Show i LOCAL PICKINGS ch E malstrom of springville Spring ville who disgusted everybody in provo last winter with his lecture in the methodist chapel in which he said he would prove that sidney bigdon was the angel who appeared to joseph smithy but in which he sadly failed has written a series of questions to the deseret news in relation to the book of mormon and threatens the editor with exposure if hia effusion is not published and answered the news never waa more correct than in its estimation of this individual who was once a mormon the pleasant valley coal company are brendine Bp endine some 07 in a steam engine a 40 hoise fan to aid ventilation ti is the mine and a complete electric light plant thia new machinery will be ready for operation in a few days electric lights are to be used around the mouth of the tunnel to aid in loading coal and handling cars and a line 01 lights will be run through the working tunnel and likely into some of the rooms mrs jane todd of payson who for many years has been demented and who since the opening of the asylum has been an inmate thereof died in that institution last friday and was buried at payson sunday she was the wife george todd the cohar maker at that place and the sister of barry arida of payson and mrs david john of this city and cousin to evan she leaves a family of four bright children behind her john S lindsay writing from manti on sunday and says we will play here three nights then go back to mount pleasant one night thence to fairview chere they have built a nice stage dressing rooms and new scenery two nights friday and saturday on sunday wo drive to nephi where we play virginius two nights then to eureka three nights then to payson on the night of the landing in provo sunday the the high figures at which utah flour is held has turned the eyes of shippers to other markets anace rotations have been made looking to the importations of several thousands of pounds of the article from outside points shippers threaten that if another raise is attempted or the present price held for any length of time they will break tho market and bring fleur down to 50 cents a hundred those who take an interest in home manufacture should drop into the east coop co op store and see tho handsome parlor stove there exhibited made by the provo foundry it is not only bial but ornamental and compares favorably with those imported this is the first perlor stove made in utah and should convince tho most dubious that we have every facility to supply our home market with aliese goods eggertsen of the west o op is some splendid inducements during the holidays as will be seen by hia announcement in our columns today every customer making purchases to tho amount of 5 will draw a prize and be 10 per cent off to boot for cash this proposition will be good until january loth the drawing will commence tomorrow to morrow morning we understand that the excelsior house and roberts house heretofore carried on under the joint proprietorship ofa J pettigrew and ML causey are now being run mr pettigrew the owner of the first named j lionso will however retire from the 1 hotel business shortly it being his intention to remove to alaska tha shipping of lacem seed out of the territory is b scorning quite a source of revenue to those engaged in the business during the past month forty carloads have beta bet a shipped out seventeen cars being chipped from ono point blanish bp anish fork utah county this re presenta au income af for tho months report A superstitious subscriber who found a spider just inside of his paper wants to anav if it is considered a bad omen lynd the spider was merely looking oyer the inside of the wrapper to see ahu merchant was not advertising so that it could spin its web across his door and be ficq from disturbance smoot eichardt Eich ards co are preparing tor a grand holiday opening in a few days due announcement will bo made in these columns on friday next of what manager richards intends doing there is one thing he assures us of in advance and that is that tha stock of holiday goods will be entirely fresh the harsh drastic purgative once deemed so indispensable have given place art milder and more skillfully fully prepared laxatives hence the great and growing demaud for ayere pills physicians everywhere recommend for costiveness coati veness indigestion and liver complaints A dispatch from washington on saturday states that president cleveland tins pardoned F C boyer convicted in utah of unlawful cohabitation As Brother Boyer had been home from alio baetsle several weeks this news bulit to be of much consolation to him we presume a finer piece of work of the kind haf bever been done in utah than tab hana sokie pair of counters untera co made by alie provo L M B co for jensen taylora new jewelry store down the street they are and reflect great credit on the contractors beur wasted cheeks may have all the plumpness and bloom of health through your use of ayes sarsaparilla this time honored remedy still van it improve di digestion pursues the blood and invigorates abo system give it a trial mothers mothers in buying your smas fruit and groceries cro ceries dont forget and learn to your own satisfaction his low 1 prices look out for the ladies ler p year j ball to be held in tho on new years eve already the organization of committees has been effected effect id bupt supt aeed toab capital saturday |