Show american fork SOON after 9 monday night the elements were almost set in commotion by the hurrahs hur anil cheers to with the city bell in alie vicinity of the courthouse court housa tt seemed ad the good baiz doubly did its work but perhaps it was the ted condition 01 the mind that made ine ali ink so however the excitement furno it was over the ro as much wire working and hard labor as ever was indulged in over an election in any city the size of american fork why talking working and planning there has pc arcely been any end to among either party of parties thero were two the peopled and citizens bachof which hd been perfectly confident of tB some time ago certain citizens held a caucus meeting in james Chip ians hall and framed what is known as the citizens ticket later on those claiming to belong to the peoples party in caucus assembled compiled and unanimously sustained the ticket bearing their party name from the hour of the former meeting the instigators thereof roust be credited with earnestly and ambitiously striving to make the bait sufficiently ajeet to entice the satisfied fiaher from other waters and crown the efforts of tasir party with success As to their ticket of course like i ther tickets of the kind ones opinion means but one and ones conclusions can best be arrived at by considering the popular vote daring the day the streets wera livelier than has ever been known b foro two bands were on the go most of the day not mentioning the organization of noisemakers noise makers that turned out in the cold soon after the break of day perhaps not less than fifty hadeca were worn bearing the motto citizens committee while fewer of the rd white and blue were worn by the other party the general opinion was the council would be composed of man from both parties two to one were offered on the mayor on the citizens ticket in fact scarcely anybody anticipated such an outcome as was shown in the returns FOHS feb mount pleasant MOUNT PLEASANT i divided into four parts the southwest portion is called copenhagen the northwest thweat nor dog type whatever that means the northeast america and the southeast bocky heaven this is called by bomea rocky town but since been here all seems to ba quiet people sociable and very hospitable to guests and strangers once in a while th conversation with citizens of the town we readily die coyer that some are slightly afflicted with local option breath so much so that it would take as many as two grams of coffeo to exterminate it THE warm days we are having make the front of the stores quite comfortable for those who are not pushed with work there alie old threadbare thread bare topic of horse pulling and horse racing is discussed daily inter with great deeds done inthe early days while freighting goods into this territory at thirty cents per pound and how wheel legot mu down and lifted while crossing government flat that and of course eaid mule being the best animal that ever gazed through a collar or wore that much hair Ms ANDREW MADSEN is now furnishing his hall with new scenery for the coming play east lynne which is looked to as the event of the season mr johnson of Springy ille is drilling the troupe in elocution and giving them diligent and strict instructions re latine to stage positions etc connected with the dieca and a boom on the evening of its rendition is looked for ANDREW hotel is the game pleasant place it has always been with flowers and shrubbery of many pretty kinds growing profusely in the windows while the piano is humming and the canaries sweetly warbling almost incessantly ince making it what it is well known ato be ona of the pleasant est places ia the county for travelers LAST saturday party was given at the coop co op hall there much dancing on account of there being so many present it waa more of n variety made up of singing speeches recitations and dancing A collection was taken up for missionaries to the pen and other i places THEBE is nowadays now a days a fine showing of life on main street especially on the sunny sido of the business houses bays snow but a few inches deep in the timber where ether sea tons it has been nearly as many ana sanpete county coop co op co will shortly open the finest and largest mercantile house in thid valley DRY dusty roads all through the county MOUNT PLEASANT feb 12 1889 payson SUNDAY night martha hancock a fifteen year old girl of jacob hancock died suddenly she was taken with severe cramps and it is supposed that mortification followed them causing lier death he father is at present in arizona and knows nothing of his childs demise the school to which martha belonged honored her remains by following them to the grave and singing the hymns at the services the relatives and friends have the sympathy of the entire community in their great affliction to is st valentines day in davson our postmistress anticipates anything but a pleasant day but the populace expect a great amount of amusement if not real enjoyment we celebrate by a dance in the evening MB WATTS an infidel lectured last night and lectures again tonight to night in the opera house PAYSON feb |