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Show LETTER FROM ST. GEORGE. Sr. Geokqe, Jan. IS, 1S1. Dear Herald: For a week or so the "murky, foggy cloulds have almost constantly eclipsed the glorious sunlight, making it more golden and delightful to-day, the warm forerunner of Spring, though we do not count the commencement com-mencement of that charming BCason for three week yet. The hegira of gardeners generally to their grounds, the musical singing of birds, the constant con-stant music of tiio industrious bee, and the increased population of our roads and streets admonish us that winter is departing, and ere we are aw Are, our well mois tened hills, vales and mountain-sides, will be painted in gorgeous shades of thousand tinted flowers, the trees laden with bloom, and the peony, the rose, the lilly and carnation, vieing for our admiration. Presidents Yount- and Smith spoke well to us on Sunday the JNuw Tabernacle Tab-ernacle well filled. Lst week, at a meeting appointed for that purpose, trustees to hold title to Temple block were elected, viz.: Robert Gardner, Wm. G. Perkins and David Cannon. John W. Young arrival here some days ago, with family; says he "comes to stay," and already has taken hold of some of our home interests with a will, and prospectively prospec-tively he will be quite an acquisition to our fund of material, as well as brain help. At present he is engaged, with many prominent citizens, in demonstrating de-monstrating practical schemes for increasing in-creasing largely the waters for this city. On the first Saturday of Feb. a gen-eral.union gen-eral.union jubilee ol the variousSunday schools is to take place in the Tabernacle; Taber-nacle; the exercises to be in recitations, recita-tions, singing, music, etc.; and prizes amounting to several hundred dollars are to be awarded to competitors. A very interesting time is looked for. City Engineer Macfarland is busy, with a gc3 corps of help, establishing establish-ing lines and making new surveys on the south Bide of the city. Col. A. P. Hardv A On. nrn mnkinn- nnito n im provement in their manufactory of shoes and boots. This company have absorbed the tannery, and we don't know what else the stirring concern will gulp next. . The Cashmere goat herd is now located lo-cated at the mouth of Rock cafion, James Ide, Superintendent. Woolley, Seegmiller & Co. are excavating ex-cavating for the basement of a large store, to go up soon. i So alone, J. |