Show ITEMS FROM NAU NAUVOO there to IS a weekly paper printed in nauvoo illinois called the rustler and there Is a lady named MI miss dell dolores patten who resides in this thi city the news was not aware that such a person as this lady had added one to the population of capital by taking up her residence in it until a copy of the rustler of jan 11 came to hand containing an article written by her entitled mormonism and marriage the article fills a column and was evidently intended to be philosophical and satirical whereas it is only stupid and slanderous and at times characterized by a coarseness which sufficiently indicates the bent of the writers mind no lady of genuine refinement would much less publish over her signature such paragraphs as the column filled by the rustlers salt lake correspondent contains in reference to the late president brigham young and the marriage system which he taught and practiced the inference to is that miss patten is on a visit to nauvoo and the following reference she makes to old landmarks there is the sole portion of her article that possesses either interest or value no one who has ever seen nauvoo can disclaim its commercial and pictorial advantages some historical relics of a fading religion axe are still to be found here the old mansion house a stone structure has withstood the attacks of mob law and storms half way up the hill stands the former residence of brigham young the lower story is of stone one e capped by an upper story of br brick I 1 c k it t Is s now in a state of dilapidation with creeping ivy and vines trailing to its bare walls in a column headed local review the rustler has the following paragraphs some of which afford slight indications of existing conditions in the old town and will have a degree of interest for some of its former residents now living in this region we are growing in numbers we want to see many ganv real estate transfers in this new year we have had no pater railroads ir na 0 0 this winter yet but the winter iivo Is long n g W C Raim bold was fined 6 5 and costs last wednesday for teaming without a license the stockholders of the state bank of nauvoo meet this morning to elect reven directors no criminal cases were brought before out our justices tor for several days several of our citizens are confined to their houses with sickness and our physicians are kept pretty busy martin kelly has hedge posts for sale for vineyards or ft fencing neing anyone wanting any sh shaula auld leave orders at this office br or call on ab ve real estate transfers may be very numerous in nauvoo this year it you want a piece of property you had ad better make your selection at once have you ever seen street in such a muddy condition at th this is time of the year what will it be like next spring when the th efrost frost to is out of the ground william Relm bold of the oriental hotel to Is contemplating adding a flue fine addition to the oriental hotel as soon as spring opens it will be of brick two stories high nauvoo had self sustaining scales at one time now we have only one private one for public usage there will be several residences built and one or two busl business bushness ness buildings erected in nauvoo this year farmers were well represented in nauvoo last saturday peter mcgary is out of jail again his wife went his bond huvos Hu nauvoo is not suffering a wood famine this year but the same old price prevails from 76 75 cents to a i more than elsewhere the highest temperature in 87 was july 23 98 degrees the lowest temperature january 26 25 10 degrees below zero following lef is the time table of the ferry skiff until further notice leave nauvoo at a m and pm CAPT W A DUNDY there Is some little talk of organizing a masonic lodge here and it la Is believed that quite a large membership can be obtained an electric line between galesburg Gales bura and monmouth is now being agitated it would be a great progressive lm IM provement pro nauvoo needs just such a line electric railway enterprises are be ing discussed from time to time now nauvoo will be discussed by eastern capitalists soon see if it dont remember every business entering our gates ought to be encouraged give giva all the encouragement you can to the new livery stable it speaks well for city that assists all business enter enterprises prism at the present writing we have heard of but one nauvoo man who expects to be a candidate for a county office at the coming election and we have heard of very few carthage men who do not expect to be candidates and so nauvoo is growing in numbers has a bank is just boasting a new livery stable and is talking of new buildings and electric railroads the foregoing items of news and gossip are not reproduced here because they are important in and of themselves but because of the sidelights they throw and the memories they awaken street is muddy what of it the very name of that street will arrest the attention of many an old resident of utah because of their recollections of it and of events associated with it there Is talk of organizing a masonic lodge in nauvoo may its members be truer to their oaths than were some of that order in hancock county when nauvoo was the rival of 0 chicago and the prospective competitor of st RL louls iL OTiis when the masonic sign of distress was answered by musket wig balls and when a bloody shadow fell over ever the beautiful city by the father of waters that has held her in a semi lifeless state tor for halt half a century |