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Show WESTERN WHISPERS. Utah. The Insane Asylum is to be located near Farmington on the bench about one mile from the railroad. There is a movement on foot in Salt Lake to secure a uniform time for closing the business houses. The clerks expect if this plan is adopted, to be freed from their labors at an earlier hour in the evening. In the pedestrian contest in Salt Lake city last week, Mason won the medal and prize, Gordon coming out second and Salisbury third. There is fair prospects of another contest at an early date. The Junction of the 8th publishes an account of the capturing of two horse thieves named Frank Daly and Duncan Lawrence at Hooper city. They had stolen some horses from Centerville and were traced to the place of their capture by the constables of adjacent precincts. Salt Lake has decided to celebrate the 4th of July on Monday the 5th, as it comes on Sunday. Great preparations are being made for a successful holiday. The Eighth Ward Square has been secured by the Fourth of July committee and they will at once commence putting up stands and seats. From the News of the 8th, we learn that an elderly gentleman, named John Smith, of the 16th Ward, accidentally fell from a street car of the 25th (?) of May, in attempting to get off before the car had quite stopped. He received injuries which resulted in his death this morning. An inquest was held this afternoon. Verdict, accidental death. The Utah Lake monster has been seen again says the Enquirer. This time two boys of Provo were swimming in the lake when they saw some huge animal in the water about 40 yards from them, their testimony being that its head resembled that of an aligator [alligator] as seen in pictures. As the boys are known to be honest and truthful, the conclusion is that they must have seen something uncommon. The Deseret News of Tuesday, says that Sister Mary Smithies Kimball, wife of the late President Heber C. Kimball, died early this morning at her residence in Farmers' Ward. She had been suffering for about a year with dropsy but was improving, and her death was quite sudden and unexpected. The funeral will be held on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, in Farmers' Ward School house. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. The Park Mining Record, in speaking of the marble quarries, says: We had the pleasure of looking at a beautiful specimen of marble this week brought in by Mr. N.C. Springer from the Matilda quarry about eighteen miles from Park City. Mr. S. informs us that he has a ledge 500 feet wide, and the specimen we saw was taken from the surface. It is as white and clear as snow, no mineral stains being perceptible. All who examine it pronounce it a very superior quality. The Prescott (Ariz.) Democrat says the following about a representative "Mormon" town in Arizona: The little new Mormon town of Smithville, about twelve miles above Camp Thomas, is less than one year old but comprises twenty-five families, all from Utah. They have a big ditch six miles long and irrigate 800 acres; and are going to dig a still larger one. They have a school of 20 children, and are expecting steam implements of agriculture which they have ordered. Good luck to them. The News of the 4th says: Sister E.R. Snow and E.B. Wells went out to the Penitentiary this morning, for the purpose of visiting Elder George Reynolds. The ladies were received and treated with much courtesy by Warden Butler, and had a pleasant conversation with Brother Reynolds, who is in good health and excellent spirits. On the 14th inst., one year will have elapsed since he was incarcerated. He will then have twelve months longer to remain before his term of sentence will expire. From the News of the 9th we learn that an attempted outrage was committed on a ten-year-old girl of Mr. Banks of the Eleventh Ward, by a fellow who was pardoned from the penitentiary. The wretch induced the girl to go and show him a house to rent, and on the way forced her to the rear of the 11th ward meeting house, taking her through a broken window into the basement of the building. He was prevented from accomplishing his design by a woman who happened along. Messrs. Roby & Epperson discovered a marble quarry last week with a bed about forty feet in width, in Snake Creek district. The marble is of a much finer grain and more easily polished than any heretofore brought us. The quarry is about three miles from this place and a good wagon road leads directly to it. These gentlemen purpose organizing a stock company, in which event a mill can be erected here, which will afford every facility necessary for sawing the marble. If successful, as there is not the least doubt in the world they will be, and the Utah Eastern Railroad gets completed, they can furnish marble at a very cheap figure in Salt Lake and other markets. A correspondent writing from Spanish Fork to the Enquirer, Provo, gives the following account of a suicide: Thomas Matley, Jun., a respectable young man, died here recently through being poisoned with laudanum. The circumstances of the case are these: He purchased a bottle of laudanum about 9 o'clock on Tuesday night and retired to bed about half past nine. Master Willie Rockwell, a lad twelve years old, went to bed about 10 o'clock, being accustomed to sleeping with Matley, who was awake when the boy went to bed. Willie in the morning awoke and found Matley unconscious and dying; he immediately dressed, and ran to tell his father, when medical assistance was had, but all that could be done was of no avail. His parents were sent for and the young man expired soon after they arrived at his bedside. Matley did not appear in his usual health, his friends having made such remarks to him, but he would not admit of the fact. His personal effects were searched, but no trace of a reason could be found for his committing so rash an act, and the whole matter seems shrouded in mystery. The young man's reputation for honesty and moral conduct was good. |