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Show THE APPOINTMENTS. J. E. BOOTH FOR JUDGE; 8. A. KING FOR ATTORNEY. Governor Mcct'i the Expectations In Ju Igeslilp, Hut Attoi nov Rather a Surprise Sonicthlnc: Biographical. Biograph-ical. As expected tho appointment of Judge to Bticcccd Judge W. N. Dum-ii-berry, resigned, and of district attorney attor-ney to (111 the position created by tho lust Legislature wcro announced yesterday. yes-terday. Doth appointees are from Provo, It has long been expected that John E. Booth would capture the Judgeship and expectation was realized. lu tho appointment of Samuel A. King for district nttorney, however, many are surprised as there wus considerable con-siderable competition foriho place and several active candidates were hoping lightning would strike In their dlrco-i dlrco-i t.tnn. We give below brlof akotcbes of tho two appointees. ( joim n. nooTn , Was born In Lancashire, Enttland, In ' 1847. Cumo to Utah In 1857. Has lived continuously In Provo tlncu 1871. Was educated at the University of Utah. I Has titled tho positions of city nttorney nttor-ney of Provo, precinct Justice, county 1 attorney and assistant, city councilor, member of legislature nnd constltu-tioual constltu-tioual convention, and member of board uf equalization; In fact iu brief we may BHy that for tho past twenty-five twenty-five years he has been a persistent and successful olllcu seeker, and a Republican Republi-can tleket In Uiuh couuty wouldn't have loukod like a tleket without the namo of Jobu E. Booth upon It. I 7Wj y hoh- s-fl King Was born in Flllmorn thirty ynirs ngo, and Is the son of William King of that, city. His motlior died when ho was but 3 yours old, nnd ho was railed by hla grandmother, Mrs. William Henry. While a youth he ran n drug store In his natlver town, but left that business to attend tho Urlgham Young Academy. Acad-emy. He was n student In that college In 188G and 1887, nnd then left for southern Utah, where ho enguged In the stock business for two years, He attended the University of Utah, then the University uf Deseret, during 1880 aud 1800, and in 1801 left for England ou a tuhslun. When released from his missionary duties ho made a tour of Ireland, Scotland and tho continent. In Sepletuber,1802,bu was tuanled to MIhs Mayuetta Bagloy of Big Cottonwood, Cotton-wood, and went to study law In the University of Michigan In tho same year, und graduated from the law department de-partment in 1603, After graduating bo camo to Provo, and bas practiced law hero over siuco, Ho wus county attorney at-torney lu 1807 and 1808, aud ts universally univer-sally popular with the members of tbo bar. |