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Show ri!i:sinrT fxijAO at The entrance of the Utah Southern railroad into Trove, was celebrated yesterday with appropriate ceremonies. After a.'epeccbAof welcome from Mayor A. 0. Smoot, and a from President George A. se Fuiith, the following address, by President Briham Youug, was read by Col. I). JIcKenzie as reported by t David W. Evan?, Esq., for the , IA'9-ore- Evening Keics: FlUKMDS AXD FeLT,OW CiTIIESS : Assembled lo celebrate the completion of the Utah Southern Eailroad to thiw citj, I g'adlv join in yoflt rejoicings, feel a deep interest, in common with you. in th successful progress cf a work fraught with o many benefits to the people of this leri ilory. I deem this a fitting occasion for briefly tracing our progress in the graiid acd sieadi! "onward and upward" march of praiseworthy improvement. commu- tedlotrs processes of hard labor in the great and - prosperous eity in a locality egraph line, to hasten magnetie of the manufacture of textile fabrics? sirw and previously so unhealthy as to be shun- nication with the intelligence world. Since the completion of that grist mills hare teen multiplied fo meet ned by all but few. havo were" line the "Deseret Telegraph Company" increasing wants; our publications Oteer flourishing settlements small-size"D'e3eret made in various parts of Hancock Coun- has stretched its wires to an aggregate increased frem the our all first 1000 News," by Dr. weekly of published miles, connecting ty, and across the river in Lee County, length "Desin to the Richards and Willard 1850, mining camps, Iowa; and fields, orchards, flocks, herds, principal cities, towns South Eastern Nevada, eret News," published weekly, happy homes, and a peaceful and intelli- and penetrating and daily; the "Juvenile Instrue-tor,- " Northern Arizona, and Southern Idaho. gent people were rapidly adding to the Union of the the Woman't Soon after the completion wealth and strength of our nation. the "Salt Lake Herald," weekly, the people or ltah, During the less than two years next Pacific Railroad, and daily; the 'Ogden Government unaided began grants, by after the massacre of the Prophet and and and daily; the Utah Central, Junction," Patriarch, the Temple was completed; a the construction of the site selected on the Mitsissipi river for speedily completed it between Ogden "Provo Times," daily; large' editions of the Utah Soulhern, the "Book of MoTmon," "Hymn Book," building a dam for manufacturing pur- and Salt Lake Cities; tho Texas Pa- "Answers to Questions," "Catechism," with poses, and all possible improvements en- designed to connect the earli- and other publications, nct forgetting couraged and prosecuted to the utmost, cific, was then commenced at until the power of religious intolerance est practicable date, and has been prose- the famous "Keepapitchinifj." Ah I I turned efforts for continued aud increas cuted as rapidly as meaus and other fa- also must not omit to mention the little and we are new "Cactus" ia St. George. ing improvements into preparations fur cilities .would permit, result of this the assembled to celebrate leaving the State of Illinois. so in all' that is d setiii-weekl- semi-monthl- semi-weekl- labor. are on the point of connection with FrankliH, in the extreme north of the Territory; by our own railroads, a dis tance of some 170 miles nearly due north and south, with branches to" Little CotWe tonwood and Bingham Canyons in Salt Lake County and American ForkiB Utah County, and the road from Echo to the coal bads in Summit County, to lend their powerful aid in facilitating travel and transportation, so necessary to the rapid advancement of our agricultural, manufacturing, mining and all other material interests. And we hope to continue, until the inhabitants of this beautiful and thriving city are in railroad communication with that extensive network of roads ramifying our great country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and extending into Canada and Mexico. Furnaces are busily occupied in smelting the rich, argentiferous galena and copper ores so abundant in our mountains. Having thus briefly sketched a few of the prominent items of our history, I again refer to the conditions under which our labors have been performed. It id true that the angel, commissioned to restore, in this our day, the fulness of the everlasting gospel; found Joseph but a youth and comparatively unlearned, he having had but' limited opportunities for education in the then wilds of western New York; but, from that date, until so foully massacred with his brother Hyrum in Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois, on the 27th ef June, 1S44, in the CDth year of his ae, he assiduously applied himself to studying the English, German, Hebrew and other languages, and gaining all information of worth from every available source, cspeeially through revelation from Heaven, the fonutain of all light and knowledge. As many of you know, his wus a life of no ordinary character, driven from place to place, surrounded by implacable enemies, thirsting for his blood, harrassed by vexatious law tuit, r.nd worse than all, by the dark pluttiugs of false brethren which culminated iu his foul murder, yet, through all these vicissitudes, he never ceased his exertions to improve himself aud his brethren. Believing in his teachihe", the teach- mna str lha Savi tnvnimh Mia n n . t , . dug-out- s; l, . i Latter-da. y . to throw every obstacle in the way of our social, political and intellectual advancement, we have great reason to feel thankful for the results already achieved. the arrival of the Tioneers in 1847 until now, the people of this Territory have at all times labored assiduously and untiringly, amid many averse circumstances, for thaproperous settlement of the "Great American De3ert" and the regions bordering, und for the best and mot rapid development of the resources of these valleys and moun tains. As some of the results, under the blessings of Israel's God, our cities, towns and villiges are now numbered by hundreds, and extend from the Soda Springs, in the Territory of Iaho, some 230 miles horth f this cityi to the setFro:-.- 0 inter-ocvan- ..' hamts hate from the be- ginning striven to emulate his pure and noble example, and notwithstanding the same spirit of opposition that sought to destroy the prophet Joseph and the work of the Lord bus unceasingly larbor-e- d the i ;" y semi-weekl- Such were some of the labors of the Saints, partaking of the spirit, zeal and energy of their leader, the Prophet Joseph flumh, the founder of the great latter-da- y work, which the Lord of Hosts has commenced, and which he will watch over for good, unto its final consummation in accordance with His Divine will. .. Soon after the organization of the In the Saints began 184G, February, Latter-daf'burcb of Jesus Christ of on their the river crossing Mississippi Faints in Fuyttto, Seneca County, State way to these distant valleys, and, makof Sew York, on the 6ih of April, If 30, at Gurden GrovJ and with six mcmbers.'tbe people removed ing resting p'aces for those who were to follow, Pisgah to Kirtlond, Ohio, and atoncebogan where we immediately provided sehool erecting buildingf, opening the streets, houses, temporarily using tents for that I repnriog to build a temple, which they purpose; and filling st requisition from completed; resumed the publication of our Government for 500 men to aid in the "Evangelical and Morning Star," tie then war with Mexico, crossing the After the destruction of the printing Missouri river, and erected several hunpress, ly a mob, in Jackson County, dred log houses; made many' Missouri, in 1823 ; (hen published it un- built a grist-milaud, according to our der the title Of Martiiger and Advocate; invariable custom, school houses; dividM.nt missionaries to various portious of ed the people into wards, with Bishops the Unilfed States Cahada, and Europe; and Police, and conducted all matters founded colonies near the western borfor the benefit, to the utmost, of a camp ders of Missouri, 'and labored zealously at its halt in Winter Quarters (now and iudefatiguhly tor the welfare of Florence) on the west bank of the Mismankind, until they left their hard earnsouri, several miles ahoje where now is ed homes in Kirtland and the adjacent Omaha. regions. That year wa carried the standard of beh forming thsir settle- true civilization to lu 1831, California, establibh-in- g ments near the western borders of Upper there the first library, and soon bethe Saints found a' region MissOuH, gan publibhing the California Star, tne eparsely rettled and bat rudely ;improv first newspaper, so far as I am aware, ed, aud, , with their characteristic love printed on the western slope of the Rocky for improvement, at, once established Mountains. ' soon the schools, superseded hominy Shortly after that date,' the Frontier block and the grater, by mills driven by Quarditm was published in Council Bluffs, torse and water power, published the Iowa. first number of the L'venipg and Horning In April, 1847, the Pioneer Company, Star in June, '1832, then", If I rightly numbering 143 men, 3 women aud 2 remember, the only newspaper publish, children, began their journey westward, ed in Missouri outside of St. Louis, Jef- in search of a location where we could ferson City and Beontville; published a tho our Lord God in serve unmoleetedly book entitled the Hook of Commandment, accordance with His coumiaiiduicuts. aud, through unity and industry in evI well remember that, when riding in ery possible and laudable improvement, advance of that company with my then were rapidly acquiring desirable and First Counselor, Ileber 0. Kimball and very commendablo surroundings, when others, to search out the route for the they were driven into still more sparsely wagons to follow, we were carefully eettled adjacent counties, where they watching for and frequently eouversiug again began, with untiring patience and about a route for, a railrouid across the unflagging energy, the improvement of continent. themselves, their children, their few That company reached the present neighbors, and everything around them. s;te of Salt Lake City, on the 24th of This course was pursued, and prosperous TnW 1R17 or,.t t settlements were dotting the prairies as into streets and lots, and, aided by Capt. ly magic, until their expulsion from James Brown s detuehuient from the that State in 1838 At the time of this , me erceuon 01 a iuoraiou uituanou, Clark to Gen. remarked the npulsion fort for the comfort and security of the EalMs : "Yon must net be seen here as families who arrived that season, to the many as five together; if you are the number of some 3,009 person, citiscnS will be upon you and destroy In 1840, Prest Goorge A. Smith prtf, you, but you must flee immediately out of the State." Si ill he wished the sented, in the legislature of the provisfaints to remain, if they would only ional State of Deseret. a memorial to forsake or discard their religion, for Congress for the coustruction of a national railroad to the Pacific coast, which Cuid he, "You are an industrious people; said legislature adopted. In 1852, he you have done more in three years to tuild up the country and improve it, presented a like memorial in the legislathan the eld settlers have dne in sixteen tive assembly of the Territory of Utah, was also adopted, under the following years." title: "Memorial to Congress for the After the expulsion from Missouri, construction of a great national; central their scattered numbers were gathered railroad to the Pacific coast.'' Pages on the left bank of the Mississippi river, 225-of laws of Utah, published 1852. at a small town named Commerce, now It is thus clearly shown that, from Kauvoo, in Illinois, in the spring of the time of our leaving the Missouri and they there again began to exhibit that wonderful, unflagging zeal for river, our attention was drawn to aud In the next five years our influence exercised iu favor of an improvement. railroad, and so continued preceding the massacre of the Prophet and Patriarch, Joseph and llyrura until the completion, early in 18G9, of Smith, an extensive eity site was laid that great work, the Union and Cential out; large number of commodious dwell- Pacifio Railroad, to the coustruction of which the inhabitants of Utah rendered ings were erected; the lowlands drained; most efficient aid. many publie edifioes reared; the walls of a costly temple raised to the first Few, if any, hailed tho advent of telschools numerous in opera- egraphic facilities with more Joy than story; put tion; a University aud other charters ob- did the people of Utah, as evidenced by tained; and several thousands of happy our furnishing and settling some GOO indtts'nguB peopit h ere building up a miles of poles for the first cverlani tel- - y useful, Education, human true proobviously underlies in detail allusien a that slight gress, may be interesting to many and serve to show the importance we have always attached to the education of our children, under the most adverse circumstances. President George A. Smith, sow my first counselor, in settling Iron County did not wait in the winter of 1850-5- 1, school-housbut for the erection of a elemenfew with the began teaching, tary text books then in possession, and by the light of the sage and greasewood camp fires. The first building erected in that ceun'y was a goodly sized, substantial block. house, for the use of meetings and schools, thereby impressing upon the mind's of both old and young the importance of what, from first to e, last, we as people have always considered a paramount duty, to diligently seek useful information from every available source, at all times and under all With what success this circumstances. duty has been prosecuted, un,der numerous disadvantages unknown to the n of world, let the 30,000 our young Territory answer. school-childre- Turning from the brief glance at our material and educational interests and advancement, I deem it fitting to remark that from uly 24, 1847, to this auspicious day we are celebrating, our legislators, our judges, our county and city officers, our justices of the peace, all holding authority, in each and every department, and the whole people, with comparatively fewer exceptions than I am aware of elsewhere, have labored assiduously for the broadest enjoyment, by all, ,of the rights and privileges designed by our Creator for our benefit, to prevent the least encroachment upon the rights of any, no matter of what name, faith; or nation, and to spread the area of freedom, uniting with everything conducing to the true progress of the human family in all that is in any wise beneficial, and to discourage, prevent and eradicate, to the utmost of our influence, means and opportunities, all that iu the least degree militates against -- the welfare ot our fellow beings, doing all possible good to all. of the acts of the chilof men, it has been wisely said : "By their fruits ye know them." A few'of the fruits produced by this people, during the past forty years, have now been passed in a review deemed best to be very brief; and in my reflections T often wish that the whole do themselves the justice to carefully and candidly scrutinize our course, all our acts and purposes, anywhere and everywhere, when we have' been true to our faith, from our earliest history till now, and learu, by our frui s, whether we are not ever true and fast friends to all our fellow beings, so far as they will permit, and ever zealously laboring to the utmost for the most rapid improvement in all things conducive lo the temporal and eternal welfare and happiness of mankind. In speakiug dren world-woul- io One week ago, Bray 1 Choate who are engaged ir extensive lumbering operations, li?re, anion other employees, a comparative stranger who claimed to bail from the State of Maine; and who had been ia this city but x short time when hired The strainer was tinder the influence of liquor, a condition he had days, but it was thought that a little hard i' work among the piues wmild help him. The strangei had no sooner arrived' in camp than he began to exhibit some marked peculiarities of disposi-tioHe refused to perform the work sssigned him; hot obtaining ar, axe devoted bis time to cattiug up branches of trees and hauling theni into' camp. 'The" axe waa his companion. Sleeping or waking, it was with him, and on several occasions he made threatening demonstrations toward the men. The ' camp became alarmed at the mans behavior, and every means to capture him or the axe was resorted to, but without success. Strategy was of no avail, and ori one occasion foviV or five of the nicst muscnlar men in the camp attempted to secure him by force; but he met them on all side?, drove them back, knocked them down and brandished his axe iu token of Tictory. The matter was growing serious. Almost every night the eniire camp sat up to watch the maniac and thwart any disposition ha might have to injure one cf their number. Every meal was eaten with the constant fear that the tcrriblo axe might descend npon Pome one's skull. The want of sleep, the general annoyance and the constant strain of watching the lunatic wers breeding confusion in the camp. a. con-sta- Work was but half done and nt em- ployers and laborers were becoming One day, however, the discouraged. man with the axe appeared, to be iai a better humor than usual, and was prevailed upon by Mr. Bray to tak ahorse and go to Shawnee. Bray never expected to see the hore agaiu, but was willing to part with it, if, by such a sacrifice the lunatic could be induced to leave. When about half way to Shawnee, ' the lunatic was met by Grattan,one of the men belonging to the camp, who induced him to relinquish the hsrsa and continue his journey on foot. Grattati brought the horse back to camp,' and the lunatic went on to Shawnee. The last account? are to the effect that the lunatic, becoming tired of Shawnee, has started back to the camp; If he reaches it his reception will riot be of a complimentOshkosK Times. ary character! . jSTotice. Estray XX 51 POSSESSION THE F0MOW- -' in; aWrilifedauimaH, which, if not claimed reaway, will be aoM to tlia hiRhost sponsible bidilor at th District Stray 1'ouuJ, t 0(:an, Wbef County, Saturday, Dec. Slid, ISjH, at I p.ui. One red stocr. 3 yeara eld, point of right hora broke off, Irunded 0 X on left side, II 11 Co left hip. One dun colored gter, 3 years old, branded 0 A on left aide. U B on lot hip, half under crop in left ear, half npjirr crop iu right oar, liar ia forehead. IaudHAtK taken W. S. FIFE, District PoundkfpiT-Ogden- , Nov, 22, 1873. JAMES SLATER, GENERAL STORE, PHODUCE, FUKS, Etc, iiicii3iorsr, ,UTAW. CACHE CO., ' g.D6-- l Friends and Permit me to again congratulate you in now fellow-citizen- voraing s: and CARDON BROS., LOGAN, Six doors west of Meeting Hall. WATCHES, CLOCKS, , AND JKWELRI, and Repaired. Manufactured Albains, ad Picture Frames Milling Tbotographs, or AmbrolypeS accuratefast supplanting the ruder buildings that Company. Office corner Fifth circumstances at first compelled; nuraer- - The bot cou.1 in aud t'mnklin Streets, Ogden ly taken. the Territory. from Rok CU9 factories have' relieved the slow and ?rr'ng auij Evuafcton. Ev th ton or th car load. IMctnres CopteU.- i ! d being in communication with all steam lines by Bea and land throughout the world, and to wish peace, union and abundant prosperity, to your beautlfnl and to all who are laboring to protlements in Arizona, some 400 miles city, mote true progress, and advance comsouth. Orchards, gardens and farms mendable improvements. have widely multiplied where barrenness has had sway for ages; commodious dwelling, school and meeting houses are W Coal - 1 Expo-nent- y; The Maft TTitu an Axe. iSOCll PARK, Agrut. |