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Show Mrs. Wm, Merrill of Richmond was a caller Wednesday. Andreas Petersen Is agent for the famous Douglas shoe and they aro the best. The easiest fitting, most comfortable comfort-able booc for ladies Is the "Julia Marlowe, Mar-lowe, at Dunbar, Robinson & Co.'s. t J. P. Grlllln lias Just completed a line residence on Second South St. just cast of Main, that is a credit to that neighborhood. Cache County will likely get one or two of the appointive positions of the legislature and already there arc several seve-ral candidates in the Held. Merchants complain that business is not as good as It should bo at this time of the year. Probably the muddy roads has something to do with it. Geo. Ruclitl North side IstN. street makes.a specialty In cleaning and repairing re-pairing clothes. Partlesdesirlng work of this kind will receive prompt attention; atten-tion; prices reasonable. Hyrum Petersen, charged with assault as-sault and disorderly conduct, was sentenced by Justice Pcdersen Wednesday Wed-nesday to pay a fine of J15 and spend ten days in the cooler. Nothing definite lias been done in the matter of the appointment of deputies by the oftlcers elect. It is quito likely that nothing will be done until after the ilrst of the year. C.W. Wendelboe, located cast of the Tithing ofllcc is doing a good business In the Jewelry line. Relngoff main street his expenses are lighter, ho can there sell correspondingly cheaper. The wife of Rlshop Chas. G. Hyde gave birth to a pair of twins on Monday, Mon-day, Dec. 11th, a boy and girl. We arc sorry to state the boy baby has since tiled. Wc hope to hear of all doing well hereafter. Hyrum Peterson didnot take kindly to tlio surroundings over at tho City Jail and prevailed on his wife and friends to Intercede in his behalf witli the result that Mayor Hansen had him released last night on parole. Sugar Is going sky high these days. For a long time it stood firm at $4.8.") per sack in the local market, then all of a sudden It Jumped up to $5.20, then to $5.50 and $Ti.7u and now It is above the $0.00 mark. Somo of our dealers were lucky enough to lay In a good supply at the low figure and arc now proflttlng by the advance. The Oregon Short Line is putting on a train between Ogden and Salt Lake to make the urn in fifty minutes. Wc wish they would continue that service On up as far as Logan. We would like to see how It would seem to make the 15 mile run from Cache Junction to Logan in any tiling less than 40 minutes. The people down at Springvlllehavc been working on a water system proposition pro-position for some time but did not know whore to get the water. They have finally decided to put In a pumping pump-ing plant below the mills on Spring Creek and pump the water back up Into the town, and a proposition of this kind will bo submitted to the people in the near future. Moses Thatcher lectured before the 40th quorum of Seventies at the R. Y, College Tuesday evenlng,on the external exter-nal evidences of the authenticity of the Rook of Mormon as lovealed in the traditions of tho aborigines of America. The Speaker narrated a great many Instances In Indian traditions tradi-tions and customs that coincided with statements of tlio Hook of Mormon as to the customs of the Ncphltes. AValter Hawkes of Hyde Park returned re-turned last Monday from England. Rrother I Iawkes labored In the London Lon-don Canfereiiee most of tbe time while upon his mission, which lasted 20 months. Spiritually he Is feeling first class alt hough reduced somewhat in llcsh owing to a little lung tioublo. He reports favorably In the missionary work, stating that many high-class and Intelligent people aro being converted con-verted to the faith. Tlio Utah Home Telephone Co. have applied for a franchise In Ogden, and representative were in Provo Tuesday, feeling tlio pulse of the people down there, with a view to making an application ap-plication for a franchise. Vc will likely hear from the new organization organi-zation within the next few days. The principal promoters and olllccrs of tho Home arc: President, Gov. Hcber M. Wells; Directors, Hon. John Henry Smith, S. F. Fcnton, Geo T. Odull, II. W. Rrown, Ncphi W. Clayton and Elmer R. Jones. milti f Hnl'nn 'vlny rnntlp'tmin I Ing Inl Rest goods for least money at Dunbar, Dun-bar, Robinson & Co.'s. t ,i.UPtYlsor Holt Is putting in a foot crossing on Main Street in front of the Tabernacle. A big line of sample shoes for men at 25 per cent off at, Dunbar, Robinson Robin-son & Co.'s. J. P. Ncilson on 1st N. Street, repairs re-pairs Ryclcles and keeps full stock of repairs on hand. Arrangements have been made to hold the monthly Sunday School Stake Oftlcers and Teachers meeting at 2 p.m. Instead of 4 p.m. as heretofore. The M. W. of A. has ordered a tine set of Rand Instruments through the Harris Music Co. Mr. A. J. Clark will be the leader. Ex-Postmaster Mclghan of Ogden has been convicted In the Federal Court, of embezzlement. He will ask for a no w trial. J. Plerpont Morgan drew a check the other day for $2:1,000,000. If one of our subscribers gave us a check for $2.no, It would take our breath away. John Thomas, tlio pioneer tailor, 74 West 1st North street, lias a good force of men constantly employed, and he can serve his customers on short notice. Satisfaction given in every particular. IngolfT Alme, son of Ivor Alme,dled last Wednesday afternoon of heart failure. Funeral services will be held to-day (Friday) In the Sixth ward meeting meet-ing house. The remains will be shipped shipp-ed to Mantua for interment. T. II. Merrill representative elect has spent most of the week in Salt Lake looking up legislative matters. Hazcn is a candidate for the speakership speaker-ship and ought to get it. He would make a good presiding olllcer for the House. Utah contractors are becoming famous fam-ous as railroad builders all over this western country. For several years they have been doing about all the improvement and construction work on the Union and Southern Pacific, the Oregon Short Lino and the Rio Grande Western. And now they are budding on the Clark road to Los Angeles and the Moffat road from Denver to Salt Lake. Jos. II. Knowies reached home Wednesday Wed-nesday after an absence of 29 months in England, where lie has been on a mission. lie spent most of his time in the Manchester Conference. He crossed the Ocean on tlio same vessel as Frank Thatcher and wife. They had a rather rough passage but he escaped sea sickness. On his way home he made a flying visit to Niagara Falls. John Chrlstensen of the 0th ward, came home Tuesday. He lias been tilling a mission In Norway. Most of his time was spent In tho Christiana Conference. Tho mission is in a prosperous pro-sperous condition andagreat many additions ad-ditions have been made to the church within the last two years, until the brancli in Christiana now numbers over GOO. Their church has become too small for them and they aro now engaged In erecting a new one that will have a seating capacity of over 800. They have a youngpeoples trading trad-ing society, composed of young men and joung women that have charge of the distribution of tracts In the city mid they aro doing very etrectlvo work. The" choir is tlio largest and best In the city and attracts a good dealof attention. There are 22 ciders laboring In Christiana and neighborhood neighbor-hood and about 55 in the Conference. There are 1400 members In the Norway Nor-way Conference. .1. '.. Stewart talked before the Archaeological tSoclety, Wednesday evening on the subject of his trip into Mexico In 1875. The company loft Nephl Sept. 10, 1875, and crossed the Colorado river below Kanab. As they entered the desert country the animals manifest a disposition to return home and even when hobbled they would go for miles towards home during the night. At last, ono of the party lilt on an Ingenious device to prc-ent their wandering oft'. He took the animals, ani-mals, 17 in all, and tied the head of one to the tall of another. This en-abled en-abled them to feed, but when they traveled It was hi a circle. The party visited thcMoqui Indian vllllages and spent several dajs among them. These Indians had built their pueblos on the point of aelilforhlll.whcre they could be easily defended. The people weie expert weavers and made large quantities of Navajo blankets. They weie also expert in the manufacture of pottery, many of which were artistically artis-tically decorated. Tho party explored the legion afterwards settled by tho Mormon people In Northern Ailzona. They passed through the Salt River and Gila Valley, passed through Tucson Tuc-son and visited El Paso, where they lcinalned for somo time. They then visited Chihuahua, and then explored the legion In the Sierra Madre Moun-j tains where the Mormon Settlements I aro now located. In returning through' Arizona, they traveled at night and hid up days to escape the Apache Indians, whose signal tires they could see on er:ry hand. They had many narrow escapes but come out O.K.snd reached homo safely. n llfo. Tlift nbt tioniieiinipm.tMj.i-.,. ... |