| Show THE neighborhood elder holmson dies a martyr in prison FATHER MAYER OP SPRING VILLE DOUBLY SURPRISED the city council appoint the regular municipal officers mount pleasant DIED brother thomas marshal at lid home on monday feb of old ige he was lorn in england august is 1820 and embraced the gospel over orty yeara ago but has only been iu his country some six or seven years he was respected by all who knew libin and has worked faithfully as our hect ing house janitor of late years 0 tuesday night the manti home club appeared on the mount pleasant stage in the english love story parted most of the characters were quite well represented hut dr W II 11 st john in mark tickle and miss ettie vorhees in elsie loicl were the favorites of the evening THE examination in fairview 00 thursday in alie case of an old gentleman whom the people believed to have been poisoned proved to be labor lost and money lost also as no such traces could he found THE principal talk at the quarterly conference bield at ephraim was about the proposed academy which sanpete will have soon ephraim will very likely be the place eliere it will be built book of mormon panorama held forth on wednesday night in scars hall with a free daack after the performance for mance W K REID and dr W H st john of manti passed through town on thursday to be present at the examination in fairview ALBERT representing samuel C davia co of st louis was displaying his samples yesterday M G has built an extension to his store to be used as a dael we mean a granary A CONCERT will be given on tuesday night for the benefit of the north ward sunday school LABS P now in the southern states mission will be home early in april BRING your old scrip to the coop co op before the first of april A LITTLE more snow and quite cold LOOK out for a sanpete boom payson JOSEPH HEINE the famous violinist with madame ada heine and miss evelyn have just given two fine entertainments at the payson opera house lo 10 good audiences considering the bad weather mr heine is not only a marvelous violinist but lie is an admirable pianist and an excellent mimic his burlesque italian opera drew roars of and his whistle solos are wonderful beyond comprehension madame heince is a brilliant pianist while miss evelyn delighted the audi ance with her singing of scotch ballads she lias a pure soprano voice her rendition of home sweet home was especially beautiful J J maran ard 3rd THE measles detill rage it is almost impossible to go into a family of children without finding some member afflicted with or recovering from the malady tho disease however is a very mild type some children being confined to the bed but one day and so far there have been no deaths ve therefore feel very much encouraged some parents even expose their little ones as they say to prevent i more severe type attacking them in the future though useless exposure can not be recommended yet we can but congratulate ourselves on the safe recovery of so many of our future men and women A BOW party wan eiven friday evening in the opera house by the young leonle of payson but as there were two more gentlemen than ladies all could not be supplied with a bow THE snow made us fear a return of winter until alie happy countenances of the farmers transformed the fear into joy X ath pleasant grove THE young folks conference here saturday and sunday was well attended the faist day being devoted to business mostly saturday evening a concert was given at which a varied gramme pro was rendered by members from the different wards in this district evincing quite an amount of talent sunday the meetinghouse was crowded many biad to return home there not being room enough for the people eldera J M tanner and W 0 A smoot occupied the forenoon and elder K G maeser and apostle john W taylor the afternoon the latter preached in the evening also the meetings were of th most interesting character the several speakers vere endowed with great power and the saints rejoiced exceedingly president G H brimhall presided mrs jennie tanner president of the young ladies as also mrs taylor general superintendent of the young ladies for the territory were present at these meetings and took part in the exercises exer cibes WM returned from fork yesterday lie the road from price as being very rough quite a large of freight is laying at price for tho government at fort duchesne and uintah county mr croxford reports time good out iii that soc tion rhe post affords a steady market for the farmers produce besides giving employment to quito a number of men the country is fast filling up OUK home dramatic troupe will play waiting for alie verdict and back woods wedding at lehi tuesday evening march ath we can assure those who attend that they will have a rare treat DEPUTIES norrell and hudson were here on sunday subpoenaing subpoena ing witnesses on somo larceny basea the sabbath deema a strange day for lucli business matters must be rushing with em A elder of the josephino Jose phito persuasion got in liis argument at darks hall wednesday evening that the book of mormon was of divine origin the house I 1 was crowded with eager listeners reverend lamb tried hard to convince his audience at the presbyterian chapel last saturday night that the book of mormon was all a myth TUB has acm put in place upon the city hall it would be hard to determine which of the two was the largest the hall or the belfry AMERICAN police justice is getting in good work several offenders have contributed to the financial status of the treasury of lato A amount of shade trees will be planted at woodbury park this spring the grounds are being improved young men and young ladies aro on a in this burg no doubt but they will soon compromise THE schools are tho large boys have biad to leave to attend to their IJ arm work A store is boin erected in town contracts are let for the building BEO JONATHAN MARCH ath spanish fork father george mayer one of ane old and worthy charch veterans was made the recipient of a double surprise party n a manner that deserves mention it being his eighty third number of his children grandchildren and ireat grandchildren and heir name is legion swooped down upon him in the early part of the day spread before him a sumptuous feat ird conferred appropriate presents at this juncture father mayer started for the acore to buy some sweets for the little ones lie was accosted on his way by a wild ateer clial viciously attempted to gore him the old gentleman is possessed of a wonderful physique for one HO far along in year considering too that about twenty five 3 ears ago he had both his aps broken by falling from our meetinghouse meeting house and some years later fell another building by which he sustained bovere injuries so when he was attacked by the aforementioned afore mentioned animal he hit it a few raps with his cane but this only tended to infuriate alie least and alien it made an ather vicious lunge at him the old gentleman threw down his cane and with wonderful presence of mind grabbed the animal by the horns and bield on like grim death while he was thrown to the ground shoved against alie fence and whipped in the mud liis long white locks and beard played a majestic part it was a pathetic yet a grand bight women and children were screaming and men running from different directions finally one neighbor a club felled the beast when our liero rose uninjured and limped on his way with ins usual quick step he mady liis purchases returned home and received the congratulations of his gathered relatives and friend sand the thought that he had been rescued from what came near being a shocking accident added jov to the otherwise merry party MARCH W who felt uneasy about spring coming ao early have got some consolation during the few last past days it has been snowing a good deal DR has been here since friday last attending to some very difficult chronic diseases the most important one being that of mrs john evanson who has been prostrated for about a year J T MARCH ath city council last night the council met in regular session when the mayor presented the list of standing committees the petition of george S moore and twenty others asking that certain streets be opened between blocks 1011 9 12 10 9 and 7 and 10 plat C provo city survey was presented by john A bror n read and on motion referred to the committee on streets and alleys the report of the city marshal showing fines assessed to the amount of was read accepted and placed on file alie depoi of alie of streets for the month of january and february owing sli material on hand and recommending repairs of certain bridges was read accepted and placed on file the sealer of weights and measures reported for the years 1887 and 1888 2675 received by him as fees for services rendered by him during such period bead accepted and placed on file the city recorder reported the amount of license collected for months of january and february 1888 as being report accepted and placed on file alie following claims presented and allowed john W turner and deputies prisoners board GOO E L jones services as recorder geo W gee W 0 sperry services as supervisor the council then proceeded eced with the appointing of officers recorder J J fuller supervisor G 0 hava surveyor alios davis attorney SR thurman sexton john giles sealer weights and meas joab collier geo W gee stthomas RT Thomas inspector saml liddiard quarantine ntine physician M H hardy council adjourned till march |
