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Show LOCAL AM) GENERAL. Good time coming. SEEDS AT WHITEHEAD'S, 1-Wn Garden Seeds at Whitehead's, Miss Leonora Cannon still continues very poorly, A choice assortment of Garden Seeds at Whitehead's. ' Messrs. Anderson and Hendrieksen, of Nephi, are here on business, John Sturzei.egger shipped two dozen quails to Salt Lake City this week. The seven-year-old daughter of J. M. Cates has been very ill, hut is now somewhat better. Samuel Miles, Jr., came in on the stage Friday on completion of missionary mission-ary duties in central Utah. Wm. Bunker from Dixie, is here on a visit to his relatives and friends. Annabolla Cor. Sevier Times. Joseph Price is painting and fixing up the house at Dodge's spring previous pre-vious to moving his family into it. The 50-dollar greenback advertised as lost in our last issue, was restored to the loser as a result of the advertisement. advertise-ment. Mrs. Eliza Lund has been quite unwell un-well for some time, being taken with fainting spells that render her unconscious uncon-scious for a time. Elder George E. Miles, of St. George, has been selected as counselor to President Presi-dent John M. Bunker, of the Kentucky conference. Southern Star. A beautiful picture will be given away at McQuarrie & Sons. Every purchaser of goods to the value of $2.50 during February has a chance. Frank Prisbrey appeared before Justice Daggett yesterday on a charge of disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct on the Kith inst., and was fined $7. and costs. At the meeting of taxpayers of the 10th School District, held last Saturday, Satur-day, a special school tax of 2 per cent was voted, the votes standing 12.7 for and 20 against, Bishop James Andrus returned from a business trip to Silver Reef Tuesday. Ke reports everything looking bright at that camp, and expects the mill to start running in about two weeks, A scrimmage took place last Sunday between Joseph Fuller aud Otto Clark in which the latter got decidedly the worst of the encounter. Clark entered a complaint against Fuller Sunday evening, but left for White Hills that night. A very enjoyable masquerade ball was held in the Social Hall Qn the eve-of eve-of Washington's birthday. The hall was crowded with dancers dressed in odd and fantastic costumes, some of which were beautiful. All enjoyed themselves immensely. Elders Horsley, Hunter, Durham, and Wilcock, who have been laboring for some time in this stake as M. I. A. missionaries, left for their homes Wednesday, having been honorably released. re-leased. They made a host of friends during their travels, and it is hoped their teachings will be productive of much good. An alarm of fire was raised Tuesday afternoon, and people went scurrying with buckets, etc., towards the southwest south-west quarter of the city where a dense smoke could be seen. It proved to be only a grass fire on Orin Woodbury's lot, but it was fanned by a high wind, and placed the house in jeopardy for a few minutes. The prompt action of the bucket brigade soon ended its career "Nil despranduin." Farmer and gardeners are all busy. FRESH LUMP LIME FOR SALE. Ed. Christian. Thomas Leavitt of Bunkerville was doing business here this week. William Seegmiller left for his home at Ranch, Kane county, Thursday. PLENTY OF FLOUR AND BRAN and shorts at the Washington mill. Whitehead & Son filled a large order for Whitmore's store at Overton. Nevada, Nev-ada, this week. Brother George Woodward has been quite ' ill for some clays, but is now somewhat better. John Alger has sold his place at Diamond Valley to John Lytle, Sr., and moved to Enterprise. Mrs. Dun Alger and Mrs. Oliver Laub returned last Friday from visiting visit-ing relatives in Washington. LUMBER FOR SALE 500 feet i-inch, i-inch, 500 feet 1-inch, and flooring for T. O. Enquire of A. J. Stout, St. George. A. H. Kimball, representing the Clark, Eldredge Co. of Salt Lake City, and Joseph Anfenger, salesman for Colburns spices arc doing business here. On Sunday night a barrel of sotir-krout, sotir-krout, turned in on subscription last fall by a Redmond farmer, exploded in the up-stairs rooms of The Press office. It smells like Germany in the sanctum. Salina Press. Edward Christian is having success with his incubator, the last hatch, which came out last week, being 05 per cent of all futile eggs. This is the second hatch with the new incubator, and Mr. Christian feels quite encouraged, en-couraged, George Ashby had a narrow etcape from serious injury on Tuesday. He was setting on a buekboard leading a horse when the horse he was leading balked, pulling Ashby off the buck-board. buck-board. As he fell he caught in the wheel of the buekboard which broke one of his ribs and severely bruised him. Postmaster Thomas received word yesterday that the department at Washington Wash-ington is considering the petition to have the mail carried from Milford over the Utah & Pacific to Lund, the present terminus of the. road, From Lund the mail would be carried by-stage by-stage to the southern part of the state, Salt Lake Herald. Mr. W. D. Hendricks, contractor for the Utah & Pacific construction work, came in from the south yesterday. The j line, he says, is now extended to a j point ten miles beyond Lund, but work has stopped owing to a scarcity of ties. Mr. Hendricks will place an order for some while here, and work will be pushed through as rapidly as possible. Salt Lake Herald. C. H. Hancock states he believes that his father-in-law is the oldest member of the Church of Latter-day-Saints in Utah. The old gentleman is James B. Bracken, who now lives in St. George. He was born in Tippecanoe, Indiana, January 14, 1816; baptized March, 1832: ordained one of th Seventies October 8, 1844, by Andrew More. He has lived a faithful, useful, honored life, setting a good example and earnest in all good works. He was only 16 years old when he joined the Church, aud now he is 83. If there is an older member in the state, Mr. Hancock is not aware of it Panguitch Progress. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy In Chicago. Hisgen Bros., the popular South Side drugg,sts, corner (ii)th-st. and Went-worth-av say: We sell a great deal of Chamberlain's Cough Remedv. and find that it gives the most satisfactory results, especially among children for severe colds and croup.- For sale In-All In-All Medicine Dealers. |