Show BRIGhAM IITt BITS BRIGHAM CITY Dec 201len down from the mountains report a heavy fall of snow back in the hills The snow has already begun to pile up there to furnish ample water for the invaluable irrigating streams next summer Utah without her heavy snows splashing mountain streams and Irrigation would today be worse off than Nevada The people up this way are anxiously I awaiting the click of the telegraph I which will bring the joyful news that Cleveland has issued his proclamation Statehood a a New Years gift for the people of Utah will be exceedingly acceptable ceptable Grover get your pen Thursday evening an enjoyable sociable so-ciable was given at the residence of Mr and Mrs Mansfield Snow The gathering was a quotation party and it proved a very interesting affair There were games of authors Ivanhoe etc but the most exciting was the deciphering de-ciphering of proverbs with time limited Miss Caroline Sullivan and Wynn L Eddy carried off first prizes while Miss Frule West and John Horsley captured the booby prizes A few days ago a forged check of 2450 w passed on the Brigham City Coop It was made out in favor of Frank Hansen and signed C J Rohwer The forgery was at once detected de-tected when it was presented at the bank of Brigham City Sheriff Richard Day has since kept a sharp lookout ana xnursuay spotiea nis men wno were no other than two boys under 20 years of age who live out west of Cor I inne One of the youths confessed to I all and delivered over the entire amount of the forgery I is understood that Mr Rohwer whose name was forged to the check will refuse to prosecute pros-ecute and the case may be dismissed after the young rascals are given a good scare One of the boys was emigrated em-igrated from Scandinavia about three years ago by Mr Rohwer This week Charles O Jeppson son of Jeppa Jeppson and Miss Lula Blackburn Black-burn daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas H Blackburn of this city were married in Logan Thursday evening a big wedding supper was given in honor of the event at the residence resi-dence of the brides parents Seventy five people enjoyed the sumptuous spread The evening was one long to be remembered by those who participated partici-pated The next night a grand ball was given to accommodate the young couples large army of friends The newly wed will make their home in Brigham where a nice little home awaits their occupancy I a frost follows the present thaw i is feared the tens of thousands of sheep on the ranges in the western part of the county will suffer death and destruction by the hundreds |