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Common Schools, W. 11. wnrm Lake provo errr officers. ejt. Mayor Fa-I- re M ' S 1, 3Y, ru UJU-in. , .abraham O. Rmoot I John Nntlall Ramorl ft. Jonea Albert Jonee Done. Wm. R. Par. Councilors! William A. Fotlet. John & . . (MUner, James W. Lovelcaa L. John Nuttail Recorder. Henry A. Dixon Treasurer.. -- Henry C-- Roger, Marshal Milner lohn City Attorney James t- Daniels Assessor and Cot lertor Charles IX Miller Rnperrlsor . - . .A. G. Cownover Chief of PoUre Robert T. Thomaa W a term aster Joslah T. Arrowsmith City Poundkeeper Daniel Grave, Sexto- nAUlrrmra a ana r ost.il affairs. tJHr t Oo- l- enl. dl R XTES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE. T.tcrrxn,. (The standard single rate weight Is o. nvoirdupolsh single rate letter ecatt throughout the United Btitei or traV. additional o. for each J ction.; I Prop letters, single rate te, TW The standard rate to 4 ot NKWsrxrxRA arotrdupolsX 11 eta. per nar. 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LM Standard rate to France 1 13 grammes, ox. Jotters, Vn cents; pa cents. two per, rone-quart- er best story-teller- s extant His stories always had a touch of the marvelous In them, and his listeners penenilly ended Ms sentences with exclamations about as follows: Indeed! 8tranjre! "Wonderful! - and r sometimes with a prolonged "Ha! ha! ha! that rent the air .with, its noisy vibration. Once upon a time a party of us were seated around a red-hstove, in a certain State, telling joke 7rand rrcbitin "r ad ven t u res. Our conversation'' was to flag, when we were suddenly enlivened by the appearance of Uucie John. He came forward and took a seat and, after being duly catechised about his health, was requested to tell a story. "Tell us a new story, Uncle John, implored a dozen voices at once. "Hold on,all of you, said Uncle John, with assumed indignation. "Allow me to Bay that I am not that I never was a a 6tory-telle- r, anti that in all probastory-telle- r, bility I never shall be a story-telle- r. Hut, gentlemen, said be, allow me to relate a reality-somet- hing with a foundation-someth- ing indubitably unquestionably true. Remember, if I tell you anything, it will be something real somesaid thing to be relied upon, now Uncle Jobnrwhose- fare-ha- dassumed a ludicrous appearance. "Tell us about something that really occurred, Uncle John, said one of the party. "Welt, boys, said Uncle John, that I "Ive an idea In my head dont think Ive ever told you about. It is a little Incident that occurred In the land of romance the Far West I am going to tell you, he continued, "about a scrape that I got Into among those red devils, yclept Indians. The West had been my home from My father and early childhood. mother had moved, from one of the Middle States when they were first married, and had chosen the West as the field in which or woe. they would find their weal Well, as soon as I was old enough I was taught the use of firearms; and otten, when my father was at work in the field; I would saddle one of our powerful horses and ride forth 'on frequently securing enough small game to supply the family with meat I u.sed to pride myself on shot: though the being a first-rat- e rifle that I was taught long, heavy to use would have been a burden for an ordinary youth, to me long practice had made it so familiar that I could carry It all day with as much ease as a Kentucky boy would a comman shot-gu"Our life in the West had been a very prosperous and peaceable one until I was about entering ray twentieth year. The Indians had never molested us, though used to come to our house to beg, sometimes to trade, and not unfre-quentfor no other purpose than to steal such articles as might be conveniently concealed among thdr dirty wrappings. I always detected their thefts, and sometimes would prevent them from carrying ofT the coveted articles by boldly declaring that they had stolen them and demanding their ot territorial officers. TO jvl the U ood, Oregon A. Black, Utah McKean, N. Y. t Jhlllp II. Kmerwon ,,Georr Associate I for crrAn. u. n. offickiw iS. Cede John's Indian Stcrj. Undo John, ashe was familiarly known, was considered one of the DIRECTORY. OFFICIAL gen-tlemen.t- ' -- n. ly restitution. . I said, all went well until I was about entering my twentieth year, when an incident occurred that was destined to prove one of the most remarkable episodes In my lifes history, and this is how it came about: "My father had given me ft horse for my own use. I had spent a great deal of time in breaking and tnduing it, and in ail the great West there was not, perhaps, R finer or a nobler animal than Duke Wellington for that was my horses name. Duke, as I commonly called him, and myself were fist friends. Indeed, this spirited animal seemed to be. as much attached to lne as I was to him; he was as docile as a lamb if I commanded, and at the same time, if I wished it, he wa3 off over the plains like the wind. Perhaps his value was enhanced, In my estimation, by the fact that I used to spend my pleasant hours "Well, as . U. Tm CITY, TUESDAY, MAY' in galloping over the plains accompanied by pretty Nellie Martin, the charming daughter of Squire Martin, who resided Just four miles west of my own home. One day I had tethered Duke anong a lot of fine prairie grass in sight of the house, and was taking a nap fur refreshment, when my mother came and awakened me, telling me that an Indian was prowling about in the vicinity of my horse In a very suspicious manner. Jamping up I seized my rifle and hurried out to where I could see my horse. That the Indian designed stealing him was apparent at a glance, for even as I MCTped.putof the' bouse he had cut the jxpe"'thatrhad tethered-himand was In the act of mounting. I yelled at him to stop, but he appeared not to hear me; In- , stead of stopping, he took a northward course, and was soon flying like mad across the prairie. An instant I looked at him, and then raising my rifle, fired, not however. with the expectation of checking him, for he was nearly a quarter, of a mile distant from me: but as luck or fate would have It, ne fell from the horse as suddenly as if every nerve and muscle la his body had been severed. Myhorso being thus freed of his furious rider, turned and trotted back to where I was standing. I suspected that theIndlan had not ventured to accomplish his purpose alone, so I retired Into trie house to await further 'a number of motley-lookin- g figures, companions of the dead Indian, stole up, and seizing their tdlen comrade, set off In the xlirection that he had been pursuing. For several davs I stayed at home, expecting to be assailed bv tbo friends of the Indian that I had killed, but as they manifested no such intentions I lieeame less prudent, and on the fourth day, after being duly cautioned by father and mother to guard against danger. I mounted iny horse, well armed of course, and set out to visit Nellie Martin, who, I may as well statehere, was to me the most charming object to bo found in the ' West About half way between Nellies house and mine, was a thick belt of timber through which I had to pass. AA I entered this timber I spoke to Duke, and he quickened.. hU ..gait to a lope. We were about the. middle of the timber when my horse suddenly stopped, sniffed the air and attempted to turn back. Before I could command him or even comprehend his actions, thero aroe, as if by magic, almost a multitude of lithe, shabby figures, heterogeneously made up of flesh and dirt, skins, feathers tomaand rifles. hawks, scalping-kniveAlmost before I was aware of it, I was a prisoner, with a lot of tomadirty demons brandishing threathawks over ray head and ening to scalp me. Presently one of the Indians who was taller and uglier than any of the rest, came forward and spoke as follows: Me great chief. White man kill great chiefs brother; great chief kill white man. Then he drew aside and conferred with some of his braves in a tone so low that I could only make out a word now and then. Ilowever, I comprehended enough to understand that they thought I deserved a horrid and lingering death to atone for the blood , of the dead brave. "Whatever their programme was, thev soon determined what to da Then they tied mo on a d horse, and the whole band, of whom thero were about thirty in number, mounted and struck out over the plains taking me with them. We had ridden about forty miles, and I was beginning to think that I had already suffered enough to pay for the blood of the entire tribe, when the whole band suddenly came to a standstill. Before us stood two trees, each about a foot in diameter, and between the two there was a fpace of about eight feet. I scanned these trees narrow ly, for as thero were no other trees in sight, I knew that the nobio red men contemplated mischief. "Presently they all dismounted, and then I was untied and made tostand between the two trees. s, bare-backe- Then, an Indian produced some strong cord, and proceeded to tie one around each of my wrists. Having done this, an Indian1 was sent up each of the trees, or.e having hold of the cord on my right wrist, the other having th$ cord that was attached to my left wi isf. They proceeded to the hight1 of about twelve foet, and then commenced drawing mo up in the air between the trees. I yelled with but it did no good- - The fain, continued to hoist me up, until my feet were nearly tiro yards from tho jmund. Then they made the cords fost to the two trees, and I was swinging in the air witluny arms stretched nt full -- length, .'vith thh. however, they tied two other corus around my ankles, and my feet were drawn apart in the same manner. Thero I was, suspended in the air like a big letter X, with all those red devils jeering and laughing at me. The villains next proceeded to build a fire on the ground beneath me, and for an hour at least I was smoked and singed until lavas almost unconscious. T ."At last, the fire having burned itself out, these children of nature began to study up some other mode of pastime. Four of the scoundrels navi ng rifles walked away a short distance and amused themselves firing at me, to see how close they could come without actually hitting me. The bullets whistled past me, they tore through my clothes, and grazed my fiesh, while the blood trickled down upon the. ground beneath me. "I thought Of Nellie,- - my own little bright eyed Nellie, and then I ' determined - that if ever my limbs were free again I would escape or die. 1 Presently the four Indians raised their rifles and aimed them with more care than usual I thought they meant to kill me, but when they fired I dropped to the ground bo suddenly that I thought I was mating my exit from the world. As soon as I could collect my scattered senses I found that the Indians had shot the cords In two, as a 9peciman of their skill, and hence my sudden descent to terra firma. "For ft minute my limbs were so numb that I could not use them; then again a vision of Nellie, of home and friends came. Into my mind, and I resolved more firmly than ever to escape. Like a flash oflight arr expedient occurred to me, and jf I could only carry it out successfully I would be free. Calling the chief to me Unformed him that if he would let me live a day longer I would learn him ft secret that would make his tribe one of the greatest and most wealthy tribes on the face of the earth. At first, he . appeared to doubt, but thinking that no harm would come of it, he acquiesced, and demanded my secret. I produced a pint bottle from my pocket -- filled wiihaliquid. Allthelndians were curious to hear what it was, and crowded clase around me. Great chief,' Paid I, form a line sut u:e cuit'j::::EC3. f ni. . or . AUTHORIZED na- wm. it. nooprn.rtwi.trnt, H. m. T I.Mlf. lH;r,Vlc-lmtK. JJTTt.K, - - - Ft'!! r- ..jam Wrctor -- . Deal la Gold Dust, Ccia, Exclurs, Laud Warrants, Colley Scrip, La. t wade and promptly ' " rei nllled. FOR EXCHANGE r, Utah. - jn.'Y ? FOREIGN aa i n ' " Centre Street, Prom Cnj, Luh. ra.k.C'TCUCttX'K,. e. T Ai kiid-tiJxi ike ieiKk Ait worl Wiiftafttf&r" Ikh. LiLLS, Cashier, CoUecitong iw.1 lR05BK AND ptoWiCfiy, Utah. " n NO, U.u s Resident - T'l hn-j-- II. H1MMOXH, M. PHYSICIAN JTUGM4M De :.!W, CV City, U. T. door rat of r.at CWt- - oil lit CAPITAI Wlt.rjvM JENNINUH, John' SHARP, - f- Irovo - U. ' r - t h c i PHYSICIAM AK3 Orrtrr. tP oafttal. 4e t tive Wore, where be binds. . City, Utah. Halt r m. u.-.c- ; ' . 4 L.wt. DESERET NATIONAL RANK, r.vro v K0- - O 1874. 1 SALE 13 revr cry,. it. MAnoniTtt, a rvYT a. i linportraj and T ,4. ft f . ill 7ILLIAII XliCU, tiim SILVER CITY, TINT1C, U. T. ' ' All orders from the surrounding Mining au!8 IXTEIIZST PAID OS KAVISas DEPOSITS. MCnCIIAflT TAILOR, u2 Proro City, U. T, PUBLIC NOTICE. tnaer to von our cltnowlidgtnrnU Ibr th very lar s amount of pnlronxjo you hive lstoired epos iU In the past, and we are raeolved end honorable trading all merit your confidence la Use future, w are resol red that shall be otir line of conduct, as we puasesa Increased mean together If Oilthful NEW BARBEE SHOP. it. h, hineh: Hereof the Walker RoagttLateCftyt lutOnn the put he Would Barber that he has opened a Crt-ela.- s Shop, Ladle iharntsxnilDg a specially. lily, t'. T. Irulrt Si reel, . Jnuffi. ,, . l 11 r pyrm.ev r.ng Ineees nd tun ey wrs, . .. bepsly attentioa te hare made Witt give foreweial Oovemmrnl IjtnJx, petents IsjiMS, Coal and lnm Leads and ;.l Hate aud (prepare the necnutsry peper, protest,. ot-ni- with a long experience. We very extensive purchases In ug tr ui ftheea and a large line Bests end land R jerooti JCmtg.d and S . at rexidenee, half Uock south of '(tffiee Cmts1 Furnishing Good, alt of Provo Uoux. aul Capa, of Rees leave to lnfhno bis numerous potions IbHt he Is now prej4ired to vii ta.ior-tu-g tn all Its branches at In shorteu one Loek 1 t ami it hi reM-iic- r, Store. ttie f.S't Uiree South of 1 a;C0 iio-t!-- e, TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY. Wfl xL'h to C. HTKVENHON, JT. A-r-ip at the Wholesale which we are determined to sell less eat pewdble price. nwd RetalL Orders from town and eoun- XtyWitfiedvLLen will mifracsi- - esp-Psi ... . ' attention. Respectfully, DCXrOED A. II. BOW City-P- u -r;, l, Territory. GHemearfllL SUN. ani i!.j.r.:oonc9 A A PATTERSON. CAMTEELb, rv.the Ofthe old Proprfetor w -- .J, llte t. of Irota fo.y City and vicinity that he is pre .tred to St it art as St--aI as she' of I buij,r ajd a rhenp as ran b boufht snywbers In ti. eallihd ietit, mart 1L 3. CITY POTTERY.. ID TWishesXi3T Hbis friends to and the Inform CiPMPMRSOlI, Booksellers, News Dealers, AXD public generaTiy, that be bee opened a Tin-G- OP, H And U prepared to tnanulhcture all kinds at reasonable rates. of Shop corner of Centre and Main streets no3. Provo City. tin-wa- re . a .9 u with your noble braves and you E shall have the secret In an ISTEIRS, O s instant they were in a lino and oil attention. Great chief, said I, N i W K Cl Kest - h I Hired, Temple o I S to in this bottle there is a liquid, 3 cstir." ;h which, if you will open your HALT IeAlCK CITY, U. T Ca tT e hands wide and straight and let c a r me pour some of the liquid on r C3 Keep In atoik a hill line of will then and ayou your hand, Sf ;s?w i press your two hands together for !3 y laSEa w a tittle while, when you open your Tcj, JaTCEil?, Cistsrkil tz i L--2 - f. full be of gold. 1 S I U hands they will Fcriirul Berks, ' W U 1 i Will you and your noble braves i C was ex- , AT PUBLISHERS PRICES, x try it? A row of hands tended, and I poured some of the t 26 i CT3 K liquid in each one, and each one And Uie largest stock of of the Indiana closed their hands Sclicol Howards very tightly for some minutes. Here Uncle John paused so long Sunday that some of us were induced to EVER BROUGHT TO UTAH. w S pt3 T-A.TI- O 0 --- 3; r "What next? "Whst next? Nild Uncle John: "Why, I mounted my horse and ask. rode tack homo to Nellie and my friends, leaving a sadder if not a wiser band of Indians. "But how? said we. "How? said Undo John: "Why, the liquid that I poured Into their hands was a wonderful And we offer extra Induce meets to these Wishing tO g' t tp . LIBRARIES OR PURCHASE REWARDS. r wa s- -u e PETER CTUDCG, ' tutn tx CnOCEHIEC, TCEACCO, FANCY CANDIED, KUT3. ETC. Alt kinds of fie bet juaE'y cf cement, warranted to stick anyQ, thing, and to set in one minute, Many who have sent east heretofore cow so I had them fast enough, are our satisfied that Kept cvshsiity ts hstul. prices Here. Uncle John arose, and purchase of us, etux which Ibr than bring that At the 14 stand, terser si Ilk they made his exit amid a deafening lower au.i and Centre Mrret. 'fttit .. .hereroar of applause.' them LI U OHS |