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Show I LOCAL HISTORY I WHAT HAPPENED DECEMBER 1. 1S49 Nineteen men on foot arrived In Salt Lake City from Ihe east In a very destitute condition, having left tholr wagons In the snow on Echo creek, forty miles back. 1651 Tho British mission consisted of forty-four conferences "and 679 branches, with :i2,Si)i members. This Is tho greatest number of Mormons ever reported In thnt mission. 1S5S William WIUos returned to Calcutta, India, from a missionary trip Into the interior, after being absent nearly ono year. 1SG5 Amnsn M. Lyman. Mormon apostle, apos-tle, arrived in Snll Lake City from California, and William Fotheringham and Hugh Klndlny from India. 1S0G Jcdedlah M. Grant, second counselor to Brlgham Young, died Iu Salt Lake City. 1566 The Doseret telegraph line waa opened between Salt Lake City and Ogden. On the Sth It was opened to Logan and on Iho 2Sth to Mantl. 1567- - Brlgham Strlngham was appointed to preside over tin- Mormons at Bennington Ben-nington (now Leeds) and Ilarrlsburg Washington county. Utah, as acting bishop. 1555 IxH'enzo and Seth Wright were killed by Indians, near Lavton. Ariz, iu their attempt to rescue stolen horses. S. C. Nllson. M. P. Madsen and Thomas C. Schroder were, arrested arrest-ed In Aalborg. Denmark, for preaching preach-ing the gospel. 1556 George. Xehckr. a prominent Mormon, Mor-mon, died In Salt Lake Cltv. Myron W. Butler of Ogden and Thomas II Bullock of Salt Crook. Weber countv were Imprisoned In the penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation. Charles Denncy and Ajnos Maycock woro discharged dis-charged from Iho penitentiary 1SSS Mark Burgess. Bishop Walter Granger. Gran-ger. William Carter. Casper Bryncr Warren Hardy, Jacob Bastion. Mllford B. Shlpp and Edwin L. Davis wore discharged from tho penitentiary. Thomos Gunderson of Mill Creek was arrested for unlawful cohabitation In the First district court at Ogden Christian Jensen of Hyrum was sentenced" sen-tenced" by Judge Henderson to two months- Imprisonment and $150 fine Richard Thorn of Thrco Mile creek' Box Elder county, to four months and' $100 tine: James II. Brown of Logan to four months and $200 lino: Phlneas Vv. Cook of I-ogan to one month: (..corge Davis of Three Mile creek to thrco months, and John Thorp of I o-gan o-gan to six months nnd $100 fine- all for unlawful cohabitation. 1590 In the Third district court Salt Lake City. Judge Zane sentenced Paul L. B. I Iammr to a fin of 5300 for Unlawful cohabitation. John W. Sne was acquitted. In the First district court at Ogden. Lnrn XJolacn of I ew-Iston. ew-Iston. Cache county, was sentenced by Judge Minor to twenty days" imprisonment im-prisonment for adultery. 1591 The Ganlo House. Salt Ijiko Cltv was vacat'-'d by the churches escheated escheat-ed property. 1592 A motor' lino from Five Points north of Ogden. Weber county to Warm Springs, wna opened for t'raf-flc. t'raf-flc. I. A. Benton succeeded EH ir Parsons as United States marshnl for Ltnn. James Bywater was released from tho penitent iarr. his sentence halng been commuted by President Harrison to one actual year of Imprisonment Im-prisonment from th date of sen- 1m "'nc,?' upon payment of costs. 1693--A part of South Iloopor ward. Davis Da-vis county, was organised as Syracuse Syra-cuse ward. 1S96 Edward Phillips .died at KoysVllle. T'tah. l$97--Jams W. Juleh. a pioneer of Pay-,cnli- r,nn- lei nt that plaee. 1S9S Sarah M. Kimball, nn old member of the Mormon church, died In Salt Lake Cltv. 1900 Burlington survevors ran a line south of Bountiful and-report. Henry Phipps buys Rlcketts block and property prop-erty on Second South. 1301- Tribune Issues review of Western oil field?. Death of Cyclist W. B aughnn. Elks momorlal. Big nd-vanco nd-vanco tn price of sugar. Jesse P. Forbes killed while hunting near Ogden. Og-den. 1902 Frnnebise of Home Telephone company com-pany passed over mayor's veto. Poler McDormott found dead in bed. Plant of Salt Ijjke Firebrick and Tllo company com-pany destroyed bv lire. 1903 Trial of Moss Klrford. colord. for killing William Harvey, colored, began be-gan In dlstrlet court. Sam T. Brlley eommlts suicide by taking morphine Mrs. Aurora Horlgo, awaiting trial on cbargo of having murdered William a. Ryan last July. dead, as result of 'operation for appendicitis. Fre.l Hoimberg killed by live, wlro at Tort-1 land cement works- 1901 Adam Eliason kitted on Rio GrandftT Western. Champion Jeffries at that Grand. First -ontract for relonitliies Salt Iko route. Symphony orchea- tra at the Salt Lako theater 1905 Donald P. Stubbs succeeded F HI Plalstod as division frelcht and pna3' sender agent of the Oregon fihortt Line, with headquarters at Bolne1! Bamberger Railway eompam and th'ii Utah I .lent Railway eompaiiv han a row over the right' of way on Thirds West street. ...j 190S Leon Soulerd goes to Ftnte prison for two years for robber Ab Ma-3 Jors nnd Joe Sullivan thwarted irif attempt to escape from state prlon.ci Y- H'P",1 reports teilf? rohl.ed orl 5i2 by a soldier and two co!or"d mesT In a hack. Mutilated brlv of yh-f known man found on O p. l. track! near Woods Cross. Grnrr StiidehaJI ker, Harold Glen and George HotonI severely hurt In coasting accident ntf' Bingham. Former Fire Chief Vail! reported -to have left the city -M |