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Show TRU T H at that time had the idea that civilization really ended at Chicago, for in his diary of the trip to the coast the progress he made, as he puts it, toward the primitive simplicity of human existence may be roughly quoted thus: May 12th, Chicago Chocolate and morning papers last seen on breakfast table. 23rd, Leavenworth. Room bells and baths make their last appearance. 24th, Topeka. Beefsteak and wash bowls (other than tin) last visible; barber ditto. 26th, Manhattan. Potatoes and eggs recognized among the blessings that brighten as they take their flight. to 27th, Junction City. Good-by- e bootblacks, with dissolving views of a board bedroom. Chairs bid us good- BRIGHAM YOUNG AND HORACE Everybody, or, at least, nearly every- here the author West-f- or body, Jn the a great had and has, for that matter, clientele has read almost everything wrote. that Mark Twain ever he Although of Eastern extraction, lived for a long time In the West. It was in Nevada where he first gained fune as an author. had Horace Greeley One of his stories and the hero. It was very humorous a described and was not improbable, or, Journalist the great trin made by rather a portion of It across the plains from New York to San Francisco in the vear 1859. Mark tells how Mr. Greeley docuand several big bags of public on the ments were the only passengers of the on certain a coach portion stage How Uncle Horace became mixed and mingled with those pub docs. as the stage shot around corners dived into canyons and then climbed the opposite hills, is told only as Mark Twain could tell a story In those days, and the only satisfaction Mr. Greeley got from the driver, Hank Monk, was: "Keep your seat, Horace. Ill get you Mark Twains story there on time. was a true one; it is corroborated by 31 r. Greeley, w'ho has said of the trip: "For the past four days I have ridden on sixteen bags of mail matter patent office reports, I judge, printed at your cost, dear reader, by Congress, and now on their way to certain favored Mormons, franked Pub. docs., free, J. M fiernhisel, N. C.' " Mr It is not to be wondered at that sore be a trifle to was inclined Greeley in body this time as well as in mind because he was one of the most energetic fighters against Congress using this kind of literature. In the halls of Congress he had fought the expenditure of so much money for the free distribution of these books at the cost of the whole people, and which, of necessity, reached a part only. He said at tha date (1859), of 1190,000 per annum pale for carrying what was known as the was used Salt Lake mail, nine-tentin carrying such documents; that each patent office report cost the Government $5 by the time it reached its des ti nation and was not valued by the re celver at 25 cents, and this is in every Mr. Greeway wrong and pernicious. ley had an idea that even a book which would tend to send one to sleep was oi some value to its possessor, but he had found, through his close proximity with these seventeen bags for rour days and nights, that there was not one mo ments sleep in the entire lot. route hs It was on this trip that Mr. Greeley was introduced to Brigham Young by then a member of Congress, when he investigated the doctrines of the Mormon church more fully, President Young submitting to an Interview of a couple of hours duration, Dr. Bernhisel, during which Brigham Young said. In reference to the Institution of slavery, that We consider it a divine institution and not to be abolished until the curse pronounced on Ham shall have been removed from his descendants; tha there were slaves then held in Utah, and that while the Territory, when admitted, would be a free State, he di mu favor at that time the escape of such slaves as had been brought here from the service of their owners. I reas a gard slavery, said Brigham, curse to the masters. I myself hire many laborers. I could not afford to own them; Utah is not adapted to slave labur. During the time spent by Mr. Greeley I'.'to, which was of short duration, hi looked very closely into the social anc religious state of affairs, particularly as to the practice of polygamy, and the made In writing at tha; jntement ' il? frty-t- w him years ago, to be considerable ofproved a prophe when he said: On the wrhole, I con dude that polygamy, as it was a graf original stock of Mormonism, cut out by the root: that there "ri m te a new revelation ere many years, v hereby the Saints will be admonished ve an(t cherish the wives they l!0--0- . al-lon- JACKSONS HOLES EAME. ley GREELEY. If old man Jackson peace to his bones could be resurrected long enough to read that story, he wrould crawl into his hole, pull It .in after him and again Jacksons Hole as a railroad center is resume his new business of twranglng a a new idea of a writer in one of the harp this time, for keeps. Eastern magazines. He weaves a very pretty, but at the same time an almost The annual exhibit of the Utah Art impossible love story, and for Eastern Institute will open November 25th, and consumption it is a good thing. continue for ,two. weeks. Through the Everybody in the East who ever heard ird.y assistance of P.ofessor Bluxum, of Jacksons Hole knowrs that it is out the Social Hall on State street has West somewhere, and that is enough j been secured fbr the occasions. Paintfor them. ings from prominent Eastern artists 1 And while everybody in that section have been seeured and Mr. Culmer of Wyoming has been waiting and says the exhibition will be the best' hoping and praying for a railroad for lo these many years. This enterprising author has built one right under their very noses, and no one ever knew it. The obtuse ranchers in that section bye. 28th, Pipe Creek. Benches for seats refuse to see the rails or hear the at meals have disappeared, giving place clamor, and go on riding in their old lo bags and boxes. The express wagon buckboards and freight w'agons just the that bears us by day and supplies us same. lodgings at night is also our library. ever given by the society. Prizes will be as follows:. A medal of honor wrill be given for. the. best work of art, $300, as a State purse for the best picture entered in competition by a Utah artist; $50 for the bet water color, and $25 for the best perspective sketch and ground plan for a city cottage not to rest over $2000. It is but fair to say In this connection that this trip of Mr. Greeleys, which was continued to San Franeisco, was really in the interest of the building of the Central Pacific railroad, of which he was the most ardent of ad- vocates, and that his journey from New York to San Francisco, difficult as It was, and his contact with persons en route, and the speeches delivered by him in San Francisco, had a great deal to do with bringing back into line many who had doubts as to the construction of the great line, and the infusing of the spirit of progress into the hearts of those who really, up until that time, had scorned the possibility of a railway climbing the heights of the Sierras, ploughing its way through the deserts following, scaling the heights of the Wasatch and the Rockies, finally finding an end at Omaha. The people of the United States were hardly prepared for such a vast undertaking. But that was over forty years ago. It is different now THE PIONEER. OFFERS CHOICE OF 3-fa- st trains THROUGH daily-- 3 AND Three Distinct Scenic Routes. PULLMAN PALACE AND ORDINARY SLEEPING CARS TO Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, WITHOUT CHANGE. PERSONALLY CONDUCTED FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS. APPEALS PROM CITY COURTS. A EXCURSIONS, PERFECT DINING CAR SERVICE. For rates, folders, etc., Inquire of nearest Ticket Agent specifying the Rio Grands Route, or write It has been published that a case tried in one of the city courts cannot be appealed to the District court, but must go direct to the Supreme court; and this was the misunderstanding of GEO. W. HEINTZ, Asst. General Passenger Agent, Salt Lake City. FOR THE CURE OF several prominent attorneys, judging from their remarks in the recent conventions concerning these courts. It was urged that, as to poor litigants, these courts were of last resort, owdng to the increased expense of appeals directly to the Supreme court. This is a misapprehension of the new law, as appeals from the city courts may be taken to the District court. The fee for certifying transcripts on appeal from the city court is the same as has been heretofore collected by Justices of the Peace, and the fee for docketing an aj; peal to the District court remains unchanged. It is true the law' provides for appeals directly to the Supreme court, but that is in cases where the validity or constitutionality of the statute is in dispute. The appeal from the city courts to the District court is taken In the same manner as in appealing from a Justices court to the District court, except that when the judgment of the District court does not exceed $100 exclusive of costs, the judgment shall be final and no appeals shall lie therefrom. DRUNKENNESS OPIUM, COCAINE, ,i s - And All Drug Using, CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO HABITS. 164 E. First South St. W. M. BROWN, Medical Director and Manager. Lock KEELEY INSTITUTE OF UTAH. BOX Lessee and Manager , T ' vA oy have, but not to marry any more natural assignment of one for each husband. rrT-jn- Office in Deseret National Bank' Bu Turning from this interview to a fe' days preceding, Jt seems that Mr. Gre 7 f "INCORPORATED. .. ildiQdXj Capital 976,000.00. Telephone 142.. SACTlABBCirtflMH. 480. of |