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Show Hall and music for dances ii 21.00 A RUNAWAY, There was a runaway hereon Christ, mat day tram and buggy was on us way south past the Post Office with four youmj Ladies and two younj men in the buggy and just then a young man on horseback cine along at a fast gallop from the opposite op-posite direction, which caused the team I to rear and then back and tun geemg a little the bugy got to the ditch just be-fore.'it be-fore.'it got to die bridge.by adispensation ol Providence the tugs got detached the neck yoke slipped off the tengue, and away went the team towards the Jolly House coiner and near the barn one of them was thrown down and the team caught. What might have resulted in a serious accident was avoided. MORONI ITEMS. f Last week we congratulated ourselves that we had not much sickness in our midst, but this week we are in deep gloom through the appearance of that dread disease diphtheria. It broke out a few days ago, we have four cases now and a lew more sick a little.lhat we hope won t develop into diphtheria, The wife ol Aaron Hardy for at it is very low. A bad case. Lewis Swnsen's wife has it, also, wu very bad Sunday morning, thought ihe was dying but she is some better now, but her two children are a little sick, and sister Hardy has a babv about lour months old, her other two children are with grandma, sister Eaux. Two other cases aie in town. All schools are closed sod public gatherings lor bid den. BiTus:There as Leen fire births in Moroni in the last ten days. Two males and three females. To the wife ol Brig-ham Brig-ham Nielsen Dec. 19th. a son both moth er and child are doing well. To the wife of William Draper, Dec. a son both mother and child are d iing well To the wile of David Nicholas 1 daughter daugh-ter Dec. 23 they are doing well. To the widow of Peter Lauritzen. ho was killed kill-ed about three months sine with a bull. D.c 24 a daughter, both mother and her baby are doing well. We had a fine Concert on Christmas Eve in our large Tabernacle, "P by our cnotr and for the benefit of tie Sabbath Sab-bath School children to that Santa Clan could be hired to come and see tiem on 1 Christmas and bring them nits and ? caudy and show himsell to them. There ! was a very good programme prepared: was a verygooa programme prepared tor the occasion, but it was not all gone through, there was not time safficent to do so. There was a fine selection select-ion of songs by the choir, very well ren. dered and which gave good ntisiac-tion. ntisiac-tion. Our Brass Band was in attendance, attend-ance, and helped greatly ta make the concert a success. There were Recitations. Recita-tions. Dialogues, and iantaClauj called in to see us. We had a large Christ, mas tree, a good time, and great credit is due to our choir for the treat, although al-though there was a small entrance fee ?ef,,twa for " ""e and fulhJIed our expections.j there was enough and a little over. We had a good treat on Christmas dav, the remainder of the programme carried out and more added to it Our Bisliop spoke to us. Old Santa Claus came an4 the children child-ren enjoyed his visit, got there Chiist-mas Chiist-mas gits,aml wnt home well pleased. Theie was a dance also in the jilternoon lor the children, the use of the Opera house fiee The Superintendent and others being there to look alter the little folks. . , , There was also a ball Ue Opera house the evening ol Christmas day under the aupices of the Sunday School, lor the benefit ol the school and choir. The amount realised by con-' cert and ball when all expenses were! paid, placed our Sabbath Scoool and : Choir in a better position thau it has beer, lor some lime. After the concert on Chtistmai eve there was a grand ball in (he opera house fir the bi-nerit i t'ie prp;!ei.,rs There will U: a bail every Friday evening during the lasorr, the price tor |