Show LOCAL NEWS ten babies were blessed at the last fast meeting A V call who brou brought glit down the remains of mrs farnham cretu returned rued home last monday evening the little sh of david lewis jr who lost a portion of one of his little fingers is getting along pretty well the school officers of davis county will meet in the county court house tit at farmington next sat jan at 11 a in ID israel call C II 11 bampton and orin P hatch of this place have been selected to act as grand jurors for the february term its going to be fine for planting trees in the spring find and smith bros can call furnish you tho the best stock in utah and at low prices davis co nursery our representative david stoker went to salt lake on monday to col commence licence his labors in the lower house of the legislature C which held its first meeting on the esth of this month this week we received a compliment in the way of a sort of in an atlas of the midwinter fair from the old forty nine mining company it gives a birds eye view of the golden G gate ante park and tile the exposition buildings mrs stephen J hart left forant for mt pleasant on oil tile the ath of this month to attend her fathers funeral thomas rhomas argle that was held on the following day her parent had bad lived to the good old age age 0 of seventy three years geo E garret left for provo on monday morning where lie he will take the course at the B Y academy sunday school walker pack also left for the same city to take tile the sunday course at tile the same institution A cow belonging to henry ball was sold by heber A holbrook of the bountiful coop co op store on monday at for water taxes we understand that mr ball ref refused used to pay the tax to make a test suit 0 on n the legality of the tax As announced prof whiting appeared in the tabernacle last saturday evening with a well prepare prepared d lecture ile he took for his subject tile the atmosphere and gave a very interesting r and instructive talk for fifty minutes minute s but few people were there but those who turned out car certainly t ainaly got a treat the advice the professor gave the young people in his clodin closing remarks was splendid when leading educators come among amone us for to lee lec lure we should not fail to turn out to hear them for they always have good to tell us one of the saddest things that we hive had to record is that of a prom illig i nig 0 man of bountiful J IT II grant jr losing his mind which appeared to lave have happened almost at once or within lilliin a few lays days last saturday bishop grant and D C lee i took bof lie unfortunate to tn provo it is holded that medical skill will be able to lo do something for the recovery of tile the patient tho the family imily fi of which lie he is aine a member niber is very affectionate among V themselves aud and are nearly broken hearted with grief expressions of sympathy for the family and friends are heard on oil every side th lie attendance at the debuting debating 1 SOCK cit ly last monday evening was not so largo large as tit at some previous meetings but blit the exercises as a whole were very instructive the question up tip for discussion namely that the scientific discovery of the expansive power of f steam hail bad a greater reater influence ilie ilia civilization of mankind than any other oiher scientific discovery lincci the dawn of history lii story brought out much n lucli valuable information on a subject that is not generally understood this is ia the of iron the ile negative n active held that the dis covery of the of iron had bad UK tile greatest effect upon civilization judges judge stood two affirmative end one negative owing giving to the secretary who hai bai the program of tile he kocl society f for next monday evening we are arc unable to publish it this time |