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Show Wj TT"I A- I "T' A I Stories Taken from The Salt I I Itan 1 nirty-iive Y ears Ago ! I I i ammo' 23, 1875, the had been raging in ttonwobd can3rons for iasod an unprocedenfc-ii. unprocedenfc-ii. At Alt a an ava-;fl ava-;fl and when the stqrm rimed that seventeon lost. Tho avalanche inity of tho Stockton ood the slido was one in length and half a is slido five men were bodies were not ro-e ro-e snow had been fall-)ur fall-)ur days and at the 1 drifted to tho depth fTjiK. 'severe snowslido oc-lfcar;vBird oc-lfcar;vBird mine on tho ';3pg Cottonwood and tho Park Cit3 district, but no lives were lost.- Tho Marsac mill at tho Park, which had been closed down, due to the impassable conditions of tho roads, prepared pre-pared to resume work tho following Monday, tho storm having ended. Tho report of the disastrous slide In Big Cottonwood by Mr. Sol. Kimball, on the 20th. was in every point correct. Messrs. Kimball. Ogden and myself visited vis-ited the place this evening. We started from Silver Springs at 3 p. m., and had to leave the animals nt what Is known as Meredith Camp, which is now covered with snow, a slide having como over It. We struck tho end of the slide at Burnt Cabin, and from there up to Wellington flat the snow increased in depth. The extent of the slide Is two hundred yards wide and thirty feet deep, and from the top of the mountain where tho slide started, being between tho old Davenport Dav-enport shaft and Prince of Wales mine, it Is fully one mile and a half. At the time of this slide, another started from the Pickwick and San Francisco locations, loca-tions, .In tho gulch near the Richmond mine, and landed whore" the snow Is between be-tween fifty and sixty feet deep. Thomas White Is feeling well after having nscaped from tho slide; George McConnell, from Lehl. is recovering fast; ho got taken over a bluff Into the gulch, and was found badly bruised. Every effort ef-fort Is being made to recover the bodies, but up to the present none have been found. The superintendents and miners of the Wellington and Prince of Wales mines are deserving of pralso for their efforts to discover the bodies. Friends from all sides havo como and arc dally digging tho snow. Myers Ogden, Cobert Hollln-gijrr. Hollln-gijrr. Jr., und several other friends of tho men who are lying under tho snow, have come hero this evonlng. and will resume search tomorrow, Charles Drabble leaves a wife and nine children. Several slides have oocurrcd In mill F, South Fork, at tho Evergreen mine, but they caused no damage. Ir. llarmon nnd Mr. Sessions escaped. There wa6 a number of nnlmnls covered by the sllda on "Wellington flat,' some with their feet up. somo with tholr heads and parts of their bodies under. In all positions, but they were recovered. Thero are seven animals lost with the men who aro covered cov-ered In the slide. After tho slide, the Wellington and Prince of Wales mines turned out tholr full force shoveling snow. Tho Richmond was represented by three men. Praise Is duo the Steller mine boys, who used every ev-ery exertion In their power. John D. Loo in Prison. On January 23, 1S75, John D. Lee, tho leader of tho Mountain Meadow massaore, was in jail at Beaver awaiting await-ing trial. A citizen of Beaver was of tho opinion that justice was being delayed de-layed and The. Tribune of that dato contains con-tains a communication from this Bea-verile, Bea-verile, who signs himself "Nemesis." Ho sa3"s: John D. Lee Is now a prisoner awaiting his trial, which, presumably, will take placo In April. This much has been accomplished, ac-complished, hut tho most difficult task Is yet to bo undergone before his ter-rlblo ter-rlblo crimes will be atoned. Two months Is a short tlmo to prepare the evidence that will convict him. Thero are plenty of witnesses who know all, but they can not bo had unless some more decided effort ef-fort Is mado. Tho wealth of tho whole Mormon church will bo directed to save tho loss of Leo and his nbcttore. both constructive construc-tive nnd actual. The procedent has already al-ready been established In Utah that when a Mormon Is charged with crime, his brothren can come forward and establish his alibi, tho most questionable defense known to the law. Mark what Is hero said. If tho case Is made out against John D. Leo, there will bo numberless witnesses called for the defense to prove that Lee was off after cattle at the time of the mnssacro, or at somo other place thnn at tho Meadows Ho hns often confessed that he was there, and I think thero Is no moro doubt about It than that the sun shines; but moral certainties nro not recognized in tho rulos of evidence and the ' circumstantial circum-stantial proof probably elicited will bo overwhelmingly rebutted by tho well-Invented perjury of the other side. Bribery will bo unsparingly usod to socuro the Infamous Lee, and those who havo heretofore here-tofore known a great denl will not be present at tho trial, and those who know nothing will bo well armed with plausible fabrications to establish the Innocence of tho Saintly Villain. Sutherland and Bates nro wary lawyers; law-yers; Ilogo and Splcer will assist thorn. The latter party has mado himself a very memorable reputation by . his disreputable dis-reputable daubing of his self-elected client. cli-ent. John D. Lee Is todny smiling from behind his prison bars and dreams tho languid drenm that before the month has passed he will bo again a free man. better bet-ter off a thousand times than when ho eked out a restless existence ns a fugitive fugi-tive from Justice Tho trial of John D. Leo has more than local Interest; It Is national. Tho question will bo then settled, set-tled, whether one hundred nnd twenty Innocent In-nocent men, women and children can be shot down and butrhorod In cold Wood, within tho very confines of "our modol government," nnd no power to bring tho demons io tho tribunal of Justice. Congress Con-gress should give this question somo consideration. con-sideration. I think It mandatory upon that body to act, and to act quickly, decisively de-cisively and earnestly. If tho Mountain Meadows mnssacro Is passed over with the mero mockery of a trial, then I say there Is no security for human life In Utah any moro thnn In tho carnal days of blood atonement. With tho Advortisors. -Among tho advertisers in Tho Trib-uuo Trib-uuo on January '23, .1875, wero Wnlkor Bros. Bankers; Walkor Bros,, wholesale and retail denlors iu dor goods, carpets, car-pets, clothing, otc; Auorbach 's dry goods, clothing, otc; and tho samo firms are advertising in Tho Tribune to-da to-da Ono peculiar advortisemont appears under tho head of "porsoual. ' It reads thus: All talk In regard to my person Is fnlso slandorlng. If anything Is written In regard re-gard lo me personally clscwhcro, it Is false, to which 1 can legally testify. W. Rlehell, Capt. C. 13 Another classified advertisement gives 1 notice that Mrs. E. E. Freeman, tho great mining and business ps3'chomo-tress, ps3'chomo-tress, will give definite, descriptions of mines and ledges from sample of rock ns to depth, quality- of ores and quantity- and can trace lodges from float rock. Notice was given that a grand exhibition exhi-bition ball would be given undor the direction di-rection of Professor Sheldon at Hus-sc3's Hus-sc3's hall. Among tho committee on invitation wero S. S., J. R., D. F. and M. If. Walker, Rudolph A Iff, Henry W. Lawrence, Dr. A. Fowler and A. T. Riley. The timo of stage linos from Salt Lako to Ophir ana Dry Can3ron was prinlod. Gilmer and Sa'lisbur3's stage lino time card from Corrine, Utah, to all Montana points was also noted as was also lines from Salt Lake to Pioche and the southern districts. Announcement was made that Katharine Kath-arine Rogers would mako hor apnoar-ance apnoar-ance at tho Salt Lake thoator on Monday Mon-day evening in her great impersonation of Juliet, supported by the full dramatic dra-matic company'. The Overland and Pacific hotels advertised ad-vertised rooms and board for $0 to $7.50 per week; the White houso furnished fur-nished tho same for .25 to $30 per month, tho Vnlley house charged $1.50 to $2.00 per day. The Walker house, the Wasatch hotel, and tho Salt Lake houso also aVlvertised, but prices were not given. Market Quotations. In tho local market reports prints wero quoted at 12Vj cents per y-nrd; denims, 10 to 20 cents; heavy brown sheetings, fl to .15 couts; ginghams, 15 to 27 conts. Coal was quoted thus: Van Dyke, $12.50 per ton; Rock Springs, $9.50; Grass Cannon, $8.50; coke, $10. Canned goods: Salmon, 1 pound, $3; poaches, 2 pounds, $3.50. Flour was $1 por sack. Beef. G to S cents: mutton, mut-ton, JO conts. Tea, 90 to $1.(50. Coffee, 27 to 45 cents. Sugar 1414 to 17 conts. Rico, J2i conts. Hay, $15 to $.1(5 per ton. Wagenor's beer was on sale on Second Sec-ond South street, three doors from the Elephant corner. .James McTerno3- dispensed dis-pensed "fine old country liquors'" at the bar of the Salt Lake house; Auer & Murphy, at the Occidental, kept "Tom and .Terry suitable for the gods." G. M. Piercb gavo notico that he was able to do what he had beon attempting at-tempting for a year previous, but had not succeeded, that was to furnish a resident minister for Bingham. And thus, in brief, are tho stories re- ' 1 H corded iu The Salt Lake Tribune thir-lt3,-five y'ears ago today. |
