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Show IDAHO. The Outlook at tho Thriving Vitiligo of Oxford. (irnsshotprrs IniiutiiPi'iiMe Prquiriiitf for thfl August Elrrtion The (iloriuiis Fourth. (Special ConehponJciito.) Oxford, Oneida County, Idaho, June 23, 1S70. It is some time since I sent you any news from this northern country, and I have thought a few items now may not be out of place. Wo have gotten through a pretty hard and prolonged winter, a great inauy of out stick having ditd lor want of proper shelter ana feed, ami if the hundred:) of tons of hay hud been taken care of which were left on tho meadows to waste, such km would not have happened. Our crops are now looking splendidly aud tho grass ou the hills and meadows is abundant, abun-dant, but we havo our doubts and misgivings about the grasshoppers they are here io millions to the square loot. The health of the people is ga uer-ally uer-ally good, but that does not hinder Death from claiming his victim. We have had several deaths within the last few weeks, and amongst the rest I am sorrow to record the death ol Aggripa Cooper, who died on the 6th day of this mouth, aged 62 years. He was a member of the high priests' quorum, a faithful Latter-day Saint, and died in the full faith of the gospel. gos-pel. He was also our justice of the peace, which position he filled with satisfaction to the public. He was with the church in its early days, and was driven aud persecuted as wag the case with others; and his family and friends have the consolation consola-tion to know that be died in the full taith ol a glorious resurrection. I am sorrow to say that for some time past we had no day school, and. consequently, our children have been running the streets, wild and neglected. ne-glected. Neither have we hud any, Sabbath school for a long time. It seems that we have not been united sufficiently to do anything. Wt I have lost confidence iu one another, and, what is worse, lost confidence in ourselves. But of late things have Utken a change. A day echool has been tlarted by Miss E. Lake, independently inde-pendently ot trustee1, and she is giving giv-ing good satisfaction. Our 3und;i school will be recommenced on t- e 2oth, and I think under the management man-agement uf Xhos. Croatian and oilier.-it oilier.-it will be a success. The -people now are beginning to open lueir eyes to the importance of unity and t-oopera-i lion, and the exhortations of Bishop David Black are doing a great deal to awaken the people from their sleep. We had a visit from Bishop Preston and Hon. M. Thatcher and others from Logan a few nights ago, and if the couusel and exhortations given by these men were followed out, much good would result. We have been asleep. Wo acknowledge il; but the addresses delivered by these men have awakened us, and we intend in-tend forever after to keep at least one eye open to our interests. Business here is rather dull and money scarce, and many are out of employment. The store of Burnett it Co. is doius; a very ood business, and it is anticipated to run it into a cooperative institution. Several applications ap-plications have already beeu made for Bhares, and arrangements are being entered into to accomplish this object. Messrs. Harkness & Phelen have also received a large stock of goods, and we have everything needed except greenbacks. Our election is near at hand and we intend to keep a shaio lookout during the whole time. We do not! intend to allow ourselves to be defrauded de-frauded at this election as wo were at the last. It is time that corruption in Oneida cuunlv was atoDDed: and if the people would elect good, honest men, independent of religious opin ions, our taxes would decrease, and the heavy debt that now exists and is still increasing would be obliterated. I will try and find out some of the tricks that may be practised at this election, for there is always some oew dodge; but they will be pretty closely watched this year. Great preparations are making for the Fourth of July. The committee of arrangements has gotten up a splendid programme, and if it is carried car-ried out it will be the best celebration that ever was in Oxford. Your paper comes regularly, and is a welcome Herald to us, and although this is not a reading community com-munity yet the Herald is sought alter by many who never think of subscribing for any paper. When the time comes I may send you some items concerning our elec-tian, elec-tian, and about the great coal mine bilking in Clarkston, by the same covey who bilked the people of Oxford lust season in Bilver mines. This gentleman should be looked after. Horologist. |