| Show EDITORIAL NOTES the population of australia at the last census was the population orts of its capital mel mei bourne rne is according to le monde busse busso the following captures baye haye been made by uy russia during the present war with turkey cannon 29 and officers derd sumner howard united states district attorney for utan utah methodist missionary confession peddler anti mormon crusader fifth rate tate lawyer and nimble fee grabber has resigned his first named position amen the bullion shipments from silver reef in southern utah from august 1877 to january ath 1878 amount to so 80 we learn by telegraph today to day th this s in the winter betson set sef season son is i a pretty good showing for one mining district of utah I 1 AL saw Baw sawtelle telle telie who was at one time a na member ember of the salt lake stock compan company is in sanpete San pete on bis his way to this city he expect expect sto p play I 1 ay at some of the settlements on the route the drama is not very lively in the territory just now the next astronomical item of more than ordinary interest is tho iho th transit ot of mercury which takes tabes place on the ath of next may the french government has made at arrangements range ments for a scientific observation of the transit and will send tend an expedit expedition ilon lion to san ban frail Frati franeisco francisco cisco which will be the best point ol 01 i view apropos of the coming struggle in which germany is likely to take bides aides with russia a berlin journal boasts that the german fleet though less in number than the french or english navy is superior in material and artillery as well as in the skill loo lof of its efm eff meers officers and the completeness of its ita equipment putting up stovepipes stove pipes is adi afi an exasperating pe task for irritable people generally it is a comical proceeding but in a recent instance re suited in a tragedy A A man named cheney with his father in law snyder while fixing some intractable joints in lancaster pa relied fought and cheney was killed piping times those ingratitude ia Is a heinous crime what do you think of the tho return for kindness made by a girl in augus ta is ga a short time since she jumped from a bridge into a river a man who saw BAW the rash act set rescued her and on her attempting to do it again restrained her she turned round and had bad him arrested for assault I 1 I 1 courtney the ame american amerlean licati oa oarsman ro has challenged trickett kett bett of australia to row with him for the championship of ot the world trickett picks up the glove he will pull on any neutral water in the united states for a thousand pounds sterling it is expected that the match will come off and alid will attract a world wide interest 0 according to thel army aimy register Beg reg ister lster the united states army colais consists 3 of men this number includes 2286 commissioned officers rather bather a big lot of officers for fur so small a number of privates about one for every eight the worst part of it is that theuay the pay of the off meers officers foots up a sum eum greater than the pay of the men meli on the 2nd and dinst we received the first number of the salt gait pendent pea dent but have seen BO no more of tiie tile newrn newborn new born borr infant does the child still lavt livi if BO its nurses eliad had better be bb sending bending it round for inspection speet spec spee tion fon and let jet the carrier mail malt it or bring it inside the office it is igo tender tedder to be thrown on the ground this frosty frosts w eather weather our latest dispatches indicate the triumph of bf the war spirit in england if it john bull steps in between the great bear bearb bl the north and its p prey rey in the south there will be a rush of the other animals to either side and all europe will be involved in tho the struggle the events of the next few days will be momentous the signs are ere vivid for a vi general european conflict t nebraska boasts a volcano 4 it is in dixon county thirty six miles from bioux sioux city near the banks of the muddy maddy missouri steam and flames escape from a bluff about feet high sloping towards the river however considers the disturbances nol noi strictly volcanic but the result of chemical action and the bluff will furnish alum and other sal sai salts balts to in commercial quantities the police of new york were puzzled for a jong time to find out which expert sneak thief was relieving ladles ladies of their pocket books in a certain dl district triet ot of the city about 2 2000 had been stolen within ten adaya A few dars daja ago they caught the culprit in the act it 1 proved to be a bright intelligent girl nine years old who had been observed playing in the neighborhood for juvenile depravity vity new york beats the world but bul but boston takes the lead in boy murderers A minneapolis doctor n amed named tanner for the purpose of showing howling how lung a man can live without food announces that be he has tasted fasted for six weeks he or offers er a to lo repeat the experiment under the closest surveillance for 1000 to be subject to his order and to be devoted to charitable purr purposes ases as A a committee shall direct he agrees to abstain n from food tc tally totally if tanner can do this skeptics will have no cause for doubting the 40 40 days and nights fasting recorded in holy scripture the transcript claims that california is ahead of all the states stites of the union in newspaper and periodical literature and gives the following figures to prove it there are now published in san francisco vo ili dai daJ dailies iles lles 48 42 weeklies 1 semiweekly and 15 monthlies and semi monthlies in the state there are published journals and period periodicals cais cals of which 47 are daily papers the average circulation is 2035 tha the number of coples copies printed each year to each inhabitant is 90 being the highest average ja of any state in the union the av average for new now york is 89 and for massachusetts 19 79 the general average is 1 32 31 9 latest boy murderer who shot a little fellow because he insulted him obtained his inflated notions of wounded honor and his hia fascination for pl pistol 80 practice from reading dime novels nevels the heroes of which he admired BO so much that be he burned to imitate their exploits now parents let your boys and girls read the able trash till their minds are poisoned and their senses are perverted and then when they plunge into mischief and crime and infamy wonder where on earth they learned such wickedness and how bow they inherited such a disposition if the pall uail mail gazelle Is to be credited rusia ia is not only opposed to turkish rule but to the turkish habit of temperance temper arlea allea The revenues of the czar are largely made up of taxes on liquors the tax being railed raised exorbitantly a large num nuna ber her of imbibers ibers swore off drinking and swore against paying the tax tar those who took the pledge were prosecuted and punished and in iii some cases the of emmi ficera certa of the law liw forced liquor down the offenders throats russia will have a 4 nine nield field for such christianizing efforts among the mohammedan abstain ers era unies unless the march to constantinople is in ir arrested rested by some of the great powers 1 I 4 QUARTERLY conference 1 the quarterly conference of the priesthood of the salt lake stake of zion commenced pursuant to adjournment in ire the fourteenth ward assembly rooms on batur balur day jan 1878 at 10 am amo present on the stand in the course coursel of the proceedings of the twelve apostle president john taylor and elders wilford Wo woodruff druff orson pratt george Q cannon and joseph F smith patriarch john smith of the presiding bishopric edward hunter 1 1 of the residency of the stake state angus M cannon david 0 calder and joseph B E taylor A large representation of ot the priesthood PIs thod from all the wards in the stake were present pre sent kent remarks were make in the morn ing by eld eid elder eider e r wilford woodruff on the bnell benefits t s likely to tbt flow from the more perfect organization of the i priesthood the encouraging pro agress gross gress being anade in the building of temples and the responsibility devolving upon a the saints generally and more especially the priesthood elder orson hyde gave an encouraging cou raging and instructive address on the duties of the saints instead of repining for lor forthe the errors of our past live lives and desiring to live them oyer over we should begin and live them over now thus proving our sincerity ayour by our works the clerk then read the statistical report of the stake for fon the past quarter president angus AL cannon hoped the bishops would i bettie settle the tithing at the begin beginning ning of the year that the people may feel the necessity bt of being prompt in other stakes the ic c port thoin their tithing business to the trem Prem president ident of the stake but having the presiding bishor bishop here the bishops of ibis blake slake iare lare are required to make such buch such subh reports to him he hd was wab w as gratified with the spirl spirit mauf Mant man mau rested bunday by those interested in di ban bun sunday sanday sunda sanda da y schools the young iena lens lena mutual in 1 I improvement associations the relief belief societies and young toung ladles ladies mutual improvement associations clat ciati I 1 ons al all ail of which are ai re organized in almost every ward in thu the stake and are ard great levers for good in the midst of thu saints commended th the e efforts of the county court coult in organizing 11 companies for the purpose pu r 0 of 0 f taking ainz ming out canals thus furnishing furo turo ng labor for many who could not otherwise ftuer wise obtain it and giving all a chance to procure land on easy terms the brethren should exercise eise else ii a spirl spirit t of generosity and so far as possible place it in the power of their poorer brethren to obtain land and then instruct them to prop properly i erly cultivate it jt it was the duty of the bishop to look after his ward as a father be he should endeavor v 0 r to find for his people to do for it is his bis calling to look after the temporal tam tim as well as the spiritual interests of his bis flock the reports from the home missionaries sio bio sion slon narles aries were encouraging anh ana and the there re seemed to bo a disposition among them to discountenance everything that tends to sin and to urge the saints to a faithful performance for mance of the duties of today to day Upward upwards of forty quor quorums ef of the priesthood had been organized since our conference Confert nce nee 1 ol 01 which are deacons quorums qu 8 the u agil 0 offices of 0 priest and teacher ea being but poorly represented he tr trusted thebus haps would I 1 seek to make the meeks meeta of the quo r uma interesting so 60 that there would be more mo inducement to the young me men n to attend them than win places of am use mento k 7 ice I 1 adjourned till 2 P pm pl 2 p m after tho usual open opening ng exercises the general authorities of the church and the local authorities of the salt lake stake of zion were pr presented resented by president joseph E B taylor and unanimously s sustained ju stained as fis previously published jn ja the DESERET NEWS newe with the following additions and changes A W was sustained president of ther meetings 9 a in this stake with john P Morta naon and und E jl R dame as his counselors james laird and counselors as presiding priests over the eastern mountain dell district of the sugar house H ouse ward it was unanimously resolved that the quorums as numbered and sustained be recognized by the presidency of the stake also that the ward formerly known as the south willow creek ward shall hereafter be known as the ward the following brethren were thea unanimously sustained as h home ome missionaries millen attwood miner G attwood geo gen 0 bywater john clark james W cummings john T r caine calne benj F cummings Cumm iuga sr bry benj F cummings jr rudgar clawson william eddington james P freeze henry 0 fowler joseph horne home thomas E jeremy bichard richard 0 lambert A M musser elias eilas morris david mckenzie william A mcm mcmaster abt er george B wallace john morgan john 0 midgley hamilton 0 park robert patrick charles W penrose milando pratt A H ra leigh george reynolds john H rumell rumi 1 william C staines wm war J smith samuel H B smith john 0 handberg sandburg edward ed ward thomas edward ed ward Taylor Wm W V tay taylor bior john R winder sen charles H wilcken junius F wells rulon S wells thomas harris president john taylor made some lurther explanations regarding the tabernacle in course of erection in this city although the building will cost more athali thau was at brat estimated he hoped the saints would not feel that it is burthen some he also gave some excellent instruct instruction iol lai ou on the practical duties of thesa theda ints ald aud on the nature and duties of the priesthood adjourned till 10 am on sunday january mth fth sunday bunday jan ath after the opening exercises remarks were made by elder wilford for dWoodruff woodruff on oti the tho necessity of being united in faith and practice when difficulties occur they should be settled between the parties or by the teachers we atts arn engaged in a great work but with the assistance of the lord can accomplish all that is required of us if it we are united if our duty id Is well performed here we will not only have great satisfaction in reviewing our earthly career but will be regarded by our dead friends as their saviors elder orson pratt spoke on the ble bie sings and powers that were promised on a faithful performance of the duties of the priesthood attributed tri buted the lack laek of many of these blessing blessings ii to the unworthiness of those who hold the ahe Pries Priesthood thoo athe The priesthood is the delegated power ot of heaven and can only be used iu lis obedience to the wiil will of or god elder george Q cannon felt that the greatest boon the enjoy is the tes teb testimony of the holy spirit which if we follow its dictates will lead us into all truth and never leave us in doubt as to what course to pursue in any capacity whether spiritual or temporal it makes our lives here happy and assures us of a glorious hereafter till 2 2 pm at the conclusion of the opening exercises the sacrament was administered president angus M cannon then read the following report of the sabbath schools lech lich of this thia stake to the presidency of the stake dear brethren we respectfully submit the following in bait salt lake stake of zion af on we have 83 sabbath schools 21 in the city and arid 12 in the adjacent settlements those in the city are held every sabbath morning from 10 to 12 oclo cb and those in the outer settlements at various hours to suit the convenience of the home missionaries the total number of pupils is and the entire number of teachers between and the majority ot of the schools have circulating Ji brailes composed of useful and interesting book booker amounting amount flag liag in all to between and at a it cost of not less than 2500 besides an annual dla dia disbursement hurse burse of nearly 2000 iu lu prizes to the children for punctual attend ance good behavior recitation ac moat most of the schools have a 9 good org anand organist with an efficient leader and the children almost universally are taught to sing in concert dinst instead ead of confining the singing to a select few they also use the musical cards now being published by the sunday school union in some of the schools the strictest punctuality ia Is observed by commencing precisely at 10 and during the exercises the children are not permitted to raise their voices beyond what is necessary for the 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