patronage of the gov wnutever in changing the opinion or ernment. Bat modesty would have faith of any person who believes in the suggested that itwould be better not Neither to expose that anxiety so openly, when lioctrloMjOl "Mo'rmonism." manner of life. It tha question is entirely out of their :ia It may serve to drive the roots of province except as it Is likely m affect wn do of the into hearts tiem personally and financially. On depjr those who consider they are oppressed this matter the majority are not confor religion's sak. That is the only tent with gratuitously thrusting forth autlci-- 1 their own views , bat actually report to result that caa be rationally ' ated. the Secretary of the Interior ' what the Everybody knows that Justly, right committees on Territories ofthe two fully and on any principle of equity, Houses of Congress have done conthe Government of the United States cerning it. Last year they embodied does not own one cent of this prop- ia their report the opinions of certain erty. It was originally the property of religious sects on the subject. the memhers of the Church. They do They repeat their former advice that nated t, severally, for the purposes of the Governor be empowered to appoint the Church. No matter what mar be the I'ollowlng officers who are now alleged or argued about those pur elect el by the people: "Selectmen, poses, i!3 clear to every person with clerks, assessors, recorders and super a normal brain that the property does intendents of public schools." This not belong to anybody but the Church la very gsnerous, republican and conas an organization, or the individual sistent, of course, and" the' people of members who compose the body Utah ought to feel corresponding reWhether it is taken from fiem by law spect for these advisers or by physical force the process ia rob-- , of the government. Considerable space is taken qp with bery in fact.. A thousand enactments will not chanire wroa into riglt, or remarks on the movement of the Justify the seizure and appropraition "MormOn Church" to establish schools ot goods by an individual or govern under its o n auspices ; and the false meut to whoa they do not actually hood is set forth that the object of this is to destroy "the public school sys belong. If the Church has acquired aud held tem of Utah." N) part of the more property than is right.that wrong report has been commented upon cannot be rectified by another. Tflere by the press ol the couotry so is no forfeiture to the crown, in these much as this. Yet everybody here United States, as in the old nionar knows that this is not the purpose of cSiea which have been It ft, behind in the promoters of our Church schools' ' the march of human progress. The which are more particularly for adproperty of a defunct corporation vanced pupils. They have no primary goes to the individual members there- department, the District Schools being considered sufficient for that purpose. of, it Is not escheat to the Government. Even if the United States do Who established the District Schools not. the property but the "Mormons?" Who provided seized by for je of law from the actual for their support by taxation but the owners, it is wrong and indefensible "Mormons?" Who "built the schoOi to use it for tut benefit of people who house? and arranged that they should never owned auy part of it, as proyld be the property of the School Districts ed In the act ol Congress, which seeks but the "Mormon?" in divert thta property of the Caurch to The majority report gives no statisthe support of school which are open tics of these School Districts which are as much to the children of non incj-b-.T- secular and public, but goes into deas" of mem ers of to it Ciurc'i. tails and figures about tbe Episcopal, The Litter-da- y Saints know ibat Presbyterian, Methodist, Dip :1st otuer cnurcnes poisess niacn jargur Catholic, Congregational and Luthesums of m jney and a deal more ran schools which are sectarian and real estate than has ever been ac- private. According to thee there quired by the Church to which they, are 9Q denominational seMtdUL lniTUah These have belong, and are well satisfied that their with 7,422 scholars. Church is singled out tor spoliation been established' for the avowed because it is unorthodox. All the purpose ol pudrawing away sophistry that may be employed, in pils from the District Schools, and yet court or out of court, will not alter the Utah Commission see no reason to that fact nor change their understand- point oat tbe danger that they, "If allowed to succeed, will prove destrucing of it. Neither will this discrimination against theu weaken their faith tive of the public-schosystem of or change its effects upon them. But, Utah." If "Mormon" Church schools as history teaches, oppression, in- are to be condemned because of thjs justice and a sense cf injury will con- alleged danger, why should these secfirm them la the assurance that they tarian church schools be applauded are in the rig3t and that it is because when tocy are Intended for that purof that they are persecuted under the pose? forms ol law. This false cry of danger to the It is strange that men with tbe system is mada as an excuse and experience of most of our for clotjilng the Executive wlQ the national legislators, should imagiae improper power to appoint all the that wresting from the "Mormons'1 county superintendents of schools. their Church property would have any The object is evil and effect upon a single feature of their the alleged reason for It Is groundless If the Church of Jesus and deceptive. religion. Christ of Latter-da- y were Of a similar character is the charge stripped of every vestige of wealth, if they makejthat the Governor was by thj all Its places of worship were des- Legislature "denied.the right to exertroyed, If It were left withouHa dollar cise his legal authority'that is,"to apof money or a roof under which to point the Territorial Treasurer. Audiassemble, it would remain Just as tor and other officers.'' The men who strong and united and fall of force as sign this misleading report knew as before these suits were planted against well as anybody that this statement is it. Perhaps it would be stronger, doubly untrue. In the first place the mora compact,! more .vigorous than, Governor is not authorized to "apnow. The united faith, energies and point" those offlsers, no matter what devotion of its members are more may be the full force of Section Seven than money, and mightier than earthly ot the Organic Act. He is there authorised simply to "nominate" certain possessions. "Mormonlsm" mads its great strides officers, but can only "appoint" them aad achieved Its splendid victories with "the advice and consent of the before even it possessed fine, public Council" of the Legislature In the tabernacles and' houses of worship, or second place, the Council never interany corporate powers tor legal fered with hi right to nuroioate, bqj It can endure and sur-vl- they declined to appoint his 'nominees any number of such "severe and as they had tbe nndispntshle right to terrible blows" as this" despooling of do under the law. - And the TION. - pc nat, law-abidi- fair-mind- ed uia-Ue- g c con-icti- oa self-appoint- ed . S at ol public-s- edu-citi- on chool antl-repab'.lc- sell-protecti- on. ve know that a case Commissioners is in litigation before the Supreme Court of the United States to determine whether or not these very officers are elective oy me people uaner a Territorial statu' e. They do not men tion this fact, whlci they certainly would have done if 'they intended te treat the sffSJect with the faintest shadow of fairness. Another jglece ot gross misrepresen tation is the statement concerning '"a young cierk of S ut Lake City, con victed of polygamy" that, "while he was yet In prison he was made presi dent of Box E'der Stake, one of ihe largest and most important in Utah, excepting Silt Like, a stake to the people of wuicL he wis a straug-r.- " How truthful these three Commission ers arc in their report may be determined in the light ol these f icte: Tne young man was uol appointed "while he was yet in prison;" Box Elder Is not "one of the- - largest and most importan1 stakes in C.b, excepting Sa It Lake," and he was not "a .stranger" to the people of that Stake.f When he received his appointment he-- was, through the pardon of the President of the United States au 1 the circumstances existing at the time, a free man and a citizen, and eligible as a voter and office holder under toe law. Waat, then, was in the way of his appointment to an ecclesiastical oni:?, win toe ap pointment to wal:h the. civil law ha? nothing to do? Aul wiy should these Commissioners strain a point to mis represent the tacts in the case? They speak of this appointment as a "re ward," when therj is no such thins la the "Mormon'.' Church as offices for a "reward," but only as an obligation and a service requiring arduous labor and responsibility. The acts of the Legislature on the marriaga question are given with more fairness, but a strenuous effort is made to cast doubt as to whether they will be "followed in good .faith." They names re also speak of twenty-ninported to thetu of males Whom the registrars "have good reason to believe have entered Into polygamy" since June, 1SHT. "Four of these caes," they say, "are classed as doubtful." This would Imply that the were not doubtful. other twenty-fivThe answer to this disingenuous state ment is in the mtuority report ot Com missloners Carlton and McClernand, who show that "there has been only one indictment found up to this time for a polygamous marriage alleged to have occurred since tbe 3rd of March, 1887." If there were twenty-fiv- e cases not "doubtful," would there be any k gentlemen tried their best to establish peace between the fighting parties, but all in vale; all they succeeded in doing was that they induced the mob to promise to cease hostilities until the next was returning to day. As tbe delegation were fired after Naavoo several shots them. I happened to pick up a spent Mr. Wood, ball, which I presented to s lying that here was a complimfnt At from the beliegerents. seeing this Mr. Wood became so indignant that be Jumped to b's1 feet, exclaimed, 'Give me a gun, ami will stand by you and In all my intersee it all through.' course with people aad I have dealt even with heathens I have never. In all my life, seen such Infamy among I advised Mr. Wood to mankind. keep at a safe distance and witness what was .going on. that he might live to testify of our doings, for we all exto fight till the last. Mr. Wood, pected who was a wealthy man, subsequently showed great kindness in a substantial GLIMPSE OF THE PAST. Incidents of the Nauvoo Troubles NMaJoT Bldamon Tells an Interesting Story. ' Nacvoo, Hancock Co., 111., Oct. 7. lr8S. Editor D&seret Nexosi The more we see of Nauvoo toe better we like its beautiful site and admire the taste of the Prophet and his brethren when they selected this spot for a gathering place of the Saints. Of all the places we have seen on the Mississippi River, none, In our estimation, equals this for the location of a gteatclty, and it Is an easy matter lor our Hmaglnation to conceive how magnificent was the view manner toward tbe atfl'cted Saints. when the beautiful stretch of land be by sending up large quantities of pro- tween Joseph's mansion, near the visioas, partly or nis own siock, ana such as he bad icllaenced others river, audi the heights where the Tern-pi- e partly . to give. reared its lofty spire heaven "Previous to this I, together witn a was covered with the ward, other men, was sent to the mob neat habitations and lovely wardens few camp at Green l'lalnsa with a view to ot the Saints. Even now in its neglect about bringing compromise. ed state, when the site is covered with On occasion it became that an and orchards vineyards farm, my lot to deliver a epeeca in de weeds are contending with pedestrians fence V Mormons." Now, I am ot and venicies for the possession ot the not a verythereligious mau, and not at streets ana sidewalks, the place all superstitious : in fact, I am in has great attractions. What a clined to be rather skeptic, but I would be believe I was inspired on that occasion wonderful change about in a few years, were brought portray the condition of the people a community of Saints, possessing the to Naavoo, aad to plead in behalffeel-of Industrial and stirring habits charac in suffering innocence, for even the Wil teristicof such, to take ings ot the hardened mobocrat as ns IieFft And the present possession population seemed to De toncnen seem to bw fully aware of this. In our liams to me; as I plainly saw tears listened rambles tarough town we have met a coursing their way down his guilty number ol men, vnd some of them cnetks. l told them mat the remnant nromlnent. who have ex Dressed exeat the "Mormona" were making predeslrestoT the Saints to return. "It ot to get away as fast as parations saiil ereat wa"." mistake to thev. "a and all tafcy asked for drive the Mormons away from Illinois. possible, was a utue more lima in wuicu fever sine? they left, Nauvoo has been te ot their property but a pooir shadow ot Its .former self, and dispose means for their Jour raise and all our efforts to rebuild the place ney. And furthermore that some and increase our population" have been of the beads of were families in vain. We sincerely wish the Mor In tbe service of the United States, mons woflld return. They would) now marching toward Mexico, aad their be received with open arms," Such families could not conveniently be seems to have been the change of sen moved until these soldiers had drawn titat a few years ago a petition their pay. .1 was apparently miking a timent, was lormalited, signed by nearly the impression upon the mobbers, entire population ot Naavoo, and ad- good when Thomas C. Sharp, the notorious dressed to Joseph Smith, asking him editor of the Warsaw signal, luter- to make Nauvoo his headquarters. He me and told me that the war saw fit, however to locate at Lamoni, ropted was between tbe 'Mormons' and tbe Iowa. Whether the Saints in Utah old citizens, and that I had no right to would be equally welcome is an open interfere, and further that if we, whom ques ion. Jack Mormoos.dld not designated We have since our arrival here met they we snouia snare tne same staua aiooi, and conversed with a number ot the fate as the 'Mormons.' When I alof the town, who without luded to the sufferings of the women leading menhave treated us with much and children, be burst out in terrible exceptions seem to be rasre. after uttering a fearful courtesy and respect,In and our people. oath. saving, greatlyx Interested the women iato the river 'Drive Among those we will make special and throw their damned young ones in meat on of our host, Major L. C. Blda- after them.' mon, husband ot the late Emma Smith "It was finally agreed that we shou'd (widow of the Prophet Joseph). He meet at Warsaw the following aay ana is a remarkably well preserved man, make another attempt at compromis now nearly 83 years old, and withal Here I was asked by Mr. Wilsociable aad agreeable In his manners, ing. liams to sign a document to the effect to inclined be being somewhat we would see all tbe '.'Mormons" witty. We asked him a number cf questions that out of Nauvoo within a reasonable his to the iD'regard experience among time. This I emphatically refused to Saints in the time of the troubles is do. and saldthat I would see him in a he in which answered 1846, straight hell a thousand fathoms deep before 1 e and twenty-fivat Indictments? less than times spoke would out mv forward manner, to suca a pa with considerable emotion. His narso dlgusted'wi'h OThe term "exclusive occupancy" is rative per. At last I became as ran follows: him that I Invited him to come ont repeatedly used la regard to the "Mor 1 am ai Virginian by birth, removed into tbe street for five minutes, and we mons" aud the larger part of the to Ohio with ray parents when a boy, would then and there settle the matter married but lost my wife at once so far as we two were con Territory, and this, with accompany- - and th re and death,: by subsequently removed cerned. But he refused to engage in to is Intended evidently ingTemarks, When I first to Ohio. Canton, kind ot experience. convey the false impression that non arrived in Nauvoo in April, 1846, I that "When I think ot the doings of those "Mormons" are excluded fromAoccu- - found the city menaced by a wicked fellows, even at this late day, it makes pancy of ths soil. "The disposition of mob, who, notwithstanding the my blood boll within ; it was a shame, of the "Mora ns" bad already gentlemen, a burning shame, the way the "Mormon" people to antagonize gone into tbe wilderness, were relentpeople were treated at that time. the laws of Congress" is another term less in their persecutions of the tew veur Warsaw without returned "I calculated to mislead, as though this who remained behind. I was soon affecting any ,Irom aad oar compromise,' that the "Mormons" wereal- a next move was to defend ourselves the was the attitude of the whole body of convinced abased people, and as I have e We turned could. best the "Mormons." All this shows a much ways felt inclined to stand ap for Jus- the steamboat shafts into can desire on the part of the majority ef tice and ri&ht at all times and under non, repaired our small arms man the Commission to stimulate and in all circumstances, it was not long be unctured ammunition, and were were wi:h the dUtermined to sell our lives as dear as my sympathies crease public prejudice and keep up fore Saints. 1 watched the doings of 3; possible. The famous battle of Niu the erroneous impression that prevails raob with a keen eve. and felt voo is a matter of history. I fought by In nant when I witnessed how Illegal and the side ot the gallant about tbe people of Utah. Anaer lawsuits were gotten up. son. who felt as one ot uaptain the noble de their concluding remarks they argue vexttlous p based upsn trumpet-ucharges, for fenders Ot haman rights, but at last we that "until a majority believe in the purpose of dragging defendants were forced to capitulate, so in tne enforcement of the laws, then twenty or thirty miles into out censed were the mobbers and at tbe ac' the war nlaces in order to tive part I had taken in the defense, so long should the laws be enwaylay them and often for the purpose that they forced." That is the point in view of put me and two others on whipping and murdering them. And the deatb list, threatening to kill us at of these persons. They Italicise the when some instances, refused siirht. To avert their murderous in they in word believe. It is the faith of the to go, knowing the objact was to kill tent. I from absented myself set up a great hue Nauvoo tor a tew months, and - did not "Mormons" which they and their trlb them, tbe mothersMormons 1847. cry that the disobeyed return until During desire to extirpate by force of law and tbe law. I was finally appointed a my absence theFebruary, robbers plundered my and for this belief they would deprive trustee on the part of tbe "New Citibouse, the one I had bought of Presithe "Mormons" of tbe commonest zens" to negotiate with the mobbers dent Young, carrying away and des- lor peace and was also sent to Gover- troylng everything they could get a rights of American citizens nor Ford to lay onr grievances before held of, including my stock ot wagons The majority report is more a coilec- - that official. At first be refused to listen and house furniture, wh.chjwere never tion ot antl "Mormon" opinions than to me, swore that he would not spend returned to me, save some oi tne car-T- which I had another dollar in the Interest of Hana statement of the doings of Commls purchased ot the cock County, having had so Temple committee. When Governor elopers. It would be Just the thing as much trouble with the already people there. I irora. in his history oi Illinois, says an 'article in some knew, however, that our cause was t at he was net posted in regard to tbe Journal. But when the section of the Just, and becoming indignant at tbe crimes enacted by the moo in N iavoo I threatened at that time, he tlla a wicked He. for actions, Edmunds act which created Xhe Utah governor's if he would not do his eluty I visited him twice himself and told Commission and defined its duties is that wow Id I in th matter, appeal to him ail about it; and I also know that and of this the President United States. he was duly Informed bv others. read, "Report" is the that 1 was in earnest, he at last "In regard to Joseph Smith, candor cuuiiucu, a tiuuiu person 13 leu vo Seeing had to to I what listened say and compels me to say that be was a noble wonder wfcat relevancy there is in the me with send to Major Parker agreed yes, a noole man, Indeed. I never latter to tbe former, and why the back to Nauvoo with a posse of twelve man, met his cuual in all my lite, and 1 only a were serve as to to saw him once, but that occasion I shall guard authors, or signers, dia not work in men, which upon whom writs mght never, forget. A certain phrenologist something about Utah notions on the Erotect those in the future. The mob. ral invited me to accompany him to tariff, the state of the lead market, the however, would not recognize Parker's Nauvoo to pay Joseph a violt, the pro authority, and swore by all the devils fessor desiring to maae an examina price of wool, and the absorbing ques and saints they could think of that tion of his head. We found Joseph tion of sewerage for Main Street. d please walkinz in the garden; be received as would do as they d There is one conclusion they arrive they and did net care for the Governor nor kindly anl soon in v. tei us Into tbe at which we will mention and then anybody else, and not even Jesus honse, wnere I had a two boars con a He wonrd to if dare bring this review to a conclusion. It Christ,tor thel 'Mormons." say good versation with him. His manners. movements and whole is this: "If the Mormon problem is word '"Some time afterwards I was sent to made a deep and lasting deportment impression not settled until this Territory is filled Springfield a second time to see the uoon me. and convinced me that ne down I in started the Governor. river by was not the impostor and wicked man immigration the ejid a small row boat, and the mobbers he had been represented ey nis ene Is not near." This is a pretty shrewd of my started in mles to be: to me he aplearning opinion, but will afford only cold com pursuit, crossed departure the river from War- peared to be a good, honest fort to the class for whom the three saw, ,and surrounded the house in acd d mas, and from all intended to stop for the 1 have ever learned about him since. Commissioners speak, and in whose which I bad Churchville Alexandria.' at (near I have not had occasion to change my interest they have fabricated their night, Mo-There were twelve or fifteen of epfnion about him." "Report." As an account of their them. They came in and asked me In answer to eur further inquiry, the official acts It is an exaggerated &b bow I would like to go with them to msjor described the Prophet as a very I Mr. answered good looking man. with rght com camp. surdity; all that relates to them is that IBrockman's as not like was it at all, I shoald and light brown hair. He was contained in two small paragraphs on fully aware that his men were' not plexion iUii. 1T01I IVJIVlMVUCUi page eight. As an argument to still favorably disposed toward me. 'But BUUUK1J was about six feet high and weighed wi'.l God and wo pounds. go,' they, 'you further oppress the majority of the by madefays a move as it tbey wan ted. to ANDRKW JfcKSOX, people of Utah, who have broken ' no they take me by force. Quick as thought 1 EbWARD Stbvknsok, law, it strained, unjust and largely had my band on my pUtol, which in Josxph 8. Black. untrue in word and in spirit. But as a the next lpstant I held cocked in their while I halloed out, "Stand plea for a continuation of their office faces, back, there, or I will blow daylight War PepartaMattSifaal Hervlee, V. S. Araiy, and its emoluments It Is a huge and through you.' The way these mobunmistakable success.' bers made, for the deor and DAILY WEATHER BUUiKTIH. scattered .in all directions was Mettorolooioat Report Becetvd at Hrntt ImJim OUw on October SO, 1888, caution. a' Ordering my two mt 8 a, m. local tiwte. whom I had A big coal fleet reached Loaisvllle, men engaged to row me down the river to get the the other the Ky., day.and newspapers boat ready. I' retreated with pistol in .THKRMOMK- -! WIJtD. TEE. gave the names of the targes and the band, got jln the boat, pqiled to the the where middle stream ef of the balls number iof bushels .each carried. A 2 the mobbers could not reach us, and FLAGS OFsaw the article and read arrived oBsaavAIn at safety. From the a it carefully, as befitted one who knew latter placeQuiacy I continued tbe Journey by now. the subject well. When, be reached stage for Springfield. While stopping f 'is Mount Sterling a few boars, 1 was the point where the words "Grand at who surrounded inhabitants the by ' Calm Cl'ey total, 7,000,000 bushels" occurred, he were vtry carious to know all about 8. L. City..! 4 to 38 12 40 40 S Wi 10 .Fair threw the paper down in great disgust the situation at Nauvoo. I made such Helena....! I Cnater.l 'I and said: "Well, these newspapers explanations as 1 thought proper, and Ft. 14 36 2 Clear iCalin Boiae Citr. throngo, a bard looking Washakie. 36 1G 30 S w 6 are getting to De Digger, liars every alter I was with ;Fair came dark individual, features, r Wla'ea'eca day. I never heard of tti Grand Total ap to me and said he was a captain in BawllaaW. 2 t 40 Kain before, but I'll bet my pile agin a iogleton' militia, aad was going to a. 11 m. at aemee taken reports the next day. All at once it Signal backet o' beer that she can't carry nor Naavoo cams me to I should tbe tbat 6 Clear 4 p'ay tow seven million bushels of coal, and mobbers a trick, in order to avert the N Light irair 2 Ogden .... ao 7 my talk goes. Thero ain't no boat on immediate danger which threatened Stockton .. 53 9 Light Clear Calm ;c ear .Nauvoo, and keep the mob off until 1 Bingham.. 54 the river can half do it." Calm jelear 47 naa seen the governor, l asked the Park City., 63 Calm IClear fellow if he would carry a letter for me Provo...... Calm Clear AJta. ...... 40 He Nauvoo. in to brother said he my Garfleid 13. John and would on conditions Oct. OroviUe, Cal., i would let thatr Lake Park. wm. aad nephew, blm know tne- contents of it. Tnts I Brighton 'a. were outcnneiaer,ocle hooting yesterday near Mag- - agreed to do. I then wrote a few ana. William Salt Lake City, Barometer 29.SS. tnoaght be saw a deer In which 1 pretended to advise P. H. nxzxACKiCK, Sergt Signal Corps, in tne ousnes some distance away. He lines, to Nauvoo of citizins refrain from the U.8.A fired, but the supposed deer did not if blood, possible ; "for," fall. lie fired again, but. missed his shedding wrote it would be an easy matter shot, lie raised his gun a third time. for youI, with SPECIAL NOTICES. ion hell ucrcs and hell and to get a better aim moved a little to destroy the whole mob to one side. He bad drawn a dead forcet at one." weDUVEStUMTa bead on the supposed deer, and had 'What ctoxyou mean by hell acres his finger on the The original .investors in Bell Telewhen he dis- and trigger, nal&acrea?' bell demanded my are considered fortanate covered that he was shooting at bis man. phone stock t nncle. He threw tbe muzzle of his because the value ot it has iacreasd to tell like I don't you "Oh, that, a as little ten fold. It was, no doubt, a very it shot off or the gun up Then by G 4,' ej icnlated be, man would have been instantly killed said I .not surprise to them, but they pleasant tarry your letter.' not could ine nrst snot nan mulcted a severe I will express their satisfaction ia 'Very wll,' sail 1I, provided you more earnest words than do the pur- -' wound, but the elder man declares he caHteD will a secret. n to ex Dial did not feci it at the moment and kept Lfoa.' ) H ot chasers Uomsj Talk" and "Plain be I and could, thought Common Sbssk,' hunaw nepaew. was snoot- I then "Mkdical lutu&iDg iuici, him to tell that every proceeded Y" dreds ef whom write that It is worth ing at a deer. approaca m naavoo otwas UDuercnineu from ten to one hundred times cost. and large quantities powder depos- An editor writes: "It containsits more ited in suet): a manner that by the pull- of value book on my shelves," thaany Prcscbtt (A. T.), Oct, ing of certain wires, mechanically ar- A physician writes: "It is without (jrould. one of the Graham party, enranged, it could be exploded at will. doubt the best and most interesting gaged in tbe Paeasaot Valley vendetta Of course! there was pot a, word book consulted." Here is a last year, against whom there were of truth in that, but he drank it all chanceI tover Invest $1'53 for something two toaictmeots lor marder, brought in and went immediately .to the voo will soon find will rise la vai in, the district court, and who has mob camp, where tbe letter was read. l tbat Wm mMM W Ul.UJ tlUID 1LO VU.. managed to evade the officers tor many it naa ine aesirea enact, .roe mob, It is especially interesting to those tost months, has been arrested. Juat be al thou Kb quite strong enough to have married oe. ana to persons fore dark Saturday he rode' Into town taken Nauvoo at once, concluded to "who or about tohealth." Contents poor enjoy by tbe back streets, with a Winchester wait for reinforcements which gave table fire. Murray 1111 Publishing strapped to hisHe saddle and one me time to return from my visit to the Co., 123 East 2Stb dl St., N. Y. City, in his belt. hitched his horse governor, before the final attack was f'litol out-of place and. pro made. BCCItXKSra AKK1CA SALTS. "The novernor returned me with orceeding to one of the lomersM stores in the world for Tbb Bkst Saxvk where ammunition is keDt. laid In a ders to Major Flood of Quiacy for full supply of cartridges. Going t him to proceed to Nauvoo and assist Cats, Braises, . Sores, Ulcers, Salt Bores. his horse be was observed by Deputy in adlaatina- the difficulties between Bheam, Fever Tetter, Chapped ooena uickiey, wno piacea mm unaer the "Mormons" and the mob. That Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all sal a anand was to arrest. His description about at first positively enres Piles, go, Eruptions, swersn that of tbe man who held up a gentleman concluded unwilling to do so. takins or no pay required. It is guaranteed Pre6cott and Jerome with him a number ot. other leading to give perfect satisfaction, or money 3ft cents per box. ten days ago. He was very reticent med ot Quiacy. When we arrived at refunded. Price when placed In a cell of the countv Jail Montrose.we could distinctly hear the For "ale by A. C. Smith k Co. and would give no account of his cannonading on the prairie east of Nauwhereabouts for the last ten crossed the river, I Latbst Style of Gas Fixtures at voo, since the Indictments nave beenmonths, In nur car llREMCB sent and.bavlng the Qolncy delarV0 pendp. oUt-fblm. mKLLBBBBCK'S, dU ing against These tbe first South St. riage - , e . e FALL SEASON! THE BCBLUIOTON ROUTE Are now running solid trains, splendidly equipped without change of cars Detween uenver ana av. iouis. xney are also rannisr the on'y ves ibule train between Denver and Chicago. For rates and further information ap H. Ji Ccbtiss, ply to atnfcst uen'i Agent, 143 iiaiu t. IMMrrOKSJ' 1OQ S3 . BILLS. Nearly al diseases originate from in action of the liver, and this is especially the case with chills and fever, intermittent fevers and malarial diseases To save doctors' bills and ward off disease take Simmons Liver Regulator, a medicine that increases in popu every year, ana has become me larity most popular and best endorsed medi cine in tbe market for the cure of liver or bowel diseases. 2 eleyraph, Du buque, Iowa. I a 18SO "Brxnon'i Hronrhial Tro ches" were introduced, and their suc cess as a cure for Colds, Coughs, Asth ma and Bronchitis has been unparalleled. DRY GOODS DEP'T THE in Drwi with all the this Institution la now replete Intent noveltlee Kabrlcs and Trimmings suitable lor the teasou. Of The 'Exposition Unlverselle do 1 art Cullinare" awarded tbe highest honors to Auroatura Bitters as the most ef- cacious stimulant to excite the ap- to keep the digestive organs Will b found an unequalled line of garments of all sl.-- n In Clolli niul fietite andorder. Ask for the genuine l'lusb, l'lulu, Headed and Knoy Trimmed. J. O. B. article, manufactured by Dr. or imibiesrert & boas, and beware tations. NAN LETT, Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars 171 & 173 s. Main street. Includes Ladles', Kisses' and Children's Merino, Cashmere and HomeFOR SALE I (.loves tttid Mittens. made Hosiery. Ladles Misses' and Children's A cood Farm in Summit County for Wool Goods, Furs, Shuwli, Knit Ooods and- Underwear. saltf, or exchange for city property or laud in the 5 or 10 acre plat. W. W. Kiter, Apply to 346 Fourth Sast Street. Attention is further invited to a larero IN THE CLOAK AND WRAP DEP'T DEFT OUR NOTION AND STAPLE importa tion of Clottis, Tweetls, Cassimercs and Overcoat ear, ivitli ing in great variety for Geutlenien's Suitable Trimmings. COIL FOB SALE ! By the hundred weight. cut 6a & 7 cast. Third touta bi. COAL ! COAL ! I COAL III . J.,C.'& H. Watsoa bavc their Coal Office In Taylor Bros, and Clive's Keal Estate Office. IIyde& Grtf- a Bnlldlng'. 119 8. Main street, and are now prepared to furnish their old and new customers all kinds friends of- - Screened Coal, at the Lowest Mar ket l'rlces. BSjKail weight guaranteed MEN'S 'jPVliNISlilXG GOODS AND HATS. TAliK IT IS riME. "For want of a nail, a shoe was lost; A Splendid line of Carpus in all Grades and Qnaptes. for want of a shoe, a horse was lost : for want a horse, a rider was lost." We are Bole Agcali for l"ah fer the Celebrated Never neglect small things. The first and consumption siras of pneumonia can positively "be checked by Dr.Ackei's CHARTER OAK STOVES, RANGES & HEATERS. MONITOR j&ngusn itemeay ior consumption. 9 T. C. M. I. Drag IXpt. TERRIBLE FORKWABSINUS. Cough in the morning, hurried or difficult breathiDn. raising phleim. tightness in the chest.qulckened pulse. chilliness in the evening or sweats at night, all or any ot these things are the It.-BOOTS, SHOES and first stages of consumption, xor. Acker's English Remedy for Consump tion will cure these fearful symptoms, and is sold under a positive guarantee GLASS, CHINA, QUEENS ASD OTHER WARE. 10 Z. C. M I. Drag; Dept. OLOTHIITG. 11 STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. nUliBE ' sis-natu- . ma-Jori- ty . . - JUST RECEIVED I and lO--i Flannel aud 8--4 make specialty ot Horn.. ile Hoots end Mioos, rnsl-raere- s, ruitlBgs, Llneeys, Flannels, Jeans, lIHankets, Shawls, lu.U Suits. Overcoats and Overalls. We JLlnsey Sheeting, Wool Bating, Blankets, . and an Immense Variety of Sunt. FLANNEL .DRESS GOODS nt A BRO., Agents Provo U'oolen SALT Mills, C. CUTLER JOIIX Xo. AMUSEMENTS. IN THK THEATRE. WllO N REDlineANYTIIINt; to rail upon tlarlon ft will find a well 44 Main where LAKE EAST TEMPLE ST. HO WE ADVISE OUR FRIENDS FITS MIGHTS ASD 05 E MAT4XEE COMMENCING II. 3. Wouthington calls the atten tion of all his old customers to the re OCTOBER 32. AY, MOM) of his fruit stand to Cunning moval SALE OF SKATS .. Mk... 4Kb vm.HU. mill ha XO. served with fruit, clean and tresh, at 3T,:r,cl.y, dot prices. GRAND OPERTTN ENGLISH ! Catarrh is in tbe blood. No cure for Crowded House Everywhere ! this loathsome and dangerous dis ease is possible until the poison is thoroughly eradicated frem the system Enjrajrement of the Fensens EMMA For this purpose, Ayer'it Sarsaparilla is the best and most economical medi cine. Price $1; Six bottle, 43. Worth $5 a bottle. Octotoor bed-roc- k rox ArUaite & SYKOSIS, sell cheaper than aay other boose la tow a, and we WIlX guarantee all oar work. Kesaesaber feoeta f ClUt onr new addrree l e UWbse, the city o ' the "uroaai ior tM eotuin ia largest lot of acceeaorwe uBecasry far wars Artistic, work. Cait d the Cas- want Fiee Paragraph r t la bait Laa. txalyGe-'k-rytath- j i Imported Brwsr-wt- a shade lor fadkee smar el Bro'a. oa price Ksiea . AeerbecS 4 BraV a 14 asst. a positively wwUM em4 eAl Abbott, OlaUVTiD U iWmt. 3eaae Irrnf. Jkm, A OPERA CO. aaaadala. Rertiat. Mirella. Uon Mtrkaloaa, IVnctte, Taui a-a- IM I.AItGK A J iuncj fe- Tlronzo and a - Coodn, inclndina; Satsuma cxpenxive CHINA WAHK. ana larpre variely or Ml.lv, All Al, CKKPK UOOIH. II. HOP. 2T7 8. Main blrcet. P. O. Box 10H.1. Broderick, GRAXD CTIORU8 & OBCHKSTRA FIRST PRESBYTERlATi CHUHGH la tae folknriait brilliaat raportory RSSSAT. II, TaOVtTORE : M tat M. a . r, fr waaaasBAY aiuHt, ROSE tavht KOMMA $1, 60C.. 25ft. PUCES : fl-ltoors ope a at 1:'M performancs at 8. Weenes'faT Matinee Prices o fly. 00c., 75c., $1. INFORMATION WANTED. ANysisroMATiosor trk aged SI years, of Paterson, N. J., lately heard of In Omaha, will be thankfully received by hi mother, Mrs. I). Belzaer, Paterson, N. J., 62 North, Stat. duel Lett. SMALL RED OOW, 10 TEARS OLD, borne, brand en Tight hip, uoilk-malargeinformation Give at this Office and be THUS. E. TAYLOR. rewarded. mm v w TO LRT. HITE HOUSE. SECOND HOUSE east of kagle Gate. Apply iW. A. KOSSlTJtK, dtf President' WIHTELAW OlBce. B ROT ITERS MF0&TKB8 ASP JOBBIBS. all :.w.-wi.- THE CYCLOHAMA or of Battle Tbe decisive ST. A XiOTJIS, f strafrKls of the lata Civil War now on exhibition tn West Temple Street. South from Temple Block Corner. Open frem 10 av. na. till II p. ua. iir Btchsa s&miLE M m Hoasetiiilil Dsc. IAHPAIGN HOODS or VAS1- Oar new CATALOQCB drill tactics and fall information about I organizing and drilling Marching Clubs AU4JSTKATSD UATALAWUS f HUBi. A. C. 8PALDINQ A BR03-- . IBB Mskdtaea u, I 841 BrMHtwar, CiaiCAttO. j BIKW TO SI at.. 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Single admisKioa, fl-- st STRAYED t A At 8 o'clock, , Or CASTILE Mrs. Longshore rBisar, MOOK12 ALLKN & CO., Jrug&iats, Wasatch Pharmacy, (fMii 4mtoawalt Lae MONDAY KVKN1NU NKXT, martua Ttaaatv, as b b n tvAsv a T, a au i abbstt M ATI K K. CM I M KM BOKM AHDT Jep tllraf tm ran oat, i -- JAPANEM IJAZAU. AiTlt I V K I I JUST STOCK UK I'OltTEI NKtV r I ill 22 W., First South St. We WILL . Hi l TUB wasa tcWeatMtft No. noble-hearte- er IT la 8at Zk, T non-Morm- barge-bump- MEATS, IIASLAM BROS. antl-"Morrno- . Great Reduction FhtMrrapbrs. Mt so-call- ed PL, they Co., of nin's anil Itoys' nis, selected Bto-overals, hats, caps, shirts, etc., at very low prices. This firm is reliable and will treat ou riirht. !( I 30. l PilIHB ODTriTM.witU oensUtnUon. - half-acre- 15.-Wi- a a tnxa quoxqNo.woCommercial Street. o HKjTjr-fajn- , J PLEASE EEMEMBEB fXULaT WaV 8TXLL X aMtUatst OillT A' COM "Disstob's Celebrated Saws," ooBtisTnre m Cart,: ran One bay HORSE, branded D on right shoulder, rope around neck. If, tbe above described animal is sot el aimed and taken awayen or before Ner. 5th, 188a, it will be sold at public auction, at the City Eatray PoaBdAWasiiingtoB Square, to the highest responsible bidder, at 3 p.m. M. SHEUfERDINR. City Poundkeeper. Salt lAk Citr, Oct. 1", 188. G. II. KEYS OR, tew Ka axao .11 V Oarealar. botM Solid svmd Chisel PolBt TeoU, BBd "Trtsnik.w lsr TeClag TUabat with, aad are BeHtac at PBIOHO IiOWEB alse a FaQ Steea' ef tkclr Taaa rr; - always ear i . Ulj. ) nrrr mm TBvls Beamxmi ranei mM tsMkea amalled te aay arees mm reeetpt ef to eesite. .. . Vft HAVE IK MT POSSESSION; 13 rt. aas rpriffct Mm, 9 7 KSTRAY NOTICK. 1 FOR SALE EVERYWHERE be-way stage-betwee- ItW 30 lliam k -t- TJCUC LINK CT1INESB AND JAPAN JP eae Goods, Chinaware, bilks, Silk Handkerchiefs, Novelties, Toys, etc 1 bit Brfraa STA3PHG LAsrrrABTBBBB PAINLESS EXiKACTOR OF TEETH, by the ase ef Vitalised Air. Artiftnta) Teeth iaserted. (Jo to f W r Set. AH Work V a tsteesi Trl slk s Hoaae. SM.-B- aaxt ST. LOUIS CO. OT. XjOTJTQ. .aa-- - at mmUm ! r- SUSS SS SMS mm |