Show local and other matters FROM THURSDAYS DAILY JAN 3 recovering we are aie pleased to be able to note that mr james need Needham although not yet able to leave the house la Is gradually recovering convalescent we are gratified to be abl able e to state that president A M cannon after a protracted illness is now able to be about a usual boisterous 11 runners last evening four hotel hotels runners were arrested for boisterous and noisy vociferations at the railroad depot this morning justice fined them 3 apiece district court thursday january 3 mitchell lewis co vs lewis Beni benl benitag benites ted teg default and judgment re erred to clerk to compute 0 D ford vs L E holden hoiden argument for an injunction t ion lon and sad receiver still in pro progress gress grees manti S sex sextons tons tona ton a report for the year 1877 males mates six females emalea seven of these adults four causes of death as reper reported ted lung fever two teething one inflammation of the bowels two old age aget one scarlet fever one premature irth birth three diarrhoea three total interments Inter ments 13 JOHN sohn H tue TUTTLE sex sexton ton toa williamsburg conference Coti ference the semiannual semi annual conference of the church at williamsburg LL LI was held november 1877 in americus hall grand street in that city the assemblage was addressed on subjects pertaining to the principles of the gospel and building up of the kingdom of god by elders held schwartz Sedge vier loftus lottus counselor pullman and elders keeler and gamier garnier the records of the branch were presented by elder french the secretary they showed the affairs of the church there to be in a healthy condition the general and local authorities of the church were presented and sustained the con Cou conference ference was presided over by oy president ff 0 by bywater water A peculiar work mr S W wetmore VV etmore record clerk of the illinois state penitentiary at joliet has compiled materials for a de tec tives vide vade mecum it will contain the names of most of the notorious criminals hailing balling from chica so zo and different eastern cities bank robbers burglars forgers confidence men mens etc with their haunts the gangs to which they belong and otner parti tic cu ulars tars lars it loo will aso also give many of the slang phrases with their meaning common among criminals the book Is ii designed for the special use uee of officers of the law american fork canyon wagon R boad L mr niels 0 Hel hei heiselt seit of pleasant grove furnishes the following ai having been beem for some time engaged in superintending super intending the con can of the wagon road through american fork cifuen I 1 am p pleased 1 eased to inform you of the success e e m of or the undertaking thus far this work must b regarded as one of the most important enterprises in behalf of the interest of the farming community in the settlements adjoining american fork canion callon as when completed it will render reader accessible the timber of th the taina to aid the material development of their farms and the improvement m pro of their homes it is also due to the people of the several settlements in the northern portion of utah county that thab a hearty and public led gement should be made them for their liberal subscriptions and for the substantial services rendered in the building and construction of the roni as also to the miners in and adjacent to the american fork calion callon for the interest they have taken in the work there I 1 19 yet a portion of the road unfinished and that it may be made safe and per permanent manen t for travel at an early day I 1 am in hopes the people interested therein will continue conti pue their liberality either in money supplies or labor that I 1 may be able to push it forward to completion without unnecessary delay I 1 give my assurance that hat t no exertion shall be spared on my part that will ensure so desirable a result the tho work in germany The latter day hainta saints will be greatly great y pleased leased to learn that the gospel is gaining a steady if it not a rapid foothold in germany the barriers that hat have heretofore hindered the introduction and spread of the truth in that country are gradually gia dually melting away before the influence of religious toleration which Is increasing we have perused with much pleasure a letter addressed to bro gerber berber from elder jacob mueller dated at ludwigshafen Ludwigs hafen nov 13 1877 1 it t was written in the german language langua e and translated into english englis by elder ride Wide rEdward ed ward of this city he stater states that he visited lemburg in september where he found round a sect of people distinct and peculiar in their views the leading man among them whose name is jacob li il is 28 years of age and nd claimed to have received divine direction through fasting and pr pray a jv er elder mueller and a companion compa ni elder preached to them and created great interest the sect had in advance received some of tile the principles of the gospel as true mr boeckli told the elder that it had been manifested to him that the elders were the servants of the lord and their message was tle the tt e tr true ue gospel and that he should d administer to their wants which be did many members of the sect sald said they were ready for baptism but mr stated he was not I 1 yet and desired the others to wait I 1 till he was p prepared re pared to which they yielded after a vilt to berne elder mueller visited ludwigshafen Ludwigs Ludwiga hafen haoen la iii bavaria and manhim anhelm Al I 1 arriving october between that date and november ath he be baptized seven persons in the river rhein on the day last mentioned he be visited H he was received gladly by his friends and the following evening he be baptized five persona persons on the next evening five others and on the third evening four motif more and on the following night four others elder mueller says never have I 1 found such faith as among that people and preaching baptizing and instructing kept me ine going for some days till midnight and one not at all ail 21 several of the converts were impressed that there would be a movement among them and some of them would emigrate emig ratel to somewhere in the spring and they had made preparations for gathering even before elder mueller had preached the gathering to them they are much united among themselves elder mueller arrived in ludwig sharen again on november loth and expected to meet elder eider E ider lder bradley clawson on the he in tended soon to revisit re visit erg err anaba and baptize p aize others who were ready and to hunt new openings and ana fields of labor he expresser expresses the earnest conviction that the time for the spread of the goepel in germany bas has arrived FROM FRIDAYS DAILY JAN 4 D A M society the directors of the D A M society are requested to meet at room 18 city huil hall to morrow evening at seven J R WINDER Pies ples president ident lost this morning on his hia way home a lad named M B R pratt lost a couple of purses one contained 40 in tithing office orders and a small amount of currency and the other a small sum in fractional currency the finder will oblige by leaving the same at this office for the owner district the dispatches inform us that sumner howard district attorney for utah has resigned if this act had been voluntary it would have been one of the most graceful of his life utah has no cause for regret the change cannot well be for the worse silk father graves has made the circuit of the settlements of utah county lecturing in the interests of silk culture at a small secluded place called benjamin while he be was there the people agreed to plant out 1000 mulberry trees in person offered the free use of an acre of ground for that purpose and then prom proT proffered ered to plow and otherwise prepare the land while young men tendered their services to set out the trees without remuneration analysis of temple granite following is an analysis of the tho temple rock rack by professor thos M drawn silica T 71 78 14 75 ferrous oxide I 1 at oxide 0 09 lime ilme 2 38 im Magne agnesa aa 0 71 0 lo 10 potassa 4 69 19 tion 0 62 10 10 is 16 this is a beautiful rock classed among the Gra graniter it is from little littie cottonwood canon callon in this cou county nty it consists of quartz mica J as blo bio tite feldspars feld fela spars an abi artho clase and plagioclase with a large proportion of hornblende some and other interesting macroscopic ro and microscopic crystals mortuary mr 0 larsen sexton of logan cache county furnishes us with the following report ruport for the year 1878 males 24 females 21 adults 13 children under 12 years 32 causes of death as reported diphtheria 4 consumption 3 y croup 2 premature birth 5 inflammation flam mation matlon of lungs 3 inflammation inh anima of bowels 2 scarlet fever 6 heart disease 2 decay of nature 1 2 inflammation 2 cholera infant in lan fan turm turn m 3 fatty degeneration of the kidneys 15 1 lung fever 1 accidental poisoning 1 accidentally scalded 1 accidentally drowned 1 asthma 1 paralysis 1 fever 1 hummer summer complaint 1 throat di disease sease rease 1 cancer 1 total interments inter ments 45 deseret museum we were shown today to day a relic of the mayflower an old pepper mill brought over with the puritan fathers by a maternal ancestor of sister hannah grover of or nephi city utah sister grover justly prizes this curious relic and in 1870 she deposited it in the deseret museum by byre recommendation of the late president brigham young at which time she refused to sell the mill we leabru now that sister grover has finally concluded to part with the treasure breaud and bas has wisely donated cju it in perpetuity to the museum the relic is to be restored carefully ic te its original shape so as to still retain its antiquated appearance in which condition it will be seen in the museum cabinets amon among 9 a 8 large collection of ancient curiosities there have also been received for the library the united stated geological report for 1877 of the geology of the parallel by hon clarence king and the report of the geological exploration of the rocky mountain region by major powell US ogden matters the matter of the changing handa handis of the ogden iron works prope ty and the prospect of the manufactory starting start tug ug up again is a subject of nc no mean interest to that railroad cen tre here is what the junction function has to say ady the thing Is done the equitable iron and coal company ol 01 ogden bye hye haye have bought boughs 9 af pf chhrles charles woodmansee the property formerly hor tor merly owned by the ogden iron manufacturing fac turing company and the articles of incorporation were ivere flied filed in the office of the clerk of the probate court oo 00 the ad insl with the following of office ficera ra evv W G I 1 case C a e president J al longsdorf treasurer geo IF brown secretary directors W 0 case george F brown bessem jesse AL langsdorf charles woodmansee john brown frederick M H beardsley H W 0 margary attorney the consideration of the deed of conveyance to the th e company is 34 shares a at t each have ha ve been subscribed the capital is with power to increase to and the principal place of business la Is ogden city mr case left for the east thia this morning and expects to return in a few weeks and go to work as soon as the weather will permit ao so that we may now expect to see pig iron made in ogden by the early part of the coming summer this will undoubtedly cut the gordian knot which has bound ua tia to hard bard times timea for so many years past and with successful iron work works foundries and rolling mills in our midst ao so much muscle at nt present unemployed wili will be utilized and so much money at presentment present sent pent out of the country will hereafter be retained here where it belongs that we are safe in saying sayid our b tbt days are our future days 15 the same paper states that a fire broke cut yesterday morning in the office of mr air hart foreman of the U P R R shops and storehouses the flames were extinguished by the promptness and energy of the railroad hands before much damage was done |