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Show I LOCAL HISTORY WHAT HAPPENED APRIL 23. 1551 Tho Sugar House ward. Salt L.ako City, was organised with Abraham O. Smoot ns bishop. 1857 A company consisting of about seventy sev-enty missionaries, bound for Europe and othor parts of the world, loft Salt I.ako City with handcarts. They arrived at Florence, Nob., Juno 10. making the trip to tho Missouri river In forty and one-half days. They rested eleven and one-half days. 1861 The last church train of the season sea-son arrived Iu Salt Lako City, under tho direction of Captain Ansel P. Harmon. 1SG2 The ship John J. Boyd sailed from I-Jverpool, England, with 701 Mormons, Mor-mons, under tho direction of James S. Brown; It arrived at New York Juno 1, 1S77 At a Iwo days' mooting hold at Pangultch. Pluto (now Garfield) county, coun-ty, tho Pangultch stake of Zlon was organized by Apostles John Taylor. Lorenzo Snow nnd Erastus Snow, with James Hcnrlo ns presldont and George W. Sevy and Jesse W. Crosby. Cros-by. Jr., as counselors. 18S0 Mary Parker, an aged lndy, was outraged and cruolly murdered. near Rockvllle, Kane county. Jarcd Dal-lon Dal-lon wns subsequently arrested, suspected sus-pected of the crime. 1552 Professor James L. Barfoot, curator cura-tor of tho IDcserot museum, died In Sail Lnkc City. 1553 A terrible wind storm did much damage In Utah. 1SS7 Amos Howo of Salt. Uiko City was iirreslod on a charge of unlawful cohabitation, co-habitation, nnd placed under $1500 uonos. no was subsequontly acquitted. acquit-ted. Charles RIchons and John Harris Har-ris of Pleasant Grove, were arrested, charged with unlawful cohabitation. George Dunford was discharged from tlie pen. 1SSS John Harris and Bvron "W. King vcro discharged from tho pen. 1SS9 Bishop Henry Tlngey and Wlllard AVattcrson were discharged from the pen. 1S90 Delegate John T. Cnlnc delivered a speech beforo tho house committee on territories. In opposition to tho Slru-blo Slru-blo anti-Mormon bill. 1SDC The tabernaclo choir returned to "If, Ink0 CItv from lhcl visit to California. 1S0S Tho Sixteenth United States Infantry In-fantry passed through Salt Lake City on route for Cuba, and was accorded a rousing reception 1900 William Konold. Rio Gnindo Wcst- ?m ,e,ns"!.nee' Icl,Ic1 ,n wr at Eighth South. 1901 Bankruptcy case of James H. Bacon Ba-con reopenod on charges of A. T Moon. 1901 .Judge Powers gives tcstlmonv in ion- T.?ot cnHC! Yh,ch creates scnsa"t!on. 190o Horcc wind nnd clcctrlcnl storm swept northern Utah. Woodmon hold memorial services for hU0 Head Consul Con-sul I-alkenbcrg. 1907 Street car men Issuo open letter to Public. Indictments found against rtn,ii.cl.corni)an- loran sues city for $9100 bonus. Ono thousand dollars dol-lars roward for capture of Jcwolry storo robbers. George Ado visits Ion. Governor Cutler asked to assist as-sist veterans. |