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Show TROUBLE IX MOIlMO.VDOra. In Salt Lake City recently, on the pretext that Paul Englebrecht, a Gentile Gen-tile liquor dealer, lnd appealed, from the decision of the Police Court impo-sm impo-sm fines, to the Di.-trict Cnnrt, a squad of Mormon city police, armed with authority by the citv, gutted his store and destroyed his whoie stock, valued at twenty thousand dollar.-. The United Uni-ted States Marshal. Patrick, immediately immedi-ately arretted the City Marshal, Chief of Police and ail the deputies engaged in the destruction of the property, and it is now stated that there is great excitement ex-citement among the Mormons and serious se-rious disturbances are apprehended. There may be a disastrous riot precipitated precipi-tated at any moment by such hotheaded hot-headed action on the part of the Mormons. They are not in good odor it their very best with the rest of the United States. We advise them to be more moderate. Brought directly in contact, as they have jut been, with such great civilizers as the railroads rail-roads r.nd telegraphs and free pulpit discussion, and suifering inwardly from deadly s;histns and outwardly from the Cullom bill, they should lie e-peeial!y on their good behavior. Their case is bad enough without attempting to make it worse. At the rate they arc going now they will precipitate a conflict con-flict which the Cullom bill in its most oppressive clauses did not anticipate, and one, too, which the United htates itself will be powerless to quell, for it may result in a series of murderous feuds and vendettas, wherein neighbors and relatives are arrayed a'-'airit one mother. Aco York lle.rold. The II wall cannot be held responsible respon-sible for opinions based on the telegraphic tele-graphic reports which it receives. It naturally believes them to be correct, nd can't be blamed for so thinking. But it is none the less dec-ived. It was the object of the "ring" here to make it appear that Sail Lake City was ''excited," when they knew better. bet-ter. Hence the uncalled for order of Judge Strickland to swear in a hundred hun-dred Deputy-Marshal), when he knew ho used his position on the bench us Judge to giv) color to a public (dander. (dan-der. We can't blanni the Ikrnhl, and flo not feel pai l.iculary,iri ttii.i in-taiice, to blame the telegraphist, who only cent across the continent a foul-mout hed slander ). ':rp;trat. d on the bench by a man who ku'wi tr should liaru Luown, better. |