| Show our correspondent on the road ITEMS A book agents operations sevier countes Coun tys prosperity railway items ENQUIRER correspondence MORONI moroni is one town in san pete hit does not feel the benefit of the naw railway the pretty little village that that overlooks the fertile valley is suffering from the diversion of trade and is being overshadowed by its more prosperous neighbors mt pleasant has drawn away the one doctor and the drug store and the freighting industry is almost entirely cutoff but moroni stands by northern san pete and is strongly in favor of the of tha county seat to mt pleasant tl 9 e promises to he a regular county B at war in the near future as the result of the late election gives no satisfaction north of ephriam the people are eagerly watching the next move of ih i rio grande western if grading and tie contracts are to he let they want a finger in the pie delayed paymer ta make money a scarcity hut for this the contraction rather than ahe railway company are held to blame diphtheria is almost epidemic in many of the settlements and is preva lant in moroni though no cases have yet resulted fatally excitement has been occasioned in moroni and mount pleasant by the app arance of a book abent who claims to bo authorized to obtain subscriptions fora new three volume history of utah his method of operation is as follows he goes to meeting on sunday and partakes of the sacrament evidently for the purpose of standing jn with the brethren then be starts out and takes the nearest man getting his biography which he says will be published publish pd in full in the new work this generally wins a subscriber and he takes 10 in cash and notes for 20 more to be paid on the delivery of the books hia plan worked well and he just coined money until he was unmasked in mount fleace ant where he was caught reviling all the cormona and biving them particular fits bishop lund immediately made him hand back one 10 bill and others are heartily sick of their bargain SAVIER COUNTY the winter in this part of the county is unusually open even for this mild climate there is no snow about kich fielland fiel dand lesa than ten inches on the summit of the divide between pan duitch and Pa rowann there seems to be no chance whatever of getting an ice crop holiday week flaw the number of dances one being given almost every night and all was well attended the richfield academy re opened on monday with a large attendance the cauree has been lately extended and much better work is done since the compulsory education system was adopted brother jensen of carowan parowan Pa rowan has recently been made assistant principal it is intended that pupils learning here shall take a high rank at the B Y academy on monday morning the Y M M I 1 A and the Y L M I 1 A held joint meeting and enjoyed a most pleasant and profitable time the mutual im are in a flourishing condition they are are constantly growing and better work is being done than ever before marksville marysville Marys ville has offered the rio fraade western the transportation of tons of ore per annum if the company will extend its line from manti to that point it knocks the profit from low grade ore to haul it eighty miles by teams it is not vet known what the company will do but the common opinion is that manti will be the end of the line for some time to come lake is furnishing a elvins for several ria hermen last week 1900 pounds of trout was shipped from it to salt lake and adjoining cities the fishermen receives ten cents per pound for their catch and the men who monopolize this industry have a contract at eighteen cents per pound for all they can supply bevier co january 7 1891 |
