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Show Nephi Items. The adjourned railroad meeting was held in Nephi on Saturday evening-The evening-The attendance was very large. Hon. JoelGrover was elected chairman, and Mr. Thomas Ord secretary. The first business of the meeting was to take a , vote of the people, as to whether they were willing to assist in gelling the right of way through the county. The vote was unanimous in favor of the eQort being made. A committee of leven was then appointed as follows: fol-lows: Joel Grover, W. F. Tully, Charles Foote, Andrew Love, H. Bryan, George Teasdale and John Hague, tor the purpose ot finding tbe most practical route for the extension and depot, and the term- upon wbicb it could be obtained, and report next Wednesday. Moat of the people are very anxious to have the depot at Nephi, about three or four blocks west of the main street, or there a bouts. If the company will locate it there, I think it can obtain all it asks lor; but ( it is to be some distance out ol tuwn, tbe people will not be 3 is posed to do much. Tbe Nepbitea are not very sanguine about dry farming. They think that the foiI being impregnated so much with pinsler ol Paris, it is not suitable without w.iter. Still, they are going to give it a i.i j r irul. There waj a terrific dust etorm here on Saturday, and on Sunday, in Levari, a heavy hail storm. Tbe passenger traffic On the Utah Southern is very good. Tbe bullion is piled up around the depot at York in iojiiienan quantities. A gocd many of tbe citizens Of that, place are looking out for wheels t: put their houses on, in contemplation of tbe talked of extension. As usual some are going to be injured by it. The freighters think" thu bread is going to be taken out of their mouths by the operation. Such is life. Some go up to make room for somebody else to come down. C. Nephi, Juab county, June 24. |