| Show THE neighborhood coop co op store burglary at castle dale NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE AT PLEASANT GROVE blackleg at alpine and the at american fork american fork LAST monday evening one of alio grandest affairs of the kind ever known in american fork was given in the guise of a leap year paper ball in chip mans hall the invitations were printed on tissue aper of which alie di bessea were also made leading hi from the spacious dining room at about half pasi eight came the happy and lightly colored dancers in forni of a grand march the contrasts and effect were striking iLg indeed and numerous spectators present pronounced it the prettiest sight of alie kind they had ever the committee consisted of four ladies all of whom were dr assed alike alie floor was managed by the committee whose disciplinary qualification 1 pecked fairly to charm the rudeness of alie opposite sex TUESDAY evening another grand success was achieved by some of the feminine gender A party of them gave a grand draw party in the hall koth ladies and gentlemen received invitations and were expected to pair kofl at alie party not only was it unbounded fun but carried on as it was made it a grind social success THE beloved charlie redfield the other day came over to subpoena the witnesses in the case of the once friend but now victim of bennett brother joseph B forbyn THAT disagreeable foe measles is keeping several of the little ones in their homes they manage to pull through 0 K generally however I 1 RUMOR lias it eliat our rustler ebenezer hunter will soon open an office liere for the purpose of carrying carry ins on a real estate business THE book exchange ij far from being completed in our schools yet although books continue to arrive in small quantities FARMERS are making preparations for their spring work many having already commenced to plow ami the exception of one or two infants we have biad no deaths here since last fall PRIMER FEBRUARY ac payson ox last sunday morning in the sabbath school the alev lamb appeared conspicuously on the stand evidently for the of advertising his lecture against the book f mormon to bo delivered the following monday evening in the opera house rev gentlemen coming among ua walk into mormon bobea and take positions with all the cheek imaginable were the mormon elders to assume such liberty in entering sectarian churches and announce lectures aliey would be considered exceedingly audacious and liable to arrest and inhumane treatment the ciders on missions in different parts of the nation are sternly denied all lucli privileges and often cruelly persecuted tarred whipped and shot york announces two more lec anres in the opera house this week some adders had suggested the scheme of liering the brass band to haunt the streets of this city for sensational effect THE city is expending considerable means this season in grading streets in certain localities which improves the streets and greatly enhances the value of certain individual property FARMERS are busy plowing and sowing BEAUTIFUL weather 14 1888 the synopsis of dr yorks lecture will appear in our next ED grove A is now being erected opposite the coop co op where drugs will be dispensed whether on the most improved plan or how the future will develop we are inclined to think our druggist drug giat will do a legitimate business as in the past HAD it nofa been for the timely aid of some half dozen men louis P bunds lunds dwelling on the state road would have been consumed by fire the other day As it was only the kitchen was injured A defective flue was the cause TUB city lias caused to be opened our south main street leading direct to the depot this will fill a long felt want and the traveling public will be enabled to enter alie town without the aid of a guide board hereafter FARMERS are all busy plowing ard seeding the ground is too dry in many cases and a scarcity of water is predicted if there is no more snow deposits in the mountains WK would suggest that mr king include all under 18 years of age in his anti tobacco bill cigarette smoking is getting to be a real nuisance with the youth turere is no use trying to disguise the fact eliat fully one half of alie peach and apricot crop has been killed by the hard winter weather THE old stone wall lias given place to a new board fence about our tithing premises much to the beauty of that locality BLACKLEG BLACK LEG among the cattle lias broken out at alpine several head have died from eliat malady UTAH lake is still frozen over BROTHER JONATHAN FEBRUARY beaver BEAVER lias one of the beat choirs in being well balanced in regard to harmon force and parts it ia under the leadership of aobert stoney who has been a choir leader for over thirty years with the excellent material beaver furnished furni shea this gentleman has taken advantage to organize a fine choir the choir leader is ably assisted by W 0 bickley stake organist a musician of no mean ability having composed comp obed quite a number of excellent pieces one well known piece being the campaign song written at the time of the last nomination and election of jolin T caine lie is also the composer com of several good pieces used only by alie beaver choir one of them especially commendable which requires all the words used in the hymn sons of michael the harmony ia beautiful beati ful and charming while serving out a sentence for conscience sake he wrote a piece entitled penitentiary which is well publishing as one of our pieces culture is receiving considerable attention in beaver adamsville Adams ville and surrounding settlements R J farnsworth has a large carp pond in the hills southeast of beaver which is in a thriving condition D grimshaw aiho has a pond west of the city well filled experiment peri ment with him being such as to induce him to enlarge his pond and increase his supply this spring at adamsville Adams ville we noticed that in one pond the surface appeared to be literally alive with carp poking thier noses in an inviting manner for their owners to furnish some breakfast it being their meal time citizens believe in minority representation and have done for some time chev have two liberals in tho city council they beem to believe in minority representation socially also as at a party recently it was noticed that the respectable liberals or gentiles were among the invited guests and among the management it is further understood that a standing invitation is given to the young men young ladies and children to attend and join the improvement pro and primary associations not barring those of other denominations THE beaver woolen mills are stopped on account of not being able to get wool enough this is deplorable as it is a worthy tion they having the facilities cili ties for turning out all kinds of woolen goods and using pounds of ft ool per year the present board of directors consists of VL L shepherd president J II 11 murdoch vice president C D white curfew and B bennett directors E E cowdell is secretary and treasurer and wm ash hiorth superintendent ay iy bearer there are three families named respectively bagshaw bradshaw and grimshaw it is not known whether they are relatives to the characters represented lately in the provo ward entertainment THE beaver city hall and district courthouse is a beautiful and massia e building of three stories with boer and clink alie ietter feature being something that would do well to adopt is some comment here at tho not sending an agent down to boom the paper industrialist emery co WB bad a case of burglary at castle dale on the night of february ad about 11 a young man named david edmonston broke into the coop co op store of that place he smashed the window in and made a hole large enough to go through there was a dance the same evening A young man hy the name of larsen heard the noise of the glass breaking and ran and got assistance and caught edmonston in the store they made him come out of the same hole he went anat when an examination was made it waa found he had broken open the lock drawer but found no cash the clerk since the burglary that was committed some time ago in the bame place has carried the cash drawer homa with him the same party waa accused at the time but for lack of evidence was acquitted he is now in the county jail awaiting the action of the grand jury his bonds were put at one thousand dollars but he could not get them LAST night we had a rain which has taken alie frost out of the ground considerable SNOW is thawing away fast E SAW st george ELDER PALMER is working in the county in the interest of the contributor he gave two lectures in the stake tabernacle monday and tuesday evenings which were listened to with great interest by alie yeomanry from the surrounding country elder palmer has also alie new engraving joseph smith ing the nauvoo legion which is published by the contributor as a premium I 1 am not a connoisseur neither did I 1 ever see joseph smith and while the picture resembles other pictures I 1 have seen of that great man yet it does not satisfy my idea though some of the authorities ties say it is a splendid picture of alie nineteenth century reformer there is not to me that matured look which I 1 think joseph smith must have possessed the picture before me looks too young it looks about as much like joseph smith as does some of our young men dressed up as marshal of the day on the fourth of july resemble the father of his country there is a resemblance but I 1 fear not a striking one however I 1 think the artist mr john deserves credit for the manner in which he has treated the subject never having seen the original and having poor pictures at best for his model ST boasts its local celebrity herman fasher who 13 constructing a very ingenious musical instrument viz a piano and organ combined shades of the great beethoven imagine the agony of the future citizen as he shall hurry home in alie shades of evening tired and weary with the days argument at the co op store distracted by one of our flowers of deseret grinding from this double breasted borne familiar air from the mikado the contemplation temp lation of such a possibility is too fearful to be further pursued SIr Fasher has a telle scope of his own construction which saturn with its rings also jupiter with his moons may be seen by the way I 1 dont know whether jupiter is a he she or it mr fasher invited me to come to his observatory at 5 a m and look at jupiter but I 1 feel hardly equal to the task of getting up so early even to see the great planet with his quartette of sat clites ox tuesday evening february the young ladies of st george give a valentine party at the social hall As your correspondent is approaching the age when he cannot gnp hia light as fantastically as he did in the days when valley tan brigans brogans ruled the floor I 1 do not expect an invitation THERE ia just now in the air a rumor of marshals and deputy marshals I 1 trust there is no foundation for the rumor there is nothing for them to haul in in these parts men who have large families to maintain in this desert place should not be diverted from their daily occupations THE Y M M I 1 A own a fine little building appropriately named the lyceum in which is a fine collection of books they have a civil government class organized in which a number of alie young men take great interest and are making rapid progress how is it we see nothing of the ENQUIRE this of the basin at the postoffice post office we see copies of the deseret herald contributor juveniles but no ENQUIRER you ought to send an agent down here to work up a boom for the THE high school is being ably conducted by miss mattie snow who is laboring indefatigably to cultivate the intellects of those who may wield the pen of alie author and statesman of the and wise of the land SPEAKING of booms I 1 see nothing to boom this place unless it be faith and good works which the people seem to have in abundance after all booms not founded on the above principles are not enduring THE johnson brothers are teaching a class in elocution here they have fifty names enrolled and have created quite an interest in alie study of this very necessary branch of education A FEELING of friendliness and good seems to society in thi southern capitol all hope for a prosperous summer so mote it be anc temple with its imposing grandeur stands a monument of evidence of the faith and good works of the latter day saints in our dixie ST GEORGE has the finest theatre hall houtla of springville Spring ville with new scenery recently imported from chicago ox monday evening february the local troup under the management of mr mose johnson play enoch ar deu A FAIR mercantile business is being carried on by the coop co op and woolley lund judd FEB |
