yaffa 8 OLDEST MORMON DEAD provo feb 3 edson barney the oldest jiving of the mormon church counting years 0 membership and probably the oldest man in the state died last at the home of lna daughter mrs alice M allkins Wl lkins of tho sixth ward mr barney was lire son of royal and rachel barney and was born in El lisburg township jefferson county new york june 30 lie enjoyed good health considering si his age up to about a week ago when he was compelled to alee to hia bod and gradually sank till the end came the deceased moved with his family to laralle county ohio in 1825 and there engaged in fanning and clearing the land from timber in the summer and teaching school in tho winter there he married mrs eells comstock on jan 1 1831 and joined alio mormon church OA may 10 of that ear simo that time ha has been closely connected with tho church he was a member ol 01 the zions camp a company which joseph led to missouri in the caray and as one of the flroa mormon seventies being ordained by joseph smith oliver and david he filled several missions and was bent out nauvoo where he moved in 1840 as one 0 the campaigners in joseph smiths canvass for toe presidency of the united states being assigned to ohio after the murder of joseph and smith ha remained in nauvoo till tho exodus of the mor anon people going then to iowa and later to council blufton leaving there for salt lae in 1851 after a few months stay in salt lake city where he erected a building to be used jor a woolen factory he came to 0 PETER HANSON BLOCK DEAD manti feb 3 peter block a respected resident of this city well to many in neighboring alt iasi passed away yesterday morning at 25 after an illness of several months from stomach trouble and n complication of ailments ho has been bedfast for about three weeks but the last month has been unable to attend to hia dally labors mr block was born in Kol kjar denmark on the ath day of november 1843 moving him 61 years of age last november he together with Ms wife and daughter who now survive him came to utah locating in manti in 1888 deceased also lias an aged mother living in this city jovianna Joi ianna J block a brother at colorado J block and a sister at levan mrs hans funeral services will be held within the next lay or two so far no announcement lia been made MINER BURNS HIS ARM park city feb 3 some days ago C R smith sprained his wrist quite badly while at work in one of the here and doctoring it himself applied turpentine in liberal quantities to the injured member on being down town some hours later he was about to light a cigar when the light from the match caught upon the tur wrapped bandage on tho injured wrist and at once the entire wrap ping as in a elerea flame which before it could be put aut had badly burned the mans arm H was sent to the miners hospital and there received treatment or his injury ho is now doing 8 well ss could be expected the funeral 0 the late thomas P Sli anley occurred yesterday from the catholic church where rev thomas galligan conducted the ceremonies after the services at the the body was taken to glenwood glen wood cemetery where it was interred in the A 0 U W plot of which order the deceased BOS a member in good standing at the time of his death CHARGED WITH MURDER logan feb 2 G hopson charged with the murder ot jamea lynch was arraigned before judge howell sitting in judge baughans maughans Maug hans afternoon his attorney moved to quash the indictment and this being denied by the court hopson then pleaded not guilty judge hawell explained that while he waa not legally disqualified to try hopson he preferred not to do so as lie might be called as a witness against the defendant he therefore declined to set the date of trial the case of the state vs george egan charged with assault with a was dismissed there not batog evidence sufficient to convict the suit of moore and turner publishers of the logon republican against tho logan journal was argued on demurrer and submitted to judge howell herbert H carter formerly manager for the singer sewing machine company at this place was then put on trial for appropriating of the companas comp anys money mra elizabeth ann greaves one of hogaas old inhabitants died laet night of troubles incident to old age VICTIM OP BRUTAL ASSAULT i bingham junction feb 3 steve smith an austrian was beaten almost to death by john eltz a fellow countryman at 1 thursday morning the assault occurred on main street but was witnessed by few persons owing to the hour of night smith and eltz had beba together at the home of fred smith another austri austrin n and together started for their rooms suddenly and without provocation elta turned upon alg threw him to the ground licked him in the face and beat him unmercifully smiths cries brought several men to the scene but eltz made a feint for his gun and the crowd back then eltz disappeared in the darkness while smith was being cared for the sheriffs searched all night but failed to locate elte until thursday afternoon iio Is now behind the bars LETTER LIST list of letters remaining in the post office at ogden utah jan 1903 which it not called tor in to weeks will be sent to the dead letter office LIST ablard achille kirkup wm argyle ben H langley Lang lcy J andersen sam mauley chas Bio okle T M bunker M D J A bloom S I 1 noctor J C birdzell W W owens L D brocken harry L parry joseph burnett dave J U butterfield ed angus bufania Bu gania cost roach L F buckley edward Romis cr J E cusick and Murphy Reynolds mr chisholm wm rice N A cogshe frank coombs geo heinrich Heln rich center J M smith myers cooley M P spencer C P collatti mery smalley T blehl samuel stoddard aco dwyer tommy shover willio duckworth hyrum sharley W M dale wm G elmer 1 w shute J W dree II 11 tr IL salisbury H fortune chet g R T S snead RC grant george 0 edward hoa MS how ard glynn vt thos T springer i it hayes vm ftfe H aloan chaa ihm M m nv wm n sessions wm T T T clyde I 1 b c R stevo kokason KASon go y healy francis 2 wisloh win H Y hume E P terry frank holblinger jesee wilson wm M helaman martin williams david harthorn R A woods aco isay julius co woodhouse charles Jackson Charley weaver george jenkins wm J allson earl johnson A I 1 warren W J johnson peter wryght A M kenner elma whyte wm kelser chas W no st LADIES LIST blackmon miss ell lincoln miss AI Idree mrs Isett lo may bernard miss moore mrs cecil doris mathenie Ma thence miss mrs eliz a A ella salil mrs J mrs wm mrs conklin mrs D H martha carr mrs bertha smith miss pearl gales miss hattie mrs B william joanson Job miss Han mrs jenpeo mrs hosale matue 2 letters white alsa guyman mrs willow anna wolcott mrs luckart mrs A M D S lucaa mrs york miss C C kanley M PACKAGES babcock stophen barton mrs C 0 H 1 dualan miss ida THOS H DAVIS P M DIED IN CHURCH ew york feb arp evelyn an artist has died suddenly in st francis german catholic church from nephritis her husband Is said to be an actor at present in san Fraud fico the new york sen ins machine agents strike failed