lodal local and other matters FROM DAILY miky MAT 13 very IM we regret to loarn learn that president john D T mcallis ter of the st george stake la Is serf serl ili ill with bleeding at the lungs bishop reuben miller of mill creek and bishop william wiiiiam will wiil lam pine valley yare sare are aro also reported as very sick later advice advices is state that president mcallister McAlli stenia ateria Is better fatal accident acci Acel dent denv oil oa sunday at kelton eeron hill edmund allard a fireman for the 0 P waa was almost instantly killed he was standing with one foot inside the cab of the engine and one on the tender when the cou coupling fling pin broke the two parts parta 0 of the engino engine immediately separated and he was thrown to the ground suffering a speedy death the deceased waa was about 24 years orage of age was a very fine young man and well liked by all his aa as socrates eoala tes Junction Magn magnetite A fine specimen of he the loadstone or magnetite magn atit a Is oa 04 ex at the deseret museum where ita its curious aud and remarkable power of attraction is shown in a most moat interesting manner it was brought from anto pinto iron county by brother willard G crocheron Croche also bome some very good tood lood specimens of u iron ores orea from the same locality some english copper coins of the time of james the have also been presented by brother chaaw ehl W hulse of cache county coulty troa mamy damy may mat it i ofru Oa eit tIt lindan lindar udar ngar the call of the clit cale calt calena ot the third district court 04 on of the prolongation onga of bf the criminal business has been postponed until next monday morning death of a veteran we have tee Tec received elved a brief n cice tice ice of the he demise of father jed Jef jefferson derson terson hunt of oxford 11 or oneida county Idaho who departed ohp de arted this life at 5 on the e morning of the lith dinst captain hunt was the conof son bon of john and martha hunt and was born bora january bracken county kentucky ho was ever a staunch fit kunch aunch defender of the truth and died in full faith of the gospel he leaves a numerous posterity junction it items ems A report was in im yesterday to the ef eaux east v vaut it mr dunham who had recen recently doured himself fall by a had died trum ils lis wounds there them was hower no truth in the rumor aa lap tap to a late hour last condition evening he raa was iia lia n all an improved after dark on monday ilond 7 evening one of the new now en min gin ot of the TJ U ff R B R was badly broken the machine in question had just pabs pus 1 ed to the turntable when the latter iatter latt pr P r gave way and the edrine was benti sent downward but suT suffering dring ering bev sev bievere injuries u r yesterday at 12 oza t the h a engine waa raised and the road employees commenced their repairs at a meeting of the voters ogden city held in the tabernacle last evening it was decided that a central school for ogden city should be erected it was also agreed that abax a tax of three fourths of one ona per cent be levied on all taxable property for the purpose named and that the cost of the house should not exceed city council proceedings at the city council on tuesday evening may 1879 mayor little pre pro biding aiding A petition was presented signed by B R B margetts chieh represented that in 1873 he purchased a tract of land situated on sec 4 township 1 N rj B I 1 W that the patent diment to said land was given to george eorge B R jones and that jones had sold the land to the city the petitioner asked that the council deed the land back to him on such uch terms as they may consider just and equitable referred Be ferrad to the committee on public grounds john napper a resident on the ward bench asked that he be granted permission to lay a pipe from the ward water ditch te to bis his residence a distance of about feet referred to committee commit tee teo on water works john W jones jonea and 11 14 others residents and taxpayers on grape street seventeenth ward bench presented a petition representing that said street was too harrow barrow and very irregular and aaning asking that it be graded and widened to a uniform width of 33 feet from samuel coopers opera corner to that of wm hyde yue yde referred Bet ret erred to committee on streets and alleys two were presented one signed by byam vm i the other by J Galla gallacher chery chers protesting I g against the widening of apricot street re 9 as prayed for by frederick bol winkle and john platts platta representing that if it the street were widened it would materially damage their property and therefore they asked that no DO change be mac mace a in the street referred to the re mons trances were received and referred to the committee on streets and alleys the committee on water works to whom was referred the petition I 1 of D dvid avld avid mckenzie Mc Kenzle kenzie B U t and outliers ot oth liers iders ers residents of west lempie street who asked that in consequence const quence 0 of f the bad condition of their wells wella the water mains maina be extended tended X another block mouth south from the present terminus term inus ious report reported cd favorably the theresla reola in consideration of the fact that the petitioners petition ers had greed agreed to advance towards the movement report accepted and superintendent of water works instructed ted to do the work the same committee reported favorably aiso alao on the petition of F platt and other residents on third east street between first and second south who asked the extension of the water mains down the street in front of their residences report accepted and superintendent in of water works instructed to lay the pipes as asked for the super of water works was instructed to order two car loads of four inch water pipes the committee on streets and alleys to whom was referred the petition of wm thompson sixth ward asking that fifth west street leading from sixth south to his house be opened reported that they had visited the locality and thought the improvement un necessary and recommended that the prayer be not granted and that the super be instructed to place a bridge across the canal on sixth south street to intersect with the east side of fifth west street the same committee reported on the petition of john T thompson Tn Ta ompson nineteenth ward who asked that a gulch on the edge of the nineteenth ward bench be filled epand recommended that the prayer of the petitioner be not granted as the situation did not warrant the expenditure pend iture means aa as would be required to make the improvement p report P 0 A adapted the he committee on street streets and alleys to whom was referred the subject of requiring all property owneta within the fire rire limits to bring their sidewalks to the established grade immediately reported that it would be unadvisable to enforce the measure at present resent owing to the depression ol 01 business gu business siness and general dull times while the committee were in favor of the improvement being made at some future time they were opposed to a too severe enforcement of the ordinance at present believing that it would tend to injure ure and perhaps embarrass many in their business relations they therefore recommended at that the matter lay over for the present accepted and recommendation adopted the committee on irrigation reported in relation tov too the petition of wm B barton and others who asked that the twentieth ward water ditch be diverted from its ordinary channel and recommended that the whole matter be referred to the city as they considered that the new ordinance on irrigation made it the duty of the to ascertain if the improvement is necessary and if so to assess the interested parties for the expense of the improvement accepted and recommendations adopted the superintendent of pub public ic works made a report detailing t the lle ite expenses incurred in improving t the ae city hall lot with vouchers accompanying compa nying which amounted to Sl 1253 bills allowed and amount appropriated alderman presented his report of the police court for the month ending april 30 1979 1679 which showed that 56 cases had been tried bad aad collected in cash and 50 in labor total report accepted and approved the following bills for the month ending april soth were allowed marshall expense bills 53 expenses of fire department boarding prison prisoners ers erB 2346 meals at aj ioe loe collecting dog tax A 44 4 medical a attendance at city prison 30 morris evans repairs at eagle gate A bill bin for an ordinance numbering the houses of the city was read and referred to the committee on municipal jaws laws adjourned to 1879 at 7 p ra PROM THURS data DAra DAILY DAMY MAY 15 arrival al by tt legram telegram from new now york we learn that the atlantic cable announce announces the day at 1 p m at Queens queenstown town of the rf 8 ti wyoming with twenty three e of our mi on board bom bor trel numerous friends will be glad to learn of their safety returned elder brigham young returned last evening from his bia southern trip in company with the other brethren he traveled through sanpete San pete sevier and millard counties attending to business concerning the manti mantl temple and organizing boards of trade in several places information wanted the millennial star of april 28 29 says WI william jarvis 80 kniveton park yorkshire would like to know the whereabouts of catherine smith maiden name and sarah haddock who emigrated to utah from newhall derbyshire about the year 1861 missionary Miss louary labors from a letter written by elder john B R holt hol t Pains ville kentucky to president john morgan morzan we learn that elder david C dunbar left that place for europe on the ath dinst seven new members had been added to the branch recently which now numbers 19 A new field of labor had bad just been opened up with brilliant prospects A few more faithful elders avero were needed in the district junction notes ogden is 18 to have hai livans ivans ivana trial by jury produced there shortly they can hare bare the Ca sellon application yesterday mornings passenger train from the webb west was waa four hours late in reaching ogden the cause of the delay delity was that a freight train at verdi had run over a cow and thirteen cars and two engines were ditched no person was badly hurt X ar provo grist mill burned Burn edThe the following was received this mom morn ing log per deer et telegraph line eiloe U ti T may 15 1879 editors deseret news this morning at the grist mill of the provo manufacture ing company was burned down also the bin adjoining tho the about bushels of wheat which will mostly be ba saved the fire is supposed to haye have originated in the smut room through friction in the machinery loss admitted to ball bail last evening daniel Beeg seeg miller and howard spencer who with others were indicted august 3rd ard 1877 for complicity in the murder of dr J king robinson in 1866 surrendered themselves to the c custody of the united states marshal this morning at 9 am they were admitted to bail ball in the clerks office of the district bourt the bonds being fixed at each with H BC lawson elias ellas morris samuel bussei bussel orson arnold and wm win A rossiter Bo salter as sureties sch lother mother billings dead it is with deep regret that we announce the departure in the year of her age of sister DI alitha diantha billings who died at prove last evening at 16 15 minutes to 10 ir fe bew few w persons were better known among the saints or more universally beloved and respected than mother billings 11 1 1 she was the widow of titus billings and the sister of father Isaac Morley one of the veterans of the church who joined it in early days in kirtland sister slater billings herself was one of the first of the kirtland cormons mormons Mor mons and it was at her brothers house there that the Camp bellito meetings were held previous to the advent of the true faith which took away sway so many of its disciples she was an intimate friend of the prophet joseph smith passed through the persecutions in missouri and elss elsa where never wavered in faith but remained true to the end and leaving a jarge large family and hosts of friends to mourn her loss losa has gone gon e 0 t receive her eternal reward in the heavenly mari mati mansions above