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Show I LOCAL HISTORY WHAT HAPPENED MARCH 14. 1S4S Tho re-enlisted company of the Mormon battalion was disbanded at San Diego, and on the 25th Lwcntv-fivo Lwcntv-fivo men. with Henry G. Boyle as captain, started for Salt Lake valley, where they arrived June 5. 1SG3 Tho barque Powena sailed from Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, Africa, with fifteen Mormons on board, under the direction of Robert Grant, bound for Utah. 1S7G Fatal snowslido occurred at Ophlr, Tooelo county. Seven prisoners escaped es-caped from the penltentiarv, after having overpowered the guards and fatally wounding Captain Berghcr, who died on the 16th. Tho prisoners . wero all captured. 18S0 The saints who had settled at Concho, Con-cho, Apacho county. Arizona, were organized as a branch of the church, with B. H. Wllhclm as presiding elder. 1S82 Tho Edmunds anti-polygamy bill was passed by tho United States houso of representatives. A few days later It was signed by President Chester A. Arthur, and thus became law. 1554 The Utah legislature adjourned. 1885 In tho Third district court. Thomas Simpson was sentenced to two Years' Imprisonment for polygamy and "taken to tho penitentiary. The case against Laban Morrill of Circle Vallev Utah, for unlawful cohabitation, was dismissed dis-missed in the. Second district court, at Beaver. Joseph Hcnncssy killed In Ontario mine, Park City, falling 100 feet to his death. 1SS7 In the Third district court. Herman Her-man F. F. Thorup was sentenced by Judge Zano to six months' imprisonment imprison-ment and S25 fine for unlawful cohabitation. cohab-itation. Solomon A. Wixom of Granite, Gran-ite, Salt Lake county, was arrested pn a charge of unlawful cohabitation, imprisoned in tho penitentiary for the night and the next day brought before be-fore Commissioner McKay. Wlxoin suilty and was placed under t000 bonds. Ralph Smith of Logan. Cache county, was arrested for un- lP1. cohabitation and placed under 2o00 bonds. 1555 Alonzo Norton and E. Wright of Brlgham City, Box Elder county, were arrested on the charge of unlawful cohabitation. John T. Lambert of Spr ng City was discharged from the penitentiary. 1SS9 In the First district court, at Provo I rands C. Christiansen of Ml. Pleasant Pleas-ant was sentenced by Judge Judd to seventy-five days' imprisonment for unlawful cohabitation. Albert Haws of Provo was discharged from the penitentiary. 1890 President Angus M. Cannon was arrcsled In Salt Lako City for un-l7uI un-l7uI cohabitation and placed under 51o00 bonds. Edwin Crowther of Coalville. Summit countv, who had previously been pardoned bv President Presi-dent Cleveland, was on trail before Commissioner McKay In Salt Lake City for unlawful cohabitation. lS94Charles A. Allen was discharged from the penitentiary. 1S99 Supremo court decides against property prop-erty owners In the Brlgham street railway case. 1901 Governor Wells vetoes Evans's polygamy po-lygamy bill. 1902 Tabernacle choir leaves for California. Cali-fornia. Utah Basohall league organized organ-ized at Ogden. Salt Lako visited by fiorce snowstorm. John Lawson. fa mous bicycle rider,1 Ml Fisher S. Harris m'H rotary of CommerchW National railroad retM incorporated in SaltSl 1903 Ruth Broughton, ;' thcr in Butte, restore- 1901 Meeting of 200 euH siaslic citizens of US Lake, when strongjB protest to congress Jr fdent Joseph F oH were Indorsed. JcK declared, under oattRI of Utah had canB. against tho laws of JM and it was this oaR truo statement thatJW ed. Great meetlagB a new political parB meeting was the blBp ican party, to vrhlcal Salt Lake owes Us'PfK 1905 American parly-CiBf birthday. Heavy oK storm over city. WK station to be estatuiN of B. E. Owens.JtvUTW Twelve-story bullinBI! In Salt Lake by Sli Samuel Klrkman, cido by taking PJjM bad blunders in WCL venlle court law isJM 190G Contracts etenBI buildings. SuporuMj Geiger of Rl" 01r3P to prevent lobbyiny- |