Show y NEWS FROM 1 NEARBY TOWNS i Park City People Object to Marshal Mar-shal Hughes I SOME EXPRESSIONS USED I COrVTY COURT WINDS UP THE i YEARS BUSINESS I i I i roiiiter from Pnrownn Conrt at I i FarminBrton New Precinct Bonmlnry Lines of Steed and j Hooper NJiielientli Century Club i i at Pn t > Toocle anti Utah OounI i tj llonmlnrie General Gliiiinses I I PARK CITY Jan 5The appointment appoint-ment of Henry Hughes to the city marshalshlp by the new city council Thursday night was received by the I business men and public ge orally I 1 with marked disapproval The writer y L s taken pains to get an expression of their sentiments in the matter In answer to questions the answer has been It is a resrretable case toot too-t > ad a mere figurehead etc In the first place he s viewed as an in tuloper second he is not considered i nijetent being of a morose and nelancholy temperament in fact a general incompetent where tact coolness I cool-ness and good judgment are indispensable indispen-sable qualifications which his best friends cannot truthfully say he possesses I pos-sesses and would be sure to lose his j I head in an emergency The appointment appoint-ment is received ever with more disfavor dis-favor than was that of John Webers 13 the old city council which at the time was opposed by an overwhelming overwhelm-ing majority of the citizens of Park thy I anything the feeling now in this case is particularly offensive Aside Jmrn the fact that certain powerful izi ti ests were invoked in his behalf nnttithstanding the manifest Impro I rietv of the end to be subserved it > tually puts a premium upon carelessness care-lessness and criminal negligence for a i jrporation to dictate his appointment appoint-ment as a requital for indifferent serf ser-f and that in opposition to the I wkhes of the people is an outrage In many ways the action of the ma j > rity of the council will be of incal culaile benefit to the people and especially to the Democratic party the veil 01 indifference and apathy having hav-ing thus been removed from their eyes and they will not in the future elect rim who have iu the past so flagrantly drf arued their wisnes Hughes had the pull and was too well An cliopd c The turning down of Hebe Rasband was also unexpected in view c i hs efficiency etc hl now council met last night and p rroved i the bonds of the diffiereiit officers of-ficers lrers Tho county c urt met at Coalville this week for the purpose of winding lip the business of the year Judge Shields and Selectmen Welsh Archibald Archi-bald and Pack was present Con sldeafcle amount of work was trans 1 t < J his to the amount of 926 44 was allowed Assessor Jenkins asked ikli f from further obligations > obUgtons on account ac-count of 90400 worth of property sold f > r delinquent taxes Relief was crar ted The court adjourned to meet January Janu-ary 1 1R96 Nothing of moment has transpired at any of the mines all are running along smoothly Each is sending to the sampler concentrator and mills their quota o the precious metals The omstock has resumed opera V ens and work will now be pushed joUowingi are the ore shipments Xrom the Mackintosh sampler for the past week Silver King 661010 Anchor concentrates 361000 Vest Daly concentrates 62780 afford concentrates 39030 Total pounds 1123820 I W Mont Ferry has returned from I the east after an absence o two month looking and filing well On Tuesday next the Silver King will distribute the needful among its employees Pat H Tallon is the only Democrat we sincerely regret to say who is a member of our present city council nth Dont them get discouraged Pat but stay THE NEWS When the announcement came over the wires shortly before 10 oclock yesterday yes-terday morning that the president had signed the statehood proclamation that at last mad Utah o sovereign and independent in-dependent state rejoicing a spontaneous sponta-neous All the mines and mills let a prolonged screech from their whistles The Juvenile drum corps paraded fttie Streets an < bunting was displayed on iropt of our business houses Many peo in this afternoons train pie will go 11 on afenQons ti to celebrate at Salt Lake tine ceremo inies attenGins the occasion of the e states jubilee The Union Pacific will V special rates for the occasion Today is change day at the Ontario Tan 1 Daly mines There will be no work until tonIght P H Tallon will spend admission day in Sat Lake Oscar E Lawrence leaves for Stilt Luke today to witness the celebration and also t attend t important busi fless Thw furnace for the Third ward t school house < has arrived from Chicago Chi-cago John McLeod who was hurt in a cave at the Ontario a short time ago i is able to resume work at the mine i I John Shields who has been laid up for two weeks is able to be up and is attending to business John W Geiger after ani enforced j vacation through sickness is back to i his desk at Shields Bros trying to clear up the work that has accumulated I The Miners union held its regular meeting at Roys hall last evening Twenty applications were received for membership and one was initiated into the order Before the quarter ends it is had expected a membership of 300 will be I Piirovran Points I 1 PAEOWAN Ian 2The Chritma J holidays so far have passed off very quietly in Parowan the principal amusements being dances A number of parties have bee given in the basement base-ment of our meeting house for the benefit ben-efit of the missionaries from this place and in COnSeIUenCe of the proceeds all going for charitable purposes the city council allowed our bishop Charles Adams the privilege of carrying on these balls without a license Considerable Consider-able comment was aroused a few days since by one Charles Norris the owner of a small hal here entering a complaint com-plaint against the bishop fo running dances without a license for which he was fined S2 The bebtisr class of tine community are indignant over the matter mat-ter and the city council have since issued is-sued a free license to the bishop Chrima eve an excellent entertainment entertain-ment consisting of songs instrumental music recitations Christmas dialogues dia-logues etc was given under the auspices aus-pices of the U S gven this place I was a grand success in every respect and S15 of the proceeds were turned over for the benefit of our new social hall now In course of erection The Relief society gave a supper and dance yesterday for tttie purpose of obtaining ob-taining wood for the poor Two tickets tick-ets were given for one load of wood or i the parties preferred paying the I money it was 75c per ticket Fifteen I loads of wood were hauled andHdistrib uted among the poor and a neat little sum was realized with which to buy more The city fathers have appropriated 25 t help make a noise on Inauguration Inaugura-tion day The citizens held a meeting on Monday last and elected committees to look after the details of the celebration cele-bration A rousing time is expected I Our dramatic company are preparing two plays which they will probably put on the boards next week Our citizens are meeting wit great 1 success in the artesian well business Ben Smith has just driven two wells and got 120 gallons per minute Edward Ed-ward Martensen has also driven two wells and obtained a flow of about 100 gallons per minute There are now about thirty excellent flowing wells in our valley and the probabilities are that the large quantity of firstclass farming olze land here will soon be monop Granite Chips GRANITE Utah Jan 2The holidays I days for the present are past and for some time to come the community can settle down to the common affairs of every day life On Christmas day the Sabbath school officers and children favored us with a good selection of songs recitations recita-tions and readings which were much tons reading appreciated by us all Superintendent ON Despain and his counselors spared no pains either in means or time to make it an enjoyable affair and with the cooperation of the committee com-mittee appointed for that purpose to wit Mr Alex Brand Mrs James Muir and Mrs O N Despain did their best and they certainly succeeded in making ing it one of the most pleasant times the citizens have ever had Miss Spen cers Jamie was recited with success suc-cess and in fact all the pieces were rendered with a lively and interesting spirit The 1st of January just past was spent in a quiet way with not a single instance of drunkenness to record In the evening a ball was given and Mr Alex Brand the floor manager kept all busy in the dance There were several songs and it wag a general remark re-mark that a splendid time a had At 2 oclock all went their way wishing 1 wish-ing each other a happy year to come The ladies give a leap year ball tonight to-night which is already labeled with success and no doubt will be realized rea-lized Mr Clayton of the Gold Hill situated situ-ated in the Gold City locality informs in-forms us that his mine is looking well and there is every prospect that in a short time other rich pockets will be opened up and another large body of ore be ready for shipment Mr Will Evans I prospecting n claim a little south of the Gold Hill properties and from him I learn that he has already a body of good ore bearing gold now in preparation for shipment This ore assays well in sold and some copper Iron and silver Several parties are here from the surrounding settlements doing assessment assess-ment work The electric plants of Big Cottonwood Cotton-wood are running quite n force and Mr Gillespie has just begun work on the plant near Wasatch in Little Cottonwood Cot-tonwood canyon He tells us that in the spring he intends putting on a large force of men on the last named property Bishop Butler of Butlerville has just taken a contract of Mr O Arnold to haul all the timber and plank needed need-ed to complete the flume in Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood canyon The material is to be teamed from Murray to the mouth of the canyon This will also add much to business for the general good Our r bishop is always awake to the good of his people Brlsliajii City Bits DrII1mm Bis BRIGHAM CITY Jan Monday while Wright the ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Evans was out getting coal he heard frightful screams issuing from the house The boy rushed in and there beheld his little three year old sister Hortense enveloped envel-oped in flames I seems that the two children were alone They had let the tire go out and the boy had gone for coal and kindling Little Hortense got matches and a roll of paper and thinking to help kindle the fire held alighted a-lighted match to the paper The flames flashed up and ignited her little apron The poor child in her distraction distrac-tion rushed screaming around the house and finally climbed upon her mothers bed Here her brother found her Wright showed great presence of mind for a child He somehow got the child out of doors and piled snow over her and soon conquered the devouring fire demon The screaming of the children brought over Daniel Reeder a neighbor neigh-bor who helped to take off the burned clothing and send for the mother and the doctor Mr Evans is t Rexburg Idaho The poor little child was cruelly cru-elly burned All the skin peeled off her right arm with her clothes Her other arm chest and sides and tiny ears are her curls also badly injured Although were all burned off her brow her pretty pret-ty little face fortunately was not burned at all I is only Q few months since the boy Wright lost the sight jf one of his eyes All are keenly sorry for Mr and Mrs Evans in their new trouble On the first day of the new year Andrew An-drew Anderson a respected resident of the Second ward peacefully left this life for the promised rest in heaven He had been a great sufferer from asthma for years He leaves to mourn for him a wife two daughters and a I sonThe first couple to be married in the new year were Peter Jensen and Maggie Mag-gie Hepworth In order to be the first they got Justice Case up at 230 in the morning to tie the nuptial knot There are sever other couples if report is true that will not be far behind New Years day Mrs S J Stevens returned turned to Salt Lake City to resume her I duties a teacher in the Lowell school Miss Hortense Snow who is taking I a course in kindergarten work in Salt I Lake is visiting her mother and friends In town I Will Boothe insurance agent of Salt Lake was seen on the streets yesterday yester-day dayThe sleighing has been fine all holiday day week A number of new cutters are seen flying around All who can muster anything with runners are out enjoying the jingling of the merry bells sledRh bels I On New Years eve a very pleasant party was given at the lovely home of Mr and Mrs A H Snow The last I hours of the old year were spent in aright a-right jolly manner playing games and I eating refreshments On the stroke of twelve the guests tenderly buried the I I old year in the snow anti wrote a am epitaph on the grave the name of the new born 1896 After this solemn rite all hurried back n the nice warm rooms and merrily passed away the first hour of the new year Those who were present to enjoy the hospitality of Mr and Mrs Snow were Mr and Mrs L T Pierce Mr and Mrs Rud ger Clawson Mr and Mrs Mansfield Snow Mr and Mrs Emil Maeser Mrs Loveland Mrs Ida Gibbs Mrs Lottie Cozier Mrs Jetatniie Stevens Miss Ten ale Snow Miss Belle Salmon B Hones H-ones and W L Eddy Mr and Mrs George Savage of Salt Lake City spent part of Christmas week with relatives in Brigham City Great preparations are going on for a fine celebration on inaugural day The tabernacle has been beautifully decorated for the occasion The pro gramme consists of patriotic speeches etc by some of the representativeumen and women of Brigham City We expect ex-pect tine fine bell the brass band the militia and the cannon will make noise enough to be heard by the people in Salt Lake if they should keep still long enough and listen The militia give a swell ball in the opera house in the evening evenng So far this winter our town has been unusually free from sickness and death There are no epidemics around a yet So the little ones are well and tins hearts of the para t are thankful Miss Belle Salmon of the capital < city has bee in town during the holidays There was a grand ball in the opera house on New Years eve Knysville IvlnliM i KAYSVILLE Jan 4Judge Henry H Rolapp will open the district court in Davis county next Wednesday January Jan-uary 8 The session will be held in the court house at Farmington and County Clerk T H Phillips will be exofficio clerk of the court This new order of things that will be instituted with the advent of statehood state-hood will be a great convenience to the people who have business with district dis-trict courts There are comparatively few Davis couitj f case peuuirp 1 nc c present and in consequence of this the term of court will not be very protracted pro-tracted Judge Rolapp enters upon the duties of his new office with the universal uni-versal respect of those among whom he will dlspence justice THE PROBATE JUDGE There is some question as to what course Probate Judge Brandon will take when the state officers assume nI rt official matters in this county coun-ty He is said to hold the opinion th the t-he will be entitled to continue in his present position as a member of the county court and as chairman of the board of selectmen One gentleman who was asked for his opinion on the i I matter said he considered such a position untenable He said however that the judge will pIobably hold over until the legislature takes action on the matter Inasmuch as the probate business will all come under the jurisdiction juris-diction of the district judge it would seem that the judgeship is a superflous office Judge Brandon has done efficient service ser-vice as probate judge during his two terms of office A NEW PRECINCT At the session of the county court i last Monday a change was made in the boundary lines of Steed and South Hooper precincts and a new precinct was formed of the detached portions t be known as Clearfleld Peter Christensen Chris-tensen was appointed justice of the peace and David Gailey constable NOTES AND PERSONALS J G Kimball and his brother Elias S were in Kaysville yesterday on business busi-ness nessHon Hon John R Barnes senatorelect from the Third district went down to Salt Lake this mcrning He will be in attendance at the caucus of Democratic Demo-cratic legislators this evening Provo Paragraphs PROVO Jan 5 Logan 1 Paul and Charley Leavilt were arrested yesterday yester-day morning on a charge of assault and battery each charging the other with the offence Thfight grew out of a news item appearing in a local paper Paul supposing that Leavitt was the author au-thor of the piece charged him with I and the two engaged in a fist fight Justice Saxey beaM the case against Leavitt and found him guilty of assault Sentence was postponed I The leap year party given in the I Provo opera house by the ladies Democratic I Dem-ocratic club Friday evening was a great social success as well a a financial one The county court of Utah county will in the near future locate the boundary lilies between Tooele county and Utah county to ascertain how much of the ilercur district is in Utah county Tits Snow an Miss Sims daughter of Mrs Ellen Jakemah were married in Provo Friday evening THE NINETEENTH CENTURY CLUB At the regular meeting of the Nineteenth I Nine-teenth Century club on Friday last a programme was rendered which was In every way suited to the beginning of the new year After the business of the club was disposed of Miss Kellogg set forth in oni entertaining1 talk the customs cus-toms of the different nations of the earth in the observation of New Years dayMiss Miss M F French read a delightful little story into which were skillfully woven the years events as brought out by the work of the club A a tribute to the new state and a greeting from her older sister states the following lines occur Utah our beautiful sister Utah the star of the west Or our flags bright field of azure Thou hast found thy promised rest Welcome thou gift of the new year Our sister our new years guest Fondly we give thee dear Utah Beautiful star of the west And in reference to the ancient lake which once covered this basin the writer says A land of the milk and the honey A fair as that promised of old Whose mountains rise grand in their beauty Cloudtinted with crimson and gold Where Utahs fair lake shows its dimples dim-ples When touched by the smile of the smie dawn Where the pink and white of the orchards or-chards Are glittering with tears of the morn OUR EASTERN NEIGHBORS CHEYENNE Jan 5Ed Schuneman was elected president of the Cheyenne Bicycle club on Tuesday evening in place Charles P Hill The club is in a flour isliing condition i tour Fire was discovered in wa the cellar of the handsome residence of Coqnty Commissioner Commis-sioner Charles Hecht last night The alarm was given by Miss Hecht both Mr and Mrs Hecht being away from home Through the prompt efforts of Sheriff Fredendall and Deputy Thomassen the fire was put out before much damage was done to the building Dastardly Assault SHERIDAN Wyo Jan 5Jack Hollywood Holly-wood Ed Carouthers and Otto Ilg have been arrested at Hyatville Big Horn Basin charged with assaulting a sixteen yearold girl of the neighborhood The men were given a preliminary hearing before a locl justice and bound over to the district dis-trict court in the sum of 1500 each I was reported yesterday that the men had been lynched by citizens of the Basin but the report has not been confirmed and its truth Is doubted A Pardon for Stone CHEYENNE Ja 5An effort is being made to secure a pardon for R W Stone the defaulting cashier of the Sheridan Bank of Commerce sentenced to one I years Imprisonment in the penitentiary Stone has just received his sentence and ha not yet reached the penitentiary His I friends have made good his shortage The Held Land company capital stock So000 filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state today The company com-pany will operate In lands in the Big Sheridan Horn Basin and will maintain an office in Was I Coxcy CARBON Wyo Ja 5Tracy Wilson the young man killed by Game Warden Paulson near Elk Mountain was one of tht members of the Coxey army which came Into Wyoming in 1894 He was with the party of Coxeyltes that stole General Manager Dickensons private car in Oregon Ore-gon and was afterwards arrested with other members of the army at Green River He escaped from custody and has since been working in this part of the country The coronors jury stated in its verdict that Wilson had threatened thretee to do Paulson bodily harm Iauson bodiy prior to the Bhootng The killing however is gen erally condemned a it is believed Wil sons threats were not of a serious nature I Paulson has the reputation of having always al-ways gone armed and having always been on the lookouj for trouble i i |