Show FROM BRIGHAI CITY What the People of Box Elder are Doing ACTIVITY IS REAL ESTATE New Business Buildings In Course of Erection A lively Scene in a Commissioners Commis-sioners Court William Farrell of Logan is in town O G Snow Esq is up from the Metropolis Metro-polis Boothe Pierce are painting the town black Real estate is booming 2300 sales in two days The new city council holds its first session ses-sion tonight Everything in the line of home dramatics here is as dead as a door nail The improvements on our court house grounds ore being pushed with a vigor Miss Tennie Snow recently returned from a protracted visit to Salt Lake City The stockmen have had to feed but little during the past winter and prospects for a good harvest are very promising Last Saturday the district school teachers of this county held their semiannual examination in the Rorsnbaum hall The B E S A M company within the last two weeks have made shipments west to the amount of twenty thousand pounds of hides The Brigham members of the Snow Houtz dramatic company have all returned home They report an enjoyable and successful suc-cessful tour The streets of Brigham for the past week have been fairly alive with large herds of cattle and sheep and companies of travelers travel-ers going north John Jensen of Park valley was in town recently making spring purchases He reports everything nourishing in that part of the country Prof Carl G Maeser of Provo was in town Tuesday and in the evening appeared before a large congregation assembled at the tabernacle where he delivered an able lecture in the interest of the Brigham City academy and the youth of Zion in genera Two more business houses are in course of erection on Main street The one under the management of Contractors McMaster Forsgrcen is being rushed to completion at a 240 rate while apparently by way of contrast its companion alongside is moving mov-ing at a snails pace John F Merrill one of our energetic dry land farmers with his new apparatus for sinking artesian wells was successful in obtaing a flow of seven gallons per minute at a depth of 230 feet while working on D Rosenbaums premises located in the western suburbs of town A most distressing accident occurred to a child of John Bott While attempting to steady with his foot a stick of wood which was being cut by another urchin the descending axe struck the projected foot severing three toes surgical aid being summoned sum-moned the little unfortunate was placed in as comfortable condition as possible A novel sight indeed that the primeval oxen in the public square of Brigham city toiling at the stubborn glebe The old rickety fence having disappeared the plow performing its duty the scraper is next applied and before long we hope to see the leveled ground present a more attractive appearance Andrus Madsen of Mantua was arrested on the going charge brought before Commissioner Com-missioner J B Ccirrington and placed under un-der bonds The bondsmen later wishing to be released decoyed Andrus into his sanctum and lovingly turned the key on him Counsel for the defense subsequently interposed and began to investigate the legality of the arrest The commissioner raised an objection to further investigation and by way of emphasis siezed the counsel by the throat and proceeded in a way that meant business to eject him from the room This part of the commissioners commis-sioners originality in criminal procedure was exceedingly distasteful to counsel ana an-a most powerful and overwhelming demurrer de-murrer was at once raised As this was being suppemented by procec dings of very lively and demonstrative character the crowd saw fit to interfere and matters in the commissioners sanctum were at length reduced to a more rational status Madson was subsequently taken to Ogden and placed under bonds to await the action 0 the grand jury BKIGHAM March 29 ISbO |