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Show UTAH COUNTY NEWS GATHERED FOR THE READER8 OF THE DEMOCRAT. Notes of Interest From Payson and Spanish Fork Sprlngv.llo Sugar Factory General County News. Special Correspondence. Payson, April 0, 1800. The funeral of WUIam Powell held this afternoon was largely attended, and tho largo Tabornaclo was filled with frlunds and relatives of tho good man who was called away so suddenly; Tho bishop of tho First ward, J. E. Ilulsh, took charge of thu ceremonies. The choir of this ward rendered Bnmo boiUtlfuland appropriate music. "Tho Christian's Hopo Boyond" was sung as b tonor solo by Joseph S. Douglass. "Meet Me at thu Beautiful Gate" and "Forget Me Not," was beautifully sung by a quartotte of mixed voices tho Misses Worsoncroft, Jos. S. Douglass Doug-lass nnd Joseph Brlmhall. "Nenrer My God to Theo" was tho closing hymn. - Thospeakors woro Charles Brower-ton, Brower-ton, Klchard Haag, David Lant and Lorenzo Argylu, whogavo thodopartcd man a eulogy for being without gullu or sin. Ho was honest, benevolent and kind, nnd a comforter of tho sick. Ho camo to Utah with tho first hand oart company In 1850, nnd was tho first hoy to hnul a curt Into thu city. He camo to Puyson In 1857. Hu helped his widowed mother to sopport thu family for years, then hu married Miss Christine Peterson from Sanpoto county, coun-ty, by whom llfteen children wore born, seven of them were claimed In death, tho eight living arc flno young men and women, lie worked on tho Salt Lake Temple for seven yeaisns a stone cutter. IJu also was nn Indian coldlor In tho Black Hawk war, and never flinched from duly day or night. No ono of our citizens had as many" friends. and fewer enemies than Wm. Powell. A vory long train nf carrlngos followed fol-lowed the hoarso to the grave. Tho floral decoratlous ou tho casket woro profuse and flno. Sheriff Storrs nnd Deputy Henry were In iown on Wednesday after the hoodlums who disturbed the passengers passeng-ers on Saturday's excursion train. A. J. Knight and wlfo were in town today on business. About twenty trnmps aro camnnd on thu north sldu of town near tho II. G. V. track. Thu rush for conference tickets at tho Rio Grando station this morning was Immouso. Watermaster D. E. Sargent Is full of business this week. Mayor Peery wont to tbo not Springs this morning. A petition Is In circulation hero asking ask-ing tho Oregon Short Lino to put buck tho morning train, as wo aro lost without with-out tho dally papers, Paysou city council has repealed tho pull tux ordinance. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crandall will maku their homo at Scofluld. They were married today nt Provo. CHy Attorney Jos. E. Pago has soma knotty questions to answer for the city counull iioj;t meeting, Payson' Silver Band aro almost dead. We never heur them uow. Spanish Fork Notes. Special Correspondence. Spanish Fohk, April 7, 1890. THb school closes next week. Cards aro out announcing the marriage marri-age of Amelia Thomas nnd David Davis next Thursday evening, April' J3'h. They aro going to take a trip to Salt Lake. Old Sistor Stnndley, an ojd Latter-day Saint, died last Tnuwlay. jr. Service weru hell In Iho First wind meeting house Fildny at ono o'clock. Attorney Whltccotton was lu town Friday. I An oponlng lml! was given In tho Puvlllon Saturday night, It wus a grand success. A largo number of our citizens Imyc gone to Salt. Lake for conference. About sixty men whh teams leave for the railroad work In Wvomlnc today. Another II ill road Contract. Spring vlliu contractors Imvn secured another valuable pleeu of work, being a gradn through heavy rock work on the line nf thu Union Paclllc railway In Wyoming. This contract was secured se-cured by Nephi Stmw, Dlmlek Hunt-Ington Hunt-Ington anil Sumslou Bros, of our tdter city nnd will tnku until snmo tlmo next Decern her to complete. A laruo outfit out-fit will leave next week to commence operations. Sprlngvlllo Is getting famous as houdqu.trturs for railroad work. Sprlngvlllo Sugar Factory. The Utah Sugar company has selected the locatl'in for the proposed factory at SprlriKVillu, nnd proposu to nt nncu commence the erection of thu plant. It Is promised that tho machinery to grind mid ciush thu beets will bo put in In tlmo to handle this season's crop of boots. Manager Cutler stales how-ever how-ever that thu product wl.l not bo re-lined re-lined at tho Sprlngylllo factory, but will bo conveyed to Loin for that pro-Cess pro-Cess by means of a plpo line; this on account of the railroads Inability to promptly handle this season's boot crop. Tho erection of the Sprlngvlllo factory will greatly and to tho prosperity' of Utah county fanners. County Jots. At tho meeting of tho Utah Wool Growers Association, held In Suit Lako Thursday, Wm. Kirk was elected vice-president vice-president for Utah county. J. L. Brown, county superintendent of schools of Utah county, has been named as one of tho executive committee commit-tee of tho Utah State Teachers' Association. Asso-ciation. Jos. Wlghtman, Jr.'s, littlo girl died over at Eureka Monday and was burled Wednesday. Mr. Wightman's mnther went over from hero to nltoud the funeral. Payson Globe-llcader. Mark Robinson, who tins been study, ing Instrumental music nt Provo, will give Instructions In that art to u class nf young peoplo hero. Mnpleton correspondence cor-respondence Sprlngvlllo Independent. Leslie, tho 10-yonr-old son of J. D. Stark, fell from a beam while playing with somo other boys In a barn last Sunday and broke his arm just aboyo tho wrist. Dr. Ilpnry was culled and reduced tho fracture. Puyson Globe Header. A. A. Brown nnd N. n. Packard went to Provo Tuesday on a fishing expedition. ex-pedition. Just how aiuny of tho finny trlbu woro bagged Is a dead secret, but the n urn bo r Is understood to be up among thu millions. Spilngylllo Independent. Will Watson had a narrow escape from losing an eyo Sunday, no was making somo stakes for use on the Provo canyon survey when a blow from his nxo accidentally sent ono of them flying Into his fnco, Will's noso took the fnrcoof the blow, but the stako left Its mark alongside his eyo. Sprlngvlllo Independent. Tho Chlpnnn Mercantile company of American Fork Is making arrangements arrange-ments tn Increase Its capital slock from $15,000 to $40,000, and wilt put up an Immensonuw storo building, together with other extonslvu Improvements nnd Increased stock. This speaks well for the progress of our northern neighbor. neigh-bor. Hearing of objections of Mrs. May Frost to appiovul of dual account of administrator In estate of Alfred A. Taylor was commenced beforo Referee Jacob Evans at Spanish Fork Thursday. Thurs-day. Administrator Sterling was represented re-presented by Wm. Creer, nnd objector by 8. K, King. The hearing was not completed and will bo taken up again somo day next week. A pretty little story from Amorlcsn Fork Is reported In the Salt Lake Tribune Tri-bune this morning. Two ladles, Mcs-dames Mcs-dames Maggie Newton and Nellie Dlckorson, took upon themselves the task of completing tho hone of Mis. Anna Pierce, a widow with a family of small children. Thoy succeeded and Mrs. Pierce Is now living comfortably in her new homo. Much credit Is du the ladles and those who rendered their assistance for this' act "of humanity nnd goneroslty. |