Show local and personal X S R bennion has gone to salt lake city to attend conference the black hawk veterans held a meeting last Mond monday ayat at the court house and laid plans for a general jollification and reunion in the near future lon black has not been at his hia post in the eagle market much of late the cause is that he has been devoting his time to the entertainment of a beautiful young lady who hs had been a guest at his home since last monday morn morning ng r A brinton annton says there are about twenty five students in his school at dry fork and though they are a trifle be behind hindin in some studies they alethe are the very best readers and spellers lie he ever taught lie ile is highly pleased with ith the school A C amert hai ha purchased the chadwick farm adjoining vernal on the northeast ifor for farmer emert will now give tho the people of this thia alley some ome valuable pointers on tilling the soil lie ile has not forgotten his earla earl training eberra barefooted boy back bach in illinois the deal was made by N J meagher the following guests from distant points registered at the southern hotel during the week F J todd salt lake W A ware denver W M bunn whiterocks D D floutz J M townsend S W Coll collin inq denor D L edwards Afe meeker eker E IC awitin austin denver J allen alien simmond nF idaho springs A company of horse breeders bleeders bre eders at mancos colo has offered cap whitlock 2 for his thoroughbred stallion first blaze whitlock intended to start monday morning with aith the horse but has decided to put of going until the weather is settled it is too bad that such a fine animal is to be taken out of the country uncle T taylor was in town saturday having lately returned from the vicinity of theodore ile he ha hai had bad about three hundred head of cattle in his care during the winter lie ile has allowed the cattle to range along the bottoms of the strawberry and duchesne rivers the result la is that the cattle have wintered with very slight losses and they are now in good condition william merrill was in town monday ile he confirms the report that hat green river rose three feel fee in twenty four hours the cause of it as undoubtedly an immense ice jam somewhere up the river as the water receded again within the following two daa da s and left immense ice floes on the sand bars the merrill boys intend to farm their 0 own n land on green river this year as the expected high water will insure good crops A sociable was given at the home of C C bartlett wednesday night under the auspices of the vernal sunday school in honor of ellis ellia merkley who 13 to leave in the near future to fill a mission in the southern states the guests were principally the ward and stake sunday school officers and mem berkof bera of mr Merk leys sunday school class R S collett of the stake presidency the counselors in the ward bishoprick and judge john E booth also honored the occasion by their presence the program consisted mostly of songs recitations and extemporaneous addresses judge booth is 13 noted as an entertainer and performed his part in the entertainment as freely as though he were a member of the vernal school the second intermediate class presented three books usef useful to missionaries to mr merkley their former teacher the affair ended after the guests had partaken partaker par taken of light refreshments fre fresh ments john glenn was our aut eying end and laying out 2nd and north street abi week the city council is removing all hitching racks along the canals through town A good move bishop and mrs mra george billings left tuesday morning for salt lake city mrs ashley bartlett will ill return with them the uintah railway company has delivered considerable freight during tho the week though the roads roada are still in a bad condition it is 13 rumored that miss jean gerber is ia leaving for salt lake city and may have a slight revision made in hor her name while she Is s aw aa ay has received another car load of keg beer after af ter being out several weeks owing to the condition of the roads roada ile he will have a consignment of bock beer about the of may the grand gr nd ball of the curra cumont nt topic club last monday night is ia pronounced by those who attended it to be an unqualified success the attendance v naas as large and all had one of the most enjoyable times of their lives one of our popular mail carriers william stone started thursday for lake fork for the purpose of arranging for the building of a house on his homestead frant ross is the substitute carrier of rural free delivery route number one so he will deliver mail on that route during mr stones absence 1113 H B neff is home from colorado springs and denver while at denver mr neff ned was wag at the office of the chief engineer of the moffat road for several hours and in giving those officials information concerning this valley he be gained some information also it is mr geffs neffs opinion that the moffat road will build through this valley and vernal with the proper encouragement and spirit on the part of the people here |