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Show I LOCAL HISTORY WHAT HAPPENED AUGUST 21. 1S47 Albert Carrington, John Brown and William W Rust ascended to the summit of the Twin Peaks, the highest high-est mountain near Salt Lake valley. 1S53 Elder Wlllard Snow died on board the steamer Transit, on tho German ocean, during his return voyage from Copenhagen to England. He was burled at sea. 1S57 Colonel Burton's expedition arrived at Fort Bridgcr: on the 30th it reached Devil's Gate. 1S6C A flood did great damage In Sevier county. 1863 Tho joint, congressional committee on retrenchment. Including several distinguished statesmen, arrived In Salt Lnkc City on a visit. 1876 A band of Navajo Indians arrived In Salt' Lake City on a visit. 1SS3 The notorious Bill Hickman died In Lander City. Wyo, 18S5 Elizabeth Ann Starkey. the second wife of Charles L. White, was released re-leased from ' tho penitentiary, after two months' Imprisonment for contempt con-tempt of court Eliza Shafcr, who had been released from the pen, after one day's Imprisonment, was again arrested and put under $700 bonds to appear before tho grand jury in September. Sep-tember. 1SS6 The steamship Wyoming sailed from Liverpool, with 301 Mormons on board. In charge of David Kunz. The company arrived in New York on the 31st. ' Forty-five of tho emigrants were detained there by Commissioner Stephenson on charges of pauperism Flnnlly. all1 wero permitted to continue con-tinue their journey except a woman and three children, who wore sent back to England. Tho remainder of the company arrived In Salt Lake September 7. 1857 At a stake conference held nt Rex-burg, Rex-burg, Ida., that town was divided Into three wards, with Thomas E. Ricks. Jr., as bishop of tho First, nnd Casper Stolner as bishop of the Second ward; Timothy .T. Winter was chosen ns bishop of tho Third ward. On the samo occasion the Lymnn ward w.i3 divided, and the north part organized as tho Burton ward. Georce U. Smith, bishop. 1858 Rasmus Nielsen of Hunter. Salt Lake county was arrested for unlawful unlaw-ful cohabitation. Tho saints who had settled on tho bench south of Spring- vine. utn. were organized as a ward called Mapleton; Edwin L. Whiting bishop. 1889 Receiver Dyer of tho Mormon church leased 20,756 church sheep at an average of -13 cents per head. 1890 Joseph H. Felt of Salt Lako Cltv was arrested for unlawful cohabitation. cohabita-tion. 1895 Velorans from the Black Hawk Indian In-dian war had a reunion nt Spanish Fork. Utah county. 1S99 Salt Palaco formally opened. Honrv Stevens, Pioneer, died at Ephraim 1900 City Engineer estimates cost of deopenlntr the Jordan at $200,000 1901 Fred Mlckcl, slayer of Lew Link tries to escape. 1906-Hon. James T. Hammond chosen Republican state chairman for TJtiVi to succeed William Surv. uuin' 190S Dr. Frank Burton. Milford. severely severe-ly hurt by falling down mountain- |