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Show ; NEW SHIPMENT! NeUe Bou-kofeky Bou-kofeky has again received Twenty-five Twenty-five Barrols of that FIXE KENTUCKY KEN-TUCKY BOURBON which he keeps on selling at $2 per GALLON or 25 cents per pint. Come and try it. NELSE CANNOT BE UNDER-i UNDER-i SOLD. 5S, Main street, next door to , Wells, Fargo & Co., express. jyl8 j Tlio Leo Trinl. At luil mune n-al prun-is ha bum Hindu in the MmniLun MeaduwH massacre triald, John D. Leo bus been convicted by a jury of twelve men o( the orimo of murder in the first dogreo. 'Ihis result ban boon reached altera full mid fair trial, at which every opportunity existed for getting at the facts of the case. Prosecuting Prose-cuting Attorney Howard stated to the jury in his closing argument, that he had devoted nearly throo months to the study and sifting of all the evidence evi-dence which could beoblainod.' Upon this careful canvass ot the facta his theory was made, up, aud he strictly adhered to it throughout tho trial. No ovidtiuco was presented lor tho dc- fenso, neither were the witnesses for tho prosecution impeached in the least degree. As to the methods of the trial or the li-gif.ima:y of its rc-I rc-I salts, few will be found to complain. It is sufe to say that a similar result might have been reached at any time by any oi Col. Howard's pi educosors. It only required that the prosocuting ofiicer should bring to the discharge of his duty a similar spirit of patieut enquiry and an unbiased mind. All previous attempts have failed because they liAve aimed at impossibilities. Prosecuting officers havo had a theory, to wupport which they in vain attempted to twist the facts. Unless they could convict Brigham Young and the "Mormon" church authorities, authori-ties, they had little or no interest in the trial of the indicted party. Now comes to the front a lawyer, dovoid of preconceived ideas, who will not be influenced by newspaper prejudices preju-dices or the promptings of political or religious partisanship, and all difficulties diffi-culties at onca vanish. The cue is remanded to the realm of judicial investigation, in-vestigation, to be governed by the practices of courts aud the rules of law and evidence The finding of the jury, it is be-lived, be-lived, will bo generally recognized as a verdict based on the evidence presented. pre-sented. Indeed, it is difficult to con ceive another verdict possible in me case. The atrocity of the acts, as detailed by some cf the witnesses, almost surpass belief, and lead to the opinion that nothing less than a demoniacal possession could have influenced in-fluenced the perpetrators. The punishment pun-ishment of tho guilty parties will, only verify the popular belief that, justice, though long delayed, may at ! any time overtake tho murderer and bring upon him retribution for his , diabolical crimes. . 1 j |