Show PROM FROM OTHER COUNTIES items gleaned from the ill territorial press south and writ west precincts are now taking the necessary stepin to incorporate the city 0 of bountiful the boundary lines enclose about acres acrea of land within the three precincts bountiful alone has haa tile the necessary legal voters who signed the petition to the county court to declare the class clasa of the city and rail call an election to decide the matter ot of incorporation all will be ready within a week from this date to present the petition and cencula returns to the court herald the wasatch wave has the fal lowing about the oldest railway conductor in the world thursday afternoon we were favored w with ill a call from E alward robinson the oldest railroad conductor now living yn he is now aged and feeble buthis but his memory Is good ile he distinctly remembers the rejoicings rejo icings when the news of the resu result ait of the battle of waterloo reached england lie he was present at the opening of the first locomotive rall railroad roAd and distinctly remembers seeing tho the duke of wellington there mr robinson was one 0 of the or guards as they were called in those dats on that anine sine line the liverpool manchester railway for or twelve years and until he be left led to come to america fifty years ugo ago ile he carries a wp which bears the follow ing inscription LIVERPOOL manchester RAIL ROAD to EDWARD ROBINSON in token of regard from TUE THE DIRECTORS 1812 on the loth day of october next mr robinson will be eighty five icar ears sold old lie ile is at present living with one of his bis sons at american fork attewell Att ewall woot ton of midway is a stepson step son ron to the old gentleman and it was tie he who introduced the veteran railroad man to us mr robinson should go to the worlds fair and once more see the first locomotive that was ever built the ile same one which he be had ridden so often away back in the the same engine which geordie Ge ordle steve george steven son modeled and set in motion and which the idea at least has done dode so BO much to revolutionize and civilize clr llizo the world by all means edward should be there bridger jim indian ranchman from Da duchesne chesne was in reber heber friday no he brought in a stray horse which he said had been around his place tor some oat in front of the WAVE office he got into conversation with thomas smith ile he laughed and said me ale st si e him on bear river he then showed by motions that smith was coming to the valleys and pointing toward provo said ile he come to provo how many snows ago danno injun no count ma pap boose loose so big ile ho old man now me old man too to do you remember the kras grasshoppers shoppers jimr jim said mr air smith Il heap leall grasshoppers little biscuit leap flour now biscuit big at this the conversation ceased and did id jim started out to find the owner of the he horse wasatch wave |