Show L local oc i al and other matters FROM WEDNES wednesdays days DAYd DAILY juner 7 going out we understand that five drinking saloons closed lat week for want of business our feelings fee linga be hurt at all if the balance should close this week and not open any more book of ff mormon ormon we are pleased to be able to state that we are now in a position to meet the tt demand fr fir the book of mormon which id Is again on sale at this office Fa patents tents patents for the town have been tec elved at the land office in this city goshen certificate 1008 geo VV beana bean probate judge peoa geoa certificate arza hinkley probate judge providence certificate wm hyde probate judge seipio scipio certificate berti licate 1176 edwd edwld partridge probate judge not an article in yesterdays ter days NEWS relating to mr ira pfoutz calling at the city hall on I 1 monday ion lon londay ron day to examine reexamine re the corporation accounts we stated that that was t 19 known as the the tho agent for the weed sewing machine machino company we learn tha he has not been connected with that company since the of may last industrial association the fifteenth ward industrial association assoc alsoc tailoring dressmaking ac ia is erecting a new building north ot the ward store which will be ready for occupancy in about a week the structure is thirty feet by sixteen feet and the cause of or its erection ia Is tha thas the increasing business bustness of or the enterprise requires more room so much for local industry in the fifteenth ward arrival of immigrants the company of immigrating saints numbering one hundred and thirty souls who left liverpool on the uit arrived in new york on monday and resumed ned their westward journey ye yesterday elders J woodhouse john Hoph hopking hopkins ing inq ed ward hanham william nelson and robert hogg who have been beon laboring in th the european Euro peau mission Ml slon sion are traveling with this company the company may be expected in this city on or about june 14 possibly june 13 that norwich party notwithstanding the cold and heavy windstorm yesterday we are informed that a large number of old associates from the norwich conference and their friends assembled at fullers hill gardens and spent a very agreeable time when the wind abated in the afternoon the tables were spread and an old fashioned time was enjoyed in the pretty bowery after refreshments a social dance was indulged in the late members of the scottish conferences are talking of a similar reunion there in a few raw days brighton the people of brighton settlement over jordan are rejoicing over the completion of four and a balf half miles of excellent canal which ia Is sixteen feet wide at the bottom and in which there will be a body of water four feet deep the present week this canal has been constructed principally by the county and has a splendid adgate he capable of regulating a body of water much larger than the capacity of the present canal under these propitious circumstances not a few people are looking toward brighton for places whereon to locate and others non residents who own jand land thereabout there about are thinking of moving out there with plenty of water and no prospect of the jordan flowing upon the arld arid land in enthat that iova lova locality lity brighton n will now have a fair opportunity of showing what she site can produce fast meetings some of the city bishops are ito to impress upon the members of the church in their wards the necessity of a more general attendance at fast meetings on the first thursday of each month and the more punctual payment of fast offerings oger triga for the support of the poor therm there are some of the people who could not with ut difficulty attend fast meet iii w which are held in the day t time line because for instance of being in the employ of persons who are not i willing that those working for th them em should leave their labor for an hour or two for that purpose but there appears to beno be no reason for those unable to attend not remembering mem bering the poor in due season the work on the temple block closes in order to allow the workmen to attend fast meetings in one ward an evening prayer moet maet lug ing on the first thursday of each mouth has been instituted for the benefit of those unable to attend in the day time some of the proprietors of stores members of the church we understand are willing to close their places of business for an hour or two at the required time to enable themselves and em aloyes to attend those meetings after the loafers it will be seen by a petition from lead leading liik ilij business men presented to the city council lart last evening and referred by that body to the marshal that there is a growing determination to rid east temple street of that most intolerable nuisance the loafers loafer brigade a sub subject jec to which the NEWS has lately jaty devoted several paragraphs aa As the objectionable tio character of the evil complained of is pretty generally understood der stood and is clearly described in the petition already lef jef erred to published in the city council min u utes tes today to day we will merely state that it is the intention of the marshal to enforce the ordinance relating to loafers or vagrants strictly and to enable him to do so thoroughly the mer merchants chaRts in the locality designated and others interested te should cooperate operate co with him iu in that direction that the disgraceful nuisance may be abated we here quote from section 35 page 66 68 of the balt bait salt sait lake city ordinances bearing upon the subject persons within the limits of said city not having visible means of support living idly or who are round loitering iotte lotte rina rink about the streets or public places ac C and further on the ordinance states that such persons as the foregoing quotation describes shall for each of fence be liable to a fine flue not exceeding fifty dollars or to imprisonment not exceeding thirty days or to both fine and imprisonment 52 in the same bame ordinance there ia Is a clause relating to malicious mischief and another belati relating ng to profanity with penalties attached which can be brought to bear in some in instances city cotin council cil the council met last jast evening mayor mayar little ling ing the following petition was read and after considerable discussion referred to the marshal SALT SAIT LAKE CITY may 1876 to the honorable honor able the mayor and members of the city council gend emen your petitioners petition ers would respectfully represent that whereas the gathering of numbers of men on east temple street especially at the corners and under awnings many of them indulging in indecent language obstructing the sidewalks so that ladles ladies find it difficult to pass and causing them to avoid the street as much as possible cutting to pieces posts steps signs awnings etc causing the late serious accident to mr richards lounging around the store doors preventing the ingress and egress of customers or sitting for hours on the tha steps and curbs of buil hull buildings dings has become an intolerable nuisance resulting in at least the instance referred to in serious personal injury and on another occasion setting fire to orle one of the principal buildings from a lighted match or cigar all of which is greatly detrimental to business interests generall yand is fast converting east temple street into one of the least respectable of the city we therefore ask your honorable ae bod body y to enact such ordinance as in your wisdom will most effectually correct these evils and as in duty bound your petitioner petition ers will ever pray george dunford godbe pitts co wm win jennings rennin Tennin gp sons sadler watters walters and bro J 0 little day co 8 P taylor cutler J louis cohn geo M scott C co 0 joslin park W F hugh anderson 2 walker brothers calder Car careless eless oless G W davis da vis 11 B C crawson CI 1 aw awson a 0 D S bupt apt Z C AL L kimball lawrence ii 8 hills VV H hooper petition of the hook and ladder fire company asking the city to refund to them 29 which they had expended in the purchase of fire mens accoutrements ac referred to committee on claims the bill of jesse W fox 17 was reported correct by the committee to whom it was referred who recommended that the amount bead be appropriated report adopted the committee on fire firo department recommended the organizing of another hose company the purchasing cli cil astrig of an additional feet of hose hoge and another hose cart and that a tower for drying the hose hobe be erected also that a proposition from taylor cutler who had offered a suitable place at the rear of their business premises wherein to locate a hose cart be accepted it was niso also recommended that the hose companies be strengthened and made more elii elli efficient clent by the enrollment of members residing on or I 1 near r east ast temple street the recommendations I 1 m n lations were adopted in the same connection it was stated that the employed emp loyes of Z M C M I 1 were about to be 0 organized into a hose company with suitable apparatus the committee to referred the petition of luke lube and aad trescott for the privilege of being allowed to sell a certain fire kindler kin dier reported that tha tho ingredients of which the combustible is 13 composed are of a dangerous character and it would therefore be an infringement of a city ordinance to acceded to the prayer and they recommended that at it be not granted report adopted the mayor presented his report of expenditures for april and may from the contingent fund ap appropriated to enable him to meet current or contingent expenses it showed had been expended in the former month and in the latter report approved petition of sanders and sprague for the cancellation of licence from the of april having been out of business from that date granted alderman report which was presented and adopted showed that sixty four cases had been disposed of by him during may and that had been collected in cash fines and in labor the marshall ts bill of expenditures tor for may allowed and appropriated pria ted bill of 8 B young for medical services to city prison department 87 referred to committee on claims the following bills for may were allowed and the respective amounts appropriated W hyde for boarding city prisoners expenditures of fire department salary ot of paul A fer fir captain A burt city mart mait marthal hal hai and chief of pol poi police leo fee salary sal bal salaries arles aries of seven POI pol policemen coken ceben J VV burt janitor of city haij hall salary 54 3 W hyde water master waster jailor and and supervisor of streets salary WE V E hyde for guarding water works tanks and lighting street lamps salary 60 dr S B young for boarding aud caring for four insane asylum patients gas company 1122 20 davis howe and company for materials supplied the waterworks water works nails for bathhouse bath house pasture fence and aud grass seed for union square 2615 2615 W IL adkins Adt kins eins for one years salary for labor done on union square less previously appropriated for assistant to W B F adkins ato 30 to cover the redemption of alt ait city currency for the last three montas months the committee on finance were authorized to destroy the redeemed currency A bill of dr S B young for care and burial expenses of minnie plum lum an insane patient of the asylum from tooele thoele 70 was referred to the committee ou on insane ay asylum lutri the sum of si 1500 was appropriated as 03 a contingent fuu fun fund to be drawn against by the Alay mayor orand and 1000 to be drawn against by the supervisor of streets FRO T THURSDAYS U DAYS dats DAILY JUNE 8 now it is the scotch an ad ail verti vertise mentin in the NEWS announces that arrangements have been made for a party composed of the saints from the scottish conferences and their friends on tuesday june at bullers fullers hill gardens those desirous of participating can know where and of or whom to purchase tickets by reading the advertisement ti in another column morality the police busin business cbs has been remarkably dull lately which is an evidence that tho moral tone of the city has considerably improved owing doubt les ies to considerable of the scum of society float floating ingoT off to the black hills should sitting bull or anhof any of hii his adherents get after members of the disreputable class alluded to with tia the scalping knife society will be none the worse OZ off going again the other day we stated that the tho dam of the paper mill on canon canlon creek had been carried away by high water and that operations in that useful institution sti ution had been consequently suspended we are pleased to be able now to state that the necessary repairs having been promptly made the mill commenced running again yesterday as usual man drowned on tuesday afternoon ter noon while mr NV william illiam casper was at work on big cottonwood creek he discovered the body of a man floating down the stream he made an ad attempt to take it out of the water but was unable to do so owing to the strength of the current which carried it down swiftly it is supposed to be the body of daniel caine a miner who left argenta for silver springs on the day mentioned the old folks A very large crowd of people gathered this thib morning for the purpose of viewing the departure of the old folks on their excursion to provo and consequently the railroad depot presented a gay and lively scene the excursionists numb numbered cumbered cumb ered probably something over five hundred and all of them appeared smiling and cheerful this morning they occupied eight regular pap passenger cars and there was one flat besides which was gaily decorated with nags flags and evergreens ever greens and occupied by the smith brothers ath ward vard band baud who kindly give their services in the musical line for the occasion the engine was also neatly decorated an unlawful act the members of the salt lake bar are nearly una unanimous in the opinion that oha tha giving to the public of the grand jury report wa wm a breach of the law rendering those who did it liable for divulging the secrets of the grand jury however the object was evidently to manufacture political capital which object h however however owing to the glaringly misrop misrepresentative and grossly erroneous character of the report has failed ia IR accomplishment we cannot say that we regret the publication li of the document which is of such an evidently unfair and one sided character as to rather injure its authors than those whom it was intended to hurt another nuisance the loafing nuisance ia Is now in a fairway fair way for being abated there having been a visible improvement on the streets in that regard yesterday there is another that requires attention fast driving there is quite a number of persons that drive through the 8 streets t at a speed and witta with a recklessness that leads one to suppose that because they can own a fast horse or hire one from a livery stable they are somebody in particular ti such persons should be taught to pay some regard for the lives and limbs of citizens who have more sense than they and that they are not the owners of the city this latter jatter nuisance is one of daily not to say almost hourly occurrence and ii h most prevalent oiw on Sabbat abath li daye |