Show Conn West ExMayor Little left l for California Califor-nia Wednesday afternoon accompanied accom-panied by Dr T J Irish of Nameoki Madison County Illinois Dr Irish arrived here a day or two ago with his daughter and Miss Pettenglll the latter two remaining in the city as the guests of Mi Little There is a bit of interesting history in connection with the two gentlemen named Forty years ago both being orphan boys in an interior in-terior town of New York sate realizing that they must work out their own destinies and believing that the broad west then almost an unbroken wilderness presented abetter tield for operations they together took Horace Greeleys advice ad-vice long before it was given W have heard the Mayor relate how hand h-and his companion with a combined cash capital of about S20 started out in the world their first undertaking under-taking being a little jaunt seventy miles They then invested 4 in it skiff floated down the river to Pitts burg and thence set out for what was indicated on the map as a small dot in a broad expanse of unknown territory and designated desig-nated St LOUB The story is too long to relate here and at this time After much hardship their little fortune having slipped away long before they reached their destination destina-tion the found St Louis and located Young Irish studied medicine medi-cine become a doctor and settled on the opposite side of the river in Illinois J where he has since resided and prospered Little did well in St Louis but came to Utah in ISoO where he has done much better as all know being today among the wealthiest and most successful business men in the Territory Las month he inited the friend and companion of his boyhood and youth to join him here about this time when they would together visit a mutual friend of their early lives who is prosperous and happy in the Golden State Yesterday the friends of a lifetime still boys in spirit ttough their hair is grizzled and the evidences of years are upon them iarded the train for the Pacific where it is hoped they will find nothing but enjoyment |