| Show THE neighborhood getting after saloon keepers at thistle A LADY AT MILL FORK ATTEMPTS SUICIDE frank carter replies to T J communication replying to T J P I 1 notice in your last issue a letter con cernin the bench election wherein my name is maliciously ased by the correspondent I 1 wish to correct the falsehoods therein stated I 1 did by chague learn on sunday evening at ft late hour that there was to be a y held in our schoolhouse I 1 went over to participate thinking that I 1 had a perfect right when I 1 arrived at the schoolhouse all was in total darkness but bearing voices in the house I 1 walked in and took a abat through some remarks 1 heard I 1 learned that the v as in session and thereupon addressing the chairman asked for an explanation mr patten was in the chair and I 1 learned that be had been nominated for justice I 1 then made a nomination and the question arose as to whether the meeting was exclusively for registered voters or not and the I 1 chair that it was I 1 then asked for my rights as an american citizen the chair again against me the people however whom T J P claims decided against me decided against the chair T J P claims that at the primary I 1 was suggested as nominee for constable and that having failed to register it was made a question whether I 1 could legally act if I 1 was elected and that I 1 urged it would be proper ant the people decided against me which is a barefaced falsehood ami I 1 can prove it it was arne that 1 was suggested as a nominee for constable but no remarks were made for or against As for my trying to deceive any voter at the polls it is a falsehood and I 1 can prove that too if T J P ever knew how to tell the truth let him tell the troth for once and shame the devil F CARTES provo BENCH aug mill fork OUR quiet little town was thrown into a state of excitement last Friday August A mrs hannah colp wife of ace cole and daughter oath winder deliberately swallowed about one ounce of laudanum with suicidal intent some of our good ladies ad ministered antidotes to counteract the poison which proved effectual we believe the cause leading her to attempt such a raab act is family troubles jealousy etc since she has recovered from the racket we understand she threatens to cut her throat or drown herself but we would advise her not to for we can assure her nobody in mill fork would take colo from her as a gift AN error crept into our last effort wherein we stated that everyone was out of flour we understand that the section house had a supply on hand also one or two others say that their sacks were not quite empty ve take it back THE boys at the M M kalns kilns would like to see the shelters smelters sm elters start up so that the kalns kilns could resume operations and make things lively all the kalns kilns are closed down and it makes things look as if the place was deserted WE were glad to notice that the committee on judiciary of provo city coun cu reported and recommended that the council pay no more attention to the maiben resolution proposing censure on your enterprising paper for simply doing your duty it shows that the gentlemen comprising the above committee had some common sense in letting the matter drop and in my opinion they ought to have finished up abir report by censuring the man who bad no more respect far the freedom of the press than to propose such a thing MILL FORK aug water again yesterday conrad was before justice booth on the charge of diverting water his land at a time when the water legally belonged to D snow the water thus diverted was from alie gaa canal the testimony offered by the prosecution went to show that snow was entitled to the water from alie hour of 8 on the night of jurylo until 6 on the morning of the about 9 on the night of the snow noticed that he was not receiving his proper supply and he went up to the main ditch and found that a portion of the water was running on to conrads land he called upon conrad who did not deny using tho water but remarked that it make much difference and much loss anyway to snow the that he had not turned the water on lo 10 his land but that having out in a new gate there was a leakage he had stopped some leakages above that day and snow would not have had go much water if he had not done so that was what he meant when lie eaid to snow that he think it made much difference if he then have all tho stream in answer to a question to mr thur inan he aard that he thought he had the right to have a little stream running all alie time S II 11 thurmam prosecuted the case and sutherland and defended tho court deferred judgment until this afternoon |
